TGI Fridays has abruptly closed its Westbury and Rockville Centre restaurants, leaving just four locations standing on Long Island as the troubled restaurant chain reportedly heads toward bankruptcy.
The Nassau County closures are part of a nationwide shutdown that has eliminated nearly 50 TGI Fridays locations in the past week. The chain’s remaining Long Island presence includes three Suffolk County restaurants — in Riverhead, Farmingville and Central Islip — and one Nassau location in Valley Stream.
Nationwide, TGI Fridays’ restaurant count has plummeted from 213 to 164 locations in just one week, according to CNN Business and other reports. The sudden closures have hit multiple states, including New Jersey, Ohio, California and Florida, with some cities like Columbus, Ohio, and Buffalo, New York, and the state of Connecticut losing all their locations…