O'Charley's Permanently Closes Lone Tuscaloosa Location

TUSCALOOSA, AL — O'Charley's Restaurant & Bar has informed customers that it has permanently closed its sole Tuscaloosa location on McFarland Boulevard.

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Users of the restaurant's mobile app and email notification subscribers were reportedly sent a message that the location at 3799 McFarland Boulevard is now closed.

What's more, the restaurant posted signage at the location confirming the news.

“It is always a difficult decision to close a store but based on many challenges over the
last several years, we have closed this O’Charley’s location as of March 27," said O'Charley's CEO W. Craig Barber in a statement to Patch on Monday. "We sincerely appreciate our loyal guests who have visited us at this location and are deeply grateful for the outstanding work of our team and leadership in Tuscaloosa.”

Typically open for lunch at 11 a.m. during the week, calls to the Tuscaloosa restaurant have not been answered and it is now listed as closed on the O'Charley's mobile app.

The closure comes as the once-popular nationwide family restaurant, based out of Nashville, has shuttered locations across the country in the last few years, due to a combination of the coronavirus pandemic and the waning popularity of the overall concept.

O'Charley's now operates nine locations across Alabama.

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