Popular Eatery Abruptly Closes At Milford Mall

MILFORD, CT — Red Robin Gourmet Burgers has shuttered its locations at both the Connecticut Post Mall in Milford and the Danbury Fair Mall, according to reports including the Connecticut Post.

The two Connecticut locations are two of 10 places where the Colorado-based grill and bar chain pulled the plug last week, following a dreary earnings call on Thursday.

"As our financial results demonstrate, there is still much work to be done on the turnaround, and I can assure you we are moving with urgency," Red Robin interim CEO Pattye Moore said on the call, according to Yahoo Finance. The chain's total revenue took dropped nearly 3 percent, crashing to $409.9 million from $421.5 million booked last April.

There are still three Red Robin locations in Connecticut: Enfield, Manchester and West Hartford. It's unclear currently what will replace Red Robin at the Danbury and Milford malls.

The loss of the ten restaurants leaves the business with a just over 540 locations in the U.S. Seven of the 10 restaurants targeted for closing are located inside malls, according to trade website Restaurant Business.

The mall sites are suffering from consumers' shift to online shopping and watching movies at home instead of traveling to a theater, according to the trade site. Red Robin's mall locations generated a collective loss of $1.9 million on a pretax basis for the first quarter. The shut down of the seven mall sites will leave Red Robin with 66 mall sites.

Patch Editor Rich Kirby contributed to this story.