Major steakhouse chain closes more locations, expands turnaround

Texas Roadhouse is not lone the apical steakhouse concatenation successful the U.S., but it besides dethroned Olive Garden arsenic the apical casual eating concatenation successful 2024 with astir $5.5 cardinal successful sales, probe steadfast Techtronic reported past year, according to Restaurant Business Magazine.

The No. 2 steakhouse, based connected 2024 sales, was LongHorn Steakhouse, which was besides the No. 6 casual eating concatenation with $3 cardinal successful sales. It was followed by the No. 3 steakhouse, Outback Steakhouse, with $2.7 cardinal successful sales, and besides the No. 7 casual eating chain.

Data connected the apical restaurants successful 2025 has not been released yet.

Despite a favorable ranking, Outback faced economical pressures that led its parent, Bloomin' Brands, to motorboat a strategical turnaround program successful precocious 2025, which is expected to effect successful 43 locations closing.

And now, fashionable edifice chainFleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar is closing its Upper Kirby determination successful Houston connected April 18 aft 25 years, arsenic its parent, Bloomin' Brands, has decided not to renew its lease astatine 2405 West Alabama Street successful Houston, spokesperson Elizabeth Daly told Culture Map Houston.

Bloomin' Brands did not authorities a circumstantial crushed for not renewing the Fleming's lease.

Fleming's volition proceed operating 2 different Houston-area locations astatine Town & Country Village and The Woodlands Mall.

"Team members volition person the accidental to transportation to different restaurant," Daly said. "We admit the community's enactment the past 25 years and anticipation to service them astatine 1 of our different Houston-area Fleming's locations."

The Fleming's Prime Steakhouse closing expands connected Bloomin' Brands' turnaround strategy for its Outback Steakhouse chain, which it launched successful November 2025 for underperforming locations.

Under the Outback Steakhouse turnaround strategy, Bloomin' Brands said it would not renew 22 Outback edifice leases done 2029, aft already closing 21 underperforming locations successful October 2025.

The adjustments travel arsenic casual eating chains look rising costs of labour and products and declining lawsuit traffic.

Along with the Outback Steakhouse closings, Bloomin' Brands laid disconnected 100 firm employees earlier successful 2025, SeafoodSource reported.

Bloomin's different brands see Fleming's, Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, and Bonefish Grill, which run implicit 1,450 restaurants successful 46 states, Guam, and 12 countries.

The institution operates 60 Fleming's locations successful 24 states.

The edifice concatenation proprietor has not indicated arsenic of March 2026 whether it volition let leases to expire for different Fleming's locations, oregon Carrabba's Italian Grill and Bonefish Grill restaurants.