The parent company of Bravo! Italian Kitchen and Brio Italian Grille have filed for Chapter 11, the restaurant chains' second bankruptcy in just more than five years.

Bravo Brio Restaurants LLC, which includes 25 Brio Italian Grille restaurants and 23 Bravo Italian Kitchen restaurants, had closed seven restaurants before filing in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida on Aug. 18. The company cited "the acute financial distress" across the restaurant industry, which has led to recent bankruptcy filings by Red Lobster , Tijuana Flats , TGI Fridays and Hooters , it states in the filing.

Earl Enterprises , which also owns Planet Hollywood, Bertucci's and other restaurants, acquired the restaurants in June 2020 from FoodFirst Global Restaurants, which had filed

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