CLAYTON — The breakfast and lunch restaurant Rooster will close its location at 178 Carondelet Plaza here Oct. 26.

Baileys’ Restaurants, which operates Rooster as well as Baileys’ Chocolate Bar and Baileys’ Range, announced the closure on social media Tuesday.

“Despite our best efforts, the current economic climate has presented challenges that we, like many others, could not overcome,” the announcement said. “The lasting impacts of COVID, rising costs of goods, and increased rents made it difficult to sustain operations.”

The Rooster locations at 1025 Washington Avenue downtown and at 3150 South Grand Boulevard in Tower Grove East will remain open.

Rooster opened in Clayton in October 2024.

David Bailey, who owns Baileys’ Restaurants with his wife, Kara, said they opened the location

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