3 Red Lobster Restaurants Close In SoCal On Monday

SAN DIGEO, CA —Red Lobster restaurants in three Southern California locations are "temporarily closed," according to the company's website, with dozens more nationwide suddenly shuttered. The closures happened on Monday and, according to social media postings from restaurant employees, the closures came without notice.

The closed restaurants in Southern California include:

• Montclair: 9345 Monte Vista
• San Diego: 8330 Mira Mesa Blvd.
• Torrance: 21233 Hawthorne Blvd.

The majority of California restaurants remain open, but five locations in Northern California are closed. Those include restaurants in Chico, Fremont, Redding, Rohnert Park and Sacramento.

An online liquidation sale is underway for five of the eight shuttered California restaurants.

Various media reports put the number of temporary closures nationwide at 80, but those reports include a list of restaurants that only include two of the California closures.

Just last month, Red Lobster reported that it was considering filing for bankruptcy after suffering a substantial loss from its endless shrimp promotion.

The restaurant has been looking for a buyer, but is staggering from multiple problems including being cut off by a key supplier.

On April 18, Red Lobster had the following locations open in California:

• Bakersfield
• Brea
• Canoga Park
• Chico
• Chula Vista
• Citrus Heights
• City of Industry
• Fairfield
• Fremont
• Fresno
• Garden Grove
• Inglewood
• Lakewood
• Milpitas
• Modesto
• Monrovia
• Montclair
• Ontario
• Palmdale
• Palm Desert
• Pittsburg
• Redding
• Riverside
• Rohnert Park
• Sacramento
• Salinas
• San Bernardino
• San Bruno
• San Diego (two locations)
• San Jose
• Santa Maria
• Stockton
• Temecula
• Torrance
• Valencia
• Vallejo
• Victorville
• Visalia