I've only been to Bennigan's once (in Chicago 2004) as we don't have them here.

We had 2 TGI Friday's locations, but both restaurants shut down in the last 3 years.

I think I'm going to watch "WAITING" tonight. :cool:

Ewww what's Bennigan's? I never been to one. It sounds gross, like a cross of Applebee's and Shoney's.

OMG Shoney's! I forgot about them. It was almost as bad as Grandy's!!!! Ewwww. I'm so glad those two closed down (at least here).

We've never had a Friday's, but we used to have a "Black Eyed Peas" for a while. It was almost exactly like Fridays...i wonder if it merged or became Fridays? hmmm..

Bennigans and Steak and Ale are owned by Metromedia Corporation outside of Dallas. I worked for them as a "corporate hostess" - a glorified receptionist - back when I was in college. The best part of the job was the "research" department, we got free food when they were testing new recipe's.

This news is kind of a bummer to me - end of an era.

OMG someone else has heard of this place! i didn't make it up. :)
they were not absorbed into Fridays, from what i know. they just went... away.

You forgot about them? I think that's a good thing. ;)

Ahhh Black Eyed Peas. I remember it being pretty good...for a pseudo soul food place. As for Friday's, it's one of the few chains that I like.

I used to love BEP!!! They had the best broccoli and cheese soup. Haven't seen one of those in over a decade.

I love broccoli and cheese soup! I remember liking BEP, but I don't remember much of it. It wasn't even around for a year :(

It only exists in Colorado and Texas now. :(

http://www.theblackeyedpea.com/

Only the company owned Bennigan's are required to close. Any that are franchises are not subject to the same regulations. (I hope some of the ones around here weren't corporate b/c I've only eaten there once recently and it was really good-not that I can afford to eat out anymore :()

I think I heard that, too.

The do make a nice LIT, though.

saw this story in newsweek while waiting on line. covers all the angle's behind bennigan's troubles
http://www.newsweek.com/id/149777?from=rss

eeeeexactly!

it sucks though that all those people lost their jobs and had absolutely NO NOTICE whatsoever and are now trying to figure out what they will do next.