O’Charley’s closing all locations nationwide after 55 years
WTVC • • business
Key Points:
- Nashville-based O’Charley’s Restaurant & Bar will close all remaining company-owned locations nationwide on September 9, ending its 55-year history.
- Several Tennessee locations, including Clarksville, Hermitage, and Nashville, confirmed they will close at 8 p.m. on that date.
- The restaurant chain, founded in 1971 by Charles Watkins and expanded under David Watchel, had grown to 45 locations by 1993 and operated 52 locations earlier this year.
- O’Charley’s has disabled its social media accounts and has not responded to media inquiries regarding the closure.
- The last remaining location in the greater Chattanooga area, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, declined to comment on the closure.
