Popular Italian restaurant chain closes more than a dozen locations across America without warning employees as former staff members are 'disheartened'

An Italian edifice concatenation has abruptly unopen 13 underperforming locations crossed nan US. 

Buca di Beppo, known for its family-style dishes and vintage décor, permanently closed restaurants successful California and Florida and its past remaining locations successful Michigan and Pennsylvania in nan past week.

Former labor astatine immoderate eateries, galore of which person been unfastened for complete 2 decades, said nan closure came arsenic a shock. 

'It's very disheartening to person everything travel to an end,' Rozalyn Marc-Aurele, who worked astatine a edifice successful Sacramento, California, for 4 years, told FOX40.

It comes amid a slew of edifice closures crossed nan US, arsenic soaring nutrient inflation and inflated moving costs proceed to deed mini and mid-size chains.

Alongside nan location successful Sacramento, California, Buca di Beppo besides closed restaurants successful Livonia, Michigan, Colonie, Florida and Spring Township, Pennsylvania. 

In a connection to DailyMail.com, nan institution confirmed it had closed 13 locations this week which were 'unable to retrieve from nan harm caused by nan pandemic and different marketplace pressures.' 

A motion posted connected nan beforehand doorway of nan Sacramento location reads: 'We are thankful to you, our loyal guests, for giving america nan opportunity to service you.

'It's pinch awesome appreciation and gratitude that we opportunity convey you for each nan years.'

The Sacramento edifice had been operating since 1999, serving nan chain's celebrated meatballs and sharing platters of pasta and pizza. 

'Just knowing this spot has been unfastened for truthful agelong and it's closing…is a large deal,' erstwhile worker Jayden Seizmore told FOX40.com.

He told nan outlet that workers were unaware of nan restaurant's closure until Monday morning. 

Another erstwhile worker said they were told to study to nan edifice astatine 11am for an 'emergency meeting' wherever they were informed that it was shuttering. 

'Being capable to activity present and having nan acquisition that I did here, it's conscionable really sad that it abruptly came to an end,' said Rozalyn Marc-Aurele.

'It's very disheartening to person everything travel to an end.'

Local news successful Florida besides reported that labor astatine nan Colonie location, which had been unfastened for 24 years, were not notified successful beforehand of nan closure.

The concatenation is besides known arsenic a tract for celebrations and parties - pinch Hollywood fable Sylvester Stallone moreover buying up a California location successful 2009. 

Buca di Beppo was founded successful 1993 successful Florida, and since 2008 has been a subsidiary of nan Planet Hollywood chain. 

There are now 44 remaining Buca di Beppo restaurants crossed nan US.

According to section news reports, locations person besides been shuttered successful Maryland, Ohio and Hawaii earlier this year.

It comes arsenic restaurants are progressively closing crossed nan country. 

Earlier this week, a breakfast spot connected nan suburban outskirts of Chicago closed its doors Sunday aft 65 years successful business, reportedly because the landlord wanted to rate in.

Peter Gerousis, 43, who co-owned nan Cozy Corner Restaurant successful Oak Park, said that moreover though business was booming, nan determination to unopen down was mandatory.

'The edifice correct now is nan astir successful it's ever been successful 65 years — hands down,' Gerousis told nan Chicago Sun-Times. 'But our landlord felt it would beryllium adjacent to double our rent.'