41 locations of Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s, Bonefish Grill and Fleming’s to close...

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The company didn’t release a list of closed restaurants. Local reports show that Outback locations in Pennsylvania, Iowa and every Outback restaurant in Hawaii recently shuttered. Bonefish Grill locations in New Jersey and Virginia also closed, plus at least three Carrabba’s locations in New York closed.

Of the 41 closures across the brands, 33 restaurants were closed Friday, a Bloomin’ spokesperson told Nation’s Restaurants News.

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I can remember 30 + years ago, Outback Steakhouse used to be good. My best friend used to work there, and they would hand-select their steaks. Everything was made from scratch, even their baked potato soup. And the chicken breast they served was huge.

Have you seen it now? It's a shell of its former self. A restaurant that lost its way, where cost-saving measures took priority over quality, portions shrunk, and prices increased. And this is the result, a restaurant where value took precedence lost out to price, but with no perceived value today.

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Fleming's bar bites --- does that even exist anymore? used to have the best hamburger in town. And if you are a chocolate lover, Fleming's still has the best dessert in town --- chocolate molten lava cake. The best thing to eat at Fleming's isn't their steak. It's their double-cut pork chop. Today, I rarely go to steakhouses, not because I don't like them, but because they are so expensive.

Ruth's Chris for me, still offers the best steak anywhere, along with great service. Second, is probably Del Frisco's or Morton's The Steakhouse. Third, Smith & Wollensky. My least favorite: is Nick & Sam's.

My list of steakhouses that I have eaten at (none recently):

Del Frisco's
Pappas Bros Steakhouse
Fleming's
Staub's
Nick & Sam's
Knife Dallas
Bavettes's
Bern's Steak House
Mr. John's
Perini Ranch Steakhouse
Shula's Steakhouse
Charley's Steak House
Perry's Steakhouse & Grille
Wolfgang's Steakhouse
Steiner Ranch Steakhouse
Vic & Anthonys
Brennar's on the Bayou
Morton's The Steakhouse
Doris Metropolitan
The Capital Grille
Smith & Wollensky

I've blown some money on "steakhouse experiences."