Tex-Mex lovers have one less spot to grab burritos and queso after a popular Mexican chain abruptly closed one of its restaurants, continuing a streak of closures that began earlier this year.
A Chuy's Tex-Mex restaurant in the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Mo., just closed its doors for good amid an ongoing string of financial ups and downs for the chain.
The shuttered location was Chuy's last in the Kansas City area following the closures of two other restaurants in recent years, per the publication.
This was the second Chuy's location to stop serving customers since the start of 2024 after the chain's Lakewood, Colo., outpost closed its doors earlier this year, according to Nation's Restaurant News.
Despite the closures, Chuy's still boasts a sizable footprint in the United States. The chain had 102 restaurants in operation as of March 31 this year, and the Kansas City closure brought that total down to 101.
The loss of the Kansas City location comes on the heels of a difficult quarter for Chuy's. Same-store sales dropped by 5.2% year over year, and traffic dropped by nearly 7%.
However, not all recent developments at Chuy's have been negative. The chain opened a new restaurant in New Braunfels, Texas, during the quarter.
Chuy's is far from the only chain that has struggled with restaurant closures in 2024. The fast-casual Mexican chain Rubio's Coastal Grill recently shuttered 48 of its California locations ahead of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.