The Cracker Barrel restaurant in Bend is closing down. The company confirmed the news in a statement to Central Oregon Daily News Monday, citing businesses struggles from the COVID-19 pandemic as one of the factors.
“As a standard course of business, we continually evaluate the performance of our stores, using various criteria to ensure we are meeting the needs of our guests and our business,” the company said in a statement. “With that, we are saddened that we have been unable to overcome the impact the pandemic had on our business and have made the difficult decision to close the Bend location. The decision to close a store is never one we take lightly, and our focus right now is in assisting our impacted employees during this transition.
“We extend our sincere thanks to our employees who worked so hard to keep our fireplace glowing and to the guests who have dined with us, celebrated with us, and made us part of their community. We look forward to reconnecting with them at other times at nearby Cracker Barrels in the future,” the company continued.
The restaurant opened in February 2019.
Central Oregon Daily News is working to obtain more information.
