going...going...

[acroyear]

Remember when I complained about having a "get extra miles" promotion on my credit card, but it was for Bennigans and Steak and Ale, neither of which exist in the DC area in a significant quantity to make it worth it as all of the stores I know of except 1 (Seven Corners) had closed down?

Well...

Bennigan's files for bankruptcy protection - Yahoo! News:

Restaurant chains Bennigan's and Steak & Ale have filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and stores owned by its parent company will shut their doors.

There's a comment in there about franchisee stores maybe staying open, but my guess is that they're gone too, 'cause if enough stores close, the distributors will stop making the specialized products (sauces, items needed for particular recipes, that sort of thing) for that store and thus, they'll start to lose any advantage to being what they were.

still, there's a *sigh* there, 'cause I actually liked them most of the time (except for Steak and Ale's ruining of the atmosphere by 1) playing crappy lite jazz, and 2) not having an Ale to speak of, only lager beers).