Several Ore. Chili's restaurants abruptly close
By KATU Web StaffBEAVERTON, Ore. - Hundreds of restaurant workers started looking for new jobs Tuesday after national restaurant chain "Chili's" closed several of its Portland-area restaurants. At the Beaverton location, the parking lot sat empty Tuesday except for former employees showing up for work and discovering they were out of a job. A sign on the front door said the restaurant was "closed for repairs," but that is not true, according to managers and the corporate office. The Hillsboro location also closed; The Lake Oswego and Wilsonville restaurants may be shut down after Tuesday night. Workers were stunned. "I was on the schedule for this morning, and I walked up and (the manager) was here and said, 'Nope, they're closed,' " said Jimbo Purcell, a cook. The Clackamas and Eugene locations will stay open and be run by the corporate office. A manager predicted the closings will cost 300 Oregonians their jobs. |
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