El Chico Restaurant Closes

JJ’S GRILL N CHILL TO HONOR CLOSED EATERIES’ GIFT CARDS

By Lana Flowers

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

The Fayetteville El Chico closed Monday night, the latest restaurant casualty in a down economy.

“Sales are down. There’s not enough money to go around,” said Christy Seastrunk, human resources director for El Chico Restaurants of Arkansas in Texarkana, Texas.

The firm owned the Fayetteville El Chico at 3854 N. Front St., along with Applebee’s restaurants in Springdale and Fayetteville.

Former El Chico employees will be offered jobs at those Applebee’s restaurants. Seastrunk said whether to take jobs at the franchisee’s other restaurants was up to the employees. She did not know Tuesday how many Fayetteville El Chico employees would be unemployed.

El Chico restaurants of Arkansas owns El Chicos in Conway and El Dorado, and ...

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