Bravo Brio Restaurants LLC Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

**ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 21, 2025** - Bravo Brio Restaurants LLC owns the upscale casual dining chain Bravo! Italian Kitchen and Brio Italian Grille filed for Chapter 11 on August 18. They did this in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Middle District of Florida.

The Orlando operator, part of Earl Enterprises, estimated its assets and liabilities to be between $50 million and $100 million in its petition. Its largest unsecured creditor is Sysco Corporation, owed approximately $1.9 million. The company mentioned that ongoing inflation, especially in food and labor costs, hurt its performance. It also highlighted a drop in consumer spending on discretionary items as a key factor.

At the time of filing, Bravo Brio operated 25 Brio Italian Grille locations and 23 Bravo! Italian Kitchen restaurants across 20 states. In its Chapter 11 filing, the company said it will: - Shut down units that aren’t performing well. - Talk to landlords to lower lease costs. - Look for debtor-in-possession financing to keep things running during the restructuring.

““We, like other legacy casual-dining brands, have felt higher operating costs and slower traffic,” the company said in a statement. ““This filing will help us simplify our portfolio, boost our balance sheet, and set up Bravo Brio for long-term growth.”

Bravo Brio Restaurants came out of Chapter 11 in April 2020. This followed another filing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Earl Enterprises also runs other dining brands like Bertucci’s. This Italian chain filed for Chapter 11 for the third time in April 2025.

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