Ignite Restaurant Group: Joe's Crab Shack locations reportedly close suddenly around the country

Houston-based Ignite Restaurant Group, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June, has shuttered up to 20 Joe's Crab Shacks around the country, according to multiple reports. The closings comes on the heels of Houston-based Landry's Inc. winning the bankruptcy court auction for Ignite Restaurant Group. A judge is expected to approve the $55 million sale at a court hearing on Aug. 17. The location at 1451 N. Federal Highway in Fort Lauderdale has been taken off the company's website and an early-morning...