![\"TGI](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/3_TGI-Friday.jpg\")
<\/p>\n16 branches across the UK have shut<\/p>\n
14:54, 17 Jan 2026Updated 14:58, 17 Jan 2026<\/p>\n
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TGI Fridays is an American-inspired restaurant chain(Image: )<\/p>\n
A major restaurant chain has closed two branches in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n
The team from TGI Fridays have shut restaurants in Sheffield<\/a> and Doncaster<\/a>. In recent days, we\u2019ve seen 16 branches of the American-inspired casual dining chain close<\/a> in the UK.<\/p>\n Phil Broad, TGI Fridays’ Global President, said: “We have been working closely to explore all available options for securing the long-term future of TGI Fridays in the UK, and believe that this is the best outcome for the business, preserves jobs, and offers a strong platform for success and growth.”<\/p>\n It is understood that the remaining 33 TGIs will continue to operate as normal. The Yorkshire restaurants which have closed were based at Herten Triangle, in Doncaster, and Sheffield Road, in Sheffield.<\/p>\n As always, we’ll keep you posted on the latest openings and closures across Yorkshire.<\/p>\n You can find the latest food and drink news in Yorkshire<\/a> and nearby by visiting our What’s On homepage<\/a>. There you can also find days out guides for things to do across the region.<\/p>\n Yorkshire Live has launched Explore Yorkshire, which will look at Yorkshire’s unique identity and destinations and celebrate God’s Own County for what it is – the best place in the world. Whether you are looking for a day out, a weekend away or to try somewhere new, Explore Yorkshire is here to help. Our brilliant new newsletter will bring all of this content together for you in one place – sign up here to get it direct to your inbox.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"16 branches across the UK have shut 14:54, 17 Jan 2026Updated 14:58, 17 Jan 2026 TGI Fridays is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,128091,59,26552,121198,56,54,55,143219],"class_list":{"0":"post-376545","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-doncaster","10":"tag-gb","11":"tag-sheffield","12":"tag-south-yorkshire","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom","16":"tag-yorkshire-restaurants"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}