{"id":25046,"date":"2025-10-29T12:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/25046\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T12:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:24:16","slug":"outback-steakhouse-permanently-closes-jacksonville-beach-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/25046\/","title":{"rendered":"Outback Steakhouse permanently closes Jacksonville Beach location"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/206e174270ddca349fa86529a516b05c.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Outback Steakhouse, 3760 South 3rd St., has permanently closed, according to its Facebook page and a recorded message that plays when calling the restaurant.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Australian-inspired chain opened the Jacksonville Beach location in the late 1990\u2019s. A reason for the closure was not given.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In February 2024, Outback\u2019s parent company, Tampa-based Bloomin\u2019 Brands, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/news\/trending\/outback-steakhouses-parent-company-closes-41-restaurants-nationwide\/SNQYHL5TLZAUZIB7NUSNEDKA5A\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:announced it was closing;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">announced it was closing<\/a> 41 \u201cunderperforming\u201d stores. A list of restaurants to be closed was not announced at that time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bloomin\u2019 Brands, which also owns Carrabba\u2019s Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming\u2019s Prime Steakhouse &amp; Wine Bars closed some of those locations also.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As of Dec. 31, 2023, Bloomin\u2019 had 1,480 restaurants, including 688 Outback Steakhouses in the U.S., 217 Carrabba\u2019s Italian Grills, 176 Bonefish Grills, 64 Fleming\u2019s, five fast-casual Aussie Grills and 330 internationally, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrn.com\/casual-dining\/outback-steakhouse-parent-bloomin-brands-closing-41-restaurants\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Nation\u2019s Restaurant News;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Nation\u2019s Restaurant News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/live-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&gt;&gt;&gt; STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">[DOWNLOAD: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">[SIGN UP: <a href=\"https:\/\/membercenter.actionnewsjax.com\/newsletters\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnewsjax.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Outback Steakhouse, 3760 South 3rd St., has permanently closed, according to its Facebook page and a recorded message&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25047,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[19077,19076,19079,19078,116,2130,118,117,19059],"class_list":["post-25046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-bloomin-brands","tag-bonefish-grill","tag-carrabbas-italian-grill","tag-flemings-prime-steakhouse","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-beach","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-outback-steakhouse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25046\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}