After a nearly 25-year run in Dickson City, Red Lobster ceased operations in the borough last week.
The form Red Lobster location on Scranton Carbondale Highway in Dickson City on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
The form Red Lobster location on Scranton Carbondale Highway in Dickson City on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
The form Red Lobster location on Scranton Carbondale Highway in Dickson City on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
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The form Red Lobster location on Scranton Carbondale Highway in Dickson City on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (REBECCA PARTICKA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
The Red Lobster location, 1502 Scranton Carbondale Hwy., closed as of April 20, according to a note on the restaurant’s door.
“As part of our normal course of business, we continuously monitor restaurant performance and may from time to time choose to close or relocate restaurants,” a Red Lobster spokesperson said in an email. “Our focus remains on delivering a Red Carpet Experience to our guests across our current restaurants.”
Red Lobster still operates two locations in Northeast Pennsylvania: 10 East End Center in Wilkes-Barre Twp. and 3588 Route 611 in Bartonsville.
The Red Lobster location along the Scranton Carbondale Highway in Dickson City has permanently closed, as of April 20, according to a note on the door of the restaurant. (ROBERT TOMKAVAGE/STAFF PHOTO)
The Dickson City location opened in July 2001, according to Times-Tribune archives.
Dickson City Mayor Robert MacCallum was disappointed by the closure of the long-tenured restaurant in the borough.
“It’s been there a couple decades and they offered something a little bit different,” he said. “I remember going there … I just went there recently with my dad. Even before this downturn with the economy, I know there were some restaurants having trouble. There were a few that were hanging on when you read about it nationally. It might have been a matter of time, there is a lot of competition up there.”
MacCallum hopes another business expresses interest in the property, rather than it sitting empty for a while.
“I haven’t heard of anything lately, but we’ll have our ears open,” he said.
MacCallum also recognized the closure’s impact on the local employees.
“Every restaurant you lose is sad; people lose their jobs,” he said.