{"id":179238,"date":"2026-04-29T13:16:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:16:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179238\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T13:16:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T13:16:17","slug":"erie-smokey-bones-permanently-closing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/179238\/","title":{"rendered":"Erie Smokey Bones permanently closing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tue, April 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM UTC<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d1caf2167b171cccdbff15cb2511689b.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Erie Smokey Bones permanently closing<\/p>\n<p>A well-known barbecue restaurant chain has apparently closed it\u2019s Erie location.<\/p>\n<p>A sign on the door at Smokey Bones on Interchange Road near the Mill Creek Mall indicated it is permanently closed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/news\/local-high-schoolers-experience-real-205243219.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Local high schoolers experience real financial situations in simulation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\"> Local high schoolers experience real financial situations in simulation <\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve reached out to the restaurant\u2019s parent company for comment but have not heard back yet.<\/p>\n<p>Fat Brands filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January.<\/p>\n<p>According to various reports, Smokey Bones restaurants have also been closed in the Pittsburgh and Syracuse, New York areas.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourerie.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to WJET\/WFXP\/YourErie.com. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tue, April 28, 2026 at 9:07 PM UTC Erie Smokey Bones permanently closing A well-known barbecue restaurant chain&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":179239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[136,138,137,30753,79719],"class_list":["post-179238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-parent-company","tag-smokey-bones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/179239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}