LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A major restaurant company with locations in Kentucky an Indiana has fired all its employees and closed its restaurants.
Gordon Biersch, located at 4th Street Live, has been affected. The restaurant has been closed since the coronavirus outbreak.
Craftworks Holdings LLC, the parent company of Gordon Biersch, also shutdown Logan’s Roadhouse which has three locations in Kentuckiana.
Spokesman Josh Kern told WHAS11 News they fired the workers so they could get unemployment at all 338 locations nationwide.
Kern said the move impacts 150 Louisville workers.
He added the downtown Gordon Biersch location is a good one for them and they hope to reopen when the state allows.
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