Kings Family Restaurants in Butler, New Castle close in landlord-tenant dispute
Kings Family Restaurants in Butler Township and New Castle permanently closed Sunday following the settlement of a landlord-tenant dispute.
The 20 to 25 employees who worked at each restaurant have been offered transfers to the 12 remaining Kings Restaurants, according to Kelly Operations Group of North Versailles, which bought the Kings chain in 2015.
“Unfortunately, our Butler and New Castle locations were permanently closed due to litigation with the landlord that was settled, and the properties were returned to them for future development,” said Jarrett Ritenour, chief operating officer of Kelly Operations Group. “We want to thank the Butler and New Castle communities for the years they allowed us to serve them as well as our staff at both locations. All of our staff members at the closed locations were offered transfers to the other Kings Family Restaurants in Western Pennsylvania.”
Lacrisha Mackalica, assistant manager at the Butler Township Kings, said employees were told about the closing Friday.
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