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Golden Corral closes at least six restaurants this year, six more in…

The chain closed restaurants in Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Texas this year, yet says six more locations are planned and expansion will continue into 2027; seconds, apparently.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorThe Washington Times says Golden Corral has closed at least six restaurants this year, in Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio and Texas, but the chain says it is still growing, with six more in the works.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentClosing six to open six. That's a chain doing laps.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIt's expanding into twenty twenty-seven!

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI give it a nine, with notes of warm gravy, a slightly damp roll, and a dessert tray that has seen things.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentNever been.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm giving it a six, which is how many closed, and I'm tasting a mashed potato volcano with one lonely corn kernel on the rim.

  7. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYou've never been?

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentMy lunch today was a cold hot dog bun with ranch on it, eaten standing over the sink.

  9. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentChat, what's your saddest lunch this week?

  10. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorBuddy, that bun is the one that should be closing.

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