Remember When These 5 Chain Restaurants Used to Be in New Hampshire?

Remember when places like Bugaboo were in New Hampshire?

Sadly, sometimes even the big chain restaurants have to close up shop when things aren't working out, whatever the reasons might be, big or small.

Over the years, a number of chain restaurants have had to close their doors for good. Let's take a look at the ones that used to exist in New Hampshire but no longer have any establishments still in the Granite State.

Outback Steakhouse

Outback Steakhouse is an Australian-themed chain restaurant. According to its website, the first Outback opened in 1988 in Tampa, Florida.

New Hampshire's last Outback was located in Seabrook and closed its doors abruptly in February 2024, WMUR reported.

According to News Center Maine, parent company Bloomin' Brands had slated New Hampshire among 40 other restaurants for closure due to "a variety of factors, including sales and traffic and the investment that would've been needed to improve those restaurants."

As of 2025, the eatery has over 600 establishments in the U.S., with Connecticut and Massachusetts being the only New England states to have locations.

TGI Fridays

TGI Fridays or Fridays is an American chain restaurant serving up the likes of burgers, wings and ribs. According to its website, the first version of TGI Fridays opened in Manhattan, New York, in 1965 as a singles bar.

According to Patch, 2025 saw the last of the state's TGI Fridays close, with Manchester being shuttered in January, not long after locations in Concord and Amherst closed their doors in 2024.

As of 2025, the restaurant has over 80 locations in the U.S., with the only New England spots being in Massachusetts.

Bertucci's

Bertucci's is a chain restaurant that serves brick oven pizza and Italian dishes. According to its website, the first Bertucci's opened in 1981 in Somerville, Massachusetts.

WMUR reported in 2022 that the Manchester and Salem locations had closed. About a year later, the final spot in New Hampshire, Nashua, would also close its doors for good.

As of 2025, the restaurant has 15 locations in the U.S., with the majority (10) being in Massachusetts.

Red Lobster

Red Lobster is a seafood chain restaurant. According to its website, the first Red Lobster opened in Lakeland, Florida.

According to a 1998 Associated Press story, which you can read on Deseret News, Red Lobster had permanently left Maine in '98, as did one in Newington, New Hampshire.

However, the article indicated that it wasn't the last one in the Granite State. There doesn't seem to be a clear answer as to where the last New Hampshire Red Lobster was, but it seems that the chain had exited most of New England in the early 2000s.

As of 2025, Red Lobster is located in 44 states, with only one New England state on that roster: Connecticut.

Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse

Bugabooo Creek Steakhouse was a lodge-themed restaurant with talking animals and a Christmas tree named Timber. According to FSR Magazine, the first Bugaboo opened in Warwick, Rhode Island, in 1993.

While the chain was prominent in New England, The Patriot Ledger reported that the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2010. Despite efforts to keep Bugaboo going, by 2016, it had closed its doors for good, including the last New Hampshire location, which was in Nashua.

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How many of these places do you remember going to and which ones do you miss the most?

Aside from Bugaboo, at the very least, you can road trip to another New England state to get your fill of the above-mentioned chains.

And who knows? Maybe one day, one of these spots might make a comeback and return to New Hampshire. You never know. Ground Round recently did it in Massachusetts, right?