Restaurant chain Hooters abruptly closed over 30 locations across multiple states June 4. Hooters said in a statement to USA TODAY that the closed stores were company owned and called the closures a "difficult decision.

The closures come just two months after Hooters filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and proclaimed its restaurants are "here to stay."

Hooters has abruptly closed dozens of locations just a few months after the chicken wing chain filed for bankruptcy and proclaimed it wasn’t “going anywhere.”