Boston Market down to one left in all of Illinois

Boston Market restaurants have been quietly closing over the past few months, leaving just one store in operation across Illinois.

Workers at a west suburban Boston Market confirm they are not closed, telling WGN News: “We’re the last one, but we’re not closing.”

The location is just outside Chicago at 830 W. North Ave. in Melrose Park.

Once known as “Boston Chicken,” the restaurant pioneered healthier fast-food takeout with its popular rotisserie chicken.

The Washington Post reported on the company’s extensive legal problems earlier this year, “with landlords claiming unpaid rent and a fresh barrage of lawsuits and investigations over overdue bills and wages.”

According to a March Restaurant Business Magazine report , the chain, which once had more than a thousand locations nationwide, was down to a few dozen.

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