ATLANTA - Restaurant chain Hooters abruptly shut down dozens of its US locations this week, months after the chain filed for bankruptcy.

The closures include at least four locations in Georgia.

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The backstory:

In March, HOA Restaurant Group filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the North Texas Bankruptcy Court in Dallas, becoming the latest legacy restaurant chain to run into financial trouble.

Under the Hooters bankruptcy plan, 100 company-owned U.S. restaurants would be sold to a group of Hooters franchisees. The franchisees, who include Hooters’ founders, currently operate 14 of the 30 highest-volume Hooters restaurants in the U.S., the company said.

The company, which is based in

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