One dine-in restaurant at Fair Oaks Mall seems to have permanently closed its doors.
Brio Italian Grille, housed near Cheesecake Factory and the mall’s northeast entrance, said in a sign posted to its front door earlier this month that it has “temporarily closed,” apologizing for the inconvenience and thanking guests for their patronage.
However, all indications point to the closure now being permanent.
The restaurant at 11776 Fair Oaks Mall has been removed from Brio’s list of locations online.
In a video posted Monday (April 28) on the social media platform TikTok, an employee said workers “raided” the restaurant — with permission — and took no-longer-needed equipment such as plates, cast-iron skillets and more.
“We’ve been closed for four weeks,” the poster wrote in a comment on Tuesday (April 29). “Yesterday was when it went from temporary to forever.”
A couple of commenters on the post said they were informed on Monday that their reservations had been canceled, despite getting confirmations last week that the events would move forward.
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Representatives for Fair Oaks Mall declined to comment on the matter, deferring to the restaurant chain. When FFXnow reached out to the chain via the media email listed on its website, the message bounced back.
Additionally, multiple phone calls placed to the restaurant went unanswered.
If the restaurant is shuttered for good, that marks the end of Brio in Virginia. The Fair Oaks Mall location, which opened in 2015, was the brand’s last in the state, following its departure from Tysons Corner Center in 2020.
The brand now has just 30 locations nationwide, down from nearly 100 before the coronavirus pandemic. Brio was acquired by Earl Enterprises in 2020 after its former parent company, FoodFirst Global Holdings, declared bankruptcy and announced a new CEO in March.
