LEON shutters all four U.S. stores

The chain's U.S. arm filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in early February.

LEON shuttered all four of its U.S. stores, its USA president Glenn Edwards confirmed.

In an email seen by Restaurant Dive, Edwards said the company was "devastated by COVID-19," and had only managed to keep one American store open over the last 12 months, with volume down 85%.

The chain opened its fourth U.S. restaurant in Fairfax, Virginia, in August 2020, which delivered just 25% of revenue expectations, Edwards noted.

The chain permanently closed its American outposts in late January after "limited landlord support across the estate," he added. It filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy liquidation in early February.

"We are now focusing on re-building LEON in the UK & Europe, where our journey to make fast food, good food started 17 years ago," Edwards wrote. "For now, we have to focus on survival. The US remains our long term number one priority.”