Qld steak chain celebrating 30yrs in business closes another eatery

Iconic Queensland restaurant chain Hog’s Breath has announced the sudden closure of one of its inner-Brisbane outlets almost a year to the day after another served its last meal, and it comes despite the well-known brand celebrating 30 years in business.

QUEENSLAND steak restaurant chain Hog’s Breath may be celebrating its 30th years in business but has suffered another casualty following the closure of an inner city eatery.

Almost a year to the day that the Hog’s Australia’s Steakhouse at Petrie Terrace closed its doors, the Indooroopilly outlet has now served its last meal.

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Regular customers of the Indooroopilly restaurant were only informed by email at midday yesterday that the restaurant had ceased operating.

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The email, signed “Boss Hogg’’, gave no reason for the closure other than to inform patrons that the nearest Hog’s Breath restaurant “was only a short distance away at Carindale” which is actually some 17km by road.

The Petrie Terrace restaurant closed in April last year after serving meals for more than two decades.

Liquidation notices can be seen on the front doors of Hog's Breath Steakhouse in Holden Hill on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Pic: Morgan Sette

At the time Petrie Terrace shut, Hog’s Breath ceo Ross Worth said the restaurant

became financially unsustainable but it was no reflection on the strength of the brand.

In March, two Hog’s Breath Steakhouses in Adelaide went into liquidation.

The closure of South Australian stores at Glenelg and Holden Hill reduced the number of Hog’s Australia’s Steakhouse restaurants to 73 from an all-time high of 80 just 18 months ago.

Besides at least four closures in a year, the restaurant at Aspley, on Brisbane’s northside was recently downsized.

It now only covers has about only half the floor space that it originally occupied.

Mr Worth, while not commenting on the closure of the Indooroopilly eatery, said plans were in train for the Glenelg restaurant to reopen by the middle of the year.

“We are currently in negotiations with a perspective new owner and are confident at the prospect of re-opening our Glenelg restaurant in the coming months,” Mr Worth told The Courier-Mail.

“We thank our Adelaide fans for their patience as we work through this process and are excited to be able to serve them again soon.”