Texas Roadhouse is not only the top steakhouse chain in the U.S., but it also dethroned Olive Garden as the top casual dining chain in 2024 with almost $5.5 billion in sales, research firm Techtronic reported last year, according to Restaurant Business Magazine.
The No. 2 steakhouse, based on 2024 sales, was LongHorn Steakhouse, which was also the No. 6 casual dining chain with $3 billion in sales. It was followed by the No. 3 steakhouse, Outback Steakhouse, with $2.7 billion in sales, and also the No. 7 casual dining chain.
Data on the top restaurants in 2025 has not been released yet.
Despite a favorable ranking, Outback faced economic pressures that led its parent, Bloomin’ Brands, to launch a strategic turnaround plan in late 2025, which is expected to result in 43 locations closing.
And now, popular restaurant chainFleming’s Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar is closing its Upper Kirby location in Houston on April 18 after 25 years, as its parent, Bloomin’ Brands, has decided not to renew its lease at 2405 West Alabama Street in Houston, spokesperson Elizabeth Daly told Culture Map Houston.
Bloomin’ Brands did not state a specific reason for not renewing the Fleming’s lease.
Fleming’s will continue operating two other Houston-area locations at Town & Country Village and The Woodlands Mall.
“Team members will have the opportunity to transfer to another restaurant,” Daly said. “We appreciate the community’s support the past 25 years and hope to serve them at one of our other Houston-area Fleming’s locations.”
The Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse closing expands on Bloomin’ Brands’ turnaround strategy for its Outback Steakhouse chain, which it launched in November 2025 for underperforming locations.
Under the Outback Steakhouse turnaround strategy, Bloomin’ Brands said it would not renew 22 Outback restaurant leases through 2029, after already closing 21 underperforming locations in October 2025.
The adjustments come as casual dining chains face rising costs of labor and products and declining customer traffic.
Along with the Outback Steakhouse closings, Bloomin’ Brands laid off 100 corporate employees earlier in 2025, SeafoodSource reported.
Bloomin’s other brands include Fleming’s, Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba’s Italian Grill, and Bonefish Grill, which operate over 1,450 restaurants in 46 states, Guam, and 12 countries.
The company operates 60 Fleming’s locations in 24 states.
The restaurant chain owner has not indicated as of March 2026 whether it will allow leases to expire for other Fleming’s locations, or Carrabba’s Italian Grill and Bonefish Grill restaurants.
Bloomin’ Brands isn’t the only restaurant operator shutting down steakhouse locations.
Landry Hospitality closed down several McCormick & Schmick’s locations in 2025, including an Oregon location in March 2025, a Charlotte, N.C., location in May 2025, and a Chicago restaurant in late 2025.
Fat Brands’ Ponderosa & Bonanza Steakhouse, two chains that were inspired by the “Bonanza” television program in the 1960s, merged and downsized from over 700 locations at one time to 36 franchise units and one company-owned location, according to the company website.
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Finally, a one-time popular steakhouse chain, Lone Star Steakhouse & Saloon, which opened in 1989 and grew to 267 locations by 1998, has shrunk to one location today, but diners would have to travel to Guam if they want to try the restaurant, TheStreet’s Daniel Kline reported.
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