Restaurant chain Bar Louie, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March, has joined the growing stable of restaurants owned by Sun Holdings. The Dallas-headquartered Sun Holdings, which acquired Uncle Julio's in January 2025, announced on Oct. 7 it had also acquired Bar Louie, which has 39 restaurant and cocktail bar locations across the United States. Founded in 1991 in Chicago, Illinois, Bar Louie filed for bankruptcy in March; at the time, it had 31 company-owned locations and 17 franchised locatio ...

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