One of the Chili’s Restaurants in Lafayette Has Permanently Closed

Another one bites the dust. One of the three Lafayette, Louisiana Chili's restaurants has shuttered.

According to several social media posts and other sources, the longtime Chili's located at 1734 W. Pinhook Road in Lafayette has permanently closed.

The Google listing for the restaurant confirms the news.

This leaves the Hub City with two other Chili's -- one at 3220 NE Evangeline Thruway and another at 4301 Ambassador Caffery Parkway. (This one moved further down on Ambassador into the old O'Charley's location in 2019.)

The other Acadiana locations of Chili's include New Iberia (2910 Hwy 14), Crowley (827 Odd Fellows Rd), and Abbeville (3009 Veterans Memorial Drive).

Why did Chili's on Pinhook Rd in Lafayette close?

While we have yet to see an announcement from the restaurant proprietors, we can imagine the closure came due to many of the same reasons other restaurants have closed—overall costs, difficulty finding good employees, not enough volume of customers, or perhaps other reasons.

In the popular local Facebook group "Whatz Goin On in Acadiana," commenters didn't hold back any punches.

Here are a few of the harsh words left:

Yet others took a more sympathetic view of the situation, thinking of the employees who had just lost their jobs right before the holidays.