U.S. chains like Smokey Bones, Peet's Coffee, and Joe's Crab Shack have collectively closed dozens of locations this year. With the first location opening in the Greater London borough of Enfield in 1974, the restaurant chain Beefeater has, over several generations, earned a reputation for being a family-friendly steakhouse chain serving grilled steak cuts, burgers, and fish and chips at more accessible prices. Beefeater to shut 106 restaurant locations across the UKAt its peak, the chain had approximately 140 standalone and Brewers Fayre brewery-attached locations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The company's largest holding is the hotel chain Premier Inn. The current strategy is to convert some locations into hotel rooms and others into integrated unbranded hotel restaurants.