Bar Louie Restaurants

Bar Louie is an American bar and restaurant chain founded in 1990.^[3] Bar Louie serves food, beer, and cocktails, from locations predominantly located in urban and suburban markets. As of 2022^[update] there are approximately 69 locations.^[4] Bar Louie is headquartered in Addison, Texas, and Tom Fricke is the company's chief executive officer. Sun Capital Partners is a major investor in the company dating back to June 2010.^[5]

BLH Acquisition Co., LLC

Founded	1990
Headquarters	Addison, Texas, U.S.
Number of locations	73[1][2]
Key people	Brian Wright, CEO
Website	barlouie.com

On January 27, 2020, Bar Louie filed for bankruptcy and closed 38 locations.^[6][1] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bar Louie closed an additional 22 locations.^[2] On March 26, 2025, Bar Louie once again filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, listing assets between $1 million to $10 million, and liabilities between $50 million to $100 million. The filing revealed that Bar Louie owes millions to many of its creditors, including US Foods Dallas, a subsidiary of US Foods. Bar Louie stated that their sales did not recover after the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and blamed its bankruptcy filing on operational and financial challenges. The company immediately shuttered 13 of its corporate owned locations as part of the filing.^[7][8]