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Plan to dine out at your local Bennigan's tonight?  Time to reschedule: It appears that the Bennigan's chain of restaurants is closed and out of business after their parent company, Metromedia Restaurant Group, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Independently-owned franchisees are not included in the filings, and the filings do not include the Metromedia-owned Ponderosa Steakhouse and Bonanza Steakhouse restaurants.

NBC 5 [Dallas / Fort Worth, TX] called a local Bennigan's Tuesday morning and was told, "We won't be opening anymore." A call to the company's headquarters yielded a "no comment" early Tuesday.

The manger of a Colorado Bennigan's told KMGH-TV he was spending the morning calling employees to tell them not to come in. He did not want to be identified by name.

"This sucks. I'm out of a job," he said.

Another call to a staffer in Colorado confirmed that the chain was closed nationally but he believed that it was only temporary. Other employees believed the restaurant was "closed for good."