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Beloved restaurant chain files for bankruptcy protection as struggles continue
November 2, 2024 | 1:29pmRestaurant chain TGI Fridays filed for bankruptcy protection Saturday, saying it is looking for ways to “ensure the long-term viability” of the casual dining brand after closing many of its...
TGI Fridays shutters 49 more locations across US as possible bankruptcy filing looms
October 28, 2024 | 12:36pmIt is the casual dining chain’s largest round of store closures since January, when it shuttered 36 “underperforming” locations across the US, including five in New York.
TGI Fridays closes a dozen restaurants across America in just one month -- including multiple tri-state locations
October 16, 2024 | 10:25amTGI Fridays has closed 12 U.S. locations in the past month and shuttered 35 restaurants across the pond.
Friday the 13th will be sexy-spooky this year — there's an astrological reason for that
September 11, 2024 | 3:08pmLike black cats and broken mirrors and from the last supper to the death of Tupac, Friday the 13th has long been associated with misfortune. While Lady Luck has presumably...
How did Friday become our favorite day of the week? Astrology has the answer
May 8, 2024 | 8:35pmThe Cure picked Friday to fall in love and it's no surprise, folks.
TGI Fridays to finally go public through merger with UK franchisee owner
April 17, 2024 | 12:43pmThere are already more than 600 TGI Fridays outposts across 44 countries, including roughly 233 in the US as well as locations across South America, the UK and Asia.
Food deals and freebies to help ease the pain of Tax Day 2024
April 15, 2024 | 6:00amFile your taxes, then treat yourself!
TGI Fridays abruptly closes 36 'underperforming' restaurants, sells 8 more to former CEO
January 4, 2024 | 9:28amCasual dining chain TGI Fridays abruptly announced that it is closing 36 "underperforming" restaurants across the US -- five of which are in New York -- as part on an...
New York wine crisis: FBI raid top shop, $1,000 bottles found stashed in Times Square TGI Fridays
December 14, 2023 | 6:00amPremium wine lovers are losing sleep fearing they won't get access to the top vintages they stored.
TGI Friday's argues you're eating burgers incorrectly
May 12, 2022 | 4:44pmTGI Friday’s claims most Americans are not eating their burgers properly. Turns out, the best way to eat a juicy burger is by flipping it.
The Post saves Times Square restaurant from scaffolding crisis
December 14, 2019 | 12:47pmA popular Times Square eatery was losing business at the rate of a half-million dollars a year due to a next-door scaffold — until The Post came to the rescue...
Long Island woman threatens to stab TGI Fridays worker over endless apps
December 6, 2019 | 9:15pmNothing was going to get between a Long Island woman and her "all-you-can-eat" doggie bag. A Long Island woman threatened to stab a TGI Fridays employee who tried to stop...
TGI Fridays sued by Bronx woman for 'fake' potato skins
March 27, 2019 | 5:40pmTGIF, WTF! A snacking stickler is suing TGI Fridays, claiming the restaurant chain’s potato skin snacks — bags of which are sold in stores and vending machines across the country...
TGI Friday's agrees to settle wage suit for more than $19M
September 21, 2017 | 11:34amTGI Friday’s is finally ready to pay up. The 52-year-old restaurant chain has agreed to pay a whopping $19.1 million to settle accusations that it chronically underpaid its servers, bussers,...
NYC to require salt warnings on chain-restaurant menus
September 9, 2015 | 1:37pmCity chain restaurants will have to red-flag dishes that are loaded with salt and exceed recommended daily sodium limits, under regulations passed Wednesday by the Board of Health. The board...
TGI Friday's departure from Fifth Avenue doesn't upset building owners
July 4, 2015 | 8:40pmWhen the TGI Friday’s at 604 Fifth Ave. at 49th Street finally closes, few tears will be shed in the neighborhood that has long considered the potato-skin purveyor an eyesore....
TGI Friday's paying off employees to stop suit: lawyer
January 5, 2015 | 9:43amTGI Friday’s is playing a game of legal Whac-A-Mole in an attempt to settle a class-action wage lawsuit by its employees before it goes to trial, Manhattan legal papers allege....
Mistletoe drone attacks photographer at TGI Friday's
December 8, 2014 | 3:41pmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldhEsgcOq9U It was nearly a kiss of death. TGI Friday’s debut of “Mobile Mistletoe” got messy at a Brooklyn location when an out-of-control drone hit a veteran photographer in the...
TGI Fridays unveils 'mistletoe drone' for seasonal smooching
November 20, 2014 | 1:13pmhttp://youtu.be/ldhEsgcOq9U Get ready to pucker up because TGI Fridays is determined to brighten your season with mistletoe-hanging drones. Working to add a little holiday magic to your dining experience, a...
TGI Friday's targets Chili's in musical rib war
November 2, 2014 | 11:48pmRemember the jingle? “I want my baby-back, baby-back, baby-back ribs …” The song — once rated by Ad Age as the jingle “most likely to get stuck in your head”...