The Bar Louie chain was in financial trouble pre-pandemic as they filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in January 2020 and closed more than a quarter of their 134 locations.
At the time, they advised that their lenders were planning on serving as a stalking horse bidder, but their fortunes since then haven’t improved and a judge has now approved plans to liquidate their business.
Costco ran a sale on their gift cards late last year, while Sam’s Club did the same just a few weeks ago. If you bought any Bar Louie gift cards from those sales or are sitting on them from purchases at some other point in the past, you’ll want to redeem them extremely quickly as there’s no telling how many days are remaining where you’ll be able to do so.