TGI Fridays closes in St. Charles

ST. CHARLES – Another business has shut its doors on the city’s east side in the same month that a project’s groundbreaking ceremony brought promise of new vitality.

TGI Fridays, 3875 E. Main St., St. Charles, closed Friday for business reasons, a company spokesperson said in an email Monday.

It had opened in October 2002.

“This was a very difficult decision, as we understand the impact it has on our guests who enjoyed dining at our restaurant and on our team members who worked there,” said the spokesperson, who did not give a name.

“We’re working with our team members to provide job assistance and look forward to serving our guests at our other Chicago-area Fridays locations. We appreciate and thank our guests for visiting Fridays in St. Charles over the years.”

The Batavia location, 490 N. Randall Road, remains open, the spokesperson said.

A sign taped to the restaurant’s front doors notified would-be diners of the closure over the weekend.

“Thanks for the good times,” it stated.

The shuttered restaurant is in the same shopping center as Super Target and Petco and sits across the street from the former Savers store. The thrift store shut its doors Sept. 16.

Meanwhile, nearby Charlestowne Mall is undergoing a rebirth. Early this month, city officials and representatives from The Krausz Companies Inc. celebrated the groundbreaking of The Quad St. Charles, which is expected to have its grand opening in spring 2016.

Krausz Companies, which bought the mall last year for $9.5 million, plans to turn the shopping center into a gathering place of restaurants and new tenants.