1 Red Lobster restaurant in Michigan is part of abrupt temporary closures nationwide

Red Lobster has more than 80 of its restaurants listed as "temporarily closed" according to USA TODAY, and the seafood chain's website shows at least one Michigan location is affected.

The abrupt closures span 27 states and a liquidator, TAGeX Brands, is auctioning off equipment from 48 closed locations this week, USA TODAY reported.

The lone Red Lobster in Michigan listed as temporarily closed is the Fort Gratiot restaurant located at 4220 24th Ave.

Red Lobster temporarily closed Michigan restaurants

• Fort Gratiot

Michigan is home to 26 other Red Lobster locations that remain open for businesses, according to the Red Lobster website.

Red Lobster restaurants open in Michigan

• Adrian

• Ann Arbor

• Battle Creek

• Bay City

• Dearborn Heights

• Flint

• Grandville

• Jackson

• Kentwood

• Lansing

• Livonia

• Madison Heights

• Marquette

• Monroe

• Mount Pleasant

• Muskegon

• Novi

• Portage

• Rochester Hills

• Saginaw

• Southgate

• Sterling Heights

• Traverse City

• Warren

• Waterford

• Westland

Nationwide, the closures affect restaurants in more than 25 states.

USA TODAY reported via Bloomberg that Red Lobster considered filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in April.

The chain also reported an $11 million loss in the third quarter of last year that was partly attributed to its Ultimate Endless Shrimp deal becoming more popular than expected, according to USA TODAY.

This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: 1 Red Lobster in Michigan part of temporary closures nationwide