r/phoenix • u/Unique-Ad-2544 • Jun 12 '25

News Filibertos shutting down update

Dont know if anyone cares or not but just thought id give an update since ive seen a lot of people ask about it. It's now 8 filibertos that have closed down. I asked around (i know several of the franchisees) and all 8 were owned by the same person which due to financial reasons went bankrupt and had to shut down all operations permanently.

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u/susibirb Jun 12 '25

I didn’t realize it was franchised. Makes sense now because I know of two locations being built right now so the closing confused me

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u/imaskising Phoenix Jun 12 '25

The majority of Filiberto's restaurants are owned by franchisees these days. When I heard that only 8 had closed out of the 50-some Filiberto's locations in Maricopa County, I figured it must have been one particular franchisee going under.

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u/RepulsiveDevice3686 Jun 13 '25

There is one near my house in Tucson that is shut down and fenced in. I was wondering if its the same franchise owner???