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UPDATE: Downtown McLean Chicken Out Closed, Moving Vans at Restaurant

Closing announced last night to employes.

UPDATE, 5:15 p.m. A spokesman for Chicken Out said, "The landlord did not extend our lease. So there will be a couple of months before we open our new store. We are trying to relocate our employees. Our HR team is working with them now."

The spokesman Renie Freedman said the restaurant is still moving to the Langley Shopping Center, a few blocks east on Chain Bridge Road. She did not identify the landlord.

ORIGINAL STORY: The downtown McLean Chicken Out has closed and moving trucks are now parked in front the restaurant on Chain Bridge Road.

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An employee who would not give his name said the closing was announced at the end of last night's shift. The employee looked stunned. He said the restaurant would reopen in a new location in a few months.

Workers were loading all the equipment and tables into a truck from Budget and another from Ryder. The restaurant was nearly empty by about 3 p.m.

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About two weeks ago Renie Freedman, spokesperson for Chicken Out said the restaurant was moving to a new location in the Langley Shopping Center.

The Chicken Out is planned to replace Marvelous Market. The new space will include a small seating area.

She also said the move is part of the new direction of the company since it emerged from bankruptcy under new ownership.

She said Richard Hindin, a McLean resident, no longer runs the company. Chicken Out Rotisserie filed for bankruptcy in July 2011, according to news reports.

She said Chicken Out had been located in McLean since 1995.

McLean Patch has asked Chicken Out to comment on their reason for the closing, what happens to the employes, do they receive any severance or health insurance? We'll update this story as soon as we hear from Chicken Out.


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