Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub Closes Its Doors In Enfield

ENFIELD, CT — After nearly two decades in business on Route 190, the Enfield location of the Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub has shuttered its doors.

A sign posted on the doorway reads, "Thank you for your patronage! Our Enfield location has closed for business."

The sign directs patrons to visit Ninety Nine locations in Vernon and Glastonbury, as well as Massachusetts restaurants in East Longmeadow, Springfield and West Springfield.

Operating in a freestanding building at 54 Hazard Avenue in the Stop & Shop Plaza, the restaurant opened sometime in the late 2000s. Prior to that, the site had been home to a Ground Round restaurant for many years.

Kara Jacobs, Ninety Nine president and chief financial officer, said in a written statement, "It is always a difficult decision to close a store but based on a variety of factors, including the fact that our lease was up, we made the decision to close 54 Hazard Ave location as of October 21st. We sincerely appreciate our loyal guests who have visited us at this location and encourage them to dine with us at any of our other restaurants across the Northeast, including our locations in nearby Springfield, MA (1371 Liberty Street), West Springfield, MA (1053 Riverdale Street, Unit A) and East Longmeadow, MA (390 N. Main Street), as well as seven locations throughout Connecticut. We are also deeply grateful for the outstanding work of our operating team. We are working with our team members to either relocate them to other stores and/or support them any way we can in their job search, including offering severance. The Ninety Nine has been and remains a proud part of the casual dining landscape across New England and New York. Closing this one location doesn’t change our interest and commitment to this part of the country."

The chain was founded in Boston in 1952, and numbered nearly a hundred sites throughout New England and New York at its peak. Known for casual dining and classic pub food, outlets in New England were noted for running a special "kids eat free when the Red Sox win" promotion.