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Chestnut Hill Sur La Table Store Closing Amid Bankruptcy

Seattle-based Sur La Table filed for bankruptcy protection this week, and will close almost half its stores nationwide.

The Seattle-based upscale kitchenware company filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, and that means 50 of the chain's 125 stores will close.
The Seattle-based upscale kitchenware company filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, and that means 50 of the chain's 125 stores will close. (Jenna Fisher/Patch)

CHESTNUT HILL, MA — The Sur La Table bankruptcy filing will mean the chain's Chestnut Hill store will close.

The Seattle-based upscale kitchenware company filed for bankruptcy protection on Wednesday, and that means 50 of the chain's 125 stores will close.

In Massachusetts, Sur La Table operates stores in Burlington, Natick, Chestnut Hill and Boston. The other three stores are also closing. The closures will happen in either August or September, according to the company's website.

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Sur La Table, which opened almost 50 years ago at Seattle's Pike Place Market, will be restructured to "have a balance sheet and retail footprint optimized to position the Company for a bright future," CEO Jason Goldberger said in a news release this week.

- Neal McNamara , Patch Staff wrote this article

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