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Bertucci's
Italian restaurant chain owned by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners from 2012 until an April 2018 Chapter 11 sale to Earl Enterprises; has filed Chapter 11 twice more since (2022, 2025) and continues operating a reduced footprint.
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Record updated Sept. 4, 2026
Current ownership
Current owner not established
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What happened under and after ownership
Operating outcome
Operating through distress or restructuring
Filed Chapter 11 in April 2018 while owned by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, exiting via a $20 million sale to Earl Enterprises; filed Chapter 11 again in December 2022 and a third time in April 2025, each time continuing to operate.
Owned by Earl Enterprises (Planet Hollywood, Buca di Beppo) since 2018, a restaurant operator rather than a financial sponsor; roughly a dozen locations remained open as of the 2025 filing.
- Founded
- 1981
- Sponsor at closure
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners
- Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (company primary) · LLCP invested in Bertucci's in July 2012 and exited in April 2018; investment marked realized
- FSR Magazine · December 2022 second Chapter 11 filing, debt load, 47 units across nine states at the time
- Wikipedia · founded November 3, 1981; ownership chain; April 2018, December 2022, and April 2025 Chapter 11 filings; ~12 locations under Earl Enterprises as of 2025
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