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{{see also|Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing}} | {{see also|Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing}} | ||
File:2015-05-11 16 22 23 Sbarro restaurant at the Commodore Perry Service Plaza along the Ohio Turnpike (Interstates 80 and 90) in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.jpg|thumb|right|Sbarro at the Commodore Perry Service Plaza along the Ohio Turnpike | [[File:2015-05-11 16 22 23 Sbarro restaurant at the Commodore Perry Service Plaza along the Ohio Turnpike (Interstates 80 and 90) in Riley Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.jpg|thumb|right|Sbarro at the Commodore Perry Service Plaza along the Ohio Turnpike | ||
In early 2007, Sbarro was acquired by MidOcean Partners , a private equity firm with offices in New York and London.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |work=Sbarro, Inc. |url=http://www.sbarro.com/aboutUs/history.php |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810002227/http://www.sbarro.com/aboutUs/history.php |archivedate=August 10, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> | In early 2007, Sbarro was acquired by MidOcean Partners , a private equity firm with offices in New York and London.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |work=Sbarro, Inc. |url=http://www.sbarro.com/aboutUs/history.php |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070810002227/http://www.sbarro.com/aboutUs/history.php |archivedate=August 10, 2007 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>]] | ||
The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 4, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sbarro Chapter 11 Petition|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/QPYCXHA/Sbarro_LLC__nysbke-14-10557__0049.0.pdf|website=PacerMonitor|publisher=PacerMonitor|accessdate=9 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kary |first=Tiffany |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-04/sbarro-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-after-restaurant-chain-s-sales-slid.html |title=Sbarro, Mall Restaurant Chain, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection |publisher=Bloomberg |date=April 4, 2011 |accessdate=April 11, 2011}}</ref> At the time it was ranked by Pizza Today as the country's fifth-largest pizza chain.<ref name="Karp">{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pizza-trouble-20110411,0,6525994.story | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Gregory | last=Karp | title=Pizza restaurants feeling bite from consumer options | date=April 10, 2011}}</ref> It was the third-largest pizza chain to declare bankruptcy in less than a year. Earlier, Round Table Pizza (ranked no. 10) and Uno Chicago Grill (ranked no. 11), through its parent Uno Restaurant Holdings, filed bankruptcy. Uno has since reemerged.<ref name="Karp"/> | The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on April 4, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sbarro Chapter 11 Petition|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/QPYCXHA/Sbarro_LLC__nysbke-14-10557__0049.0.pdf|website=PacerMonitor|publisher=PacerMonitor|accessdate=9 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Kary |first=Tiffany |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-04/sbarro-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-after-restaurant-chain-s-sales-slid.html |title=Sbarro, Mall Restaurant Chain, Seeks Bankruptcy Protection |publisher=Bloomberg |date=April 4, 2011 |accessdate=April 11, 2011}}</ref> At the time it was ranked by Pizza Today as the country's fifth-largest pizza chain.<ref name="Karp">{{cite news| url=http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-pizza-trouble-20110411,0,6525994.story | work=Los Angeles Times | first=Gregory | last=Karp | title=Pizza restaurants feeling bite from consumer options | date=April 10, 2011}}</ref> It was the third-largest pizza chain to declare bankruptcy in less than a year. Earlier, Round Table Pizza (ranked no. 10) and Uno Chicago Grill (ranked no. 11), through its parent Uno Restaurant Holdings, filed bankruptcy. Uno has since reemerged.<ref name="Karp"/> | ||