The Abbey Burger Bistro in Maryland’s Ocean City is closing permanently, and in its place will be the new location for .
The Abbey Burger Bistro, which has been tucked into the Holiday Inn Express off Coastal Highway at 126th Street for the last eight years, joins several other Ocean City restaurants that have made the decision to close because of pandemic-related pressures.
鈥淥C Abbey Burger could not withstand the struggles of a quarantine required for the COVID-19 pandemic, the disproportionate impact on the seasonal resort town sector of the food industry, and the overall downturn in the economy, the last of which may reverberate for years,” the , nearly a month after Bourbon Street said it was moving in.
鈥淲e are extremely humbled that so many embraced our restaurant and that we were able to succeed as long as we had,鈥� Abbey Burger said.
The Abbey Burger Bistro operates several other locations, including Abbey Burger restaurants in Baltimore鈥檚 Fells Point, Federal Hill and Mount Washington, as well as Sliders Baltimore in Baltimore and Sullivan鈥檚 Cove in Severna Park.
that it would open at The Abbey Burger’s 126th Street location in spring.
The restaurant plans to be open at 126th Street with a similar menu in the beginning of April. Bourbon Street says it will be putting its 116th Street location up for sale or lease.
In January, all-you-can-eat seafood and prime rib buffet The Embers announced it had closed permanently after more than 70 years, citing the effects of the pandemic.
BJ鈥檚 on the Water last month closed permanently after 41 years. The owners citied health reasons.
The Beach Plaza Hotel, one of Ocean City鈥檚 oldest Boardwalk hotels, also announced its permanent closure last month, along with its on-site restaurant Ocean Thirteen.
Ocean Thirteen鈥檚 owners recently announced their reopening at a new location on
海角社区app’s Colleen Kelleher contributed to this story.
