Business

No more Bojangles for Bluffton. Restaurant closed and signs removed

Bojangles in Bluffton is closed and the restaurant’s signs have been removed.

The location, known for its chicken and biscuits, opened to great fanfare in November 2016 at 8230 Pinellas Drive off Buckwalter Parkway in Bluffton. Customers were trying to go through the drive-thru before the restaurant was officially open, The Island Packet reported at the time.

Now, the menu board at that same drive-thru is empty, and a sign on the door states simply, “We are closed.”

The building where Bojangles was located in Bluffton has been stripped of the branding as of Saturday, April 16, 2022.
The building where Bojangles was located in Bluffton has been stripped of the branding as of Saturday, April 16, 2022. Lisa Wilson lwilson@islandpacket.com

The branding also has been taken off the facade and from the sign near the busy thoroughfare.

The website for Bojangles’ Famous Chicken ’n Biscuits no longer lists a Bluffton franchise in its directory. The only remaining location in Beaufort County is now at 109 Robert Smalls Parkway in Beaufort. The next closest is in Port Wentworth.

The drive-thru at the former Bluffton Bojangles location on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
The drive-thru at the former Bluffton Bojangles location on Saturday, April 16, 2022. Lisa Wilson lwilson@islandpacket.com

An email to the corporate media office Monday morning was not returned by the afternoon.

The person who answered the phone at the Beaufort location said she could not comment.

A sign on the door of the former Bluffton Bojangles location on Saturday, April 16, 2022.
A sign on the door of the former Bluffton Bojangles location on Saturday, April 16, 2022. Lisa Wilson lwilson@islandpacket.com
Lisa Wilson
The Island Packet
Lisa Wilson is senior reporter for The Island Packet and The Beaufort Gazette covering restaurant and retail business openings and closings along with occasional breaking news. The newsroom veteran has worked for papers in Louisiana and Mississippi and is happy to call the Lowcountry home.
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