Kroger Closing Most of Its Kitchen 1883 Restaurants
The Kroger Co. is closing two of its three Kitchen 1883 restaurant concepts this week.
The Kitchen 1883 sit-down restaurant debuted in 2017 adjacent to a Kroger Marketplace in Union, Ky. The concept offered a fresh take on American comfort food with a made-from-scratch menu inspired by American and international flavors, hand-crafted cocktails, and a community-centered atmosphere.
Over the next two years, the company opened a stand-alone Kitchen 1883 in Anderson, Ohio, and another inside an On The Rhine Kroger in Cincinnati.
A Kroger spokesperson confirmed with Progressive Grocer that the company has made the difficult decision to close the Anderson and Union Kitchen 1883 restaurants on April 24. “We are incredibly grateful for the community’s support and loyalty throughout the years. Customers can still get their Kitchen 1883 favorites from our On the Rhine location and through our catering service,” the spokesperson said.
On the Rhine Kroger is located on Court Street, near the grocery giant’s corporate headquarters in downtown Cincinnati. This location is also home to Kroger’s first food hall.
The name Kitchen 1883 pays homage to the year that Kroger was founded.
Cincinnati-based Kroger serves more than 11 million customers daily through a digital shopping experience and retail food stores under a variety of banner names. The grocer is No. 4 on The PG 100, Progressive Grocer’s 2024 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America. PG also named Kroger one of its Retailers of the Century.
