Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc.
Moderate confidence (75%)
Updated Oct 18, 2026, 12:04 AM
What is happening
Derived by rule set status-rules-2026.09.7
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
Latest material event: bankruptcy case closed (docket entry 1805) (Sep 26, 2022)
The business
What a source says the company did. A classification is not a description of operations.
Ignite Restaurant Group operated the Joe’s Crab Shack and Brick House Tavern + Tap restaurant brands.
First-day declaration · page 3 · Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration
Bankruptcy information
Court records associated with this company's legal entities.
- Court
- S.D. Texas
- District
- Texas - Southern District
- Chapter
- Other
- Case status
- UNKNOWN
- Filed
- Jun 6, 2017
- Judge
- David R. Jones
- Trustee
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- Reported assets
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- Reported liabilities
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Timeline
Every material event, newest first. History is never overwritten.
bankruptcy case closed (docket entry 1805)
Sep 26, 2022
Bankruptcy case closed
Order Granting Motion For Final Decree
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 17-33550, entry 1805 — “Final Decree”
bankruptcy case closed (docket entry 1776)
Dec 10, 2019
Bankruptcy case closed
Order Granting Motion for (I) Approval of Final Distribution to Beneficiaries, Termination of the Liquidation Trust and Statement of Discharge and (II) Entry of Final Decree Closing Certain Chapter 11 Cases
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 17-33550, entry 1776 — “Final Decree”
plan confirmed (docket entry 967)
Dec 1, 2017
Plan confirmed
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Order Confirming the Debtors' Joint Chapter 11 Plan as of September 18, 2017. Signed on 12/1/2017.
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 17-33550, entry 967 — “Confirming the Debtors' Joint Chapter 11 Plan”
A) Approving Asset Purchase Agreement and Authorizing the Sale of Assets of the…
Aug 17, 2017
Asset sale approved
Order (A) Approving Asset Purchase Agreement and Authorizing the Sale of Assets of the Debtors Outside the Ordinary Course of Business, (B) Authorizing the Sale of Assets Free and Clear of all Liens, Claims, Encumbrances and Interests, (c) Authorizing the Assumption and Sale and Assignment of Certain Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, and (D) Granting Related Relief
- Epiq — claims agent docket · case 17-33550, entry 615 — “Order (A) Approving Asset Purchase Agreement and Authorizing the Sale of Assets of the Debtors Outside the Ordinary Course of Business, (B) Authorizing the Sale of Assets Free and Clear of all Liens, Claims, Encumbrances and Interests, (c) Authorizing the Assumption and Sale and Assignment of Certain Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, and (D) Granting Related Relief (Related Doc # [19]) Signed on 8/17/2017. (emiller)”
Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. filed for bankruptcy
Jun 6, 2017
Bankruptcy filed
Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. filed for bankruptcy in S.D. Texas as case 17-33550 on Jun 06 2017.
- Epiq — claims agent case · case 17-33550 — “Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. — case 17-33550 — Texas - Southern District — before David R. Jones — filed Jun 06 2017 — 2 affiliated debtors”
Company information
- Founded
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- Employees (estimate)
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- Industry
- Restaurant
- Subindustry
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- Website
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- Headquarters
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- Also known as
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- Legal entities
- Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc.
Sources
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Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · UNVERIFIED)
Order (A) Approving Asset Purchase Agreement and Authorizing the Sale of Assets of the Debtors Outside the Ordinary Course of Business, (B) Authorizing the Sale of Assets Free and Clear of all Liens, Claims, Encumbrances and Interests, (c) Authorizing the Assumption and Sale and Assignment of Certain Executory Contracts and Unexpired Leases, and (D) Granting Related Relief (Related Doc # [19]) Signed on 8/17/2017. (emiller)
Epiq Bankruptcy Case Administration (TIER 1 · UNVERIFIED)
Ignite Restaurant Group, Inc. — case 17-33550 — Texas - Southern District — before David R. Jones — filed Jun 06 2017 — 2 affiliated debtors
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Status history
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- BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDED → BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDEDCASE_CONCLUDED_BY_FINAL_DECREE · Sep 18, 2026, 01:31 AM
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
- BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDED → BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDEDCASE_CONCLUDED_BY_FINAL_DECREE · Sep 18, 2026, 01:14 AM
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCY_CONCLUDEDCASE_CONCLUDED_BY_FINAL_DECREE · Sep 15, 2026, 12:22 PM
The court entered a final decree, so the bankruptcy case is over. The decree does not say how it ended or what became of the business. This supersedes the earlier bankruptcy signal.
- BANKRUPTCY → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 14, 2026, 04:46 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.
- UNKNOWN → BANKRUPTCYCHAPTER_11_BANKRUPTCY · Sep 9, 2026, 09:32 PM
A bankruptcy case is open. A filing is a legal proceeding, not a confirmation that the company is closed.