a chain of casual dining restaurants headquartered in the us state of massachusetts . the first piccadilly pub restaurant was opened by william c. martin in 1973 in the town of westborough massachusetts . the chain offered a menu of american cuisine with particular emphasis on seafood such as fish and chips new england clam chowder fried clams lobster scallops and shrimp . as of 2008 the chain had 13 locations all in massachusetts and connecticut . 1 all locations abruptly closed on february 5 2012 . contents 1 locations 2 sale of operations 3 closing 4 references 5 external links locations edit auburn foxborough franklin marlborough north attleborough north reading randolph sturbridge tewksbury westborough west springfield wethersfield connecticut worcester sale of operations edit piccadilly pubs was acquired by massachusetts pub group in 2008 . 1 repechage investments llc which controlled piccadilly pub through its massachusetts pub group filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 2011 . 2 the worcester telegram & gazette reports that piccadilly pub s assets have now been acquired by franworks group of calgary alberta canada . 3 however franworks press release states that they only bought the 19 elephant and castle pub and restaurants no other entities from the parent company were part of the acquisition . 4 closing edit on february 5 2012 an internal memo to all employees circulated that informed them that all remaining restaurant locations would be closing indefinitely and that further information would be disclosed in a public announcement shortly . on february 6 2012 all restaurants remained closed with the following memo on the door piccadilly pub restaurants have temporarily closed . currently a date has not been set for a re opening . 5 6 7 8 location in north attleborough references edit a b repechage investments limited owner of elephant & castle announces acquisition of piccadilly pubs by its massachusetts pub group subsidiaries press release . prn newswire . june 27 2008 . retrieved february 12 2012 . elephant & castle group inc. announces chapter 11 filing press release . elephant & castle group inc. july 5 2011 . retrieved february 12 2012 . gustafson courtney february 9 2012 . don t toss piccadilly pub gift cards yet . worcester telegram & gazette . retrieved february 12 2012 . franworks takes ownership of elephant & castle pubs pdf . gray josh . piccadilly pub shuts its doors indefinitely marlborough ma patch . marlborough.patch.com . retrieved 2012 02 07 . piccadilly pub on riverdale rd closes . wwlp.com . 2009 11 16 . retrieved 2012 02 07 . picadilly pubs close in marlborough westborough framingham ma . the metrowest daily news . retrieved 2012 02 07 . piccadilly pub is closed westborough ma patch . westborough.patch.com . retrieved 2012 02 07 . external links edit official website elephant & castle franworks group of companies this us based restaurant or restaurant chain article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title piccadilly pub & oldid 698344671 categories restaurants in massachusettsrestaurants established in 1973united states restaurant stubshidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipediaall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 january 2016 at 14 48 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view