Kevin Hart’s plant-based fast-food chain suddenly closed all its locations in the Los Angeles area two years after it opened, with only a message on Instagram about starting a “new chapter.”

In a post last week on social media from the account of Hart House, the vegan fast food chain owned by the 45-year-old comedian, a message read, “A Hartfelt goodbye for now as we start a new chapter,” the New York Post reported.

“Thank you,” it added. “To our team, guests, and community, who helped make the change we all craved.”

The Los Angeles dining guide Eater confirmed the closures with a statement from Hart House’s CEO Andy Hooper. 

“The response to the product has been incredible, and we thank our committed team, our customers, and our community partners for helping make the change we all craved, and for their unwavering support of Hart House,” Hooper told the outlet.

Kevin Hart’s California vegan restaurant chain abruptly closes all locations just two years after opening https://t.co/rHy9wYJ3Xx pic.twitter.com/GcNPcpwkZn

— New York Post (@nypost) September 13, 2024

However, the CEO did not explain why the fast-food joints closed for good with no warning. All four sites were closed on September 10.

In 2020, the “Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle” star announced plans to open the plant-based eateries after he made a change to a vegan lifestyle, the Post noted.

Two years later, Hart House opened with Hooper, saying at the time, it wanted “to give people a plant-based option” after noticing a lack of vegan choices in the world of fast food, the Hollywood Reporter noted.

Hart added, at the time, “If I can give people a place to have the option that’s placed smack dab in the middle of where your McDonald’s, Chick-fil-A, and Burger King [are], people may see a Hart House and say, ‘I’m going to go plant-based today.”

The menu included “100%” plant-based items like burgers, “chicken” sandwiches and nuggets, salads, tater tots, milkshakes and more, THR noted.

In 2023, Hooper told Eater-after opening their 4th location- “Opening on the corner of Sunset and Highland, across the street from Hollywood High School, adjacent to a Chick-fil-A, a couple 100 yards from an In-N-Out, [and inside] a former McDonald’s building is about as emblematic as you can get of our aspiration to be the future of quick-service restaurants.”

The closures follow others by restaurants in Los Angeles. Just last month, the popular burger joint “Shake Shack” announced it would close five Southern California locations by the end of September.

The announcement comes following the enactment of the state of California’s approval to raise minimum wage to $20, the Post noted.

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A Dominican national pleaded guilty to operating an illegal migrant smuggling operation that resulted in the death of 11 people, the Department of Justice (DOJ) reported.

Fermin Montilla, a 45-year old Dominican national, pleaded guilty after being charged with “bringing aliens to the United States at a place other than a designated point of entry resulting in death,” a press release from the DOJ found.

“According to court documents, Montilla was involved in a maritime human smuggling venture that attempted to bring migrants illegally to the United States,” the press release explains.

The illegal migrant smuggler, who now faces a sentence of up to life in prison, attempted to smuggle 48 illegal immigrants into the United States in 2022. Montilla was among 38 people who were rescued by the United States Coast Guard after his vessel capsized off the coast of Puerto Rico.

The case comes as migrant fatalities have surged in recent years. Data from the International Organization for Migration, a pro-mass immigration organization associated with the United Nations, indicates that there were 686 migrant deaths along the land route leading to the southern border in 2022 alone.

Illegal immigrants have also attempted to enter the United States by sea under the Biden-Harris administration, which has presided over an unprecedented immigration crisis. One video from December documented a migrant landing on the beaches of Malibu, with 25 illegal aliens rushing out of a 25-foot boat and onto the shore of one of the wealthiest communities in the United States.

The Daily Wire exclusively reported just weeks later that the Coast Guard suspected that there was a “possible migrant landing” in Malibu, California.

Exclusive: Coast Guard Suspects ‘Migrant Landing’ In Malibu, Second In Weeks On California Coast pic.twitter.com/O77rCA9UXy

— Spencer Lindquist 🇺🇸 (@SpencerLndqst) December 20, 2023

Over 10 million people have crossed the border under the Biden-Harris administration, with an estimated 1.7 million illegal immigrant gotaways recorded since Biden was inaugurated in 2021. There were a total of 415,000 reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 during the Trump administration.