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Hawkers Asian Street Food, a 15-unit casual-dining chain based out of Central Florida, announced Monday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection “in order to maintain operational control of the company and preserve the integrity of its brand as to protect from an overreaching lender.”

According to a press release put out through the company’s attorney, R. Scott Shuker of Shuker & Dorris, P.A., the restaurant early last year “entered a debt capital agreement with the intention of growing the brand into a household name across the United States.”