4 Orange County restaurant and retail closures include Outback Steakhouse, Karl Strauss

Another aging casual dining chain has shuttered in Irvine. The Australian-themed Outback Steakhouse closed its Culver Plaza location over the weekend.
Irvine Co. officials declined to comment on the closure; a representative for the developer said a replacement tenant has not been named. The closure comes after other family dining chains have exited the master planned community such as IHOP, El Cholo and Marie Callender’s.
Outback, which no longer lists the Culver Plaza restaurant on