An Orange Beach seafood restaurant has announced that it has closed after more than 25 years in business.

The news came via an announcement Wednesday on the Facebook page for Bubba’s Seafood House. The brief message said: “To all our valued guests, it is with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closure of Bubba’s Seafood House in Orange Beach, AL, effective April 1, 2025. We thank you for your many years of support and delicious memories! Bubba sez ‘Thank you @ farewell!‘”

The post added that “We will be announcing a SALE of décor, retail items, equipment, etc. at a later date.”

While the timing of the post prompted distressed commenters to question whether it was a delayed April Fool’s joke, that did not appear to be the case. An Orange Beach news blog reported that the closure followed the recent sale of the property.

And unidentified employee reached by phone at the restaurant confirmed the sale and the closure but deferred comment to the restaurant’s corporate office. An attempt to reach that office was not successful.

Bubba’s was founded in 1997 “and has withstood all the hurricanes the Gulf of Mexico could send our way including the category 4 Hurricane Ivan in 2004 and Hurricane Katrina in 2005,” according to the restaurant’s website.