The popular eatery made up part of the busy city’s iconic ‘Four Corners.’
11:01, 25 Aug 2025Updated 11:10, 25 Aug 2025
One restaurant in Glasgow’s ‘Four Corners’ has closed for good (Image: Daily Record/Ewan Mowat)
Pizza Hut has become a popular go-to, especially for families. For locals and visitors alike, there are many branches based in Glasgow to choose from.
However, one has officially closed its doors for good, with the pizza chain shuttering its flagship branch that was located on Argyle Street, with the last day of trade being Saturday, August 23.
Shoppers were alerted to the closure with a notice that was placed on the restaurant’s window that had been signed off by the Argyle Street team.
It read: “We appreciate your custom over the years. Thank you, Glasgow.”
The move means that there are now just two branches left in Glasgow, with one being based in Braehead Shopping Centre, and the other at The Fort.
Pizza Hut on Argyle Street permanently closed (Image: Daily Record/Ewan Mowat)
Pizza Hut’s flagship Glasgow branch was part of the city’s iconic ‘Four Corners’ – a vibrant food scene that is fairly popular among night-time revellers.
The famed spot featured four fast-food chains, including Pizza Hut, all within walking distance, with the other three being KFC, McDonald’s and Tim Hortons.
Pizza Hut was initially founded in Wichita, Texas in 1958, although it moved its way overseas in 1973 by opening the doors to its first UK branch in Islington, London.
Pizza Hut’s closure notice (Image: Daily Record/Ewan Mowat)
The multinational pizza chain is now said to operate over 260 restaurants nationwide, employing 10,000 staff members and welcoming three million customers each month.
Earlier this year, the firm was saved from the brink of collapse in a last-minute rescue deal by Directional Capital, the firm that controls vast numbers of the chain’s restaurants in Denmark and Sweden.
It was announced in January that the move would see the investment firm take over roughly 150 UK sites, with at least 3,000 jobs saved and just one branch closed down.
Meanwhile, in 2020, the pizza chain was forced to permanently close down 29 of its UK branches after profits plummeted during the Coronavirus pandemic.
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The move affected two other branches based in Glasgow, as it closed down restaurants based in the Great Western Retail Park and Cumbernauld.
It’s not the only closure to affect the Scots city recently, as Poundland closed down its Port Glasgow branch on August 10, alongside its Perth branch on August 17 as part of the firm’s move to “refocus and simplify” its brand.
Pizza Hut is one of multiple businesses to be affected by high street closures recently, as retailer B&M has confirmed it will be closing its Edinburgh branch based in Musselburgh, East Lothian on January 9, 2026.
Meanwhile, The Original Factory Shop has closed down four Scottish stores this year, Perth, Arbroath, Aberdeenshire and Cupar, with locations in Blairgowrie, Kinross and Nairn also earmarked for closure in the future.