Last Ponderosa leaves metro-east

The area’s last Ponderosa Steakhouse has closed.

The restaurant at 5 Eastport Plaza Drive in Collinsville closed its doors earlier this week. It was the chain’s last standing eatery in the metro-east.

The Ponderosa in Glen Carbon went out of business in February 2010. Another in Fairview Heights closed in August 2009 and the one in Belleville closed its doors in February 2001.

This story was originally published December 2, 2015 at 4:22 PM with the headline "Last Ponderosa leaves metro-east."