Shortly after the New Year, El Guapo's announced that they were closing temporarily. They were adamant that they'd be back, but it was simply not tenable for them to continue operating under the current business climate. They let their fans know that they'd be closing until further notice on January 9th, but hordes of El Guapo fans made sure they'd know how much they would be missed in the meantime by hitting their online ordering so hard on their last day before shutting down that their ordering system crashed.