Papa Murphy’s closed in Jacksonville [Video]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A nationwide take-and-bake pizza restaurant chain that was once a Jacksonville mainstay has closed all of its Northeast Florida locations.

Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza, based in Vancouver, Washington, had a total of 14 restaurants ― some dating as far back as 2010 ― in Jacksonville, Neptune Beach, Orange Park, Fleming Island, St. Augustine, Fruit Cove and Saint Johns, Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation online records show.

Now, there are none.

And according to Papa Murphy’s website, only one location remains open in all of Florida, in Pensacola.

Many of the Northeast Florida restaurants were corporate-owned, Florida Division of Corporation online records indicate.

Papa Murphy’s officials didn’t respond to Times-Union telephone, email and social media messages seeking comment.

But a Papa Murphy’s customer who recently contacted the restaurant chain’s corporate offices about the local closures shared the company’s emailed …