@jbw
I agree with your thoughts. I, too, wish they were not so quick to throw in the towel. They could have done what you noted other buffets are doing to survive, but they didn’t even try. Disappointing to say the least. Thank you for the good, timely information. If you ever figure out the website to get the proof of claim paper, please post it.
One lesson I learned from this experience is not too buy restaurant gift cards in large amounts, especially from restaurants that are financially struggling. A long time ago Hometown Buffet was selling their gift cards for half-off when they were financially struggling. I bought a bunch and luckily I didn’t get burned and was able to use them all up. When a retail store goes under, you can almost always use their gift cards during their liquidation sale, but with restaurants since they don’t carry stock like a store does, no such luck. They just close and you are out your money in gift cards.
EDIT: Through Google searching I found where a copy of the Proof of Claim 410 form can be downloaded. It can be found here.