When the first Hard Rock Cafe opened in 1971 in London, the musical genre to which the restaurant chain pays tribute(向…致敬) had just begun to hit the airwaves(开始在广播中播放). Over the following decades, as the ranks of head-bangers(摇滚乐迷（摇头晃脑者）) swelled(膨胀，增加), hundreds of the eateries(餐馆（非正式）) were opened in cities around the world.
当第一家硬石餐厅于1971年在伦敦开业时，这家连锁餐厅所致敬的音乐类型才刚刚开始响彻电波。在随后的几十年里，随着摇头晃脑的摇滚乐迷队伍不断壮大，全球各地开设了数百家这样的餐厅。
Yet these days a visit to one of the restaurants feels as passé(过时的，落伍的) as an aged rocker(年迈的摇滚歌手) performing yet another farewell tour(告别巡演). Patrons are treated to long-forgotten hits and underwhelming(令人失望的) fries.
然而如今，去其中一家餐厅就餐的感觉，就像年迈的摇滚歌手再次举行告别巡演一样过时。顾客们只能听到早已被遗忘的老歌，吃到令人失望的薯条。
Several of the restaurants are now making losses(亏损), and some are closing. Last year Chicago’s Hard Rock Cafe shut its doors(关门，停业) after nearly 40 years. In January the branch(分店，分支机构) in Manchester, opened in 2000, also closed, joining those in(加入…的行列) Paris, Sydney and elsewhere.
其中几家餐厅目前正出现亏损，有些正在关闭。去年，芝加哥的硬石餐厅在经营近40年后关门歇业。今年一月，曼彻斯特的分店（2000年开业）也关闭了，加入了巴黎、悉尼等城市的闭店行列。