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The announcement was made on the venue's Instagram page
Shocked staff were said to have 'tearfully' greeted guests on their last day
The company will still do private events
In January 2017, Biel said the business was 'definitely not making money'
It opened in March 2016 and has been embroiled in controversy
Biel and business partners accused former employees of trying to extort them
They were sued by nine former employees accusing them of collecting gratuities without distributing it to the workers
Biel called the claims 'frivolous' and demands that a judge dismiss the case

Published: 12:44 EDT, 16 July 2018 | Updated: 16:20 EDT, 16 July 2018

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Jessica Biel closed the doors on her child-friendly restaurant Au Fudge on Sunday after just two years in the business.

The actress and wife of Justin Timberlake made an official announcement via the venue's Instagram page.

Shocked staff had been informed a few days earlier and 'tearfully' greeted guests on their last day, according to Us Weekly.

While the restaurant and full service bar, which was billed as 'fun for kids and kids at heart', is now closed, the company will do private events.

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Closed: Jessica Biel, pictured here on March 1, closed the doors to her child-friendly restaurant Au Fudge on Sunday after just two years in business

A statement read: 'Today is our last day of regular business hours at Au Fudge the restaurant. We are still available for private events and @aufudgecamp is only a few blocks away! Thanks for all the support.' #aufudge #privateevents'

In January, 2017, the actress revealed that getting into the restaurant business was more challenging than she had expected.

Speaking to ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel, she said the business was 'definitely not making money.'

She added: 'Nobody’s making money in the restaurant business, in my experience, at least not yet.'

The restaurant opened just over two years ago in March 2016 but was embroiled in its fair share of controversy in that short time.

Shock announcement: The closure was revealed in a message on the venue's Instagram page

Earlier this year in March 2018, DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that Biel and her business partners have accused their former restaurant employees of trying to extort money from them in their $1.5million lawsuit, according to new court filings.

Last year, Biel and her business partners at the kid-friendly West Hollywood restaurant Au Fudge were sued by nine former employees accusing them of collecting gratuities from private events without distributing it to their workers.

The actress and her fellow business partners have responded to the lawsuit, denying all wrongdoing, according to legal documents obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com.

The nine restaurant employees are represented by Stormy Daniels' former lawyer, Keith Davidson, who appeared to be unresponsive to Biel's lawyers just as the porn star started to speak out about her alleged one-night stand with President Donald Trump.

'Nobody’s making money in the restaurant business': In January, 2017, the actress revealed that getting into the restaurant business was more challenging than she had expected, as she is pictured in January 2017

The former employees claim that the majority of their income came from working at special events that cost companies including Netflix and Amazon up to $90,000 for an occasion - but they never received gratuities.

'There would be multiple events per week and you would be working tirelessly and we would walk away with pennies,' Defendant Connor Gleason said. 'We felt really cheated out of our hard-earned money.'

Another former staffer, Kirstyn Toney, said that 'these companies, they thought they were tipping the staff, and they were really just tipping Jessica Biel'.

But lawyers for Biel call the lawsuit nothing more than 'an effort to extort money from the Defendants via unsupported and farfetched claims that lack any credibility'.

Happier times: The restaurant opened just over two years ago in March 2016 but was embroiled in its fair share of controversy in that short time (Business partners pictured from left to right: Kimberly Muller, Jon Rollo, Jessica Biel, Estee Stanley and Joey Gonzalez)

The suit claimed that the bulk of the restaurant's money came from 'buyouts', or private events in which they routinely charged clients 22 per cent gratuity - but the employees claim they never saw their tips.

They sued Biel and her business partners claiming they lost out on $430,100 in gratuities from the private events and an additional $31,549 in missed rest breaks which they said they were denied.

The suit also sought $1 million in punitive damage.

In legal documents filed on February 27, Biel's legal team claims the lawsuit attempts to hold her personally liable for the funds with no factual support.

The actress calls the claims 'frivolous' and demands the judge dismiss the case.

Litigation: Earlier this year in March 2018, DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that Biel (picturd March 2016) and her business partners have accused their former restaurant employees of trying to extort money from them in their $1.5million lawsuit, according to new court filings

Legal filings claim that the gratuities that the employees claim they're owed were not actually gratuities, but mandatory service charges that are not owed to the employees.

Biel and her business partners say they have never had conversations with the employees over the accusations they've made.

Further, legal documents claim that there is no proof that the employees worked the events mentioned in their lawsuit, provided services that would entitle them to tips or even had an agreement with Au Fudge that they were entitled to tips.

The filing claims that if the court allows the employees to continue to pursue their case, it could enable them to recover gratuities that are owed to others who worked for the restaurant.

In regard to the claim that employees weren't provided meal breaks, Biel and her business partners say there is no allegation that any of them felt obligated to work through their break.

Biel and her business partners had asked that the lawsuit be dismissed.