Last remaining Denny's in major US city forced to close after 25 years - and customers are getting the blame READ MORE: Pennsylvania county's last remaining Denny's shuts after 45 years By Alice Wright For Dailymail.Com Published: 14:43 EDT, 19 August 2024 | Updated: 15:09 EDT, 19 August 2024 e-mail 2 View comments Another iconic Denny's restaurant has closed its doors for the last time, stripping a California city of the chain's last location. Denny's has closed more than 70 of its restaurants in the last two years, including 15 this summer alone .
Among the recent closures is the last bastion of the fast-casual chain in San Francisco. The 24-hour restaurant in the city's Union Square district ran for 25 years before closing on August 1 as a result of rising crime . The franchise's operator Chris Haque told the San Francisco Gate the restaurant 'operated until the last day that we could.
' San Francisco has lost its last remaining Denny's location The 24-hour restaurant in the city's Union Square district ran for 25 years Read More America's favorite diner is shutting more locations across the country The location in San Francisco's crime-riddled downtown was reportedly effected by frequent 'dining and dashing', where customers order, eat and then leave without paying. 'The cost of doing business is tremendous. There's vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there's no one to stop them,' Haque told the publication.
'It's a beautiful city - we love it, we have be.