THE owner of a shuttered Denny's location has blamed vandalism and theft for the restaurant's closure. After 25 years at the California location, the last Denny's restaurant in San Francisco closed its doors earlier this month. The diner-style chain operates at over 1,600 locations in the US and abroad but now has no spot to call home in the major city of San Francisco.
Franchise owner Chris Haque told local outlet SFGATE that rampant crime was to blame for the shutdown. “We’re the only store left, and we operated until the last day that we could,” Haque said. “The cost of doing business is tremendous.
READ MORE ON DENNY'S "There’s vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there’s no one to stop them.” DINE AND DASH He told the outlet that dining and dashing was popular at the location on Mission Street, which led to the diner's financial loss. Haque also said that the spot's popularity had dwindled in recent years due to the city's culture.
He added that there were fewer conventions in the area than in previous years - which the 24-hour restaurant often depended on for business. Most read in The US Sun “It’s a beautiful city — we love it, we have been there so many years,” Haque said about the city. “But I think [city officials] should make it more business-friendly.
” The location's sign was painted over by August 12, according to SFGATE. In 2022, the outlet reported that the now-shuttered location was the most expensive Denny's in all o.