Last San Francisco Denny's closes due to crime, 'tremendous' business costs, report says

[NorthernHawkeye]

"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. There’s vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there’s no one to stop them.”

Last San Francisco Denny's closes due to crime, 'tremendous' business costs, report says

The former owner of the restaurant said it operated for nearly 25 years.

nbcmontana.com

 

[lucas80]

Is this just like the story about Walgreens leaving due to out of control theft that turned out to be a canard?

 

[Hawki97]

"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. There’s vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there’s no one to stop them.”

Last San Francisco Denny's closes due to crime, 'tremendous' business costs, report says

The former owner of the restaurant said it operated for nearly 25 years.

nbcmontana.com

Ha! I had a late night Denny’s Grand Slam there the last time I was in SF. I’m likely responsible for it closing considering what I did to the bathroom 3 minutes after finishing it.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

Dennys closed 57 restaurants last year and 25 in the 1Q of 2024 alone …

Although a Grand Slam sounds delightful.

 

[B1GDeal]

I haven't been to Denny's since the 80s when I was a kid.

 

[noStemsnoSTICKS]

San Francisco is the biggest restaurant city in the country, with 39.3 restaurants per 10,000 households.

When one goes away, another pops up...

 

[jasonrann]

Ha! I had a late night Denny’s Grand Slam there the last time I was in SF. I’m likely responsible for it closing considering what I did to the bathroom 3 minutes after finishing it.

 

[McLovin32]

Gotta love an article over a week old from a Montana news station about a diner in San Francisco that closed 3 weeks ago.

OP doing some deep digging for stuff to get mad about today.

 

[B1GDeal]

Gotta love an article over a week old from a Montana news station about a diner in San Francisco that closed 3 weeks ago.

OP doing some deep digging for stuff to get mad about today.

He's just asking questions.

 

[jasonrann]

R.I.P. in pieces, Denny's.

Perkins, you're probably next.

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

R.I.P. in pieces, Denny's.

Perkins, you're probably next.

Just don’t f with Village Inn!

 

[jasonrann]

Just don’t f with Village Inn!

 

[EasyHawk]

We had a fantastic drive up the PCH to San Francisco a couple summers ago, and had a fun couple days in SF. My brother couldn't believe we would go there as the chances of living through it would be very low and the homeless would be everywhere and we would walk through feces in the streets and we would at least get verbally abused if not physically. Somehow we did survive it, we didn't see any feces, nobody accosted us, and in fact everyone we interacted with was pleasant. And upon exiting the parking garage near Fisherman's Wharf, it wouldn't read my ticket to pay and exit, so the attendant came walking up from an office and asked where we were from and he punched in some buttons and got the arm to lift and I said I could pay what we owed and he said "it's on the city of SF, enjoy your stay and come back and see us again." Now my brother doesn't believe me and said he has talked to many people that got attacked by homeless and that it is horrible there and would never go.

 

[IACub]

"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. There’s vandalism, and people come and eat and walk away, and there’s no one to stop them.”

Last San Francisco Denny's closes due to crime, 'tremendous' business costs, report says

The former owner of the restaurant said it operated for nearly 25 years.

nbcmontana.com

TeH oUTrAge!

 

[NorthernHawkeye]

If only San Francisco had an effective history of combating crime.

 

[Torg]

San Francisco is the biggest restaurant city in the country, with 39.3 restaurants per 10,000 households.

When one goes away, another pops up...

But how could one be better than Denny's?

 

[Torg]

San Francisco is the biggest restaurant city in the country, with 39.3 restaurants per 10,000 households.

When one goes away, another pops up...

I live in the Bay Area and I can confirm that there are no restaurants at all anymore. Thanks for helping reveal this OP

 

[McLovin32]

Just don’t f with Village Inn!

The one here in CF is ****ing packed every damn morning that I drive by it. Weekend or week day.

 

[95Hawk]

If only San Francisco had an effective history of combating crime.

They apparently did at one point in time. Even the Orange Turd acknowledged it.

 

[Colonoscopy]

Sad sad day for America.

 

[TonyTheTiger.1865]

When you refuse to prosecute crime, shit happens.

 

[Torg]

When you refuse to prosecute crime, shit happens.

Oh, there is a prosecutor from the Bay Area who is looking forward to taking care of criminals.

 

[jneffer]

if one of the objectively worst restaurants in america can't survive there, what hope does anyone else have?

 

[Jerome Silberman]

What's with the trend of failed buisness owners and managers being so soft and free-market bros accepting their dumb excuses?

 

[TonyTheTiger.1865]

Oh, there is a prosecutor from the Bay Area who is looking forward to taking care of criminals.

 

[jasonrann]

The one here in CF is ****ing packed every damn morning that I drive by it. Weekend or week day.

When I was in college at UNI from '88 to '92, my gf (no pics) worked there, the one on University by the mall. I absolutely wore that place out!

 

[McLovin32]

When I was in college at UNI from '88 to '92, my gf (no pics) worked there, the one on University by the mall. I absolutely wore that place out!

That's the one I was talking about too, it's still alive and well!

 

[Scott559]

If only San Francisco had an effective history of combating crime.

Yup, Probably would have helped all the Denny’s that closed throughout the Country. 3 in Idaho, 2 in Texas, 2 in Ohio, 2 in Pennsylvania.

 

[lucas80]

The last Denny’s I ate in was north of St. Louis on 218. They still allowed smoking and the place was filled with lard asses wearing Cardinals shirts with the sleeves cut off. I suppose if that one has closed it’s because Missouri is too woke?

 

[HawkNester]

I live in the Bay Area and I can confirm that there are no restaurants at all anymore. Thanks for helping reveal this OP

Torg, I’m in the East Bay on the Berkeley/Albany border. Moved recently from Walnut Creek. Still getting used to the daily marine layer, lol.

 

[baddog25]

The one here in CF is ****ing packed every damn morning that I drive by it. Weekend or week day.

‘Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.’ – Yogi Berra

 

[Torg]

Torg, I’m in the East Bay on the Berkeley/Albany border. Moved recently from Walnut Creek. Still getting used to the daily marine layer, lol.

Cool 😎
We are in Marina Bay. We really like it here.
What’s your connection to Iowa?

 

[HawkNester]

Cool 😎
We are in Marina Bay. We really like it here.
What’s your connection to Iowa?

That’s wild, we’re literally 10 minutes away, small world.
Cedar Rapids, U of I graduate, wife wanted the f out of Iowa, lol.

 

[Torg]

That’s wild, we’re literally 10 minutes away, small world.
Cedar Rapids, U of I graduate, wife wanted the f out of Iowa, lol.

I started at Iowa in 1968 and went 2 1/2 years and decided to go to California. Never regretted it.

Do you ever go to Ashkenaz or The Freight and Salvage?

 

[HawkNester]

I started at Iowa in 1968 and went 2 1/2 years and decided to go to California. Never regretted it.

Do you ever go to Ashkenaz or The Freight and Salvage?

No, we haven’t been to those venues. We’ve done some shows at the Greek, which is absolutely stunning.
That’s why I can’t these threads bashing it out here. They really have no f’ing clue. The quality of life is infinitely better, and I mean by a lot.

 

[lucas80]

No, we haven’t been to those venues. We’ve done some shows at the Greek, which is absolutely stunning.

I started at Iowa in 1968 and went 2 1/2 years and decided to go to California. Never regretted it.

Do you ever go to Ashkenaz or The Freight and Salvage?

LOL, look at you two Lyin’ Libs!! The Bay Area is dead. It’s a Hellscape of crime and shuttered restaurants

 

[HawkNester]

LOL, look at you two Lyin’ Libs!! The Bay Area is dead. It’s a Hellscape of crime and shuttered restaurants

It’s so f’king ridiculous. We’re both in amazing neighborhoods. It’s pure jealousy.

 

[Torg]

I have lived in many places in the USA that have been very close to I-80.

So I am in the homeless encampment near I-580, are you in the one under I-80?

 

[speak34]

When I was in college at UNI from '88 to '92, my gf (no pics) worked there, the one on University by the mall. I absolutely wore that place out!

Just like how I wore out your GF when I was at UNI from 95 to 99. OK, not really, but you could imagine though!

Village Inn skillets were and are still the bomb for a hungover AM meal!

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Gotta love an article over a week old from a Montana news station about a diner in San Francisco that closed 3 weeks ago.

OP doing some deep digging for stuff to get mad about today.

Has to be a victim every day.