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Wimpy Grills – founded in Bloomington, Indiana, in 1934; eventually grew to 25 locations within the United States and 1,500 outside of the U.S.; its international locations were eventually sold to J. Lyons and Co. in the United Kingdom, which remains open while all of the American locations eventually closed by 1978 [14] [15] [16] [17]
Howard Johnson's was the largest restaurant chain in the U.S. throughout the 1960s and 1970s, with more than 1,000 combined company-owned and franchised outlets. [2] Today, the chain is defunct—after dwindling down to one location, the last Howard Johnson's restaurant (in Lake George, New York) closed in 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [3]
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Photo: Shutterstock. Design: Eat This, Not That!A spate of closures swept the restaurant industry in 2023 as struggling chains shuttered dozens or even hundreds of locations.Using data from the ...
Chain of Closure. As of 2023, there are 200,859 fast-food restaurant businesses in the U.S. — a staggering number to compete with. However, financial upheaval in 2020 and 2021, along with the ...
Related: Chain Restaurants That Are Closing Locations ... Like several other closed buffet chains, though, its store count dwindled in recent years as fast-casual dining started to dominate. Sadly ...
Defunct restaurant chains in the United States (4 C, 139 P) A. Defunct Asian restaurants in the United States (5 C, 3 P) C. Defunct Cajun restaurants in the United ...
Whether recently closed or long gone, here are some chains we miss. ... This chain of Mexican restaurants got its start in Minneapolis in 1975, sharing space with a bar owned by an ex-NFL player ...