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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]
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 ...
At the beginning of April, Cracker Barrel closed four restaurants located in Sacramento, Calif.; Santa Maria, Calif.; Medford, Ore.; and Columbia, S.C. The Oregon location was the last remaining ...
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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When the pandemic struck in early 2020, the outlook for many restaurants was bleak, if not devastating. More than 110,000 U.S. restaurants closed their doors permanently last year, according to ...
The restaurant's tight kitchen and dining room made it especially tough to stay open during the pandemic, and it closed in June 2020. Chris C./Yelp Washington, D.C.
By late July, nearly 16,000 restaurants had permanently closed. [1] Restaurant closures started March 15 when Ohio Governor Mike DeWine ordered all bars and restaurants in the state to close their dining rooms and bars; within a week most other states followed suit. By March 23, industry experts were estimating nearly half of the industry's 15 ...