The last Denny’s restaurant in San Francisco, California permanently closed its doors last week after nearly 25 years, with the location’s owner citing high crime rates and rising costs as the primary factors behind the closure. According to restaurant owner Chris Haque, “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.”
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“We’re the only store left, and we operated until the last day that we could.,” he continued, adding that the COVID-era cancelation of most of the famous conventions in San Francisco decimated the local restaurant industry. Since 2022, Haque’s franchise has been the most expensive Denny’s in the state, with a Fit Slam—the cheapest breakfast platter on the menu—selling for $17.99. Rising costs have been a leading factor in several other business closures in the city, with several other major brands closing their operations there.
Connor Walcott is a staff writer for Valuetainment.com. Follow Connor on X and look for him on VT’s “The Unusual Suspects.”
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