These aren’t small business restaurants, they’re huge chains.

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May 26, 2024
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Restaurants closing in 2024

Division Bell Recovering

May 26, 12:01am

Most of those have terrible food, so not really surprising they are closing.

Peanut

May 26, 12:25am

Bingo

JoeExotic

May 26, 5:09am

I still eat out occasionally. I'm mostly disappointed by the quantity going down

WaffleCheese

May 26, 7:07am

True. Some of these places half cook the food then ship it out to the stores,

Forzaitalia

May 26, 9:36am

Is there any reference out there to compare to prior year closings?

Choke

May 26, 12:35am

Haven’t eaten at one of those in years. And I eat out a ton. Good riddance

HugoStiglitz

May 26, 12:36am

Good riddance to all those jobs too?

delinquentcoug

May 26, 4:48am

I’m sure there are plenty of other places opening up in their absence.

HugoStiglitz

May 26, 6:19am

Dismissive when working people lose jobs is not a good look.

Division Bell

May 26, 9:25am

Especially for a liberal, what’s up with that?

delinquentcoug

May 26, 4:06pm

Let’s be honest, you care about this only because you think it makes Biden

HugoStiglitz

May 26, 8:24pm

You know Biden looks bad for many other reasons, too many to count.

delinquentcoug

May 26, 8:35pm

Yea, yet still better than the felon that wants to terminate the Constitution.

HugoStiglitz

May 26, 11:10pm

Uh, Biden does plenty to look bad on his own

CBaass

May 27, 6:44am

You eat out a ton? Where?

Division Bell

May 26, 8:22am

Like specifically? Went to a pizza place called Blanca tonight and a Turkish

HugoStiglitz

May 26, 11:46am

Aren't you living on another continent? So that would makes sense.

Spiff

May 26, 11:51am

No loss for me. We don't go to any of those restaurants. Also, why are not ALL Applebee's closing? They're the worst

ManicBlue

May 26, 1:04am

The total number of restaurants is increasing

bythenumbers

May 26, 5:54am

Maybe not for you, but these are real job losses that affect real families.

XORCoug

May 26, 6:36am

Unemployment is 3.9%, and these aren't family-supporting jobs, anyway.

DubuMfalme

May 26, 6:41am

There are more people employed at restaurants than just servers.

XORCoug

May 26, 6:46am

Unemployment is 3.9%, and more restaurants are opening than closing.

DubuMfalme

May 26, 6:54am

Policy? All I said was we should have a little empathy for those losing jobs.

XORCoug

May 26, 7:12am

Maybe I missed the point of the thread.

DubuMfalme

May 26, 7:26am

Cambo is not a fan of empathy

byuTX

May 26, 8:23am

How is unemployment measured? The number seems low.

Colorado

May 26, 7:51am

and just maybe, they'll end up with even better jobs. How do you know for certain? smh

ManicBlue

May 26, 11:21am

Applebee's is indeed the worst

TRUE_BLUE_COUGY

May 26, 8:03am

Chains close restaurants all the time.

Archaea

May 26, 2:23am

Didn't even know Joe's Crab Shack was still going. Loved that place as a kid

mokelembembe

May 26, 5:51am

Just looked up locations...one in Sandy apparently. Anybody know if that's on the chopping block? Might have to go for a

mokelembembe

May 26, 6:14am

There was one in Orem near the University mall. Is it gone?

AF Cougar

May 26, 8:43am

Been gone for awhile. There’s a Cajun seafood place there now. Pier something but haven’t been to it.

Soupie

May 26, 8:50am

Lasted '03-'06

mokelembembe

May 26, 11:50am

Inflation equals less discretionary income equals less eating out

Squirt

May 26, 5:59am

This should absolutely shock all of us

bigjohn

May 26, 6:12am

Normal in a capitalist economy. See Blockbuster, Borders, A&W, Kmart, etc.

DubuMfalme

May 26, 6:37am

What isn’t normal in a capitalistic economy

bigjohn

May 26, 7:34am

The overall number of restaurants in the U.S. increased last year.

DubuMfalme

May 26, 7:39am

Number of restaurants ≠ number of employed.

John Doe

May 26, 8:09am

No, it doesn't, but restaurant employees increased by 300,000 in 2023.

DubuMfalme

May 26, 8:13am

Ummm… inflation is and has been at historically average to low. Nothing compared

NYC and Japan

May 26, 11:24pm

Yes until the last two years when it has been bonkers

lilpenny

May 27, 2:58am

Not at all bonkers when compared to parts of the 70s, 80s or much of US history.

NYC and Japan

May 27, 7:32am

Not one single one of those shocks me in the least. What’s shocking is your

RugbyCoug

May 26, 6:38am

These aren’t small business restaurants, they’re huge chains.

russkiejedi

May 26, 8:45pm

Dennys was replaced by raising canes, outback just built a new bldg

bald man

May 26, 6:54am

Less volume going through those locations due to a steady decrease of disposable

BlackBart

May 26, 6:55am

And yet plenty of newer chains are opening locations all over the place.

DubuMfalme

May 26, 7:13am

Those restaurants mostly suck. Denny’s is trash. Many of the others are so over priced and mid food, they should shut

Haysom Till

May 26, 7:46am

It does feel like some of it is restructuring

theonick

May 26, 8:32am

Love mod pizza but it priced us out.

Longseason

May 26, 8:17am

I loved Fuddruckers back in the day. I was sad when it left Utah.

Bert609

May 26, 10:11am

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mokelembembe

May 26, 12:00pm

My favorite little New York pizza joint. How sad.

Samsonite

May 27, 7:03am

I’ve liked Red Lobster. Fudruckers too, most of the other places are just

BaseCoug

May 27, 8:48am

Many of those places I’ve only been once in my life (that I remember) even more

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