The lone San Francisco Denny’s holdout has finally shut it doors. You probably know why. 
The San Francisco Gate reports the SF Denny’s that was once California’s most expensive has closed
The 24-hour diner chain’s 816 Mission St. location closed Aug. 1, franchise owner Chris Haque told SFGATE. As of Aug. 12, the Denny’s sign has been painted over.
“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.”
Haque claimed that dining and dashing was a big issue at the Denny’s near Union Square, which he said cut into the restaurant’s profit margins. He also pointed to the lack of conventions in San Francisco over the past few years, which the restaurant typically depended on for business. Haque used to be the franchise owner of a Denny’s location in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf as well, which closed in 2019, and still runs a Denny’s in Tacoma, Washington.
The Oakland Denny’s near the Hegenberger Road corridor also closed in January after 54 years, citing the “safety and well-being” of Denny’s customers and employees amid concerns over crime in the area.
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Congratulations to anyone voting with their feet to get out of socialist hellholes.
Reminds me of downtown San Diego back in the day it was a real shithole , my Dad did well for himself buying real estate there at the time.
Now it’s called the “Gaslamp” and even the Padres are the best team in the NL once again.
yup. been going to that hood for decades. things change. all these idiots on this site haven’t done r/e long enough to know of all the hoods in cities across amerika that have been transformed from shitholes to fancy and nice…………from SD to NYC and small and large in between………….the only constant in life is change. SF and Chicago will come back to life. just a matter of time. not IF.
Baltimore been going down hill for 70 yrs, except those few years in the 80’s with a solid mayor. 1950 census 950k / today <600k I don’t see that changing around in my lifetime.
There are certian rules that civilization needs in order to function. If you let theft become rampant and unchecked then you will lose civilization. If you allow the mentally ill and drug addicts to take over your public spaces then you will lose civilization.
This occurs slowly at first and then all at once if these issues are not addressed.
this stuff has been going on for thousands of years in civilization. nothing new. the amerikan empire is wasting trillions propping up vile pawns of our empire like Zion, and Uke, and Saudi and on and on……..
Every business that closes and/or leaves CA hurts their tax revenue and leaves higher unemployment yet the state still spends, spends, spends, especially on illegals.
Martin Armstrong is firm on the US fracturing. I could see it. There are severe divisions forming. Historically, when countries let in illegal aliens on this level it was to impede citizens from holding the government accountable. It buys the government thieves guild some time but unfortunately that’s all it does. The state will collapse eventually.
California and Newsom are a joke. We have removed it from our cross country tour because of all of the issues. I can only guess that the population there is in agreement with the way the state is run as they keep voting these shysters in. So sad…..
What’s a Denny? Is that like a IHOP? Maybe a (place out of business name here) perhaps. No reason to ask why, as we can just add it to the fast growing list…
Commercial and home burglaries are a staple every nite on KTLA News. Some have been hit multiple times. Soros D.A. Gascon is on his way out, with polling showing him behind 2 to 1. Soros apparently isn’t financially backing his DA’s for re-election any more, considering the public sentiment. People are fed up with the crime. Even the leftist legislature has taken notice, as Newsom has signed some new bills, stiffening penalties for certain crimes.
A big news story in L.A., a 77 year old restaurant near MacArthur Park, Named Langer’s, is threatening to close if the park is not cleaned up. Someone was assaulted this week in the area, and the owner got the attention of Mayor Bass, who also met with him this week. Also, there used to be 2 Arby’s in Hollywood. One, across and up the street from what is now The Dolby Theater, where the Academy Awards are held. Both are gone. Frank’s Restaurant, in Burbank, which was featured in a Geico commercial, closed down permanently, after the Covid lockdown.
https://la.eater.com/2024/8/26/24228139/langers-delicatessen-owner-closing-restaurant-los-angeles-macarthur-park
At least coastal CA has nice weather.
It’s surprising that Chicago and NYC aren’t shrinking faster.
It’s odd that dining and dashing is an issue. Why not charge all customers when they order instead of after eating?
Paying when you order is a characteristic of hyperinflation.
Oh, wait …
I’ve heard a (conspiracy) theory that SF is being turned into a shithole puposefully to enable folks to come in later and sweep up marked down RE on the cheap. Don’t really know, myself.
watch the series “the deuce” on 42nd street transformation from porno an crime destination to a r/e investors dream, with politicians on the take………i worked above a porno store in a legitimate business doing accounting in my young adult life on 42nd street. saw multiple murders…….now it’s like disneyland. the story of the world is change. see bombed out europe and japan in 1945 and compare to 20 and 40 years after. chicago might be retarded but it will change. perhaps for the worse next decade or two. perhaps for the better.
I have never and will never eat at that MickeyD’s on 42st and 7th ave. Place used to be a XXX theater. I shudder to think what it would look like under a black light.
No problem! There will soon be any number of government diners named after your favorite socialists, (Bernie’s? Nancy’s? Schiffs?) and a Kamala Supermarket. The govt drugstore will be named after Hunter, of course.
It’s time for state run diners in Cali. They could call them Kamala’s Kitchen. That lady is going to need a new gig come January. She can spread communism one cup of coffee at a time.
I adore rhymes, but ‘kitchen’ doesn’t work–ithe customers are ignorant about actual cooking.
Mamma Kamalas …….home cookin at its finest
Mamma Kamala’s Microwave, ‘If it ain’t plastic, it don’t be on de menu.’ (apologies to linguists)
She won’t risk hot coffee in her face…
Denny’s could have survived a little longer by offering takeout only.
Transfer payments stalled. Highly skilled workers earn higher wages, along with the black market increases consumers spending. The spread between highly educated workers and new immigrants in the black market is rising. The actual GDP is higher. Gov Debt/GDP is lower.
In Egypt highly educated are unemployed. Al Sisi will celebrate his 70 years birthday with the Ayatollah and Erdogan. Muhammed Morsi nominated Al Sisi as Egypt’s defense minister, but he stabbed him in the back. He runs Egypt with an iron fist, but
treats the unemployed college grads gently. Where will Egypt’s gen alpha and zoomers go : to Norway, Germany and the US, starting small businesses, to the `black market, high tech and to the healthcare sector. Al Sisi outsmart Bibi for ten years. He might finish what Hamas started.
more people now want drive thru get it quick (or have it delivered to them) junk
Tough to do pancakes with drive through.
isn’t denny’s total garbage made with empty calories…….? i would hesitate to call that food.
Not sure why anyone would eat Denny’s.. or any fast food.
Dumb I guess
The NEW going out to eat crowd is upon us…
The problem how those feet will vote again.
The problem is that America has become third world shit hole. The same scum people will move to other areas of the US. Look at the illegal immigration issue. You got apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado taken over by Venezuelan gangs. The country has just gone downhill. It’s terrible to see especially if you are older and recall how things used to be. You younger people have been dumbed down to think this is normal, but there are a lot of moronic Boomers that can care less too.
The shit politicians that we elect can care less and it’s worse with the Democrats than Republicans, but they’re both garbage. Then, you add at least 50% of the population of the US that is ignorant, governments that spend money like drunken sailors, and welfare recipients dependent on government gibme’s that you can obviously see we are going to crash. How are they going to pay for all that debt in Chicago? The Federal government will print more money to pay that off? So, we will have 2 trillion added in debt every 3-4 months instead of one trillion? Is this what we need???
Lost government, lost citizens, lost country.
If Gavin lifts the min wage of junk food restaurants to $25/$30 ==> healthcare cost will be lower.
Gavin will institute a robot tax per hour of operation equal to the minimum wage.
Actually … this is the problem https://thehonestsorcerer.substack.com/p/a-mirage-of-abundance
The article makes really good points. Well worth the read. “We all eat oil” is, I think, the sum of wisdom on resources. Tractors, combines, fertilizers. The US should be more or less OK no matter what, I think the rest of the planet could well be screwed unless things change dramatically.
In the end, I think the only solution is nuclear power to generate electricity to take the place of fossil fuels. Fusion later on, hopefully.
FYI, Pringles is a by-product of P&G diapers
This is just the beginning . . . but few want to see it or admit it . . .
Assuming you are right, it means even fewer people are prepared for the middle, let alone the end.
Where have you been. The beginning was Detroit, once the richest city in the world.
When the money ran short and quality of life went down, they taxed the productive rich (businesses and people). But the rich people could move, so they did. Businesses took longer due to Billions they had in vested in facilities. But they also left. What did we learn? Not much.
I remember eating at Denny’s in CA in the 1980s. I remember liking the chicken fried steak.
Fast forward to the 2020s. I went there for breakfast a few years ago and everything was disgusting. The chicken fried steak was foul tasting. The margarine on the toast was memorably bad. The factory farm egg was inedible. The whole experience was negative.
In the eighties MickeyD cooked with trans fat oil, but they took care of their customers. They added spices, fructose, and salt along with fat and carbs.This is what the customers want. MCD hooked us on junk. It’s not our fault that we always come back. Our food spread globally.
some cities in pax dumbfuckistan has good food. charleston SC is probably the best pound for pound. here in brooklyn, there is a ton of fantastic healthy food prepared by a 100 different ethnic varieties………..most amerikans do eat garbage though. no doubt about it.
Di Fara pizza, creole food, hummus and Lafa are better junk food,
but the French pastries are best. I miss all of them !
It’s easy to say no. I have not had Mcdonalds in 40+ years.. last time I was a kid and I didn’t know any better
It’s been a long time, but I recall Mickey D’s burgers being much better quality when I was a kid, FWIW. The fries were heart stoppers but they were good!
u look better.
thx, I changed from pinch faced biden to fish eye lens kamala
u look smarter !!
[Shrug] There are still plenty of Denny’s around in CA.
SF made their bed and now they have to sleep in it. Office vacancies are something like 40%. That has killed off scores of auxiliary businesses that depended on office jobs.
I can’t believe that Mayor Breed is actually running for reelection!
? Mayor Breed.
Uhhh. The city is still intact.
the hatred of some amerikans against other amerikans based on their resident states at the moment is twisted and idiotic. machiavelli wrote a how to manual to divide and conquer the middlebrows. i’ve lived in 4 states in four distinct regions of amerika for the past 40 years……….and never once hated on folks whose lot in life seems perilous. the amerikan empire fails if greedy amerikans are gleeful to see our biggest state suffer so. just stooooopid. read some history. you can run but you cannot hide.
What goes around comes around. The ignorant masses of the MidWest might have the last laugh–who was it who made fun of the deplorables? Hillary wasn’t it? Next up, the deportables.
if laughing at the misery of other amerikans is the goal, who knows. sounds like the idiots i was raised around on wall street. mocking the misery of the idiots in fly over country. and in brooklyn and queens. from their town houses and hamptons estatres………i remember in circa 1990 wall street junk bond salesmen laughing at how they helped to destroy the savings and loans and thrifts across the heartland. they laughed at the misery of what they had done for a few shekels and their own personal bank accounts and their hamptons homes. sounds awfully like the life long residents of Chicago laughing at the misery there when they high tail it out of the town.
We are at a point where there are two Americas – hard core liberals keep living in a world of unreality where they refuse to connect their ideology to the results they see around them. The rest of us are too busy working and trying to better our position in life to ‘get involved’ much of the time. San Francisco has been a liberal Mecca since the summer of love – as such anyone with common sense sees it as ideological karma. Schadenfreude is justified.
schadenfreude might feel justified, but it’s not a good thing. at all. of course we are divided. like 1850s. a 50 state solution is best. we need to be like the EU. a loose confederation. like pre 1860. or we go the way of the USSR and just go bankrupt wholesale. i did business in russia in the 1990s. i learned a great deal on who survives and who doesn’t a total bust up. hint. the younger adults could handle. the older geezers north of 40 had a tough time there.
Mish, I grew up near Berkeley in the 60s,70s,80s, and left. The state of Ronald Reagan is no more. They support lawlessness, and call it compassion. They encourage deviancy and call it a right. They put children at risk, and call it good. They take rights from parents, and claim justification. —- I still take care of my mom and sister in the Bay Area so visit 1-2x/year. The degradation over 40 years is astounding. Nothing is better. Everything is worse. Yet Newsom claims all is better. It is like reading Orwell’s 1984. Back in time, most of the bad stuff was relegated to a few red light districts,Haight-Ashbury and Castro district. Now, the worst of the city has expanded to all of it. Families and kids are told to go elsewhere. Very sad indeed.
that is all true no doubt. lived in bay too. going out there for decades. CA is amerika. the heart beat and leading indicator. we are a crumbling empire. let’s stop bombing the world from Nam to Gaza and Russia and mend out ailing empire back home. why do we spend a trillion per annum for bases in italy, germany, japan and korea……..and iraq……..crumbling evil empire 101
Why? Money laundering
it’s a symbiotic relationship. the EU politicians get the big bucks from Amerika and they buy off their citizens with amerikan workers treasury. i vote in EU and USA.
San Francisco experiment will be rolled out to the whole country – and beyond. In fact, almost the whole West.
Like a metastasized cancer, it’s very difficult to stop.
There is change in the air. President Harris might be less liberal than some suspect/hope for. There seems to be a groundswell on my local NextDoor against liberal Democrat politicians and many calls to vote Republican.
Check out this recent mea culpa article from [hopefully former] super liberal Nicholas Kristof.
way too little, way too late.
i have zero sympathy for blue cities & people like Kristof… they are getting exactly what they voted for & I hope they choke on it.
The way this ends is either revolution or civil war.
Here’s hoping that ‘President Harris’ is nothing but what Kamala dreams at night.
President Harris was Willie’s wet dream
Perhaps when pigs can fly.
Also Gov. Newsom spearheading the charge on homelessness in a decidedly non-liberal way by forcing cities to dismantle encampments under threat of withholding state funds.
We should not let anyone leave these “hell holes” until we can confirm how they voted. Otherwise they will be like rats abandoning one sinking ship just to go infest another. See Colorado for an example.
Yup.
Problem is: Anyone too dense to vote for Ron Paul when they had a chance, is almost inevitably also too dense to recognize America would be much better off if they left all behind, and permanently moved into their respective city’s sewer…..
great plan Adolph. maybe use armbands to identify the vermin easier.
An open-mind test will be ample. Anyone with an open mind can be converted to common sense, which is why today’s schools and mass media do their best to restrict non-approved thinking. .
I got your sarcasm
The search for Americana continues.
The contested election in November may refind Americana, or may destroy it forever.
I am banking on the latter.
Complacency destroyed the Roman Empire Version I. Version II will end the same way.
Wish I had better news.
And I wish I disagreed with you …
Trump will be better than Harris, but he’s a lot different candidate than back in 2016. He doesn’t even talk about the debt any longer. He talks about the border, fine, but what about everything else? I heard him say he wants to make America the crypto capital of the world. Wonderful, more funny money. My bet is he will end up with some dementia like the ice cream eater. Where’s Biden? Disappeared on vacations. Whose running this fricking country?
Harris is a loon! That person got voted in by idiots like herself! My God, that’s running for President?
We need a national prayer day for our country for the catastrophe awaiting us.
The country is run by Deep State.
Demented President is easily persuaded by DS.
Weak Kamala can be easily persuaded too.
DS doesn’t like Trump who is sharp and is going to drain the swamp.
Trump cannot talk about the national debt because he has no plan for controlling Congress’ spending. Without that, there is no controlling the deficit, and debt
Well, as far as the VP gig goes, she *was* a DEI hire. No one voted for her. I’m not sure if that makes me feel any better or not….. I will say, it’s disturbing that someone who never got a delegate was acclaimed the nominee. The only reasonable/decent/intelligent/legal thing would be to have had an open convention. Trump would easily be beaten by any moderately center and intelligent Dem like Manchin.
It’s almost like not enforcing laws matters
Any time a country gets poorer and poorer, while the number of attempted-passed-off-as “laws” never does anything but keep growing; the ability to enforce this ever growing pile of “laws” inevitably decreases. That’s just math.
Stick to real “laws”, as laid out in The Bible and Constitution; while tossing out pointless sundry of made-up nonsense: And even our, by now, poorer version of America, could probably mostly enforce its laws.
Lack of conventions and foot traffic, plus a dated menu/diners out fashion. Downtown SF went dead when remote work took over.
I doubt dine/dash had much to do with it.
They are telling you it did.
You’d be surprised all of the Denny’s around me here in LA have long waits on the weekends
Why no conventions or foot traffic? Could it be the violent drug bums who wander the city, enabled by non-profits? Nah.
that is my suspicion too. i lived in the bay area up to 3 years ago. union square hood was dying years ago…….but alas it will come back hopefully………they are pushing the homeless from tenderloin out to no man’s land in the high desert it’s reported. with r/e prices coming down in bay area, just a matter of time until people pour back in. it’s too pretty of a city. hopefully i’m correct for the good of the country
SF is never coming back.
Seattle is never coming back.
Portland is never coming back.
Blue cities in blue states… how/why would these cities/states ever come back? More/continued progressive policy is going to magically start working? These cities (and states) are failing, and local denial & delusion only accelerate their collapse.
New York Cuty was in the ropes in the ‘70s but came back 20y later. Never give up!
correct. one thing NYC government did was let the grown ups from a french investment bank, lazard ironically take over. they ripped up the benefits of gov unions as none of the banks showed up for the MUNI auctions. so NYC basically went bankrupt and restructured almost 50 years ago. they made the judges of NYS pensions tied to the tighter austerity……….CA and IL can do the same. will take decades. NYC did not come back for 20 years as you indicated…………..and that was with rezoning to allow the hipsters and artists to convert abondoned warehouses into kewl spots in places like williamsburgh etc………….i worked for NYC HPD in 80s……….went to every bad hood and took inventory of the city owned foreclosed properties. a great insight for a career in r/e and trading
Yes, it is too pretty a city.
Newsom says 11,000 fast food jobs were created thus year in CA. WHATis the real number?
I’m guessing he’s playing fast and loose with fast food being a high turnover position. Hey, we hired 11,000 new fast food workers (sure, 15,000 quit and went elsewhere or joined the entitled nation … putting the net at -4000 … but hey … 11,000.
Is there a metric on hours worked by fast food workers? That would show if there has been any growth.