The lone San Francisco Denny’s (DENN) 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.

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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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