List of defunct restaurants of the United States
Below is a list of notable defunct restaurants of the United States .
Defunct restaurants in the United States
Arthur Treacher's fish and chips, one location remains[ 1] Aunt Jemima's Kitchen Big Daddy's Restaurants Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill Bill Knapp's Blue Boar Cafeterias Boston Sea Party Bresler's Ice Cream Briazz Brigham's – a Boston-area ice cream parlor and restaurant chain that closed in 2013[ 2] Britling Cafeterias Bugaboo Creek Steakhouse Burger Chef Carrols Restaurant Group Cheeseburger in Paradise Chi-Chi's Childs Restaurants China Coast Clifton's Cafeteria Clock Coon Chicken Inn Cuppy's Coffee Deco Refreshments, Inc. Dee's Drive-In Don Pablo's – closed in 2019Druther's Dubrow's Cafeteria Earl Abel's Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour Forum Cafeterias Fresh Choice Geri's Hamburgers Gino's Hamburgers Henry's Hamburgers Holly Tree Inn Horn & Hardart Horne's Hot Shoppes, Inc. Howard Johnson's – a restaurant chain that featured an iconic orange rooftop, reasonably priced, consistent-quality menu items; founded in 1929 by Howard Deering Johnson in Quincy, Massachusetts; at its cultural peak, it served more meals outside of the family home than any entity except for the US Army; in 1979 it had 1,040 locations, but only one franchise remained open in Lake George, New York[ 3] [ 4] Huyler's Isaly's JB's Restaurants Jumbo's , Miami, FloridaKahiki Supper Club Kenny Rogers Roasters La Petite Boulangerie Laughner's Cafeteria Little Tavern Lone Star Steakhouse – parent company for other restaurantsLum's Lyon's Manning's Cafeterias Mighty Casey's Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken [ 5] [ 6] Montana's Cookhouse Morrison's Cafeteria Mr. Fables Mr. Steak Nedick's Nickerson Farms Official All Star Café Pioneer Chicken Po' Folk's – once owned by actor Burt Reynolds [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] Pok Pok – Portland, Oregon and New York CityRed Barn Rio Bravo Cantina Roadhouse Grill The Royal Canadian Pancake Houses Rustler Steak House S&W Cafeteria Sambo's Sandy's Schrafft's Sholl's Colonial Cafeteria ShopHouse Southeast Asian Kitchen ShowBiz Pizza Place Signatures Restaurant Sisters Chicken & Biscuits – founded in 1979, this was Wendy's first attempt to expand beyond burgers[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Sokolowski's University Inn , Cleveland, OhioSoul Daddy Specialty Restaurant Group Steak and Ale Steve's Ice Cream Sweet Tomatoes – Founded in San Diego in 1978 and operated as Souplantation in California. Closed all locations temporarily in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic , but announced in May 2020 that the closure was permanent.Tasty Made Texas Land and Cattle – peaked at 20 locations, only 1 remains in AustinTwo Pesos Valle's Steak House Velvet Turtle Victoria Station – one restaurant remained open in Salem, Massachusetts until it was abruptly closed in December 2017[ 13] VIP's – Oregon-based restaurant chainWag's Weenie Beenie Wetson's Whiskey Soda Lounge – Portland, Oregon and New York CityWhite Tower Hamburgers 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] Yankee Doodle Dandy York Steak House – one restaurant remains open in Columbus, Ohio Zantigo – a revival of the Zantigo menu and format has seven restaurants in Minneapolis, Minnesota [ 18]
California
Al's Place Anthology Aster , San FranciscoAtomic Cafe Bahooka Bastide Battle of the Dance Ben Frank's La Botte , Santa MonicaBrown Derby C.C. Brown's Café Montmartre Chasen's Commonwealth , San FranciscoDive! The Fat Cow Florentine Gardens La Folie , San FranciscoCafe Frankenstein Googies Coffee Shop Hamburger Hamlet Imperial Dynasty Johnie's Broiler Johnie's Coffee Shop The Linkery Little Joe's Ma Maison Manzke Marlena Maud's Maum , Palo AltoMoore's Delicatessen Naugles Nicky Blair's Nico , San FranciscoNoriega Hotel Nova Express Café Original Spanish Kitchen Pasta Bravo Patina , Los AngelesPerino's Phenakite , Los AngelesPup 'N' Taco Rasa , BurlingameScrivner's Drive-In Ships Coffee Shop Swensen's Taco María , Costa MesaTiny Naylor's Van de Kamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries Wich Stand Zombie Hut
Illinois
42 Grams , ChicagoAcadia , ChicagoAvenues , ChicagoBand of Bohemia , ChicagoBlackbird , ChicagoBlackhawk , ChicagoBrasserie Jo , ChicagoChez Paul , ChicagoClaudia , ChicagoCourtright's , ChicagoCrofton on Wells , ChicagoElizabeth , ChicagoEntente , ChicagoEverest , ChicagoFat Rice , ChicagoGrace The Great Gritzbe's Flying Food Show GreenRiver L2O Mexique , ChicagoMichael Jordan's Restaurant Moto The Pump Room RIA Senza Sixteen Tru
Maryland
Massachusetts
Tasty Sandwich Shop
New York
A Voce Columbus , New York CityAgern , New York CityAldea , New York CityAlto , New York CityAnthos , New York CityAsti Bar Uchū , New York CityBeefsteak Charlie's Benno , New York CityBridge Cafe Browne's Chop House Brushstroke , New York CityCafé des Artistes Café Gray , New York CityCafe Rouge La Caravelle Carnegie Deli The Cattleman Cafe Chambord Chanterelle , New York CityChelsea Place Cloud Club The Coffee Shop The Colony Contra Convivio Corton La Côte Basque Da Silvano Del Pezzo Restaurant Devi Dovetail , New York CityElaine's Fashion Cafe Fiamma Osteria , New York CityFleur de Sel , New York CityFlorent FOOD The Gaslight Cafe Heartbreak , New York CityJekyll & Hyde Club Jewel Bako , New York CityJimmy Ryan's Jimmy Weston's Joomak Banjum Juni , New York CityKajitsu , New York CityKiev Restaurant Kyo Ya , New York CityLafayette Lespinasse Lindy's Lo Scalco , New York CityLobster Palace Lüchow's Lundy's Restaurant Lutèce Manganaro's Mars 2112 Maxwell's Plum Mo Gridder's Moondance Diner Moon's Lake House Mori Munson Diner Nix Café Nicholson Oak Room Okuda , New York CityOnyx Club Pearl Oyster Bar Le Pavillon Penny Cafeteria Piora , New York CityPith Public , New York CityThe Quilted Giraffe Quo Vadis Ratner's Rebelle , New York CityRed Apple Rest Reisenweber's Cafe Reuben's Restaurant Rhong-Tiam , New York CityRosanjin , New York CitySaul , New York CitySemilla , New York CityShanley's Restaurants Sherry's La Sirena , New York CitySoto , New York CityThe Spotted Pig Stage Deli Stock Exchange Luncheon Club Stork Club Take Root , New York CityTelepan , New York CityToots Shor's Restaurant La Tulipe , New York CityTulsi , New York CityUkiyo , New York CityVeritas , New York CityWindows on the World The World
Oregon
In addition to those in Portland , following are notable defunct restaurants in Oregon:
Pennsylvania
Texas
Washington
Coastal Kitchen Omega Ouzeri
ʔálʔal Café , SeattleAndy's Diner , SeattleBarrio , SeattleBoca , SeattleBurbs Burgers Coastal Kitchen , SeattleCountry Dough , SeattleCrush , SeattleDacha Diner , SeattleDahlia Lounge , SeattleEastern Cafe , SeattleEight Row , SeattleIron Horse , SeattleJuneBaby , SeattleLast Exit on Brooklyn , SeattleThe London Plane , SeattleLoulay , SeattleMarmite , SeattleOmega Ouzeri , SeattlePizzeria Credo , SeattlePizzeria Gabbiano , SeattlePoppy , SeattleRancho Bravo Tacos Salare , SeattleSitka and Spruce , SeattleSkyCity , SeattleVito's , Seattle
See also
References
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