FoodBanter.com - View Single Post - Marie Callendar's sudden restaurant closures

J. Clarke[_2_]

In article >,
says...
>
> Julie Bove wrote:
>
> > I just looked it up and I didn't know this, but they also own Perkins
> > which is also closing. AFAIK there are no more Perkins in this area.
> > But we sure ate at a lot of them making cross country moves. And
> > they were one of the few places we could go to eat on Staten Island
> > that wasn't Italian.
>
> I heard they are closing 50 Perkins. They are pretty common where I
> live and they are always hopping. The thing about Perkins like a lot
> of chains is that some of them are better than others, and I will not be
> happy if the one I visit goes out of business. I really enjoy their
> omelettes.
>
> Of course, I'm sure the owner of that location could just say This is
> our new name and go on, business as usual, without those franchise
> fees he has to pay.

Locally that happened with the "Big Boy" franchise. For a while it was
"Abdous Big Boy", then they dropped "Big Boy". Built several new
restaurants, most of which were closed in five years. One was bought by
Bickfords and ran for a while, now it's been empty for close to a year.