Restaurant chain with 152 locations shutters two branches – they ‘ducked and ran in the night’ in third closure in weeks
A RUBIO’S Coastal Grill location abruptly shuttered its doors and tried to dodge a property management notice.
The location is in El Dorado Hills, California, 29 miles east of Sacramento, was served a “three-day pay or quit” after missing a few months of rent payments.
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The El Dorado Hills Rubio’s did not respond to the notice and just put up a sign that it was closing after getting served, ABC affillate KXTV reported on Thursday.
The location said the closure was due to facing struggles of rising costs to run a restaurant in California.
It was open for one day following the “three-day pay or quit” and then abandoned the storefront.
Dawn Bricker, a town center spokeswoman explained he believes this was their way of avoiding the property management’s request.
“They ducked and ran in the night, basically,” Bricker told KXTV.
Rubio’s opened as part of a corporate deal and was paying its rent through a third party.
BURNED
The property management was lenient with the rent payments for this reason.
It now feels burned that Rubio’s left with no heads up.
“We see our tenants as partners,” Bricker said.
“They didn’t treat it as a partnership.”
Rubio’s attempted to clear out the storefront after closing which angered the property management team, per KXTV.
Once informed of the clearing out, the property management team called their lawyers to encourage them to stop.
The property management team plans to pursue legal action for damages for the incident, KXTV reported.
The El Dorado Hills closure comes as the chain was forced to close two other locations in California recently as well.
Rubio’s shuttered doors to its locations in Fresno and Folosom.
It said it closed its Folosom location for similar complications as El Dorado Hills with rising costs in California, per KXTV.
Restaurant closures in 2024
BOSSES at major dining chains have announced a series of restaurant closures. The U.S. Sun has compiled a list of the chain's affected.
Cracker Barrel: Stores in Medford, Oregon, Columbia, South Carolina, and Sacramento, California, have closed.
Mod Pizza: Bosses dramatically shuttered 27 shops, including in the state of California.
Frisch’s Big Boy: Restaurant chiefs confirmed the closure of a restaurant in Covington, Kentucky.
Two Bucks: Four restaurants in Ohio are set to close.
Chili’s: A restaurant in Port Arthur, Texas, has shut permanently.
Friendly’s: Bosses confirmed an establishment in Ronkonkoma, Long Island will close.
Pizza Hut: A restaurant in Glen Falls, New York, closed at the end of March.
Denny’s: Two restaurants in Boise and Nampa, Idaho, have closed.
Carl’s Jr.: The first Boise, Idaho location has closed.
However, the Fresno location abruptly closed with no explanation to its customers.
The Frenso location closed in mid-May and only left a note on its door.
Employees were also left with no notice.
Ths left customers and employees in shock that the company would not be considerate.
“I am heartbroken for the employees and the families that this affects,” Larissa Clark, a Fresno resident and frequent Rubio’s customer said.
Rubio’s has 152 locations across the US in total.
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