July 13, 2026 – West Bend, Wi – It was November 2025 when the announcement was first made nationally that Wendy’s CEO planned to close “about 200 to 350 stores of the chain’s roughly 6000 US locations.” Now, eight months later, that news has struck home in West Bend, Wi, with the closure of Wendy’s, 650 W. Paradise Drive.
A note, was hung in the window and drive-thru at the store in West Bend, WI, on Sunday, July 11, 2026, announcing it was closing permanently. “We appreciate your support of our West Bend location.”
In Washington County, WI, there is also a Wendy’s at N96w17600 County Line Road in Germantown. As of Sunday evening that business was still in operation.
It was October 2017 when a couple of fast-food properties on Paradise Drive in West Bend, WI were sold.
Records in the city assessor’s office show both properties on Paradise Drive, where Arby’s and Wendy’s are located have changed hands.
The Arby’s, 730 W. Paradise Drive originally opened in October 2004. The sale price to SWEP No. 2 LLC out of West Lake Village, California is $1,411,666. The 2017 assessed value was $832,300.
The Wendy’s next door, 650 W. Paradise Drive, opened in March 2005. It too sold to SWEP No. 2 LLC for $1.3 million. The 2017 assessed value was $837,000.
Then, almost a year to the day, Nov. 13, 2018, Arby’s and Wendy’s properties in West Bend sold again…