A national burger chain headquartered in New York City is set to close nine restaurants nationwide with more than half of the closures being in California.
Shake Shack, the east coast rival to west coast based In-N-Out-Burgers, known for their smash burgers , crinkle cut fries and milkshakes is set to close six California-based locations including the sole Oakland location. The stores will close by the end of the month with the company citing poor sales and underperformance as the primary reason for the closures.
Most of the California locations will close around Los Angeles, while three locations will close in Columbus, Ohio and Houston, Texas. Although the majority of restaurants are not set to close until Sept. 25, the Oakland location seems to have already been shut down with the San Francisco Business Times reporting that the location has been closed since July of this year.