Below is a list of notable defunct restaurants of the United States.
Defunct restaurants in the United States
- Andre's
- 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[1]
- 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 2019
- Druther'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 Chicken Takeover
- Hot Shoppes, Inc.
- Howard Johnson's[2][3]
- Huyler's
- Isaly's
- JB's Restaurants
- Jumbo's, Miami, Florida
- Kahiki Supper Club
- Kenny Rogers Roasters
- King's Food Host
- La Petite Boulangerie
- Laughner's Cafeteria
- Little Tavern
- Lone Star Steakhouse – parent company for other restaurants
- Lum's
- Lyon's
- Manning's Cafeterias
- Mighty Casey's
- Minnie Pearl's Fried Chicken[4][5]
- 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[6][7][8]
- Pok Pok – Portland, Oregon and New York City
- Red 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
- Sisters Chicken & Biscuits – founded in 1979, this was Wendy's first attempt to expand beyond burgers[9][10][11]
- Sokolowski's University Inn, Cleveland, Ohio
- Soul 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. One location reopened under new ownership in April 2024 in Tucson, AZ.
- Tasty Made
- Texas Land and Cattle – peaked at 20 locations, only 1 remains in Austin
- Two Pesos
- Valle's Steak House
- Velvet Turtle
- Victoria Station – one restaurant remained open in Salem, Massachusetts until it was abruptly closed in December 2017[12]
- VIP's – Oregon-based restaurant chain
- Wag's
- Weenie Beenie
- Wetson's
- Whiskey Soda Lounge – Portland, Oregon and New York City
- White 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[13][14][15][16]
- Yankee Doodle Dandy
- York Steak House – one restaurant remains open in Columbus, Ohio
- Young Joni
- Zantigo – a revival of the Zantigo menu and format has seven restaurants in Minneapolis, Minnesota[17]
California
- Al's Place
- All-American Burger
- Animal
- Anthology
- Aster, San Francisco
- Atomic Cafe
- Bahooka
- Bastide
- Battle of the Dance
- Ben Frank's
- La Botte, Santa Monica
- Brown Derby
- Burger Continental, Pasadena
See also
References
- Taryn Luna. Last two Brigham's stores must change name: Ice cream parlors bear iconic brand's name Boston Globe, July 17, 2013, retrieved September 19, 2015^
- The Last Howard Johnson's in the Universe Eater.com, Eater, 14 February 2017, retrieved 2017-08-19^
- Owner of last Howard Johnson's restaurant charged with sexual abuse