Hollywood Arby's shutters doors after more than 5 decades in business following minimum wage hike
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Hungry people strolling down Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard may find themselves wondering who has the meats after Arby's closed its long-standing location after more than five decades in business.
The fast food joint's iconic cowboy hat sign was captured by FOX 11's SkyFOX camera on Tuesday reading, «Farewell Hollywood. TY for 55 great years.» The restaurant near Bronson Avenue closed on Saturday, according to local reports.
The franchise has had one owner since opening in January 1969, 91-year-old Marilyn Leviton.
«Truth is, I think it was the pandemic that did us in. I really feel we would have closed during the pandemic [if it weren’t] for the federal loans,» she told KTLA. «I’m awfully sorry that it came to this.»
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«Farewell Hollywood. TY for 55 great years,» the iconic cowboy hat Arby's sign on Sunset Boulevard reads after the restaurant closed over the weekend. (FOX 11 Los Angles SkyFOX)
Her son-in-law Gary Husch, who was the general manager of the location, told the Los Angeles Times that the pandemic, low foot traffic, rising food costs and California's minimum wage hike were all factors in the decision to close.
«With inflation, food costs have gone way up and the $20-an-hour minimum wage has been the nail in the coffin,» he said, adding that workers were told the news when they went to work on Friday.
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The restaurant on Sunset Boulevard near Bronson Avenue had one owner since opening, kTLA reports. (FOX 11 Los Angles SkyFOX)
Arby's did not immediately respond to a
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