Mary Phillips Thank you. I feel awful for them. They depend on a paycheck and then all of a sudden, their worlds are turned upside down. I saw the article on KDKA news when they interviewed a couple of employees including one that just bought a new house and had a couple of kids. I felt horrible for her.
There are two restaurants in Westminster, MD that did that shit back to back. The staff showed up to work with a notice on the door. "Thanks for your patronage! This location is closed." The one was not a chain, just a single restaurant. It was all over the news that locals were going to sue the owners because they were selling GIFT CERTIFICATES right up until the day they closed.
Yes, I agree! That person who told the employees to heck off and contact state unemployment offices for their own sake and time must be fired. This is an unacceptable thing in the restaurant industry EVER!
A few years ago... me and my dad went to go eat at the local Joe’s Crab Shack, and as we arrived... they had shut their doors permanently literally an hour prior... no warning to the employees or public either...
They closed all of their locations in Michigan as well. I went there to eat and there was a crew removing all of the furniture and stacking it in the parking lot. Apparently, they had closed two days before.
LoveClassicMusic0205 That's what happened here. They just closed in the blink of an eye. The very next day, they were removing everything and already had items at auction. Our local news station, KDKA, did a report that very next day. They interviewed a couple of the employees that had gotten screwed over. One had just moved and purchased a new home, too.
Too many restaurants go out that way. When our local Friendly's closed a few years ago, they were told at 7:55PM the restaurant would close at 8:00PM. Nice way to treat people!
Jerry Carriera That's awful. I can't believe this. From all the comments I'm reading, I see this happens way more than I thought. That's completely terrible to do.
Really? They should give at least some notice it's going to close for good, and don't do it suddenly without any warning. I'd say at least a 1 month notice(if not 2) would be good, but that's just me.
Back in September 2014, the Friendly's restaurant in Yorktown Heights, NY closed its doors and I felt really bad. Me and my family used to eat there a lot.
Probably one year later that building for sure was going to be demolished. Either that or the property could be on sale to a new owner (potentially a new business that is interested in opening up there). If it gets demolished then the restaurant space is free space for other businesses like other restaurants, a store or a Speedway if you live down in that area.
Unfortunately, this is a very common occurrence in the restaurant business. We have had several restaurants in my area do exactly the same thing. Employees come to work and find the building closed and locked with no notice the day before.
That's awful. I can't believe anyone can just think that's an acceptable thing to do. Goes to show how much they really care. It can turn people's lives upside down. All of a sudden, you're out of a job that wasn't even your fault. We all have bills to pay (except maybe the ignorant jackass who decided to comment the horrible things it said on this video). What are you supposed to do when your source of income is suddenly lost? It's rotten.
I agree, sudden closings for a restaurant are just ridiculous! I think it'd be ideal at least for restaurants to give workers a 1 month notice(if not longer) that it'll soon close, but that's just me.
I was a victim of that once. I worked at an airport for about 10 years. One day out of the blue we walked in to go to work and they said we have been bought out. we ALL were out of a job..... sucks
this is sad, all the people who lost their jobs, think about it, maybe they got their car repossessed, or had to drop out of college, or move back with their parents, friends, family, aunt, uncle, grandparents, or get roomates etc... i think restaurant chains over expand, robinson shopping is always busy, but it doesnt seem like their is enough people living in the area to support all the restaurants they built, i know some people drive from steubenville/weirton to go to robinson, and ppl from beaver county, and other areas of pittsburgh, but i just do not think it is enough people, there us to be so many restaurants, i was recently at the taco bell over by COSTCO CLUB that use to be chick fil a, i cant believe a chick fil a went out of business, they are usually busy
It's really depressing to see how common this is watching the video and looking at the comments. I have a similar story in my area, I had dinner with a church group at a local German restaurant, where we found out earlier that evening employees were told that was the restaurant's last day. Really brought the mood down for us customers, but of course that was nothing compared to how the employees must have felt. We felt so terrible for our waitress, needless to say she got a big tip from us. There should be a law that businesses have to give 30 days notice before laying an employee off.
simsponfanboy, I agree. It's such a cowardly move when employers just shut their doors and kick everyone out. The owners of this Joe's deserve some bad karma. I wonder if this was done to reduce competition. This is a common move by Apple: buy out a competitor to get more control of the market segment you're in.
Well I just watched your channel for the first time yesterday & what a great video. I saw the Kings restaurant & going in the basement was nerve wracking. Thanks
Hey Wallie! That's ridiculous that the place got taken over by a new owner and just closed it. ALSO It's horrible that people were to lose their jobs because of it! Disgusting! Anyway, great video! P.S. I agree with you completely, I wouldn't eat there ever.
I can in a nutshell give you both perspectives:Am retired now,but our family is very familiar with the restaurant business which we used to be in.Saw the coming economic"Great Recession"and got out 3 years B4 it hit the country.Nationally despite outward appearance of being busy,chain restaurants are struggling.Today's Dining out customers not only expect an"experience"which Joe's in the front did well.However what was coming out of the back was marginal quality @ best.Went to 2 different Joe's in New Orleans,La.and Cuyahoga Falls,OH.@ both outlets front crews did well,but back crew did not.For the money the food was marginal both in quality&preparation hadn't returned to any since then.👎When I noticed advertising stopped here just knew bankruptcy was imminent.So when it DID happen I wasn't surprised.Based on your vlog is obvious liquidation is already underway so your correct Joe's is done.@ least there's Red Lobster,in Midwest is still a very good seafood chain so Joe's going away not a big deal.As far as the former employees were treated,I agree was sleazy but from a liquidators viewpoint is pretty commonplace practices.Job security in many businesses in today's economy is a distant memory which sucks but it's simply a fact in what I personally know is a very tough business.Tough enough in a family restaurant dealing with drama in the front & back.But when you add the corporate chain element with demanding investors~stockholders then we see many stories like this one with many more to come BTW.📉The latest being mass Applebees/IHOP recently announced closures and Bob Evans corp.selling off all their restaurants big changes are happening out there.All I can say for employees is have up to date resumes ready and be ready to hit the bricks.👀
No worries. Off camera I talk like a sailor. lol I know in a couple videos my sailor talk has slipped out. haha But yeah, what they did just plain sucks.
This almost sounds like what they did with old country buffet. The employees worked on a Saturday and Sunday when they showed up for work found out they were out of a job. Old Country Buffet also did the same thing with emptying the buildings as fast as they could.
Scott Lillis That's awful that this happens. There is absolutely no respect for the workforce. The people that help your business the best they can for you to just let them go all at once like that. It's really sad.
Scott Lillis my fiance use to work for the company that delivered their food. So it wasn't just the buffet workers losing jobs it was the food delivers losing out too
Amanda, sorry to hear that your fiance lost his job. It stinks when a company just ups and goes out of business. It hurts so many people in the process.
I was wondering why I haven't seen any of those restaurants anymore. We used to eat at those almost weekly. I live in Texas. They had one in Arlington.
Scott Lillis Bud the owner of that old country buffet was the owners of Ryan's in Burlington iowa and wallie.you should go to Burlington iowa Ryan's the owners abandoned that building I'm sure you might enjoy checking that out..
Not only restaurants that do this. Dodge Lithia did the same thing to the entire body shop. Came in on Monday. G.m. announced they were closing Thursday. No warning!!! Just cut everybody's neck. Manager all the way down to porter.
Turbid Dragon I have in years past. I stayed overnight at Moundsville (West Virginia State Penitentiary) where I felt a push as I was going into a cell and heard on my voice recorder an angry dark voice say "I'll kill you!" It creeped me out. Also, just recently when my buddy and I explored the abandoned Lincoln Way homes, as we were walking up the street, a random formation of mist/fog just appeared in front of us. I didn't catch it on camera as it appeared literally by my right side. My buddy saw it too. It was weird but that's all we saw. I've done paranormal investigations with friends before. I'm no professional. I just do it for fun trying to capture something. I once caught an orb following my son in a few photos at an indoor skating rink. The orb had a face and was in different spots low to the ground in the photos.
Never been to a Joes Crab Shack, They dont have them in my city. Its wrong for them to do their employees like that. Ryans did the same thing a few years back here in Michigan...just decided to close one day, the employees was out of a job..what a shame!
It’s ridiculous that a company can treat their employees like garbage. I looked up Landry’s and none of the restaurants they own are near me in SE Tennessee except for Bubba Gump Shrimp Company In Gatlinburg TN. We usually go every year for vacation, but we will not be eating there. I’m not supporting a company like that.
This is happening to local establishments around here, and the reason for it is this, the property owners are increasing the monthly leases to the point where it is not profitable for the businesses to continue thus causing them to close or relocate, liked your video btw
Then I hope the greedy landlords can't find anyone else to lease the places after the restaurants go bankrupt. I sincerely hope the landlords wind up bankrupt so they'll realize the results of their own immense greed.
Its a Rome Thing Everyday absolutely the markets will correct this and it will come down but let’s not forget the taxes they pay that kills the business as well
Its a hard call when closing a restaurant to tell your employees or not. If you do, then you won't have any for the final days you want to be open. Vast majority of the closings around my town they didn't give any notice.
that is horrible!!! if they do bring it back why would anyone wanna return to them after being treated like that. it should be against the law for that to happen. companys want a 2weeks notice if you quit or find another job. they should at least be required to do the same. great video bud, youre really killin it latley
And thanks for the kind words! I've been trying hard to bring you guys new material. I have about 15 videos on my computer ready to upload. I just have to find the time to edit them and actually upload them. Tomorrow the 200 subscriber winner video will be created and uploaded. Then I will post my abandoned Brownsville General Hospital Night Exploration video.
That is a sad story. Here's a variation I've seen in my area. Employees show up to work, doors chained shut, signs saying "temporarily closed". Turns out the owner owed too many back taxes (city or county shutdown), defaulted on mortgage (bank closure), or owed too much back rent (thus was essentially evicted). In all instances, the restaurant never re-opened, and almost all lie abandoned or vacant to this day. Ownership didn't directly say "Screw you, we're closed", but their actions led to that situation.
I work at Joe's but when we were going through this bankruptcy, we had inspectors and accountants come on and look at everything. We all started looking for jobs but we got the green light. It's a scary thing and we have people from other locations coming to our location.
Thank you for sharing your story. I can't imagine the stress it caused ya. Glad everything worked out for you and that other employees are able to be hired at your location.
This is very familiar because back in June 2017 8 Dennys locations in Colorado Springs,Fountain,and Woodland Park closed laying off employees for failing to pay taxes..one of the Dennys caught fire and is abandoned the rest are like Indian restaurants and one of them is a car wash
I used to work for the Dixie/Delta cafe chain, and they did the same thing to us. They went out of business and told us they we're closing with only a 2 days notice two weeks before Christmas.
PMC, did you know Sam's is owned by Wal Mart? Those jerks did the same to a store (I think it was a Wal Mart) in either Texas or Oklahoma. They just shut the place down and fired everyone without notice. I also boycotted Sams. If I have to go to a member's store, I'll go to Costco.
WallieB26, yeah, unless they experienced some severe damaged (fire maybe), but it looked like the roof was caved in, and there was an excavator near by seemingly on stand by to take down the rest of it. This was maybe a week or so ago.
This place used to do crazy business back in the day. The amount of traffic & business in the entire Robinson/North Fayette area was ridiculous. I also used to love the Fatburger that was 2-3 doors down
They did the same at the Boston Market I used to go to, almost weekly, in Hoboken NJ. The employees and a few customers like me showed up around 11a. There was a sign saying Location Permanently closed and to visit their other location in North Arlington... miles away. Heard the landlord wanted more $$$ Boston didn't have it so now in it's place is a 7 Eleven. Criminal for any company to do this to employees. It's all about the $$$$. It's bad Your commentary made this video moving and special. Thanks for this Wallie
Horrible thing to find out especially when they didnt even realize or get told about them closing up. Like seriously that is just horrible for all the employees, hopefully they all are working and have jobs, I'm sure they do but still Landry's definitely should be ashamed of themselves. Anyways another good video, enjoy this Channel alot, greetings from Canada
AND...the they were told to contact the unemployment office....and the waitress will get unemployment based on a $2.50 salary...just how much do you think they will get...????
so what are they planning on doing with this property if they bought it and they close the entire restaurant I'm guessing they want to sell the property for development maybe a box store
It is dirty how they did the employees. But the reason they didnt want to have to give a notice so they didnt have to pay all that money out. Terribly rotten folks. Ive never eaten at a Joes Crab Shack and now, just because of this, I NEVER will
That's hard to believe the employees of Joe's Crab Shack weren't notified of the restaurant closing, and they show up for work and find a notice on the front entrance door saying that the restaurant is closed, that's NOT how you treat your employees, that is SO TACKY and VERY DIRTY, NOBODY does that to employees that have become like a family, that just DOES NOT WORK!!!!!!
You know, there's a guy named Jesse James who made a video about a Joe's Crab Shack in Lake Buena Vista, FL that also closed without giving employees notice. You should check that out.
Hi Wally that is really awful about this business closing unexpected like that and I loved where you said what was that an #orb when you were walking back to the back 2:24 and by the water heater there when you get to 2:40 on your video and then you’re walking back to the back there there is an orb in fact there’s a couple of them and then there was the other orb there in the window so somebody was watching from above pretty cool I love orbs when you see them on video❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Unfortunately many companies do this to their employees. Very disrespectful. I knew this place too. I will never eat at establishments like this. Feel bad for the employees.
I am so sad the Joe’s Crab Shack in Hickory Hill on Riverdale Road in Tennessee closed!!!! I tried to find out why it closed but all I can find is a Yelp page saying it is closed. I think it had reviews. I am thinking it either went bankrupt because there is still a Joe’s Crab Shack in Germantown, TN. But if anyone can film this old Joe’s Crab Shack on Riverdale Road I would really appreciate it!!!! I loved going there and I am so sad it went out of business. I think it went out of business at least 9 years ago. It was so sad to me!!!!
I agree with you wallieB it's horrible and sad and devastating I feel your wrath about this place I have a Joe's crab shack by my house as well they abandoned all the ducks in this huge pond I'm am soooooo sad for the ducks
Wow, FUCK Landry's. There should be laws against this. I'd make those pigs pay the employees some form of unemployment for a month. I will never eat at their restaurants again.
Why are so many restaurants going out of business in that area and the buildings they were in staying vacant for so long? Is this one of those areas where everyone is slowly moving away like Youngstown Ohio for example?
You weren't doing this at the time, but it reminds me of Damons in the North Hills. They did the same thing. We always went there Fridays. We witnessed employees come to work and saw their reactions. Tragic.
Many of them, close suddenly and put on door a sign that says; '...sorry for any inconvenience' while they cut and run like a thief in the middle of the night
How sad for employees. These restaurants usually do well, least here in Lubbock, Texss does which ate there once which been several years. This happened to employees at Ruby Taquilas & Twisted Spicket here in Lubbock, Texas probably 2 years already.
Yep it's the reason I don't believe companies when they say "we're like one big family" and ill quit without notice, and have no regrets. I did a couple of times and shortly after my instincts....spot on. Shorty after they closed.
This place never reopened. There was one in Euclid, Ohio I went to that was hella popular. One day it closed, now it’s a daycare. I wonder what happened to this place
Not sure what state you live in. But, in Pennsylvania, they limit the amount of liquor licenses. So, if a certain area exhausts all of the allotted licenses, there can be no more. If you hold the license, you can sell it for what you want. triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/6407292-74/license-licenses-liquor
There should be HEAVY monetary fines for Corporations to do this to employees. They demand 2 weeks notice but they can leave your ass high and dry and not even give you your last paycheck. It just goes to show you our Government is NOT for the working people but on the side of Corporations. Bastards.
Amherst NY closed the location about a year and a half ago. My last visit was not impressed could see the quality slipping in every thing. no wonder they closed.
I had an incident exactly the same as what happened to the employees except for me, the place I worked at closed up shop with no warning on Christmas Eve.
That really is a shame honestly.. I'm from Florida and we had these everywhere, and now I live in Alabama on the gulf coast and until now have always been like "oh yeah they really need to bring a Joe's up here" but now I could care less what they do, I'll never wear my Joe's shirt again now. On another note, now they need to bring a buffalo wild wings here and a tgi fridays and I'll be happy lol
I went to the one in Latham New York when it first opened and it was ungodly expensive I think my meal was around $60 hours and it was not that good especially for that price. I don't know if the whole company is planning on shuttering their doors but this is definitely not a place where the average middle-class person can go and eat Red Lobster is a little bit more affordable especially if you get one of the value budget priced meals but with the price of seafood being so high many restaurants have stopped selling the seafood or raise the price or lowered the quality and it is really ironic because with all of the contamination from Fukushima that has now stretched all the way around the world not just the entire Pacific but the entire Atlantic is now contaminated as well it's amazing that people are still eating Seafood from the oceans and that the prices are so high I remember what mad cow did to the price of beef it plummeted it has regained its standing and now is very expensive but it just seems like seafood prices especially for things like lobster and crab and clams and shrimp and things that come from the ocean should have bottomed out I know there's a news blackout and unless you take the time to get the news stories from the West Coast especially Alaska and the local channels in Alaska are covering how deformed the seafood is and how the radiation levels are so high that they are not allowed to sell the seafood that they catch I think if this was national news and world news the price would plummet
14 months later, northeast' papa gino's closed quite a number of restaurants. Same thing, just a sign on the door when employees and customers showed up. In both cases, bankruptcy declaration.
The Joe’s Crab Shack in Robinson Township has closed its doors as more than 40 locations nationwide have shut down. CNBC reported that the restaurant chain’s parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because of falling sales
I wish people who worked in different places and employers were let them know about that’s place is closed down and Abandoned and they didn’t want to… oh man that sucks and very frustrating and sad… I wish people could understand and respect and learn their business and skills
The normal way if YOU leave a job, is to give a 2 week notice...WTF That would at least be some kind of notice...What happened to the employees that had a paycheck owed to them..Im sure there was a few, if not all...
Its not joes crab shack fault...it is whoever this location was franchised out to. And it could even be the property owners fault, if the property owner did not renew the lease (for whatever reason) the business would have no choice but to shut down. So before you judge joes crab shack as a whole look into the situation of this specific location.
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I like how you respect the empoyees
Mary Phillips Thank you. I feel awful for them. They depend on a paycheck and then all of a sudden, their worlds are turned upside down. I saw the article on KDKA news when they interviewed a couple of employees including one that just bought a new house and had a couple of kids. I felt horrible for her.
When I looked this up, I got a news story from CBS News Pittsburgh.
But yet employees need to give two weeks notice before they quit
Not like it's easy to get a new job as well.
exactly, disgusting.
There are two restaurants in Westminster, MD that did that shit back to back. The staff showed up to work with a notice on the door. "Thanks for your patronage! This location is closed."
The one was not a chain, just a single restaurant. It was all over the news that locals were going to sue the owners because they were selling GIFT CERTIFICATES right up until the day they closed.
That's completely wrong to treat your employees like that
Yes, I agree! That person who told the employees to heck off and contact state unemployment offices for their own sake and time must be fired. This is an unacceptable thing in the restaurant industry EVER!
The owner sounds like another Eddie Lampert.
Omg yes!!! You made my day!
A few years ago... me and my dad went to go eat at the local Joe’s Crab Shack, and as we arrived... they had shut their doors permanently literally an hour prior... no warning to the employees or public either...
Where was this at? 👀
Here, the boss told the employees to contact the state unemployment offices.
They closed all of their locations in Michigan as well. I went there to eat and there was a crew removing all of the furniture and stacking it in the parking lot. Apparently, they had closed two days before.
LoveClassicMusic0205 That's what happened here. They just closed in the blink of an eye. The very next day, they were removing everything and already had items at auction. Our local news station, KDKA, did a report that very next day. They interviewed a couple of the employees that had gotten screwed over. One had just moved and purchased a new home, too.
I didn't even know we had locations here
Too many restaurants go out that way. When our local Friendly's closed a few years ago, they were told at 7:55PM the restaurant would close at 8:00PM. Nice way to treat people!
Jerry Carriera That's awful. I can't believe this. From all the comments I'm reading, I see this happens way more than I thought. That's completely terrible to do.
Really? They should give at least some notice it's going to close for good, and don't do it suddenly without any warning. I'd say at least a 1 month notice(if not 2) would be good, but that's just me.
Back in September 2014, the Friendly's restaurant in Yorktown Heights, NY closed its doors and I felt really bad. Me and my family used to eat there a lot.
I miss Friendly's
Used to go there almost every time we went to one of the water parks in Sandusky :(
Gap PA?
I was just out in Pittsburgh a few months ago and I was so shocked to see the building being demolished
Probably one year later that building for sure was going to be demolished. Either that or the property could be on sale to a new owner (potentially a new business that is interested in opening up there). If it gets demolished then the restaurant space is free space for other businesses like other restaurants, a store or a Speedway if you live down in that area.
Unfortunately, this is a very common occurrence in the restaurant business. We have had several restaurants in my area do exactly the same thing. Employees come to work and find the building closed and locked with no notice the day before.
That's awful. I can't believe anyone can just think that's an acceptable thing to do. Goes to show how much they really care. It can turn people's lives upside down. All of a sudden, you're out of a job that wasn't even your fault. We all have bills to pay (except maybe the ignorant jackass who decided to comment the horrible things it said on this video). What are you supposed to do when your source of income is suddenly lost? It's rotten.
Btw, I removed that idiot's terrible and childish comments and blocked it so it can't comment on my videos ever again.
I agree, sudden closings for a restaurant are just ridiculous! I think it'd be ideal at least for restaurants to give workers a 1 month notice(if not longer) that it'll soon close, but that's just me.
Restaurants do this because of lawsuits (real or invented) from food tampering by disgruntled employees
This is really sad , i feel awful , thank you for sharing , keep the videos coming .
It is sad, but mad at the same time as it caused employees to lose their jobs.
I was a victim of that once. I worked at an airport for about 10 years. One day out of the blue we walked in to go to work and they said we have been bought out. we ALL were out of a job..... sucks
Not cool.
this is sad, all the people who lost their jobs, think about it, maybe they got their car repossessed, or had to drop out of college, or move back with their parents, friends, family, aunt, uncle, grandparents, or get roomates etc... i think restaurant chains over expand, robinson shopping is always busy, but it doesnt seem like their is enough people living in the area to support all the restaurants they built, i know some people drive from steubenville/weirton to go to robinson, and ppl from beaver county, and other areas of pittsburgh, but i just do not think it is enough people, there us to be so many restaurants, i was recently at the taco bell over by COSTCO CLUB that use to be chick fil a, i cant believe a chick fil a went out of business, they are usually busy
It's really depressing to see how common this is watching the video and looking at the comments. I have a similar story in my area, I had dinner with a church group at a local German restaurant, where we found out earlier that evening employees were told that was the restaurant's last day. Really brought the mood down for us customers, but of course that was nothing compared to how the employees must have felt. We felt so terrible for our waitress, needless to say she got a big tip from us. There should be a law that businesses have to give 30 days notice before laying an employee off.
simpsonfanboy Exactly. I couldn't agree more. And yeah, I can't imagine how sick the employees must have felt.
simsponfanboy, I agree. It's such a cowardly move when employers just shut their doors and kick everyone out. The owners of this Joe's deserve some bad karma. I wonder if this was done to reduce competition. This is a common move by Apple: buy out a competitor to get more control of the market segment you're in.
Well I just watched your channel for the first time yesterday & what a great video. I saw the Kings restaurant & going in the basement was nerve wracking. Thanks
Hey Wallie! That's ridiculous that the place got taken over by a new owner and just closed it. ALSO It's horrible that people were to lose their jobs because of it! Disgusting! Anyway, great video! P.S. I agree with you completely, I wouldn't eat there ever.
I can in a nutshell give you both perspectives:Am retired now,but our family is very familiar with the restaurant business which we used to be in.Saw the coming economic"Great Recession"and got out 3 years B4 it hit the country.Nationally despite outward appearance of being busy,chain restaurants are struggling.Today's Dining out customers not only expect an"experience"which Joe's in the front did well.However what was coming out of the back was marginal quality @ best.Went to 2 different Joe's in New Orleans,La.and Cuyahoga Falls,OH.@ both outlets front crews did well,but back crew did not.For the money the food was marginal both in quality&preparation hadn't returned to any since then.👎When I noticed advertising stopped here just knew bankruptcy was imminent.So when it DID happen I wasn't surprised.Based on your vlog is obvious liquidation is already underway so your correct Joe's is done.@ least there's Red Lobster,in Midwest is still a very good seafood chain so Joe's going away not a big deal.As far as the former employees were treated,I agree was sleazy but from a liquidators viewpoint is pretty commonplace practices.Job security in many businesses in today's economy is a distant memory which sucks but it's simply a fact in what I personally know is a very tough business.Tough enough in a family restaurant dealing with drama in the front & back.But when you add the corporate chain element with demanding investors~stockholders then we see many stories like this one with many more to come BTW.📉The latest being mass Applebees/IHOP recently announced closures and Bob Evans corp.selling off all their restaurants big changes are happening out there.All I can say for employees is have up to date resumes ready and be ready to hit the bricks.👀
I hate to use "hip/trendy" buzzwords, but what that company did closing like that, was savage as fuck. Pardon the language lol.
No worries. Off camera I talk like a sailor. lol I know in a couple videos my sailor talk has slipped out. haha But yeah, what they did just plain sucks.
This almost sounds like what they did with old country buffet. The employees worked on a Saturday and Sunday when they showed up for work found out they were out of a job. Old Country Buffet also did the same thing with emptying the buildings as fast as they could.
Scott Lillis That's awful that this happens. There is absolutely no respect for the workforce. The people that help your business the best they can for you to just let them go all at once like that. It's really sad.
Scott Lillis my fiance use to work for the company that delivered their food. So it wasn't just the buffet workers losing jobs it was the food delivers losing out too
Amanda, sorry to hear that your fiance lost his job. It stinks when a company just ups and goes out of business. It hurts so many people in the process.
I was wondering why I haven't seen any of those restaurants anymore. We used to eat at those almost weekly. I live in Texas. They had one in Arlington.
Scott Lillis Bud the owner of that old country buffet was the owners of Ryan's in Burlington iowa and wallie.you should go to Burlington iowa Ryan's the owners abandoned that building I'm sure you might enjoy checking that out..
Not only restaurants that do this. Dodge Lithia did the same thing to the entire body shop. Came in on Monday. G.m. announced they were closing Thursday. No warning!!! Just cut everybody's neck. Manager all the way down to porter.
Wallie after hearing you talk about the orb I was wondering if you've ever had any paranormal experiences while exploring abandoned places.
Turbid Dragon I have in years past. I stayed overnight at Moundsville (West Virginia State Penitentiary) where I felt a push as I was going into a cell and heard on my voice recorder an angry dark voice say "I'll kill you!" It creeped me out. Also, just recently when my buddy and I explored the abandoned Lincoln Way homes, as we were walking up the street, a random formation of mist/fog just appeared in front of us. I didn't catch it on camera as it appeared literally by my right side. My buddy saw it too. It was weird but that's all we saw. I've done paranormal investigations with friends before. I'm no professional. I just do it for fun trying to capture something. I once caught an orb following my son in a few photos at an indoor skating rink. The orb had a face and was in different spots low to the ground in the photos.
Never been to a Joes Crab Shack, They dont have them in my city. Its wrong for them to do their employees like that. Ryans did the same thing a few years back here in Michigan...just decided to close one day, the employees was out of a job..what a shame!
It’s ridiculous that a company can treat their employees like garbage. I looked up Landry’s and none of the restaurants they own are near me in SE Tennessee except for Bubba Gump Shrimp Company In Gatlinburg TN. We usually go every year for vacation, but we will not be eating there. I’m not supporting a company like that.
This is happening to local establishments around here, and the reason for it is this, the property owners are increasing the monthly leases to the point where it is not profitable for the businesses to continue thus causing them to close or relocate, liked your video btw
It is GREED, bottom line.......as if 4 sail boats, 15 cars, and a 2 million dollar home is not enough......they want to do this....
Then I hope the greedy landlords can't find anyone else to lease the places after the restaurants go bankrupt. I sincerely hope the landlords wind up bankrupt so they'll realize the results of their own immense greed.
Its a Rome Thing Everyday absolutely the markets will correct this and it will come down but let’s not forget the taxes they pay that kills the business as well
Hey Wallie, I just noticed that just yesterday the Joe's Crab Shack Closed too the one in Hampton Va.
Its a hard call when closing a restaurant to tell your employees or not. If you do, then you won't have any for the final days you want to be open. Vast majority of the closings around my town they didn't give any notice.
that is horrible!!! if they do bring it back why would anyone wanna return to them after being treated like that. it should be against the law for that to happen. companys want a 2weeks notice if you quit or find another job. they should at least be required to do the same. great video bud, youre really killin it latley
I agree. They want a 2 week notice but it's okay for them to just throw their employees out like they're garbage. It's pathetic.
And thanks for the kind words! I've been trying hard to bring you guys new material. I have about 15 videos on my computer ready to upload. I just have to find the time to edit them and actually upload them. Tomorrow the 200 subscriber winner video will be created and uploaded. Then I will post my abandoned Brownsville General Hospital Night Exploration video.
I wouldn't even eat there after that. If they reopened. Unless all the employees got back pay...all of it and their jobs back.
my dad worked for a union iorn compy and they had to pay everyone a sevrance
i fully agree with you they should be required to do the same considering i was treated like crap at my old job
I heard that the company filed for bankruptcy about a month ago.
Enjoyed your video, sad to hear though. I’m from the UK so it’s very interesting watching your channel 👍
Did They Replace This Place With Anything?
Ruby Tuesday in Decatur Illinois did the same thing. Employees went to work and no one was there. No note or anything.
Candy Cruse now thats dirty!
That is a sad story. Here's a variation I've seen in my area. Employees show up to work, doors chained shut, signs saying "temporarily closed". Turns out the owner owed too many back taxes (city or county shutdown), defaulted on mortgage (bank closure), or owed too much back rent (thus was essentially evicted). In all instances, the restaurant never re-opened, and almost all lie abandoned or vacant to this day. Ownership didn't directly say "Screw you, we're closed", but their actions led to that situation.
Always enjoying wallies videos...
Stay awesome, brotha..
It's just sad that someone gets a job at a store/restaurant, only to find out that the building closes permanently! 😡
Jonah Cole Yeah that's awful.
Absolutely
I work at Joe's but when we were going through this bankruptcy, we had inspectors and accountants come on and look at everything. We all started looking for jobs but we got the green light. It's a scary thing and we have people from other locations coming to our location.
Thank you for sharing your story. I can't imagine the stress it caused ya. Glad everything worked out for you and that other employees are able to be hired at your location.
1:08 sweet revenge
This is very familiar because back in June 2017 8 Dennys locations in Colorado Springs,Fountain,and Woodland Park closed laying off employees for failing to pay taxes..one of the Dennys caught fire and is abandoned the rest are like Indian restaurants and one of them is a car wash
Same here in n.y. it sucks. The food was good. I feel so bad for the employees. Thanks for posting this.
I used to work for the Dixie/Delta cafe chain, and they did the same thing to us. They went out of business and told us they we're closing with only a 2 days notice two weeks before Christmas.
Anytime I hear "Station Square" it reminds me of the first Sonic Adventure game
Sad that Sam's Club just did the same thing. I'll never shop at another Sam's Club. I'll take my business to Costco.
PMC, did you know Sam's is owned by Wal Mart? Those jerks did the same to a store (I think it was a Wal Mart) in either Texas or Oklahoma. They just shut the place down and fired everyone without notice. I also boycotted Sams. If I have to go to a member's store, I'll go to Costco.
Very. Sad. Logans. Roadhouse. Did the. Same. Thing. To. Their. Employees. I. Arrived. At. Work. And. They. Told. Me. Sorry. We. Are. Closed. Permanently so. Harsh
Anyone know what happened to Tilted Kilt in Robinson? Last time I was up that way, it looked like it was in the process of being torn down.
LeeRoy Dundlehay What?! I didn't know that. I'll have to check it out!
WallieB26, yeah, unless they experienced some severe damaged (fire maybe), but it looked like the roof was caved in, and there was an excavator near by seemingly on stand by to take down the rest of it. This was maybe a week or so ago.
LeeRoy Dundlehay I'll have to go out there and check it out. Thanks for the info. I wonder what happened.
WallieB26, Tilted Kilt in Robinson is no more, I was up that way today and the building is gone.
LeeRoy Dundlehay that's a good place to eat, The girls are hot as fck.
This place used to do crazy business back in the day. The amount of traffic & business in the entire Robinson/North Fayette area was ridiculous. I also used to love the Fatburger that was 2-3 doors down
They did the same at the Boston Market I used to go to, almost weekly, in Hoboken NJ. The employees and a few customers like me showed up around 11a. There was a sign saying Location Permanently closed and to visit their other location in North Arlington... miles away. Heard the landlord wanted more $$$ Boston didn't have it so now in it's place is a 7 Eleven.
Criminal for any company to do this to employees. It's all about the $$$$. It's bad
Your commentary made this video moving and special. Thanks for this Wallie
That's just dirty and evil. I hear how more and more companies are doing that no notice crap to their employees.
A lot of restaurants have done that here in Youngstown. Friday’s did it. As well as cheddars in boardman.
Horrible thing to find out especially when they didnt even realize or get told about them closing up. Like seriously that is just horrible for all the employees, hopefully they all are working and have jobs, I'm sure they do but still Landry's definitely should be ashamed of themselves.
Anyways another good video, enjoy this Channel alot, greetings from Canada
You know corporations don’t care about employees. Neither do DC.
No wonder you no longer see Joes Crab shack adds on Pittsburgh stations
The help ought take them to court and throw them jail and sue the pants off of them
Thank you for your video good video I liked that you gave us tour around that place
AND...the they were told to contact the unemployment office....and the waitress will get unemployment based on a $2.50 salary...just how much do you think they will get...????
Telling them to contact the local employment agency. Now that's brutal.
so what are they planning on doing with this property if they bought it and they close the entire restaurant I'm guessing they want to sell the property for development maybe a box store
It is dirty how they did the employees. But the reason they didnt want to have to give a notice so they didnt have to pay all that money out. Terribly rotten folks. Ive never eaten at a Joes Crab Shack and now, just because of this, I NEVER will
That's hard to believe the employees of Joe's Crab Shack weren't notified of the restaurant closing, and they show up for work and find a notice on the front entrance door saying that the restaurant is closed, that's NOT how you treat your employees, that is SO TACKY and VERY DIRTY, NOBODY does that to employees that have become like a family, that just DOES NOT WORK!!!!!!
Its been 1 year since you posted this video...have you heard anything about the restaurant reopening???
You know, there's a guy named Jesse James who made a video about a Joe's Crab Shack in Lake Buena Vista, FL that also closed without giving employees notice. You should check that out.
They fell off a cliff here in TX. There were a ton back in 2008 or so. Now just 3 in the entire Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Hi Wally that is really awful about this business closing unexpected like that and I loved where you said what was that an #orb when you were walking back to the back 2:24 and by the water heater there when you get to 2:40 on your video and then you’re walking back to the back there there is an orb in fact there’s a couple of them and then there was the other orb there in the window so somebody was watching from above pretty cool I love orbs when you see them on video❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Unfortunately many companies do this to their employees. Very disrespectful. I knew this place too. I will never eat at establishments like this. Feel bad for the employees.
I'm pretty sure that's not legal to just close down without notifying your employees. If it isn't then it should be.
I am so sad the Joe’s Crab Shack in Hickory Hill on Riverdale Road in Tennessee closed!!!! I tried to find out why it closed but all I can find is a Yelp page saying it is closed. I think it had reviews. I am thinking it either went bankrupt because there is still a Joe’s Crab Shack in Germantown, TN. But if anyone can film this old Joe’s Crab Shack on Riverdale Road I would really appreciate it!!!! I loved going there and I am so sad it went out of business. I think it went out of business at least 9 years ago. It was so sad to me!!!!
I agree with you wallieB it's horrible and sad and devastating I feel your wrath about this place I have a Joe's crab shack by my house as well they abandoned all the ducks in this huge pond I'm am soooooo sad for the ducks
These employees were screwed over big time
Wow, FUCK Landry's. There should be laws against this. I'd make those pigs pay the employees some form of unemployment for a month. I will never eat at their restaurants again.
In St. Peters, MO. Did the same thing. So sad, if they do bring it back. I won't eat there !
Why are so many restaurants going out of business in that area and the buildings they were in staying vacant for so long? Is this one of those areas where everyone is slowly moving away like Youngstown Ohio for example?
Put Joe's down as another place I won't eat at.
Me neither. What mfing bastards.
They all shut down except for MAJOR CITY locations
You weren't doing this at the time, but it reminds me of Damons in the North Hills. They did the same thing. We always went there Fridays. We witnessed employees come to work and saw their reactions. Tragic.
Many of them, close suddenly and put on door a sign that says; '...sorry for any inconvenience' while they cut and run like a thief in the middle of the night
How sad for employees. These restaurants usually do well, least here in Lubbock, Texss does which ate there once which been several years. This happened to employees at Ruby Taquilas & Twisted Spicket here in Lubbock, Texas probably 2 years already.
Yep it's the reason I don't believe companies when they say "we're like one big family" and ill quit without notice, and have no regrets. I did a couple of times and shortly after my instincts....spot on. Shorty after they closed.
Since when was this closed??
This place never reopened.
There was one in Euclid, Ohio I went to that was hella popular. One day it closed, now it’s a daycare.
I wonder what happened to this place
I loved this place. Always visited the one in Cleveland, Oh.
BROUGHT FOR THE LIQUOR LICENSE COMMON PRACTICE IN RESTAURANT AS LICENCES ARE MORE MONEY THAN THE WHOLE BUILDINGS.
RON BUTLER 5 to 10 grand for the liquor license what are you talking about lol
Not sure what state you live in. But, in Pennsylvania, they limit the amount of liquor licenses. So, if a certain area exhausts all of the allotted licenses, there can be no more. If you hold the license, you can sell it for what you want.
triblive.com/state/pennsylvania/6407292-74/license-licenses-liquor
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There should be HEAVY monetary fines for Corporations to do this to employees. They demand 2 weeks notice but they can leave your ass high and dry and not even give you your last paycheck. It just goes to show you our Government is NOT for the working people but on the side of Corporations. Bastards.
Amherst NY closed the location about a year and a half ago. My last visit was not impressed could see the quality slipping in every thing. no wonder they closed.
after what Landries did, I hope they get a case of A Different Type Of Crabs!
Sadly I used to work in the hospitality industry and this is very common. Especially in the food and beverage industry. its a cutthroat business.
Love your video's do you ever go in abandoned places
I can't help but notice that this restaurant has a water pipe for a door handle! That's hilarious!!
All joes crabs shacks are closed here, pretty sure they filed banruptcy
I am just wondering if there is a tax write off in this scenario 😮
Is this building still there
I had an incident exactly the same as what happened to the employees except for me, the place I worked at closed up shop with no warning on Christmas Eve.
That really is a shame honestly.. I'm from Florida and we had these everywhere, and now I live in Alabama on the gulf coast and until now have always been like "oh yeah they really need to bring a Joe's up here" but now I could care less what they do, I'll never wear my Joe's shirt again now. On another note, now they need to bring a buffalo wild wings here and a tgi fridays and I'll be happy lol
I went to the one in Latham New York when it first opened and it was ungodly expensive I think my meal was around $60 hours and it was not that good especially for that price. I don't know if the whole company is planning on shuttering their doors but this is definitely not a place where the average middle-class person can go and eat Red Lobster is a little bit more affordable especially if you get one of the value budget priced meals but with the price of seafood being so high many restaurants have stopped selling the seafood or raise the price or lowered the quality
and it is really ironic because with all of the contamination from Fukushima that has now stretched all the way around the world not just the entire Pacific but the entire Atlantic is now contaminated as well it's amazing that people are still eating Seafood from the oceans and that the prices are so high
I remember what mad cow did to the price of beef it plummeted it has regained its standing and now is very expensive but it just seems like seafood prices especially for things like lobster and crab and clams and shrimp and things that come from the ocean should have bottomed out
I know there's a news blackout and unless you take the time to get the news stories from the West Coast especially Alaska and the local channels in Alaska are covering how deformed the seafood is and how the radiation levels are so high that they are not allowed to sell the seafood that they catch
I think if this was national news and world news the price would plummet
14 months later, northeast' papa gino's closed quite a number of restaurants. Same thing, just a sign on the door when employees and customers showed up. In both cases, bankruptcy declaration.
The Joe’s Crab Shack in Robinson Township has closed its doors as more than 40 locations nationwide have shut down.
CNBC reported that the restaurant chain’s parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy because of falling sales
If you are the owner and you give a 2wk notice dont you think that some employees may do the slip and fall scam. that is why they do it this wayl
Wonder why the new owners bought the place and just shut it down like that ? Ive never eaten there before , but what a shame .
There is an abandoned Joe’s Crab Shack in eatontown nj that you can explore.
I wish people who worked in different places and employers were let them know about that’s place is closed down and Abandoned and they didn’t want to… oh man that sucks and very frustrating and sad… I wish people could understand and respect and learn their business and skills
There is a abandoned fun center up here in Gouldsboro pa 18424 you should check it out
Hey wallow there’s an abandoned Joe’s Crab Shack in fairview heights Illinois that have to check out
The normal way if YOU leave a job, is to give a 2 week notice...WTF That would at least be some kind of notice...What happened to the employees that had a paycheck owed to them..Im sure there was a few, if not all...
Its not joes crab shack fault...it is whoever this location was franchised out to. And it could even be the property owners fault, if the property owner did not renew the lease (for whatever reason) the business would have no choice but to shut down. So before you judge joes crab shack as a whole look into the situation of this specific location.
I ate there once. A bit on the pricey side for frozen seafood. I honestly think red lobster gives you a better value and a menu with better options