Posted on 01/21/2024 9:51:53 PM PST by thecodont
Oakland’s only In-N-Out will serve its last double-double on March 24 after more than 18 years in operation at 8300 Oakport Street, the burger restaurant’s chief operating officer Denny Warnick confirmed with SFGATE in an emailed statement Sunday.
Warnick described the store as “busy and profitable” for the company, and drive-thru lines during the dinner rush often stretched all the way out into neighboring parking lots. However, he cited “ongoing issues with crime” as the reason for the closure.
“Despite taking repeated steps to create safer conditions, our Customers and Associates are regularly victimized by car break-ins, property damage, theft, and armed robberies,” Warnick wrote in the statement, which was first reported by KGO. “...Our top priority must be the safety and well-being of our Customers and Associates – we cannot ask them to visit or work in an unsafe environment.”
The restaurant is just over two miles away from Oakland International Airport, where rental car companies have recently cautioned customers returning vehicles to watch their belongings and avoid filling up on gas at stations in the immediate vicinity. Last week, Oakland police told SFGATE that 271 auto burglaries occurred at the Shell gas station on 285 Hegenberger Road in 2023 along with 15 robberies and five instances of vehicle theft.
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Sad.
bttt
Back in 2016, I had job training classes to attend in that area, and would often stop at that particular gas station.
It wasn’t a worry back then.
That’s the same area where there used to be a ballpark for the Oakland A’s football team, near a Bart Train station. Across the street near the corner of Hegenburger, is a Humane Society Hospital/ Dog & Cat pound.
I used to take some pets there when I lived in the East Bay.
A long, long time ago.
I flew into Oakland International Airport around 10 years ago. It didn’t seem that bad back then. I guess it got worse.
Civilization is crumbling before our very eyes.
California is $68 billion in the hole and Newsom added $3 billion to that to provide ILLEGALS with FREE health care.
Roads all over the Bay Area are falling apart. It’s not hard to connect all the dots.
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Less than a mile away from the Chevron, a Shell gas station on Hegenberger Road is also plagued by thefts. Around five hundred yards from the Shell, another Chevron is another hotspot. And next to that, the parking lot of an In-N-Out Burger is hit daily.-PJPolice say the criminals, who operate in well-organized groups, follow the same playbook: a spotter keeps watch for targets, usually rentals headed to or from the airport, as they pull up at the gas stations.
They then alert accomplices, who pull up in a vehicle when the targets start to pump fuel. Often, they smash a rear window or pop the trunk of unlocked vehicles before making off with luggage and valuables. The thefts take just seconds.
Keep voting for those Dems, Oakland.
It’s going great.
I also worked in that area in 2016. I worked in San Leandro, not far from the Oakland A’s and Raiders’ stadium and the airport.
There was an In-N-Out on Hesperian where we’d sometimes grab lunch. I wonder if that area has gone to ruin as well? It was pretty decent the year I was there, as was Hayward, where I lived.
I live north of Oakland, in Marin County, but once in a while, I will travel there. There still are some nice, orderly neighborhoods, especially near Piedmont or North Berkeley, but the questionable areas have become more filled with questionable looking people, compared to a few years back.
I used to love traveling through San Leandro, near Doolittle Street. I think that is where Grandma’s Cookies used to bake their products. “Love” is in the air!
-PJ
About five years ago, we were in Oakland, exiting off of Hwy 13 near the water. Halfway down the off ramp were many homeless. While this is not something special in Kalifornia, the rancid, two-story garbage pile right in the middle of the bums was so large and disgusting. Right nearby is Bay St, with higher end stores, restaurants, even an Apple store. The juxtaposition of the nice and disgusting was unforgettable. If I had any stores, markets, investments nearby, I would, at 1am or so, get some friends, put on protective gear, and take all the crap to the dump. Needless to say we will not be visiting again any time soon.
I think that qualifies under the little known federal In-N-Out Fast Food Desert Financial Aid Act.🍔🍟🥤🏜️💰💰
Americans are nothing if not compassionate people to those in need.
smart. good move in-and-out.
RE: where there used to be a ballpark
And there used to be a ballpark
Where the field was warm and green.
And the people played their crazy game
With a joy I’d never seen.
And the air was such a wonder
From the hot-dogs and the beer.
Yes, there used to be a ballpark right here.
The sky has got so cloudy
When it used to be so clear,
And the summer went so quickly this year.
Yes, there used to be a ballpark right here.
I worked just off of Doolittle on Farralon (sp?) There were a lot of neat little bakeries, taquerias, Mediterranean food places and coffee shops in that area. We never had any difficulty figuring out somewhere nearby to go to lunch. And there was some independent donut shop on Doolittle that had mouth-watering pastries. We’d take turns bringing in a box-full on Fridays. 😋
A very melanated neighborhood.
LOL - the same thing happened when an In n Out opened in Stafford, TX (southwest Houston suburb) a few years ago. People were waiting in line for up to four hours and this went on all day for at least a month.
Fortunately, this was after I’d spent my year working in the Bay Area and had already had plenty of “animal style” double-doubles, so I didn’t have to join that chaos.
Small world.No?
The conditions, the appearances, all seemed so very permanent back then.
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