Lease Dispute, $20 Wage To Blame For McDonald's Closure, Owner Says: Reports

SAN FRANCISCO — A San Francisco McDonald’s has closed after 30 years, with the owner citing leasing issues and the state’s new $20 fast food minimum wage, according to reports.

The McDonald’s at Stonestown Galleria shuttered Sunday, KRON reported. Franchise owner Scott Rodrick told the outlet the closure was due to a disagreement over the term of the restaurant's lease amid rising tenant fees and property taxes, as well as the “poorly timed” law mandating a $20 minimum wage for fast food workers as of April 1.

"This is a spot that everybody goes to. Everyone. Everytime I come it's always, not just the kids, but everybody comes for the coffee, just to sit down and talk,” regular Shelly Eskridge told NBC Bay Area.

Rodrick owns over a dozen McDonald’s locations in Northern California and Stonestown Galleria restaurant employees were offered a transfer to one of his other eateries, NBC Bay Area reported. Stonestown Galleria told the outlet it tried to negotiate with Rodrick and was looking forward to repurposing the site.