{"id":11268,"date":"2016-03-11T00:09:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-11T05:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=11268"},"modified":"2021-06-07T22:17:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T02:17:12","slug":"ryans-grill-buffet-bakery-5579-sunset-boulevard-february-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=11268","title":{"rendered":"Ryan's Grill, Buffet &amp; Bakery, 5579 Sunset Boulevard: February 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300788.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300788_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1300788_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1300788_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300789.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300789_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1300789_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1300789_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300790.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300790_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1300790_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1300790_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300791.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300791_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1300791_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1300791_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300792.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300792_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1300792_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1300792_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300795.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/16\/03\/p1300795_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1300795_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1300795_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There's not much to say about the closing of the Lexington <i>Ryan's<\/i> that hasn't been said elsewhere.  I will note that I am a little surprised that this store, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=11172\">Two Notch Store<\/a> both still have all the branding and signage up.  Usually when a company that is still active closes a store, they like to get that down quickly to avoid associating the chain with failure.  In my mind that means things are perhaps even worse than they seem, if that's possible.<\/p>\n<p>(Hat tip to commenter ED)<\/p>\n<p><b>UPDATE 7 June 2021<\/b> -- As mentioned in the comments, this place has been razed before becoming a gas station:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710015.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710015_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710015_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710015_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710016_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710016_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710016_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710017.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710017_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710017_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710017_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710018.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710018_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710018_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710018_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710019.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710019_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710019_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710019_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710020.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710020_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710020_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710020_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710021.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710021_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710021_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710021_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710022.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710022_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710022_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710022_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710023.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710023_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710023_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710023_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710024.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710024_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710024_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710024_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710025.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710025_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710025_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710025_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710026.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710026_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710026_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710026_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710027.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710027_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710027_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710027_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710028.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710028_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710028_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710028_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710029.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710029_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710029_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710029_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710030.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710030_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710030_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710030_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710031.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710031_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710031_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710031_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710032.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710032_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710032_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710032_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710033.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710033_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710033_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710033_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710034.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710034_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710034_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710034_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710035.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710035_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710035_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710035_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710036.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710036_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710036_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710036_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710037.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710037_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710037_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710037_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710038.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710038_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710038_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710038_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710039.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710039_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710039_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710039_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710040.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710040_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710040_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710040_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710041.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/pix\/21\/06\/p1710041_tn.jpg\" title=\"p1710041_tn.jpg\" alt=\"p1710041_tn.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also adding map icon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/5579+Sunset+Blvd,+Lexington,+SC+29072\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/pix\/misc\/world_map_icon.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There's not much to say about the closing of the Lexington Ryan's that hasn't been said elsewhere. I will note that I am a little surprised that this store, and the Two Notch Store both still have all the branding and signage up. Usually when a company that is still active closes a store, they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1707],"tags":[1899,781,389,3,1915,254,374,356],"class_list":["post-11268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-closing","tag-5579-sunset-boulevard","tag-buffet","tag-lexington","tag-restaurants","tag-ryans","tag-steaks","tag-sunset-boulevard","tag-us-378"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}