Sure, and I have seen a fair share of new ones start off on the wrong foot and fail within 2 years. There’s a variety of reasons: Too expensive, for vegan places only offering frozen premade proteins (Gardein and beyond meat are the usual suspects), or simply not doing enough to stand out among their many, many competitors.

But I’ve also seen a childhood BBQ place that my family would travel 45 min out of the way for shut down, along with a 15 year old vegan restaurant not even give its employees notice as it suddenly shut down one day. Hell even Denny’s are starting to close down in noticeable numbers. People just have less to spend frivolously than they used to even 5 years ago.