{"id":117205,"date":"2024-10-22T22:16:47","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117205"},"modified":"2024-10-22T22:16:47","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T15:16:47","slug":"sharis-cafe-pies-closes-portland-area-locations-chain-is-done-for-good-in-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117205","title":{"rendered":"Shari\u2019s Cafe &#038; Pies closes Portland-area locations: Chain is done for good in Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"T7SOLJMWINEVFB4BY2KKWUPGTE\">Shari\u2019s Cafe &amp; Pies, a family dining chain founded in Hermiston and long known for its pies, hexagonal buildings and 24-hour service, has closed its Portland-area restaurants and appears to be done in Oregon for good.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FJC3J7YCERGVVBQID744OGICOU\">The Sunday closures affected restaurants in Beaverton, Gresham, Hillsboro, Oregon City, Portland and more. Locations elsewhere in the state have been slowly closing for weeks. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"THISBTMXUZC4ZK2SFZFCPZL27E\">Shari\u2019s once claimed to be the largest sit-down restaurant chain based in the Pacific Northwest. As recently as 2017, it boasted 95 locations across six states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DRIMFT53CFBVPPTWHXOY67Z5GQ\">In an email sent to employees on Sunday and later reviewed by The Oregonian\/OregonLive, Sam Borgese, managing member of the restaurant chain\u2018s parent company, said all Shari\u2019s locations in the state would close as of 5 p.m. that day. Borgese, who did not respond to a request for comment, wrote that all employees would receive pay for work up to closing time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DSKHX27ATVHVVKQCPHEIRVBGQA\">\u201cI personally thank the Shari\u2019s employees, especially those that during the past 14 months worked tirelessly to overcome the constant challenges of an ever changing and uncertain business environment with hopes their efforts would result in a different outcome than the one we face today,\u201d Borgese wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QIFZV7KS7ZGXXMXJNLSQQTIE3Y\">Shari\u2019s restaurants in California, Washington and Idaho remained open as of Monday evening, according to employees there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"XOHDQVZP7VBHBC7AXOHKC7EQVM\">Shari\u2019s opened in Hermiston in 1978. In its heyday, Shari\u2019s was known for its extensive pie offerings, bottomless cups of coffee and being open 24 hours a day. In smaller towns, the restaurants became a focal point of the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DXKZUMPSUFEK5ANAXW6NLKCMXA\">In 2023, the company announced that MGG Investment Group had invested in the chain\u2018s Oregon restaurants. At the time, it said there were 42 in the state, and Gather Holdings founder Borgese touted MGG\u2019s \u201cdeep knowledge of video lottery gaming operations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OE6QFGXRXRAVBE2ZI4OEI2U5AU\">The Oregon Lottery reported Monday that it had heard Shari\u2019s was closed for good. According to a letter from lottery director Mike Wells to staff, officials were already working to retrieve terminals and other equipment from the shuttered restaurants.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PQLUUEGJCBCD5HGEOKIKXG3M74\">\u201cShari\u2019s was an Oregon institution, and a long time Lottery retailer,\u201d Wells wrote in the letter. \u201cI\u2019m sure many of you have memories of late-night comfort food, Sunday breakfast, or tasty pies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BMQ73VQOTRELJBFU7Q4NB44VU4\">Willamette Week was first to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wweek.com\/news\/2024\/10\/21\/oregon-lottery-confirms-that-all-sharis-restaurants-in-oregon-have-closed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report on the Lottery letter Monday afternoon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"LX3MG5OWE5G3DDE7FBR3ICBMII\">According to Wells&#8217; letter, when Shari\u2018s locations closed over the weekend, play largely shifted to neighboring retailers, signaling that revenue is unlikely to fall dramatically due to Shari\u2019s closure. Still, Melanie Mesaros, spokesperson for Oregon Lottery, acknowledged an impact to Oregon Lottery revenues is \u201cpossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"B6DYW4GDSBF2NK3727HCR2EASA\">Shari\u2019s generated just over $34 million in video lottery sales in fiscal 2024, according to figures provided by Mesaros.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"HC7R7CAJC5ALFGPQUFCTUKHRVU\">Mesaros said Shari\u2019s has been closing restaurants over the past few weeks. As lottery officials have learned of the closures, they\u2019ve gone in and retrieved their equipment, Mesaros said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"P5KXQBYA3JGSBC7JDUGS7KJAQY\">Oregon Lottery learned Shari\u2018s was closing permanently in Oregon on Monday morning, she said, after officials had been hearing of more potential closures and Oregon Lottery reached out to a company representative. By the Lottery\u2019s tally, the chain started the year with 42 locations and was down to 17 by this weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CYYLNII7CBADFG5H2CSMYAZ4CE\">Borgese told Oregon Lottery by email on Monday, \u201cI can confirm that at this time that all Oregon Shari\u2019s restaurants are closed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5R4GKC3NA5FVZCCD4TF2HUDV24\">In his note to Lottery staff, Wells wrote, \u201cA closure this large is uncharted territory for all of us.\u201d Mesaros said the director was referencing the fact that Lottery hasn\u2019t seen a major retailer that does lottery games close like this before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RVRT3IT4Z5HYBOIAZ764EDFHZU\">In August, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/investigations\/sharis-cafe-pies-restaurant-financial-bills-taxes-eviction\/283-09ffded1-4261-48ba-8b14-b675904d4e06\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kgw.com\/article\/news\/investigations\/sharis-cafe-pies-restaurant-financial-bills-taxes-eviction\/283-09ffded1-4261-48ba-8b14-b675904d4e06\" rel=\"noopener\">KGW News reported that the Beaverton-based chain was facing a litany of unpaid bills<\/a>, back taxes and eviction notices, with at least seven Shari\u2019s restaurants in Washington and Idaho closing unexpectedly in the five months previous.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"73BEGLN36BF7LBDVUKO2DBFBMY\">Shari\u2019s owes Oregon Lottery more than $900,000, according to Mesaros.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5CDA2AK6DVHANDAUJ7323QOMBQ\">\u201cEach week, our retailers deposit money into an account for what\u2018s called our \u2019draw\u2018 or the revenue that\u2019s due to us for Video Lottery play,\u201d she explained. \u201cWhen a retailer fails to pay their weekly electronic fund transfer draw and the bank does not pay due to \u2018non sufficient funds\u2019 or NSF, they are required to pay us immediately or our equipment will be disabled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5QHUJSGVOBAQFM2T3XMLDTXL7I\">Oregon Lottery learned the chain this month had an NSF \u201cand was unable to repay us or provide a bond required by administrative rule. They will also owe us for the remainder of time the terminals were open through this weekend,\u201d Mesaros said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WEISMB37JZCARLMKDGSHZNDVQA\">That brings its total outstanding due to $902,341.98, according to Mesaros.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2HWQ6ZLC5ZHVLFNH2SZJPWV3UA\">On its website, Shari\u2019s still boasts of being the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonencyclopedia.org\/articles\/sharis_caf__pies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201clargest full-service restaurant chain in the Pacific Northwest,\u201d<\/a> with locations in Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho, Nebraska and Wyoming. At its peak, the company had around 4,000 employees, including 1,600 in Oregon, according to the website. Those days are numbered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"S7QMW25ZWRCWJGFVZNWFGLAD7A\">An out-of-date <a href=\"https:\/\/sharis.com\/locations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shari\u2019s map<\/a> shows 16 restaurants remaining in Oregon. The map includes eight in the Portland area, plus a lone Vancouver location at 11717 N.E. 76th St. The Oregonian\/OregonLive was first to confirm that several of those locations had closed as of Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WRWXV7LZB5BLDMUZWQYMUWYXKI\">Over the past month, Shari\u2019s locations in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesmanjournal.com\/story\/money\/business\/2024\/09\/26\/sharis-closes-cafe-pies-restaurant-keizer-oregon\/75382340007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Keizer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bendbulletin.com\/business\/sharis-closes-redmond-location-remains-open-in-bend\/article_0fb869ba-8d8b-11ef-b9f5-173bda2fc6b7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redmond<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.centraloregondaily.com\/news\/local\/shari-s-caf-and-pies-on-bend-s-north-end-closes-its-doors\/article_953dcab6-8f3f-11ef-a291-137e80de7537.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bend<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kobi5.com\/news\/sharis-in-south-medford-closes-its-doors-252737\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Medford<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastoregonian.com\/news\/business\/sharis-cafe-pies-in-pendleton-is-closing\/article_84e12900-8bfd-11ef-bfcf-bbcdb000e4ff.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pendleton<\/a> have closed, according to local news reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5U6ORAB6SRCTLLDRYRGWDAHXHI\">Last Friday, The Oregonian\/OregonLive spoke with employees at six metro area Shari\u2019s locations. All said they had been informed by management that their locations were \u201csafe\u201d from closure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OUIHZIOPNFHE7BAWJPRCVTPK7A\">One longtime Shari\u2018s employee at 11335 N.E. Airport Way estimated that around 50 restaurants had already shuttered throughout the company. But their location \u2014 with its popular video lottery machines and proximity to the airport \u2014 would be the last in Oregon to close, they were told. As of Friday, that location was also the last in the chain to remain open 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"NJW64ZEDPFDG7NJ2AXQ4KOV5F4\">On Monday morning, calls to the Airport Way location went unanswered.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles-container\" id=\"recommended-articles\">\n<p class=\"related-articles-affiliate\">RECOMMENDED<span class=\"affiliate-spacer dot__oregonlive\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"affiliate-site\">oregonlive<!-- -->.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MVNWWQIWEBDFFG3GDX26E6Y7CI\">A decade ago, the Shari\u2019s at Airport Way ranked as the fourth-largest retailer for Oregon Lottery by sales, logging nearly $1.5 million in sales in 2014, according to the Oregon Lottery\u2019s annual comprehensive financial report. No Shari\u2019s store made the most recent rankings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"O7QCEH44YZCFVNQRCFP3AQMI2A\">\u2014 Michael Russell; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/2024\/10\/mailto:mrussell@oregonian.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mrussell@oregonian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"J5W6IFHCGZGV3LVIM4YHKPN2QE\">\u2014 Jonathan Bach; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/2024\/10\/mailto:jbach@oregonian.com\">jbach@oregonian.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/business\/2024\/10\/struggling-sharis-cafe-pies-closes-additional-locations.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shari\u2019s Cafe &amp; Pies, a family dining chain founded in Hermiston and long known for its pies, hexagonal buildings and 24-hour service, has closed its Portland-area restaurants and appears to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117205\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}