All Taco Bell Locations In Oakland Announce Indefinite Closure Of All Dining Rooms Due To Series Of Robberies & Crime Surge, Switching To Cashless Drive-Thru Only
Taco Bell customers can no longer dine inside multiple Oakland locations. KRON4 visited two Taco Bell restaurants on Sunday and confirmed the dining rooms at two locations, 3535 35th Ave. and 630 Hegenberger Road, have been shut down.
KRON4 asked one Taco Bell employee in Oakland why the dining room is now closed. “It’s closed because some people sometimes make trouble,” he said.
One customer on foot appears to try and order from the Taco Bell drive-thru. That now seems to be the only way vehicle-less customers can place an order at these locations.
“We got a whole bunch of businesses bouncing because they’re not safe no more,” one longtime Oakland resident said in his car outside the Taco Bell. “It shouldn’t happen… the situation has got to change, period.”
Another Taco Bell customer says those who walk up to the drive-thru are turned down.
“It’s not cool for people to not be able to (go into the dining room) and only have to go through the drive-thru,” she said.
The closures mark another major fast-food chain shutting down its indoor dining room in Oakland.
Last year, Raising Cane’s closed its dining room due to crime in the area.
Customers can only order via drive-thru because of numerous robberies and car break-ins reported in the area, the fast-food chicken shop said.
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