Popular Louisiana Late-Night Eateries Could Close by 2025

Louisiana is a state that's up early and stays out late. Our sportsmen like to get an early start on the duck hunting around Gueydan, the great fishing in the Atchafalaya Basin, and some of the best deer leases you could ever want to hunt on between Shreveport and Tallulah. We like to stay up late at the casinos in Lake Charles, Baton Rouge, and New Orleans, as well as experience the nightlife of Lafayette, Alexandria, and Monroe.

Needless to say when you start the day early and end the day late you're going to need fuel for your adventures and that's why so many all-night restaurants have been successful in places like Louisiana.

I think we've all breathed a deep sigh of relief when driving on I-10 at 3:30 am and we see a Waffle House sign, right? Or maybe for you, it's the hard-to-miss orange stripes of an all-night Whataburger Restaurant that fuels your fire. We love our all-night eateries but unfortunately, it looks as if one of the nation's most well-known places for an all-night bite is about to bite the dust.

The brain trust that is behind the operation of Denny's Restaurants has announced that some 150 locations of the popular eatery will likely be closing by the end of 2025. The company noted that it plans to shutter only its "lowest performing" restaurants in an effort to turn around lagging sales.

In an announcement that was made on Tuesday, the management team suggested that about half of the closures would happen before the end of 2024 with the remainder happening in 2025. The company cited inflation as a leading cause for the change in the business model. Denny's is not the only "family dining" restaurant to see sales plummet since the pandemic of 2020.

Denny's currently operates six stores in Louisiana. There are locations in Bossier City, Greenwood, Lake Charles, Metairie, Shreveport, and West Monroe. It is unclear which, if any, of these locations will be affected by the company's most recent announcement.