In-N-Out wants to open in a California town that…
A California town that once spurned the fast food giant In-N-Out is making an attempt to carry the burger chain back more than two years later.
Back in 2023, the town of Buellton, California shot down a proposal to carry an In-N-Out restaurant, with the Buellton City Council voting 3-1 against the fast food chain.
Now negotiations between the town and the chain have resumed, with plans for the restaurant to be constructed in a new location, a vacant lot on McMurray Road, according to SF Gate.
A California town that once spurned the fast food giant In-N-Out is making an attempt to carry the burger chain back more than two years later. Jonathan Alcorn for CA Post
The authentic 2023 proposal called for a vacant movie show on McMurray Road to be razed and changed by the In-N-Out, though there have been some major issues.
The Buellton City Council accepted the proposal in October 2023, though nearer inspection from Caltrans and other companies revealed that the home of the Double-Double might trigger extreme visitors congestion.
That led to the City Council rejecting the project from shifting ahead in December 2023, which was thought-about fairly the shock at the time.
The Santa Barbara Independent even called the transfer a, “major about-face,” but now it appears Buellton residents could get an In-N-Out after all.
The Buellton City Council accepted the proposal in October 2023, though nearer inspection from Caltrans and other companies revealed that the home of the Double-Double might trigger extreme visitors congestion. Getty Images
Buellton metropolis supervisor Scott Wolfe revealed at a latest Chamber of Commerce event that there’s a new location being eyed for the restaurant, which might have the ability to accommodate the elevated visitors better.
The new lot is also on McMurray Road, a vacant lot north of Rufus T. Buell Drive, adjoining to the Firestone Walker Brewing Company.
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This lot on McMurray Road – a frontage street that runs parallel to the freeway – is, “just superior from a traffic perspective,” Wolfe told SF Gate.
He added that In-N-Out walked away from the stalled 2023 plans, “relatively unhappy, understandably so.”
He added that In-N-Out walked away from the stalled 2023 plans, “relatively unhappy, understandably so.” Christopher Sadowski
“They spent a lot of time and money putting that project together, and it just didn’t pan out. The location was the problem, not the restaurant,” he added.
Wolfe said that the town’s mayor reached out to In-N-Out after the choice, though, “we didn’t hear much back.”
“We decided we just have to sit and wait. They came here for a reason the first time,” Wolfe said.
If these plans do come together this time, it could close a major hole of In-N-Out eating places along the 101 freeway.
If these plans do come together this time, it could close a major hole of In-N-Out eating places along the 101 freeway. Getty Images
Buellton is positioned within a 70-mile hole between the In-N-Out eating places in Santa Maria and Goleta, and it might fill a big local hole as effectively.
The town was beforehand home to a well-known roadside diner dubbed Pea Soup Andersen’s, which surprisingly shuttered in January 2024 after practically a century in business.
There are plans for redeveloping Pea Soup Andersen’s, but it stays in formative levels, with In-N-Out being eyed to fill that hole in the meantime.
“We don’t need that singular focus to make things work. I look at In-N-Out as a great addition to the community,” Wolfe said.
The town was beforehand home to a well-known roadside diner dubbed Pea Soup Andersen’s, which surprisingly shuttered in January 2024 after practically a century in business. Getty Images
In-N-Out did also carry a complete new group for negotiations this time around, though Wolfe confirmed there’s still a long street forward.
The planning commission’s first look at the new proposed project will occur at the April 2 assembly, though there’s optimism about it shifting ahead.
“”We do hope to open a new restaurant in Buellton,” Mike Abbate, In-N-Out’s vice president of real estate and development, told SF Gate via e mail.
“We’re currently in the development application process, so it’s too early to say when, or even if, we’ll be able to open a restaurant there,” he added.
“We appreciate our Customers in Buellton and the surrounding area who have shared their anticipation with us,” he added. “And we’re hopeful that we’ll be able to better serve them at this proposed location.”
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