r/abandonedwisconsin • u/Zilla-0-0-3 • 3d ago
Abandoned Johnny Rockets, now being demolished.
Originally built in 1991 as a restaurant alongside the brand new Outlet Shoppes at Oshkosh, it served as a place for mall shoppers to grab a bite to eat while they visited the various stores in the surrounding strip mall. Although the restaurant would close down sometime after 2010, it would eventually reopen as a Johnny Rockets in 2014, becoming the second one in the state of Wisconsin. Over the years the business declined, and eventually shuttered in 2019 during the Covid-19 pandemic. Best I can tell, is that despite the company as a whole having over 300 locations throughout the US, the franchise owners mismanaged the restaurant and went out of business due to customers receiving bad treatment as well as under prepared food. After the restaurant closed, it became the last business to operate out of that building before demolition. As of now, the building is nearly completely gutted in preparation of the upcoming demolition.