August 28th, 2007
If the food was that good, why did the restaurant close?
The popular hamburger joint ran out of food before its last scheduled closing time, according to a report by the Associated Press. Roger Patterson, owner of Roy’s since 1977, said he planned the closing to coincide with the biweekly meeting of the Salinas Valley Hot Rodders, which has used Roy’s as its meeting place for 18 years.
Club attendance, combined with other customers looking for one last Roy’s burger, caused parking to overflow into nearby lots and left the restaurant without food two hours before closing.
Patterson told the Associated Press he was closing because he couldn’t afford to fight a lawsuit over the restaurant’s lack of wheelchair access.