Abandoned Denny's - Mooresville, NC

[@f150ninthgen]

Hey Wallie, as a Mooresville resident this was indeed built from the ground up as a Denny's in the early 90's. The pandemic obviously was not kind to their business and with the pending widening of NC Hwy 150 they decided to close down. That is the same reason for the closing of the service station you spoke of as well as the Bank of America branch next to the Denny's. The road widening will take all of the front parking lot of all of those buildings. Glad you got to visit my hometown!!

[@somerandomguy4149]

Yea there moveing all the utility poles down in Mooresville near the sams club but yea its going to be a nightmare when they start that project from the steam plant to 115 😮

[@hallowthrifty2961]

I was gonna tell him the same thing. 150 is gonna be a huge pain. My husband works off it down past Sams club.

[@stephaniestrolls]

Excellent video! Back in the 90s my roommate and I were regulars at the local Denny's. All us Gen Xers were in there, sometimes into the wee hours of the night, sipping our flavored coffee and smoking clove cigarettes in the smoking section. The Denny's we frequented has been closed for years now. The adjacent road was rebuilt and traffic bypassed it. Good times. Great memories.

[@dmthieme76]

The station next door was an Exxon then Valero, and Shell was demolished across from that.

[@knight2000-NC]

bummer, I'm nearby in Concord and had been to this location many times back in the 90s. It was usually a pleasant experience and I've always loved Dennys.

[@acetum_]

I used to love going to this Denny's when I lived back in Mooresville. When I was 15 I rode my bike there at 5 in the morning before school just because I felt like it

[@acetum_]

It was right before covid started might I add. Those were some magical times before it all came crashing down.

[@willmarkley4237]

In Virginia we had several Denny's close over the last 10 years which is odd considering the one we have in Manassas is always busy and the others we had in neighboring cities were always busy when I went in there.

[@jenniferskidmore6025]

They're getting ready to widen 150 that's why the places are abandoned

[@GRM.Adventures]

Why did the pancake go to Denny’s? Because it heard the competition was just a bunch of “flap-jacks”! 🥞😄

[@kejuanmcneil9552]

👏🏾👏🏾 okay that's funny 🤣

[@timothycosgrove1385]

You don't see too many abandoned Denny's you see a whole lot of abandoned IHOPS and Village Inn isn't even on the map anymore, the Denny's by the Chiefs stadium caught on fire and they had a crew come in , to make it vanish , but it still wasn't abandoned per say ... Stay Awesome Wallie this Summer will be Hot

[@The-Retail-Fandom]

Good find Wallie, you dont see a lot of abandoned Denny's every day.

[@ValeriaBednar-ki4ht]

Love NC too💖

[@shannonyoast6906]

As always great video 👍

[@Urban_nation.]

Wow something you definitely don’t see every day thanks for sharing wallie.

[@stars660]

This Denny's looks like the one we used to have in Greensboro. It has been closed now for some time and is a car dealership now.

[@jaimienichols5649]

Awesome Wall!!!

[@CorySpears1978]

I used to visit that Dennys in the early 2000’s when I would get off early at the Target across from Red Robin. Nice vid!👍

[@kimt4870]

I always liked Denny’s, sad to see them closed. That location is less than an hour from where I live.

[@RyGuy0520]

That dennys looks like it was once something else

[@RyGuy0520]

Cookout sounds great

[@WallieB26]

Cook Out is EXCELLENT

[@FireMinstrel]

Cookout’s burgers remind me of the basic burger Friendly’s serves. Moved from New England to NC a few years ago so I haven’t missed Friendly’s as much. Still looking for a replacement ice cream treat for the Friend-Z though…

[@slackingpacking]

Cook out sounds awesome. Probably better than Dennys lol. While Dennys breakfast is good but their lunch and dinner is not the greatest.

[@tuckerhuff692]

Cook Out is good

[@jackietatum2245]

I'm weak! "no grand slam today.." lmao

[@WallieB26]

LOL

[@shane.b.]

Welcome back to NC!

[@danestegman155]

Another good video! Looks like this place might have been something else, at one time!

[@matthewmfreeman1235]

Hey there WallieB26 this old Denny's building from the outside looking at the roof it just screams burger king and think that Denny's did a little renovations to add a little more square footage to the building

[@stars660]

Looks like the power is still on.

[@david-hi7yx]

All of our Denny's close in 2017 due to unpaid taxes. Many of the locations continue to sit and rot which is sad. Part of the article from the local newspaper: "after current and former owners failed to pay nearly $191,000 in sales and payroll taxes, according to the state Department of Revenue. An abrupt closure of the restaurants Monday night triggered Revenue Department officials to act quickly to seize the eateries, said Rodney Johnson, compliance director for the department's tax division. They changed locks and posted closure notices to guard against any removal of equipment or machinery that might need to be auctioned to satisfy back taxes, he said."

[@ValeriaBednar-ki4ht]

Your videos are Always super, Wallie! Even Pooh and Waldo loves them! Not sure about Weston though. He can be an ass!🤭🤭😂😂

[@robertmailhos8159]

That was a restaurant from back in the day when I was in my young years

[@naffplio]

so crazy that i know exactly where this is!!

[@aidenplants]

hey Wallie as someone who lives close to Denver close to Mooresville NC there is a old school Arby's that i think you should visit if you have time to get to no worries if you cant just glad yo see you visit the area ( its with a shell gas station as well)

[@Optopolis]

That does look a bit like Burger King. I wonder what the odds are that it was once a Burger King, maybe prior to 2007 or something like that... though if so, I'd bet they did a bit of renovation. But I don't know, maybe it was always a Denny's. 5:15 I notice the Taco Bell signage taken down across the street too.

[@kenlahmers9648]

Wallie B....didn't know where else to send you this info, so I'll comment here. I told you a couple weeks ago that it looked like the vintage Arby's in Kent that you visited a few months ago was going to be torn down. Well, as of Wednesday this week, it's gone. I hear a pizza shop is going to be built there. Kent already has 11 pizza shops !!!!

[@Contour2932]

Great video!

[@AlexEigel]

Great video! It has been awhile since you have done a Denny's video. I don't really like denny's to me there like IHOP they are subpar. Anyway This is going to be the last video I get to watch because school is out basically! I hope you have a great summer and go to new places and have lots of fun!

[@MrIceman22]

great video wallie i wounder who pay for power when the building is abandoned..

[@jet34thehawk]

Wow awesome video

[@kimberlygorcey4290]

Wallie, try 99 with the humidity. in southern Texas

[@sleurhut1]

Looks like the beefriend could use a new rocker panel/sill. big ol rusthole in it. Is the weather that hard on cars there? greetings from the netherlands.

[@lindamikel1842]

Awesome Congratulations 65k Subscribe good job for nice hard work on that Excellent

[@brandonb.6099]

no food left in this place, but a shop vac was left in the dining room.

[@BraylenPerry]

nice ⛈️ ⚡️ 🌩 😎 👍

[@confined121]

I used to work at that restaurant as a dishwasher 😆

[@official_johnnys_journey]

Awesome awesome video man.I wonder who pays the electric bill

[@anthonycoach4551]

I like Denny's I go to the only one we got left around here is in Bell Vernon pa it's been there since the late 80's I believe and it's good I love there food hopefully they don't close for a long time..

[@taskman28]

There was no advanced notice I was there while it was still open and a few days later it was closed. That was in late Summer 2022. Manager went to the Concord Mills, NC location and then that one close in 2023.

[@212Dynamite]

I used to go that Denny’s

[@lisafreeman4222]

Cool video

[@jasong3652]

Ate there with my ex who lived in Mooresville on Christmas 2021 and it closed not long after

[@12HpyPws]

Grand Slam no more

[@IAmNotBryanMarley]

Great video! As someone who lives on the other side of the lake from Mooresville, it’s great to see a familiar place. That whole block has shut down recently and I have wondered what the plans are. It’s so hard to get in/out of 150. As a future North Carolinian, what’s your Cook Out order?

[@WallieB26]

I ordered the 2 quesadilla tray. One chicken, one cheeseburger. Doubled up on the hush puppies and had a Cheerwine for my drink. 😊

[@matthewmorgan676]

I see the one in concord is gone too

[@devinwhitlock5918]

Hello friend Wallie , this building kinda looks like an old school late 80's Hardee's or Carl's Jr , love you always like family and may God bless you always my friend ps- have you heard any new info on Ames department store reopening soon where you live , last I heard that they were opening stones in 2025 or 2026 ❤🎉😂😊🎉

[@kentworch]

We got a few cookout joints in my area, but I'm curious if you like theirs or the whopper better. I'd have to say neither have anything on the burgers I make personally, but that's home cooked on charcoal grill with worstishire sauce in the meat. Everyone's tastes vary and that my opinion so not really counting that here. Just curious if you like the cookout or whopper better.

[@zacharyzandi686]

businesses along the road closed due to the widening of River Highway

[@212Dynamite]

I miss it

[@MichaelRobb-pe8fi]

Did you ever here of the mine behind the Incline plain in johnstown pa there was 103 miners that died in a mine Explosion maybe you can check it our some time

[@WallieB26]

No, I had no idea!

[@keithatkins9783]

I know Florida is getting pounded with rain right now a lot of flooding issues down there

[@edwardsr70]

"Building has been winterized." What winter?

[@WallieB26]

Exactly

[@RayGates-r9x]

I've lived in NC my entire life, near the Burlington area. Believe it or not, we do get some rough cold snaps at times during the winter. I've seen -4°F twice in the last 24 years, and it's not too unusual at the peak of winter to see a 36 to 48 hour stretch of temperatures never getting above freezing. Temperatures like that on any plumbing that hasn't been winterized will surely bust pipes. We had a rough winter 2 year's ago and the city of Greensboro had several watermain breaks due to the cold. NC is not Georgia or Florida....lol

[@somerandomguy4149]

I literally drive by that place every day. I really wish someone would do something with that place. But I think there finally going to work on the 150 project to widen the road from the steam plant on 150 to 115 for all the people that live near Mooresville. And yes that was a gas station in front of the waffle house. There was another gas station across the street as well its gone

[@xaingo76]

4:35 Is that someone taking a nap on top of the Taco Bell awning across the street?

[@WallieB26]

I swear to God that's exactly what I said and wondered!!!!!!!

[@kristijohnson1473]

There's a open Denny's in Belmont Ave in Youngstown Ohio right by on I-80 West and East Center

[@cadenpickens241]

Are you going to do the Abandoned Wendy's located Terry Rd Jackson Ms?

[@WallieB26]

Whenever I can get down that way

[@davidellis5141]

My local IHOP became a Denny's after being closed 6 months. Maybe this place will become an IHOP 🥞 🤔

[@jasong3652]

There’s actually an ihop less than a mile away from this one

[@DamienLonestartrainfannandmore]

Hey how are you doing today I Want to know When did this Dennys Close

[@adampruitt9211]

Why is the lights still on?

[@WallieB26]

I don't know

[@confined121]

Right before it closed down

[@exploring_unleashed]

A building being posted is even more reason to explore it, that’s what exploring is all about. Those signs are just a bunch of fake attempts to scare people away. The cops don’t care about that stuff either.

[@clarky417]

hey you could get a free shop vac

[@alanlough638]

Wallie, your KZbin Channel is great and so are you. 👍👍👍👍 Enjoy the cookout and eat a hamburger or hotdogs for me.

[@WallieB26]

Thank you!

[@alanlough638]

@@WallieB26 you're welcome!

[@DamienLonestartrainfannandmore]

Dennys is Off full And it's Gross But Dennys Is Closed down

[@ChipWoods-bp3ex]

Shrubs even

[@ChipWoods-bp3ex]

Scrubs needed trimmed

[@JosephDirosario]

Great job 65 k

[@DamienLonestartrainfannandmore]

What a good one But I don't Like dennys Anyway because Its disgusting and it closed during covid 19

[@MattDaugherty-jd7my]

Dennys is crap anyway they closed 5 locations around me years ago like brookpark and Middleburg Heights and brunswick they closed all of them

[@RyGuy0520]

Independence, Medina and Parma still have em

[@MattDaugherty-jd7my]

@ryanryder1091 Medina hardly has crowds at that location I expect that to close soon and parma number of years ago there it was a big brawl there

[@RyGuy0520]

@@MattDaugherty-jd7my Wouldn't expect less from Denny's! Where was the Brunswick location?

[@MattDaugherty-jd7my]

@ryanryder1091 the brunswick one was back In the 80s to 2002 or 03 they close that one brunswick auto mart brought the property now its a Mazda dealer

[@Pmustang3415]

Next time your in Ohio go check out the old indoor waterpark fort rapids

[@kristijohnson1473]

You should go out there and eat that lol

[@SamOlds2999]

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