West Des Moines Steak n Shake restaurant temporarily closed Share Updated: 6:16 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021
West Des Moines Steak n Shake restaurant temporarily closed Share Updated: 6:16 PM CDT Apr 22, 2021
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Show Transcript WE WILL KEEP A GUSTY BREEZE. STACEY: FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE JANUARY, THERE ARE NO LINES AT STEAK ’N SHAKE IN WEST DES MOINES. THE POPULAR FAST FOOD CHAIN IS CLOSED. MARCUS MCINTOSH IS THERE LIVE WITH WIN ESTATE STEAK ’N SHAKE WILL REOPEN. MARCUS: OFF-CAMERA WE SPOKE WITH THE OWNER WHO TELLS US THAT STEAK ’N SHAKE HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE TUESDAY, WHICH COMES AS A SURPRISE TO HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STILL COMING HERE TRYING TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT. THIS IS WHAT THE LINE LOOKED LIKE WHEN IT OPENED IN JANUARY. THURSDAY AFTERNOON WHEN THE LINE WAS NONEXISTENT, HUNGRY CUSTOMERS THOUGHT THEY GOT LUCKY. I REALLY NEED A FRISCO MELT. MARCUS: WHEN LEAH RIED ARRIVED, THE SIGNS WERE UNMISTAKABLE. SHE IS NOT SURPRISED THAT THE
Updated: 12:24 PM CDT Apr 23, 2021 Steak nâ Shake is back open in West Des Moines.The popular fast food chain opened its first metro location in West Des Moines earlier this year and it had been busy ever since.But the burger restaurant had to close for a few days due to a shortage of workers. The restaurant is now back open for those looking to get their burger fix.PREVIOUSLYIt is likely hard to forget the long lines to Steak n Shake when it first opened in January.A few months later, the lines are gone because the fast-food chain is temporarily closed.But that has not stopped people, like Leah Ried, from coming to satisfy their hunger. I really need a Frisco melt, she said.Although disappointed, Ried is not surprised to learn Steak n Shake is temporarily shuttered due to a lack of employees. I have a lot of friends who work in the restaurant industry, she said. A lot of them are overwhelmed because they are the only ones showing up for work. The Iowa Restaurant