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Templeton Italian restaurant closing after 15 years

October 25, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

After 15 years in business, Griff’s Bistro and Pizzeria in Templeton is shutting down this week.

During the pandemic, many restaurants grappled with financial issues because of closures. Following the closures, many families hit hard by inflation stopped dining out as often as they did before.

While multiple restaurants throughout San Luis Obispo County have closed since the pandemic, family restaurants such as Griff’s Bistro and Pizzeria have noted the largest declines in patronage.

 


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Templeton is bursting at the seams with dining options nowadays. Kitchenette, McPhee’s, Templeton Pizza, Aliyah’s, Etto Pasta Bar, Jack’s, Pig Iron, La Chata, Chula’s, Pier 46, Joe’s. Even the nursery sells good food.


Back when Griff’s started the only dinner in town was at AJ Spurs, with no competition from pizza places in Atown or Paso who would’nt deliver into Templeton. Now there is a pizza place directly across the street, plus Blaze Pizza a couple miles away, and 5 different “delivery” services servicing the town. Meanwhile, Griff’s isn’t on Doordash, Grubhub, etc.and they don’t even offer delivery. This isn’t a case of “inflation” — it’s a case of not adjusting to the market.


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