Corina Luckenbach, the owner of Bebop Waffle Shop in Seattle, Washington, was forced to close her restaurant after 10 years due to the state's new minimum wage hike to over $20 per hour. The increased minimum wage, which went into effect on January 1, 2025, would have cost Luckenbach an additional $32,000 each year. Luckenbach said her restaurant was already struggling due to inflation and lower foot traffic, and the new minimum wage requirements were the final blow.
A Seattle , Washington , small business owner says she has “cried every day” about the closure of her restaurant due to the state’s new minimum wage hike to over $20 per hour.increasing the minimum wage from $19.97 to $20.76 went into effect on the first day of 2025, Breitbart News reported.
“This was my dream. To own my own cafe, to run it how I want to, and to really, like, be in service to people,” she said in an interview, later adding that she has “cried every day” about it. Bebop Waffle, named after its owner’s pet dog, was a “safe space” for people in the community, Luckenbach said, adding that the “hardest thing” about shutting down was taking that place away from people.
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