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The owner of the Karen’s Diner restaurants, infamous for its staff being deliberately rude to customers, has gone under two years after the cheeky concept was born in Sydney.
Viral Ventures, which owned most but not all the Karen’s Diner restaurants, gave notice at a general company meeting on May 30 that it would be wound up with liquidators from Wexted Advisors appointed to the process.
Louie Douvis
Multiple Karen’s Diners, which were labelled “pop-up” stores, were shut before the liquidation, but at least three other more established diners including those in melbourne, Perth and the Gold Coast have now been closed.
The chain of fast-food restaurants, which marketed itself on its deliberately bad service and rude staff, went viral on social media following the opening of its first store in Sydney’s World Square in 2021, with its website listing 18 store locations this year.
A source with knowledge of the situation said that the Karen’s Diner restaurant in Sydney will remain open, with the…