RAMW CEO Shawn Townsend said DC full-service restaurants are 'facing a historic combination of pressures'.
Possible restaurant closures are looming over eateries in the nation’s capital.
Forty-four percent of full-service casual restaurants that operate in Washington, D.C., reported shutting their doors was "very" or "somewhat likely" in 2025, a Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) survey indicated.
Local media outlet WJLA reported on the survey, conducted among 217 restaurants in the D.C.-area from Jan. 24 to Feb. 11, and published a RAMW document detailing its findings.
The risk of those restaurants shuttering comes as "rising costs and tipped wage increases outpace revenue," the survey said.