Dan's Hamburgers Says City Made Remodel 'Prohibitive'

Dan's Hamburgers has posted an open letter castigating the city of Austin for over-regulating small businesses like theirs. Dan's recently remodeled their Manchaca location, and the letter details the process of navigating the permitting process. It closes by saying:

Never again as a small business could we afford to remodel in Austin. The added expense of the additional building, engineering, architectural and city fees was cost prohibitive . . . Keeping Austin Local is getting harder and harder. Dan's is an Austin original and not a reincarnated California dream.

Update! The Austin Business Journal spoke with Dan's president and letter writer Katie Congdon who says she will "never never never" build in Austin again.

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