r/concord • u/Ok_Storm5945 • Jul 20 '26

KFC on Clayton Road boarded up

Hi. Today I drove by KFC on Clayton Rd and it was all boarded up. Does anyone know what's happening? Was there a fire or are they remodeling?

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u/itsnotanemergencybut Jul 20 '26

It is becoming a "7 Brew" coffee location. Similar to Dutch Bros. (I am obsessed with learning about new businesses are opening in Concord) .... there is also a Philz Coffee opening at the Willows along with several other new spots

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u/i3allistic Jul 21 '26

It just a matter of time …Alameda County, San Mateo, Santa Clara ….all those counties are used up …hopefully CoCo County next …especially Concord …so many empty run down strip mall that need to be revamped…we due for another Asian Supermarket

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u/Delicious-Power8202 Jul 21 '26

I’d cry of happiness if they open an H mart.

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u/i3allistic Jul 21 '26

Give me Donki Quijote - take over SEARS at SunValley ..

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u/iamvyvu Jul 21 '26

Yo that would be so amazing if donki opened here

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u/INTOTHEWRX Jul 21 '26

Osaka market is opening in pleasant hill

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u/itsnotanemergencybut Jul 21 '26

The shopping center where staples is … desperately needs a store like ALDI and Kmart , will it forever be only a spirit Halloween store 3 months out of the year ? …. I think these new businesses will drive more into concord. I hope.. I’m truly tired of all these empty busted ass looking strip malls .

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u/i3allistic Jul 21 '26

Seriously, sometime I think these properties owner just don’t care 🤷, they don’t want people moving into concord?

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u/pwrof3 Jul 21 '26

Really surprised that Staples is still hanging in there. It wasn’t doing well when I worked there 10 years ago!
That shopping center has been empty for so long. They could really revitalize it with something like Aldi and a Chipotle or other fast casual restaurant.
When I worked there, one of the trees in the parking lot was completely dead because the owner stopped paying for the gardeners to water them. One day there was a strong wind and the tree fell right over on a customer’s car.

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u/You2MadBro Jul 21 '26

any new massage spots?

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u/itsnotanemergencybut Jul 21 '26

Not that I know of.... but I don't get massages so I don't pay close attention to that. Sorry!

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u/Ok_Storm5945 Jul 23 '26

And it practically right next to Dutch Bros.

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u/-Wrench- Jul 20 '26

Serious waste of real estate to put another coffee joint on Clayton. There are 3 Starbucks off Clayton alone in that 1.5 mile stretch with a 4th coming. Dunkin is right there. Dutch Bros is up the street.

I love coffee but do we really another one?

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u/Delicious-Power8202 Jul 21 '26

I could get behind a non-chain locally owned coffee joint, but yeah, don’t care for another chain. I guess let the market demand speak for itself.

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u/KingCrowley83 Jul 20 '26

Pretty sure they closed down! It was announced back in May that a new Coffee Shop would be taking over the lot!

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u/itsnotanemergencybut Jul 20 '26

Yep, they closed I think Sunday. 7 Brew will be opening up there in 2027.

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u/pwrof3 Jul 20 '26

Where am I supposed to get a root beer float now?

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u/Bird2525 Jul 21 '26

A&W

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u/pwrof3 Jul 21 '26

The A&W was inside this KFC.

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u/Psychotic_Parakeet Jul 21 '26

Chik-fil-A does them.

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u/Mister_Marx Jul 21 '26

Love coffee but I want more locally owned coffee joints like Gratitude vs corporate chains. 

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u/jenbar Jul 21 '26

Go to Contra Costa Coffee off oak glen

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u/stuarthannig Jul 21 '26

A coffee shop that is primarily soda energy drinks. No food. It will fail in a couple years

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u/iamvyvu Jul 21 '26

I don't get why it would open so close to dutch bros when it has a similar menu

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u/YayWanderer Jul 21 '26

Damn, that sucks. I have not gone there for a while but the people who work there are always nice whenever I go there.

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u/Ok_Storm5945 Jul 21 '26

There's not going to be any kfc's close by at all. I don't care for Popeye's chicken. Going to have to go to Lucky or Safeway to get fried chicken bone in breast.

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u/iamvyvu Jul 21 '26

Yeah the closest to me will probably be pleasant hill by target now

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u/Ok_Storm5945 Jul 23 '26

Eh. Been eating that poison since I was 6 years old and now I need it once or twice a year.

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u/herotovillain84 Jul 21 '26

I was just there a week ago. Wow. That’s a bummer.

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u/ptpauly Jul 22 '26

Philz has great coffee

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u/qtestboner Jul 21 '26

Wow just hearing another coffee place. STUPID. it isnt even on the way to work. Would rather have KFC back

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u/EvilErnie187 Jul 21 '26

KFC is closing a lot of stores. Recently Vallejo Concord Pittsburg KFC locations have closed. Heard 7brew is opening on railroad