Shake Shack closes 'underperforming' downtown Oakland location

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Shake Shack announced on Wednesday is closing nine stores including the one in Oakland's Uptown neighborhood.

This is the first time the popular burger chain has closed a location in the Bay Area.

There is another one just a couple of miles away in Emeryville.

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Shake Shack says the locations were "underperforming" and will all shutter by the end of September.

Including Oakland, six are in California while the others are in Texas and Ohio.