A local Wendy’s has closed its doors, and it may not be the last in the area to do so.
The Wendy’s at Langhorne Square in Middletown Township recently closed after having been open for two and a half decades.
Property records show that the restaurant was built in 2000, and the building is owned by shopping center owner Federal Realty Investment Trust.
It was located across the street from a Chick-Fil-A, which opened in July 2025 on the site of a former Ruby Tuesday’s.
The restaurant was franchised by Yellow Cab Holdings, which operates nearly 90 Wendy’s stores in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
Locally, Yellow Cab Holdings also operates the other Levittown Wendy’s at 1151 Bristol-Oxford Valley Road.
An employee at another local Wendy’s stated that the Langhorne Square store closed because “their lease was up, and the shopping center wanted to raise rent.”
Wendy’s, Yellow Cab Holdings and Federal Realty Investment Trust have yet to respond to questions from this news organization at the time of this writing.
The closure comes after Wendy’s recently announced that they would be closing nearly 300 of its US stores in the coming months.
In a Nov. 2025 investors call, Wendy’s interim CEO Kevin Cook said that the locations closing are consistently “underperforming or outdated.”
Most Wendy’s locations in the Levittown area have undergone renovations in recent years that added new amenities like Coke Freestyle Soda Machines, and a refreshed look to the store. The Langhorne Square location was a notable exception, still retaining the classic mansard style roof that defined Wendy’s stores through the late 20th century.
In recent years, fast food chains have been struggling to retain customers due to rising costs.
Chains like Wendy’s and McDonald’s have recently introduced value meals to entice low income customers. Cook says that while Wendy’s $5 and $8 meal deals have brought in some new customers, it hasn’t been enough.
In the first nine months of 2025, sales at Wendy’s stores in the US fell 4%, while revenue fell 6%.