Beloved long-running Melbourne Japanese restaurant Izakaya Den to shut its ... trends now
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Restaurant Izakaya Den will close its doors next week after more than 15 years serving up Japanese cuisine to Melbourne foodies.
Owner Simon Denton said he and co-owners Miyukia Nakahara and Takashi Omi had been struggling to keep the business afloat since mid-last year.
The trio said multiple issues had combined to affect the venture including customers having an over-saturation of eateries in the city and increasingly watching their spending as the cost-of-living remains stubbornly high.
'We were forced into this, the option to go on (keeping the venue open) wasn't an option,' Mr Denton told the Herald Sun.
'Looking forward into winter and with everything that's happening in the city, we were facing a perfect storm of problems.'
'There are too many restaurants, we are one of them. The
