On Aug. 25, 2025, Amy’s Drive Thru in Corte Madera shut its doors for good. The Corte Madera location opened on Aug. 4, 2020, and was known as an optimal location for vegans and vegetarians due to its convenient location and food options. While the restaurant’s Marin location shut down, two other Amy’s Drive Thru locations will remain open; one can dine at Amy’s in the San Francisco International Airport (SFO) or by driving out to Rohnert Park.

The reason for the Corte Madera location closure was ultimately a financial decision. With minimal traffic and high rent in Corte Madera, the revenue wasn’t enough to make the location profitable enough to keep open. The building will remain in the food industry with Super Duper Burgers taking its place. However, Marin is now down a vegetarian restaurant.

Redwood parent and partner of a vegan eater, Gabi Tabak, made visits to Amy’s Drive Thru in Corte Madera about twice a week. When it was dinnertime for her family, Amy’s Drive Thru was an easy way to avoid making two different meals at home. Tabak could make one non-vegan dinner, and her partner could go to Amy’s Drive Thru and quickly grab a vegan meal.

“Within our area, there’s not a lot of options for vegans, so that was one of the spots that we went to. It was convenient. Now, we drive through and we all always say we wish it was open because it’s such an easy grab-and-go option,” Tabak said.

While Amy’s Drive Thru provided great options for non-meat eaters, it also supplied people with jobs, such as Redwood senior Saki Beattie.

“I worked there from late March to when it closed recently, and I worked at the drive-through,” Beattie said.

More than a restaurant, Amy’s Drive Thru had its own tight employee community.

“I really liked the team. I had a lot of friends that were older than me on that team, and I liked them because they supported me a lot,” Beattie said.

Tabak recalled feeling an amiable vibe when going inside Amy’s Drive Thru, as it was often quicker than the actual drive-through.

The closure of Amy’s Drive Thru has left people looking for new vegan options and new jobs. Amy’s Drive Thru is being replaced by Super Duper Burgers, which gave interviews to ex-Amy’s Drive Thru employees, but that doesn’t mean the search is over.

“I’m looking for other jobs. The good thing about Amy’s was that they accommodated my schedule, which was pretty strict to weekends. Now it’s a little bit harder trying to find another place that will have that same availability for me,” Beattie said.

Without the vegan restaurant in Marin, dining options are limited for vegans and vegetarians.

Senior Layla Duhagon has been a vegetarian since seventh grade and relied on Amy’s Drive Thru for a variety of delicious food.

 “I’m not the biggest fan of tofu, and that is a main source of protein that I have to eat. At [Amy’s Drive Thru], there were a bunch of impossible burgers and all that,” Duhagon said.

If one doesn’t want to drive to SFO or Rohnert Park, the other way to keep Amy’s in their diet is through their frozen foods, sometimes sold in select grocery stores.

“They have a frozen burrito, which is pretty decent,” Tabak said.

While many people loved and ate at Amy’s Drive Thru, news of its closing continues to spread as Marin finds itself down a vegetarian restaurant and looks towards any possible substitute.

“I didn’t know it was closing. After work last week I went and it was closed and I was so sad. I loved it because it was always easy and it was really good,” Duhagon said.