It appears that Santa Monica’s branch of Steak ‘N Shake has abandonned any hope of returning to pre-COVID life as usual. While their website still lists them as temporarily closed, their location at 1455 Third St. Promenade is gutted and a large for lease sign in the window says they’ve no plans to reopen. Their departure leaves a cavernous hole in the Downtown Santa Monica food scene. I’ll keep my eye on the space to see if there will be any takers…
Toddrickallen 
In a city with In-n-Out and others, it was just not worth it. Overpriced, salty and a too fancy version of, well, Steak N Shake.
I always thought the location made no sense, except for tourist traffic. Having no drive thru or easy car access makes no location a no go for locals. Lack of tourist traffic will kill more businesses in Santa Monica and Beverly Hills before Covid 19 is under control. 😦
Sorry..make that the location, not no location.