Iconic SoCal Steakhouse Shutters Last IE Location

SAN BERNARDINO, CA — Claim Jumper has quietly closed its last Inland Empire location, witnesses say. Since 1999, residents in and around San Bernardino have visited Claim Jumper Steakhouse & Bar, waited for tables, and ordered the impossibly tall six-layer Chocolate Motherlode Cake for special-occasion desserts.

Those days are now over, according to a recent report from The San Bernardino Sun. This week, the chain quietly removed the location at 1905 Commercenter E., from its online offerings. A note tacked to the door and Yelp.com both told customers that the restaurant was permanently closed, though the listed phone number still plays an automated message.

The Rancho Cucamonga Claim Jumper closed in 2024, according to the San Bernardino Department of Public Health. The Temecula Claim Jumper was closed in 2018, as was the restaurant in Corona. There are only three remaining Southern California Claim Jumpers still open, according to the website. Two in Orange County and one in San Diego County.

The San Bernardino location, listed on Loopnet at 10,663 square feet, once housed a Bobby McGee's and was one of the few Claim Jumpers without a salad bar, according to The San Bernardino Sun.

You can still find a Claim Jumper in San Diego, downstairs at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside hotel, at Costa Mesa's South Coast Plaza mall, and in Buena Park, near Knott's Berry Farm.

According to The San Bernardino Sun, the chain, launched in Los Alamitos in 1977, is down to four locations in two states from a peak of 45 locations in eight states in 2010.

The San Bernardino location was recently cited by the San Bernardino Public Health Department of Environmental Services for failing a health inspection after a customer reported a disturbing experience in early June. The customer told the health department they had been served a glass of wine containing a deceased cockroach. That issue was reported to management, according to the investigator's report. No additional vermin were discovered during the restaurant inspection, and Claim Jumper returned to an A grade as of June 11, according to investigator reports.