often on his show. This location closed in October 2017, ending the chain's five year presence in the state. The first location in New Jersey was opened by a franchise holder in September 2012 in Paramus. At the beginning of 2016, a second and third location within New Jersey were opened by the same franchisee in West Windsor Township and Hamilton Township, but both of those locations quietly disappeared within a year. In September 2017, the original Paramus location, the last location in New Jersey, also closed after a five-year struggle to remain in business. The first Steak 'n Shake location in the state of Arizona was opened in Tempe in October 2013. A second Arizona location was open on the campus of the University of Arizona in Tucson in July 2017. The first and only location in the state of Montana, and in the upper plain states, was opened in Billings in December 2013. This location was forced to close after two and a half years in July 2016 due to poor sales that were blamed on "harsh reviews on social media". Steak 'n Shake expanded to California in July 2014 by opening a location in Victorville. A Los Angeles County location was opened in Santa Monica in late October and another in Burbank in December. After a lack of activity for over a year in the highly competitive Californian marketplace, the company announced in April 2016 of the expected opening of their first Orange County location, their fourth in California, in Aliso Viejo in mid-May. After a short delay, a fifth California location was opened behind schedule in Riverside in August 2016. In March 2017, a 6th location opened in Yucca Valley. After 3.5 years of operation, the Victorville location closed abruptly in February 2018 after receiving an eviction notice for failure to pay rent. In 2015, the company planned a restaurant in Northern California in Campbell, California, but local residents delayed it. Because of that delay, the first location in Northern California opened instead in Daly City in November 2016. This opening was followed by the opening of the first Central California location in Fresno in March 2017. A second San Francisco Bay Area restaurant was opened on the campus of San Jose State University (SJSU) in July 2017. After a long four delay fighting local anti-development activists, the company finally opened their long expected restaurant in