In 1983, the U.S. company opened an Old Spaghetti Factory in Hamburg, Germany, which was its 20th location. The Hamburg restaurant was closed 10 years later, having been the chain's only European branch. The company cited high labor costs in Germany as the reason this location was not profitable. The U.S. company had $72 million in sales in 1993, and an estimated $90 million in 1998. After the Spokane, Washington location opened in 1974, a 1996 review by "The Spokesman-Review" called OSF "one of Spokane's most popular restaurants" and "truly an institution" in the city.