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Restaurants & Bars We Lost in 2020

December 30, 2020 By Lisa Grigsby

As we bid good riddance to a year we’ll never miss, we say a fond farewell to many Miami Valley eateries. The following restaurants and bars shut their doors for good in 2020, some because of COVID-19 and others for various reasons.

Closed in January 2020
Pretzel Fest & Popcorn Pizzazz shop- Fairfield Commons
Santa Clara Juicery- but the good news is you can still get your juice delivered by door dash
Edible Arrangements Springboro
Corleone’ Pizza
Bar Louie’s-  at The Greene & Austin Landing
Citilites at the Schuster Center

Closed in February 2020

Areas & Co- Kettering
The Growler Pub & Grub
Kettering LaRosa’s
Third Perk – opened a new location at Third Street today!

Closed in March 2020

Double Deuce Tavern & Family Pizzeria–  recently announced  Modern Food & Gas will open at this site.
Rahn’s Artisan Breads  at the 2nd Street Market-  high costs and failing equipment forced this closure
El Greco’s Pizza Villa- the owners just were ready to retire
Ruby Tuesday, C’ville-  closed 185 restaurants, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Closed in April  2020

Greek Isle Deli –  lack of the next generation of family interest and covid
Deroma Italian Restaurant

 

Closed in May 2020

Seasons Bistro in Springfield
Zombie Dogz- but the Food Truck came back to life
Airway Kitchen- chose not to renew lease
Stacked Pickle- this Indy chain closed all it’s locations

Closed in June 2020

Corner Kitchen- tough to raise a family and run this small business, owners opted to close
Basils on Market (Piqua)
Ruby Tuesday- Miller Lane- closed 185 restaurants, filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Closed in July 2020

Crafted & Cured- plans are under way for the Dayton Arcade in 2021
Grist Provisions- renovations are now taking place on a new location on Fifth St in the former Third Perk
Wayback Burgers at the Fairfield Common Mall
Panera Bread- near the Dayton Mall- a new location is under construction
Lee’s Ltd. Tenders & Dips on Brown Street just never took off
Logan’s Roadhouse- Dayton Mall and Troy – chain closed 261 closed locations
Kilwins at The Greene

Closed in Aug 2020

Primanti Brothers – after much damage from the 2019 tornado, decision was made not to reopen
Buffalo Wild Wings in West Carrollton-
StuffedEnuff LLC closed location but still caters and does pop-ups at The Entrepreneurs Marketplace

Closed in Sept 2020

Bar 145-  due to the Covid-19 pandemic

Closed in Oct 2020

EO Burgers- opening in July, just couldn’t build enough momentum during pandemic to stay open
Mila’s Suburban Café-unable to renew lease- hoping for a new location

Closed in Nov 2020

Golden Corral – never reopened due to the Covid-19 pandemic
LaRosa’s Englewood – covid 19 & expiration of lease

Closed in Dec 2020

Arepas & Co-downtown location will close 12/31/20
due to inability to renegotiate lease – but says to look for future
news

While we’ll miss many of these restaurants, 2020 was also a record year of new restaurants opening, we’ll publish that list tomorrow.

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