Stories by Mark Fisher
Three new food-service shops to generate up to 65 jobs
Three new businesses — a Starbucks coffee shop and an Orange Leaf Yogurt shop in Sugarcreek Twp., and a Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches shop in Beavercreek — are scheduled to open this summer, generating 55 to 65 jobs for the region. Starbucks will occupy about 1,800 square feet at 6252 ...
Date set for opening of new h.h. gregg store at Dayton Mall
MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County —The appliance and electronics retailer h.h.gregg announced this morning that it will open its new Dayton Mall store at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 16.The Dayton Mall location replaces its store at 240 Springboro Pike (Ohio 741) in Miamisburg. The new 23,000-square-foot Dayton Mall store will be ...
Ohio biggest gainer in CEO business-climate survey
Ohio was the biggest gainer among the 50 states in Chief Executive magazine’s 2013 Best & Worst States Survey on business climate, which was released by the magazine Tuesday.Ohio rose 13 spots from No. 35 to No. 22 in the ranking.The Best & Worst States Survey measures the sentiments of ...
Jimmy John’s to open sixth Dayton-area location
BEAVERCREEK — A new Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches restaurant is under development at 2476 Commons Blvd. near the Mall at Fairfield Commons.The Beavercreek site will be the sixth Dayton-area location of the Illinois-based sandwich chain, and the fourth for local franchise owners Jon and Erika Wyss and Brad Hohla. The ...
New Starbucks, Orange Leaf shops to bring 30-35 jobs to Sugarcreek Twp.
A Starbucks coffee shop and the Dayton area's second Orange Leaf Frozen Yogurt shop will open side-by-side this summer at 6252 Wilmington Pike, adding 30 to 35 jobs. Starbucks will open late this summer in about 1,800 square feet in an addition to an existing building, a Starbucks spokeswoman said. ...
Family restaurant fight leads to bankruptcies
Could a civil lawsuit involving two businesses end any worse for all parties involved than the Dominic’s/Duke’s restaurant case has? Dominic’s Italian restaurant was truly a Dayton icon, serving its signature garlic-drenched house salad dressing and pasta dishes to customers for 50 years before it closed in 2007, two years ...
Tax plan stirs clash of titans
An online sales-tax proposal has triggered a divisive debate among business owners and attracted a strange-bedfellows mix of supporters that includes the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and Democratic U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown. The “Marketplace Fairness Act,” which will be voted on by the U.S. Senate as early as Monday, ...
Kettering restaurant gets makeover, adds Sunday brunch
The Hawthorn Grill at 1222 E. Stroop Road is completing a renovation of its dining room and bar and gearing up to launch a Sunday brunch as it approaches its third anniversary. The dining room and bar renovation included new low-top tables to replace the pub-style tables in the bar ...
Smashburger, Great Lakes unveil beer pairings for Dayton market
The Smashburger restaurant chain on Wednesday night unveiled its Great Lakes Brewing Co. beer-sandwich pairings that are specific to the burger chain’s Dayton-area restaurants. Diners will find a “Smashburger + Great Lakes Pairing Menu” at each of the three local restaurants suggesting which Great Lakes brew would best complement each ...
Restaurant industry on rebound nationally, locally
Restaurant owners nationwide told the National Restaurant Association that they are more upbeat about sales growth and their future prospects, and that optimism is present in the Dayton area. A new eatery opens today in Washington Twp., another opened Wednesday in Trotwood, and a third will open next week in ...
Walmart to hire 80 for expanded Beavercreek store
Walmart will hire about 80 new employees for its newly expanded Beavercreek store, which has nearly doubled in size and will soon start offering grocery items, company officials announced Tuesday. The Walmart store at 3360 Pentagon Blvd. is the eighth and final one in the region to be expanded into ...
New BBQ restaurant to open this week in Washington Twp.
WASHINGTON TWP., Montgomery County — A new and independently owned barbecue restaurant called Charleston BBQ will open to the public on a limited basis starting Thursday at 671 Lyons Road, its owner, Rodney Anderson of Washington Twp., said this morning, April 30. The location is just off Miamisburg-Centerville Road in ...
New law makes Ohio more brewer-friendly
The surge in interest in microbreweries, brewpubs and all things beer has been well-documented in these pages. But now, even Ohio’s lawmakers are getting into the act. According to Akron Beacon Journal reporter Rick Armon via Ohio.com, the Ohio legislature last week approved a new liquor permit that lowers the ...
No crash yet for local cupcake market, shop owners say
Gourmet cupcakes have found a sweet spot with Dayton-area dessert lovers despite an increasingly saturated market and a recent Wall Street Journal article that described the specialty cupcake market as “crashing.” Local cupcake entrepreneurs beg to differ. “The cupcake market in southwest Ohio has never been stronger,” said Jenny Cox, ...
New Japanese restaurant in the works in Englewood
ENGLEWOOD — A new Japanese restaurant to be called Sakura II is coming to 852 Union Blvd.The restaurant’s owners could not be reached, but William Singer, development director of the city of Englewood, said the city has issued a certificate of zoning compliance for the new restaurant, and has received ...
Local SMU student witness to presidential history
Alex Smith, Washington Twp. native and 2012 graduate of the Miami Valley School, hadn’t seen a U.S. president until Thursday.Now, he’s seen five of them.The 19-year-old freshman at Southern Methodist University (SMU) scored a prime seat at the dedication ceremony Thursday morning for the George W. Bush Presidential Library on ...
Firehouse Subs opens 1st of 9 planned restaurants in region
The first of nine Firehouse Subs planned for the Dayton, Springfield, Hamilton and Middletown areas opened April 24, in Huber Heights. Charles Fryman — the area developer for Firehouse Subs who operates his own Firehouse franchise restaurant in West Chester — said he is actively looking for sites for new ...
Sub-shop chain to open first of 9 Dayton-area locations Wednesday
The entry of the Firehouse Subs chain into the southwest Ohio market will mark a milestone tomorrow, April 24, when the first of nine planned restaurants opens at 8436 Old Troy Pike in Huber Heights.The area’s newest sub shop has a seating capacity of 62 diners and employs 35 people, ...
New owners breathe life into Miami Twp. restaurant closed since 2009
The former Max & Erma’s at 8901 Kingsridge Drive — which has been vacant since 2009 — will reopen this summer as Hazel Grill & Tavern, according to the co-owner of the new restaurant. Renovations are underway at the new restaurant, which will seat about 200 and will employ 35 ...
Closely watched barometer of consumer spending had a good month locally
The latest news is positive for sales tax collections in the four counties monitored by Montgomery County’s budget specialists. Montgomery, Greene, Warren and Butler counties recorded robust increases in the amount of sales taxes collected in January 2013 and released to the counties in April 2013 compared to the same ...
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