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As the pizza and donut wars in our area rage on, the ever-competitive Dayton restaurant market claimed its next two victims.
Even more shocking, we saw a restaurant that’s been a mainstay to its community for nearly 30 years, shut down.
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Here are the 3 restaurants that closed in our area during December:
🍩District 6 Donuts
District 6 Donuts, a custom donut shop at 6 Oakwood Ave. in Oakwood, announced its closure in a Facebook post. The business has been open less than a year as it had its grand opening on June 1.
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District 6 was founded by retired Dayton police officer Bill Parsons and his sister, Kellie Tomlinson. Customers could choose their own toppings and drizzles.
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Two weeks after District 6 opened in June, Duck Donuts — which has a serving concept very similar to that of District 6 — announced it would open its first of multiple Dayton-area doughnut shops on Brown Street at Stewart Street near the entrance to the University of Dayton.
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🍕 Papa Murphy’s Take & Bake Pizza
Papa Murphy’s Take & Bake Pizza at 1195 N. Fairfield Road north of U.S. 35 has closed.
Here’s the text of the note taped to the entrance: “STORE CLOSED — Corporate closed this store because we wouldn’t spend $140,000 for new floors, POS (point of sale) system, new ceiling and new make line. This would have been money WASTED!!”
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🍴 The Tipp o’ the Town Family Restaurant
The Tipp o’ the Town Family Restaurant has been a community mainstay for more than 29 years at 1150 W. Main St. right off I-75. But its owner, Paul Loubier, is retiring, and the restaurant is scheduled to close its doors at 3 p.m. Dec. 31.
There’s a chance the restaurant could reopen under the same name and new ownership sometime early next year.
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