PART 1: Remember these restaurants, stores around Dayton?
WDTN.com is taking you down memory lane by showcasing some fan-favorite restaurants and retail giants that are either no longer operating in the area or are gone altogether.
Three Arthur Treacher's locations currently operate in northeast Ohio.
A majority of the area's remaining Blockbuster locations closed in 2012.
A closure impacted all Border's locations in 2011.
The last Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant location closed in 2004.
Circuit City closed all locations in early 2009.
All CompUSA locations closed in the 2010s.
Cub Foods shut its last Dayton area store down in early 2013.
All Elder-Beerman and Elder-Beerman Furniture Gallery locations closed in 2018.
All Fashion Bug stores closed in 2013.
In late 2015, Flower Factory commenced going-out-of-business sales.
Fox and Hound operated several locations across the region until closing in the mid 2010s.
Friendly's closed its last location in the area in the mid 2010s.
All hhgregg stores closed in 2017.
After filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, all Hollywood Video locations closed by summer 2010.
All locations of Linens 'n Things closed in 2008.
Hometown Buffet, formerly Old Country Buffet, closed its remaining area location on Lyons Road in 2011.
The final area K-Mart location closed in 2017.
The last area Lone Star Steakhouse location closed in 2018 in Middletown.
All Phar-Mor stores closed in 2002.
Quizno's had several locations in the Miami Valley, but closed its last remaining area location a number of years ago at Dayton International Airport .
Nearly all remaining RadioShack stores closed down in 2015 in the area.
Schlotzky's closed its doors for good at Cross Pointe Shopping Center in Centerville in 2018.
Sears closed its locations at the Dayton Mall and Mall at Fairfield Commons in late 2018. The retailer had closed several other of its area locations in the months and years prior.
All Stein Mart locations closed by October 2020 after the company filed for bankruptcy protection.
After filing for bankruptcy protection, Toys R Us closed its brick-and-mortar stores in the Dayton area in 2018.
Got a restaurant or store that you remember from the area? Send me an email here and your suggestion could appear in a future list.
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