25-02-2025
Logan's Roadhouse sets opening date for central Ohio return in former O'Charley's
GROVE CITY, Ohio (WCMH) — A national steakhouse, which once operated several central Ohio restaurants that shuttered after the chain filed for bankruptcy, has set the launch date for a Columbus-area location in a former O'Charley's.
Logan's Roadhouse will begin welcoming customers on March 10 to the new restaurant at 1657 Stringtown Road, a shuttered O'Charley's that the steakhouse purchased in May 2024 for $2.6 million. The new restaurant will mark Logan's Columbus return, after the chain's Easton location at 3969 Morse Crossing and Dublin restaurant at 7100 Sawmill Road both closed around 2016 when the chain's previous owner filed for bankruptcy.
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'We're bringing more than just great steaks to the table — we're also serving up big barrels of beer, kickin' Roadhouse Teas and ice-cold Ritas, all with the same passion for flavor and fun that makes Logan's special,' said Shawn Van Winkle, Logan's senior director of marketing and digital, in a statement.
The new location will bring Logan's Ohio footprint to three restaurants, with one location at 2170 W. 4th St. in Ontario and the second at 3720 Stone Creek Blvd. in Cincinnati. The opening will be followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10 a.m. on March 21, and those who visit Logan's before April 10 can enter a giveaway for a chance to wine a gift card worth up to $1,000.
The former O'Charley's is one of six Ohio restaurants that shuttered nearly a year and a half ago, among nearly two dozen locations that have closed in recent years. The Nashville-based chain closed the Stringtown Road eatery and a Westerville-area restaurant at 285 Cleveland Ave. in November 2023. Watch a previous NBC4 report on O'Charley's in the video player above.
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The closures came after O'Charley's Morse Road, which has since transformed into a new Roosters Wings, and Georgesville Square locations shuttered in August that same year, along with the Miller Lane and Miamisburg Centerville Road restaurants in Dayton.
One former O'Charley's that shuttered several years ago is undergoing a $1.5 million renovation to become the first Ohio restaurant for a Brazilian steakhouse with locations across the globe, including in Dubai, Toronto and Istanbul.
The brand now only operates two restaurants in central Ohio, one at 6224 Gender Road in Canal Winchester and another at 2272 Baltimore Reynoldsburg Road in Reynoldsburg.
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