Cohee declined to talked about why the business suddenly closed, but said he has no plans to open another location in the Dayton market.
“It’s kind of a tough situation for me to have to close a business,” he said.
Steve Willshaw, general manager of The Greene, declined comment Monday.
The Greene location opened in 2006 and is one of four locations in the nation, including Columbus, Orlando and Chicago.
The other locations are still open and operating, Cohee said.
A series of civil lawsuits have been filed against Adobe Gila’s in The Greene since 2008, according to Greene County Common Pleas Court records.
The family of Todd Jette filed a complaint against Adobe Gila’s in 2008. Jette, according to police, was drunk when he fell 17 feet backwards over the eating establishment’s railing and died in 2006. The case was dismissed in 2009.
Matthew Nallen, of Troy, filed a lawsuit in 2008 alleging a restaurant employee caused him to fall down the stairs. Nallen dropped the case in 2009.
Also in 2009, this newspaper reported Garry Blevins, then age 32, was hospitalized after attempting to slide down a staircase in the Adobe Gila’s foyer. When police and firefighters arrived, Blevins was not breathing, but had a faint pulse.
More recently a Montgomery County man, Brady Bennett, filed a civil lawsuit against the company after he was served an alcohol shot that included extract from a spicy pepper. He was transported to the hospital and claimed he incurred more than $5,000 in medical expenses. The court dismissed the lawsuit on February 28, 2o14.
In addition to a multiple lawsuits, the restaurant had 10 violations during its last health inspection on Nov. 18 according to Greene County Combined Health District records. Eight of the violations identified as critical included chipped and cracked lids for food containers, dirty dishes stored with clean dishes and some foods were not properly marked with a required discard date.
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