The last Cadillac Jack’s still operating, at 1156 Kauffman Ave. in Fairborn, has shut its doors for good.
Here’s a look at some of the area restaurants that closed last month.
Closing
Sonic
A franchise transition led to the closing of two Dayton-area Sonic Drive-Ins.
A spokesman for Oklahoma City-based Sonic confirmed that two local Sonics have shut down permanently as a result of a franchisee transaction: The stores that closed are at 7711 Hoke Road in Clayton and 4534 Brandt Pike in Dayton.
Super Subby’s
One Dayton-area Super Subby’s restaurant has shut down, but business is strong at the locally-based chain’s nine remaining locations, Super Subby’s founder Steve Buchholz said.
The sub shop at 1242 E. Central Ave. in Miamisburg shut down in January, Buchholz said. A Jan. 2 post on the restaurant’s Facebook page says only that the restaurant would be “closed this week for a remodel. See you soon.” But Buchholz said the restaurant has not reopened.
The closing will not impact the remaining Super Subby’s locations, the founder said. “Business has been great” at the chain’s other locations, Buchholz said. He founded Super Subby’s in 1978.
Cadillac Jack’s
The last Cadillac Jack’s still operating, at 1156 Kauffman Ave. in Fairborn, has shut its doors for good.
The closing marks the end of an era that began in 1995 when the first Cadillac Jack’s opened on Old Troy Pike in Huber Heights. Additional locations followed at 2335 S. Smithville Road in Kettering and at the Fairborn location in the Skyway Plaza before the end of the decade.
Old Dayton Style Dixie Fried Chicken
A Dayton fried-chicken restaurant that was forced to change its name after running afoul of another restaurant’s trademark has shut down, but its owner, who is involved in hurricane relief in Florida, says he will seek to reopen in a new location this fall.
Customers of Old Dayton Style Dixie Fried Chicken at 2920 Wayne Ave. in Dayton were greeted this week with a sign that reads, “We are closing. Please look forward to our new location in the spring.”
The restaurant triggered a trademark dispute when it initially hung a sign proclaiming itself “Ms. Pam’s Parkmoor Style Dixie Fried Chicken” in December 2017, just as it was opening. That restaurant name prompted a swift “cease-and-desist” order from an attorney representing Fricker’s, the local restaurant and pub chain that has taken steps to register and protect the “Parkmoor” name for fried chicken.
