El Toro poised to make its move this week to former TGI Fridays

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El Toro Mexican Bar & Grill will relocate its restaurant that is currently located across from the Dayton Mall to a former TGI Fridays up the street sometime this week, according to Enrique Alvarez, the chain's district manager.

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“We have everything ready,” Alvarez told this news outlet this morning, Monday April 29.

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After final inspections, expected before the end of the week, El Toro will close down the existing restaurant at 2335 Miamisburg-Centerville Road (Ohio 725) and open the next day at the former TGI Fridays restaurant at 2022 Miamisburg-Centerville Road in the South Towne Center.

El Toro Mexican Bar & Grill will relocate its restaurant currently across from the Dayton Mall to a former TGI Fridays in the Southtown Center just east of the mall.

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The current restaurant in the Shoppes at 725 across from the Dayton Mall shares a parking lot with several other retail businesses. The new location’s dedicated parking, and the restaurant’s larger size of 8,300 square feet, were factors in the decision to relocate, Alvarez has said. The TGI Fridays shut its doors for good on Sept. 6 in the South Towne Center.

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Several Mexican-themed restaurant chains have been in expansion mode lately, but El Toro has been particularly active. In recent months, it has confirmed plans to build out a restaurant in the former Abuelo’s restaurant on North Fairfield Road in Beavercreek, opened a new restaurant in south Centerville, and announced plans to relocate one of its Springfield restaurants.

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