Restaurant closes inside the Mall at Fairfield Commons

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What to Know
By Mark Fisher
May 31, 2017
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A restaurant inside the Mall at Fairfield Commons has shut down, although mall officials say another tenant is expected to fill the space soon.

Cajun Ming, a restaurant in the mall’s food court, closed permanently last Friday, May 26, mall officials confirmed. But a new tenant is lined up to open in the space, mall officials said.

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Restaurant spaces have been booming both in and around the Mall at Fairfield Commons, which has become the epicenter of restaurant activity in the last two-plus years.

Melt Bar & Grilled is poised to open a free-standing restaurant just outside the mall in early June.

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Fusian opened next door to the new Melt restaurant earlier this spring.

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Gyro King has opened in the mall’s food court. And BRAVO Cucina Italiano, BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse and Chuy’s Tex Mex all have opened on mall property, while Primanti Bros. and IHOP are among the restaurants that have built new restaurants along North Fairfield Road across from the mall.

Along Colonel Glenn Highway just west of the mall, the Wandering Griffin brewpub, Chipotle and Rapid Fired Pizza restaurants have opened.

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The area also has seen some restaurant closings that have included Logan’s Roadhouse, Don Pablo’s Mexican Restaurant, Designer Dogs and Dolce Mio.

The Max & Erma’s restaurant in front of the Mall at Fairfield Commons closed earlier this year, but its corporate owners say they will then convert the space to a different restaurant concept, MacKenzie River Pizza Grill Pub, this fall.

>> RELATED: Max & Erma’s to become MacKenzie River

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About the Author

Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.