El Toro officials had finalized a 10-year lease in August for the space that formerly housed a Max & Erma’s restaurant. Max & Erma’s opened its restaurant there in October 2006, and shut down in January 2016.
“Springboro is a great area,” El Toro’s Alvarez said in August. “We are a family-owned local chain trying to cover the Dayton market so we can be the number one choice for local residents when they choose a Mexican restaurant.”
The new restaurant will employ 30 to 35.
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