By itsmelled

November 27, 2009 4:59 PM | Link to this

While the food was good, the place smelled like a urinal. Didn’t seem very clean at all to me.

By faraway

November 24, 2009 6:32 PM | Link to this

Just to note: more than one person owned this place. Post slanderous comments about both if you’re going to do it all.

By longjohnlizardp

November 20, 2009 6:56 PM | Link to this

To all of you that have never been in this place. I would like to start off by saying that Mary Tupar, the owner is one the best bosses that I have ever had the pleasure of working with.I have been in the business for over 21 years. I have worked there on & off over the last couple of years, & have to say that she put her whole heart into that place. I will truly miss working for her. I wish her nothing but the best. I know that she will make a come back some where here in the city. I just want all of you that have had negative comments to realize that this is just another miss fortune for the Dayton area, to loose a business that has been making people happy for a very long time. Mary you are the BEST. JP

By seriously

November 20, 2009 2:39 PM | Link to this

Are you all kidding?? this place was poorly managed and the bartenders were old enough to draw social security for crying out loud!!Lets face it if you are that disappointed in the fact that they got shut down, stay home!!

By catwoman

November 20, 2009 11:24 AM | Link to this

I am one of the saddest people to see this place go.It was a super friendly place with really great food unlike any place in Kettering.Written up in the Heller column twice to make people line up outside the door.The day barmaid was like a staple that some people could not go a day without stopping in just to have coffee.It shows what sort of place it is when some of the employees have been there since the opening.You could actually carry on a conversation with someone besid you without having to yell.Oh yeah & you could get another drink (unlike the other bar by Krogers)without having to set your barnap on fire! Let’s face it though the blame falls on the not paying what you HAVE to pay.The smoking thing is bogus ,when you could drive by on a Friday night & there would be 20 people outside smoking,including the owner.

By Jim

November 19, 2009 9:22 PM | Link to this

It’s almost 2010 and in Dayton, we’re still debating the smoking ban? What’s so hard to understand, that if I want to dine at Bosco’s, or any other restaurant, I shouldn’t have to worry about breathing someone’s dirty smoke? And we wonder why Dayton remains in the Dark Ages.

By ebruce

November 19, 2009 8:46 PM | Link to this

Not sad to see you go if you can’t pay your tab.

By Michael

November 19, 2009 7:58 PM | Link to this

As a neighboring business, I will miss Mary and Bosco’s. The food has always been top notch! REAL freshly cooked food, not reheated from a box/bag. Great lunches and dinners always. I’m going there again now. I wish Mary and all the employees well in whatever they may do next. The neighborhood will certainly miss you. Michael @ Bee-Gee’s Mkt.

By sk

November 19, 2009 7:34 PM | Link to this

I hate to learn of this…Bosco’s food was ALWAYS outstanding. Never once had a watered-down drink…and we went there frequently over many, many years. Thanks, Mary, for wonderful meals and fun.

By Smith

November 19, 2009 7:17 PM | Link to this

We went to Boscos one time but it was before the smoking ban. We never went back because it was so smoky in there that it burned our throats. So the ban may keep smokers away but smoking does drive customers away too.

By TKidding72

November 19, 2009 6:47 PM | Link to this

Sounds like the people on here don’t want to own up to the people they hurt by choosing to vote for the smoking ban. Lots of people said it hurt their business when the smoking ban went into effect. Face the facts people. Hope your happy

By oldtimer

November 19, 2009 5:31 PM | Link to this

I’m 80 and I smoked for 32 years, but I support the ban. I feel if you want to smoke fine, if you wear a space helmet that keeps the smoke to yourself and doesn’t pollute the air for the rest of us.

By UrbanDweller

November 19, 2009 5:18 PM | Link to this

Sounds to me like cr@ppy location helped in the down fall.

By mothershiporphan

November 19, 2009 4:33 PM | Link to this

I’m truly saddened to hear this, regardless of the reason. The food was excellent, great prices, and it was such a comfortable atmosphere. I wish the best of luck to all those affected by this. Yet another white elephant for the Dayton area…

By Citizen

November 19, 2009 4:22 PM | Link to this

Get serious…..This placed closed not because of the smoking ban. They had lots of customers, their food sucks and drinks were watered down!

By someday your rights

November 19, 2009 3:39 PM | Link to this

look like I look think like I think act like I act believe in what i beleive I do not want to go to a ‘BAR’ where families are with screaming kids, and if I want to smoke so be it. please quit telling the rest of us how to live.

By Far away

November 19, 2009 3:27 PM | Link to this

Thief? Ridiculous. Believing everything you read in the paper about why Bosco’s went out of business is also ridiculous.

By R J..Miamisburg, Oh

November 19, 2009 1:32 PM | Link to this

Barry, back off the Smoking Ban crap. I was in West Chester on Wed, had lunch at a FORMER CIGAR BAR. Place was FULL for lunch. The owner had first complained the smoking ban would cause him to close. WELL THAT had not happen. FACT His Biz Has PICKED UP. People are eating out moresince they are not foreced to sit with people smoking. SO Barry give it up. Not holding water. IF a Bar/Food place is doing bad, something else is the problem. Not lack of smoking.

By Toopay

November 19, 2009 1:27 PM | Link to this

To all those who critisize and don’t know her your comments are not warranted. This person woke up every morning and was at her location cooking at 4 AM. Once her morning shift ended at noon she would get some rest at back at her business by 4 PM. Yes you might have seen her at the bar drinking but it was the end of her long day. Now, what did she do for the community, well I know every Sunday people from the food bank would show up as she would donate all leftovers to the homeless and did this for 11 years. So who will replace that, she never charged for that and it was only from the heart that she gave. I’m sure all of you with negative comment will pick that slack up and serve the homeless. Yeah right…You won’t do it because your too busy judging others so you may sleep at night. Good luck Mary Bosco and God Bless you!

By its me

November 19, 2009 1:17 PM | Link to this

TL police can’t enforce the smoking ban. The health deprtment enforces it. That would be like the police arresting a bartender for serving a drink in a dirty glass. The smoking ban does hurt bars without food. If you go to a place that just serves booze and doesn’t allow smoking then you should see the effect on business.

By folladamoney

November 19, 2009 1:00 PM | Link to this

If a smoking ban was the cause, please explain how the pubs in Ireland still manage to stay in business? Also bans in “all enclosed public places in 24 states”. Hope they don’t decide to prosecute her for tax evasion.

By jon

November 19, 2009 12:32 PM | Link to this

Well at least the Drive-Thru next door, thinks its called Grapes Wine and Beer, was recently remodeled or that part of Kettering would look real run-down. That part of Bigger there are so many business vancancy’s.

By tl

November 19, 2009 12:20 PM | Link to this

The smoking ban didn’t cause the closing. She is right that the smoking ban isn’t being enforced. I’ve been in several bars where people are smoking and the local police come in and get something to eat and completely ignore the violation. Bosco’s was a good business. She should have paid the sales tax.

By Pharrell

November 19, 2009 11:54 AM | Link to this

The smoking ban, as much as I dislike it, was voted in by the people of Ohio. It was not forced upon us by “Big Brother.”

By Steve

November 19, 2009 11:47 AM | Link to this

I’ll start off by saying that I am a smoker. And though I cried and whined when the law went into effect, I must admit that I don’t see it hurting businesses. When we go to a restaurant now, the wait isn’t as long, because there isn’t a stripe down the middle segregating the smokers and non-smokers. And people don’t linger as long after their meals for a coffee and cigarette after dessert. Places that are smart also make areas available for smokers outside that is nice and comfortable. It’s just smart business.

By xu96

November 19, 2009 11:43 AM | Link to this

Barry you are an idiot. First, how do you just “ignore the tax thing for a moment” If people were still smoking in her bar, she would still be violating the law by not paying sales tax. 2nd,new bars are opening up with the smoking ban in place. perfect example—look for Harrigans II coming soon to the old Fox & Hound location by dayton mall. New BW’s have opened as well since it went into effect…those guys are raking in the cash and all the locations are doing great. So your smoking ban kills jobs argument doesnt hold water

By just an observer

November 19, 2009 11:42 AM | Link to this

i’ve personally never been to Bosco’s, but several of my coworkers went there weekly, loved it, and made it a standing date for a pretty sizable group from here. i know the bar i go to on weekends has implemented a higher than normal cover charge to cover any fines they get for letting people smoke, and they stopped supplying ashtrays, saying that that absolves them from guilt, and they can’t watch everyone all the time, so it’s been working for them. i hate to hear of 11 people losing their jobs, especially at this time of the year, but hopefully they’ll be able to get something going before things get too rough for them. i am scared of losing my job, as a single mom, and the way things have been going here, every day i expect something else to happen. if the owner did wrong, it really sucks that her employees are paying the price, but some people have no conscience and care only about themselves and don’t realize that their actions affect the ones around them.

By Nancy

November 19, 2009 11:32 AM | Link to this

It’s easy to blame the smoking ban for the failure! I for one frequent more establishments thanks to the smoking ban as do the people I hang with.

By jd

November 19, 2009 11:30 AM | Link to this

I’m going to miss this place. Haven’t been there in a few years, but loved the food. Was planning on going next week, guess it’ll be tomorrow!

By Doc

November 19, 2009 11:24 AM | Link to this

Funny how the smoking ban has NOT affected the bottomline of most other bar & grilles… Of course, they’d have installed a nice covered, heated patio area to support their smokers. Did this not happen at Bosco’s?

By sad2cugo

November 19, 2009 11:21 AM | Link to this

My boyfriend and I were there on Saturday for lunch. We were the only patrons in the place. The food was amazing though. I’m sad to see it go and sad to see another empty building.

By whip

November 19, 2009 11:19 AM | Link to this

Bogus excuse. Doubleday’s, which is a few miles away does a booming business - not effected one bit by the smoking ban enacted a few years ago. The bar on whipp by the Kroger there a block or two away seems to be doing OK. Blaming it on the smoking ban is bogus. Sorry, I’m not buying it.

By V

November 19, 2009 11:15 AM | Link to this

I gotta say that I will miss Boscos. The food was absolutely fantastic! The ribs were the best I have ever had, bar none. This is such a bummer b/c I really liked the food and atmosphere…especially the food! Yum.

By bar watcher

November 19, 2009 11:14 AM | Link to this

The lack of enforcement of the smoking ban is bad. It seems that the bars that violate the law are the ones that will survive. And because it’s government, you can’t sue for selective enforcement. Wait ‘til government takes over the hospitals. It’s sad.

By Doc

November 19, 2009 11:13 AM | Link to this

Too bad. They had good food. But, this is what happens when you evade paying taxes (especially since they COLLECTED the tax from their patrons in the first place…)

By Barry

November 19, 2009 11:11 AM | Link to this

if we ignore the tax thing for a moment… “While the loss of revenue from alcohol sales was the final blow, Bosco traces her tavern’s downfall to the 2007 smoking ban, which she said some other businesses similar to hers chose not to enforce.” the loss of revenue because of Big Brother stepping on someones toes claims another victem. they may have stayed open a while longer by being dodgey on the taxes, but the smoking ban is costing jobs and hurting people even to this day