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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Dewey’s Pizza plans new Centerville restaurant
CENTERVILLE — Dewey’s Pizza has purchased three properties in downtown Centerville and is planning a restaurant that could open in late 2012, according to Chuck Lipp, chief operating officer of the Cincinnati-based pizza restaurant chain.
The properties are at 35 N. Main St., 39 N. Main St. and 45 N. Main St. in Centerville. Montgomery County property records show that Dewey’s Pizza’s parent company purchased the properties for $265,000 on Friday.
“We have closed on the properties,” Lipp said. “We have some permit issues and zoning issues we will continue to work out.” If all goes as planned, a restaurant could open “sometime in the second half of next year,” the Dewey’s COO said.
There is no specific design available yet of the Centerville restaurant, but Lipp said the typical Dewey’s is 3,000 to 3,500 square feet and seats about 100 diners. He anticipates the restaurant will be similar in design and scope to the Dewey’s Pizza at 131 Jasper Street just off Brown Street near the University of Dayton. The restaurant will employ 40 to 50 people, Lipp said.
Lipp knows the Dayton and Centerville markets well: he is a native of Centerville, a 1987 Alter High School graduate and a 1991 graduate of UD.
Dewey’s Pizza had planned to build a restaurant on Far Hills Avenue in Kettering, but those plans were put on hold in 2009. Lipp said the Kettering project is now “less than likely” to be built.
In addition to the UD-area store and restaurants in the greater Cincinnati area, Dewey’s operates restaurants in Columbus, Cleveland and St. Louis.
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Free fries today at Penn Station restaurants
All Dayton-area Penn Station East Coast Subs restaurants are participating in a “Free Fries Wednesday” promotion in which customers who dine in can obtain one free small order of fries, no purchase necessary, today (8-17-11) only. The offer is not valid for to-go orders.
The promotion is “in recognition of Penn Station Customer Appreciation Day,” a Penn station spokeswoman said in an email news release.
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