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Kettering pizza restaurant abruptly closes
Less than a week after announcing new ownership, expanded hours and new menu items, the Fox’s Pizza Den at 3602 Wilmington Pike in Kettering has closed abruptly.
The pizza carryout was closed over the dinner hour Monday night, Feb. 8, with no sign on the door alerting customers as to the closing.
When asked via email whether he had shut down the carryout, franchise owner Patrick Curl of Dayton responded, “Sadly, I think so.”
The carryout had been losing money, had an investor pull out and faced a balloon payment this month to the original owners of the restaurant, Curl wrote. Health concerns and family issues also contributed to the decision, although Curl added, “If banks were lending, it might be a different story.”
The Kettering location was the only Fox’s Pizza Den that Curl owned along with members of his family. In an interview at the restaurant last week, Curl said he would like to expand to open sit-down Fox’s pizza restaurants near the Dayton Mall and the Mall at Fairfield Commons.
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