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<title>Taste: Dayton food and restaurants</title>
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<description>Mark Fisher writes about restaurants, food and wine for the Dayton Daily News. If you have a news tip about a local restaurant, email Mark or call (937) 225-2258.</description>
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<title>New pizza joint near UD welcomes night owls</title>

    

    


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<description>A new carryout and delivery pizza restaurant, Pie Pizzeria, has opened at 1910 Brown St. near the campus of the University of Dayton. The new pizza place caters to night owls: Pie Pizzeria stays open until 4 a.m. Thursday through...</description>
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A new carryout and delivery pizza restaurant, Pie Pizzeria, has opened at 1910 Brown St. near the campus of the University of Dayton. 

The new pizza place caters to night owls: Pie Pizzeria stays open until 4 a.m. Thursday through Sunday, and until 3 a.m. Monday through Wednesday. It opens at 11 a.m. daily.

Pie Pizzeria is owned by Craig Hatfield of Dayton, who said he has always wanted to own a restaurant. Pie Pizzeria specializes in New York-style pizza by the slice, and offers 16-inch and 18-inch specialty pizzas with nicknames such as the Brooklyn Brawler, Park Avenue Chicken, Madison Square Garden and Broadway Barbecue. The menu also includes oven-baked sandwiches, pasta dishes and salads.

If those pizza nicknames sound familiar to what&amp;#8217;s served at Johnny&amp;#8217;s Pizzeria &amp;#8212; A Slice of New York in Centerville, they are. Hatfield said he has been friends with Johnny&amp;#8217;s co-owner Johnny Rivera for 10 years, and Rivera was behind the counter helping Hatfield on Thursday afternoon, Nov. 5. 

Pie Pizzeria employs 16 people. It is located just north of the Brown Street-Irving Avenue intersection, near the Pine Club restaurant. For more information, call (937) 228-4743.

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<title>Ribbon-cutting today for downtown coffee shop</title>

    

    


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<description>Downtown Dayton&amp;#8217;s newest coffee shop &amp;#8212; The Ohio Coffee Co., 46 W. Fifth St. &amp;#8212; will host a ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration at 7 p.m. today, Nov. 6. The coffee shop and cafe at the corner of South Ludlow...</description>
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Downtown Dayton&amp;#8217;s newest coffee shop &amp;#8212; The Ohio Coffee Co., 46 W. Fifth St. &amp;#8212; will host a ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration at 7 p.m. today, Nov. 6. 

The coffee shop and cafe at the corner of South Ludlow and West Fifth streets, owned by Rob Gray and Rebecca Ledingham, opened its doors on Oct. 1. It offers homemade baked goods, organic teas and coffee from a variety of roasters.

Tonight&amp;#8217;s festivities will include food samples from the coffee shop&amp;#8217;s menu, live music from five acoustic acts, and a display of the work from local artists.

The Ohio Coffee Co. is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., with extended evening hours on First Fridays. For more information, call (937) 228-5282.

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<dc:date>2009-11-06T05:48:14-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Judge extends order shutting down Kettering sports bar</title>

    

    


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<![CDATA[A judge has extended her order  shutting down All Stars Sports &amp; Wings in Kettering for at least another week.

A hearing on Thursday, Nov. 5, to determine whether Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Barbara Gorman would grant a preliminary injunction shutting down the sports bar did not wrap up as expected. Gorman will hear additional testimony Tuesday, Nov. 10 and promised a decision by Thursday, Nov. 12 that will determine whether All-Stars can reopen or must remain closed as a civil lawsuit against the sports bar and its owner, Todd Hicks of Beavercreek, moves forward. In the meantime, however, Gorman extended the temporary restraining order that All-Stars must close.

All Stars Sports &amp; Wings opened Sept. 13 in the 4139 Wilmington Pike building that housed a Grindstone Charley&#8217;s restaurant until early 2008. The lawsuit against the sports bar and its owner was filed by 8-Ball &amp; Wings, 4515 Salem Ave., Trotwood, and its owner Theodore Somerset, who purchased the sports bar from Hicks in April 2009. 

Hicks signed a &#8220;non-compete&#8221; agreement as part of the sale in which Hicks agreed he would not become involved with a competing sports bar within a radius of 20 miles of the sports bar on Salem Avenue. 
The lawsuit contends that All-Sports &#8220;lies within 20 miles&#8221; of 8-Ball &amp; Wings, and that the Trotwood sports bar has suffered a loss of revenue from &#8220;the diversion of customers from plaintiff&#8217;s business to defendant&#8217;s business&#8221; and by confusion over the 8-Ball &amp; Wings trademark. 

Hicks testified Thursday that his new business is very different from his former one &#8212; more of a family restaurant rather than a bar. Somerset testified that the businesses are similar and have a similar menu focus on chicken wings
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<dc:date>2009-11-05T18:10:33-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>College student to open restaurant in Miami Twp.</title>

    

    


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<description> MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County &amp;#8212; A new Indian restaurant is poised to open at 9632 Springboro Pike (Ohio 741) &amp;#8212; and it&amp;#8217;s owned by a college senior who will operate the restaurant with help from his family. Named Namaste...</description>
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MIAMI TWP., Montgomery County &amp;#8212; A new Indian restaurant is poised to open at 9632 Springboro Pike (Ohio 741) &amp;#8212; and it&amp;#8217;s owned by a college senior who will operate the restaurant with help from his family.

Named Namaste India, the 1,700-square feet restaurant has seating for about 36 people and is located in the strip shopping center that also houses a Scrambler Marie&amp;#8217;s restaurant. Its goal is to &amp;#8220;provide our customers with the best tasting and largest varieties of Indian food without the long wait and high prices,&amp;#8221; according to its web site, which says it will offer &amp;#8220;North Indian, South Indian, Gujarati, Indo-Chinese, Chaats and even our exclusive Indian Wraps.&amp;#8221; Click here to read the restaurant&amp;#8217;s menu.

Namaste India is owned by Sunny Thakkar, a senior at the University of Cincinnati finishing up a psychology degree. 

In an email, Thakkar wrote, &amp;#8220;We want to bring something fairly new to Dayton &amp;#8212; Indian fast food, where there will be a large variety, delivered fast and at a low cost.&amp;#8221;

Thakkar said his parents have been successful restaurateurs, &amp;#8220;and I want to follow in their footsteps.&amp;#8221; His parents and sister will provide &amp;#8220;a helping hand&amp;#8221; in operating the restaurant, Thakkar said.

The restaurant will open soon, but no date has been set yet, the restaurant owner said. When it does open, Namaste India&amp;#8217;s phone number will be (937) 433-0101.

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<dc:date>2009-11-05T06:59:17-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>2 new, competing restaurants coming to Troy</title>

    

    


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Two new restaurants are coming to Troy &amp;#8212; and they&amp;#8217;ll compete head-to-head for the burrito market. 

Hot Head Burritos will open a restaurant on South Dorset Road just north of Ohio 55 and east of I-75, according to Hot Head co-owner Ray Wiley. Located in a strip shopping center that includes a Subway and a Boston Stoker, the new Hot Head will be the eighth for the small Dayton-based chain that Wiley co-founded. 

&amp;#8220;We&amp;#8217;re shooting for Dec. 15&amp;#8221; to open, Wiley said. Customer requests from Troy-area residents who inquired online and at the Huber Heights Hot Head restaurant prompted Wiley to look into a Troy location, he said. The restaurant will  open with about 15 employees, Wiley said.

Another burrito specialist, Chipotle, is preparing to open a restaurant on West Main Street west of I-75, in a small strip shopping center in front of the Meijer store that also houses a Panera Bread restaurant. 

The 2,400-square-feet restaurant is projected  to open in early 2010, said Chipotle spokeswoman Jenna Simenic. It will seat 48 people. Most new Chipotle restaurants open with about 30 employees, Simenic said.

The Denver-based chain operates 900 restaurants nationwide.

Troy Development Director Jim Dando said the two new restaurants will add to an already robust restaurant scene offering south-of-the-border cuisine, including El Sombrero, La Fiesta, El  Rancho Grande and Taco Bell. 

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<dc:date>2009-11-04T10:50:19-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Where does a celebrity chef dine on his first visit to Dayton?</title>

    

    


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<description>ART SMITH So, you&amp;#8217;re a celebrity chef and restaurant owner who has cooked for presidents, governors and Oprah, and it&amp;#8217;s your first visit to Dayton. Where do you go to eat? Chef Art Smith went to Mamma DiSalvo&amp;#8217;s in Kettering...</description>
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So, you&amp;#8217;re a celebrity chef and restaurant  owner who has cooked for presidents, governors and Oprah, and it&amp;#8217;s your first visit to Dayton. Where do you go to eat?

Chef Art Smith went to Mamma DiSalvo&amp;#8217;s in Kettering last night (Sunday, Nov. 1), and based on what he has heard from his Dayton friends, he&amp;#8217;s looking forward to visiting The Pine Club, the Winds Cafe, and Meadowlark. 

That was just one morsel from a quick interview this morning with the highly regarded Chicago chef who has agreed to come to Dayton to help oversee the &amp;#8220;Feast of Giving&amp;#8221; Thanksgiving Dinner that replaces the annual Beerman dinner. Smith was in town to meet with the other organizers of the event, including ABC 22/Fox  45, Dermatologists of Southwest Ohio and the Dayton Convention Center, at the television station&amp;#8217;s studios Monday. 

More about the Feast of Giving Dinner and about Art Smith in Friday&amp;#8217;s Dayton Daily News Life section. In the meantime, what are your thoughts on the restaurant advice Art received? 

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<dc:subject>Just for Fun</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-11-02T16:42:33-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Friends gather to say &apos;Auf Wiedersehen&apos; to Dieter Krug</title>

    

    


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<description>Friends shared both laughter and tears Sunday, Nov. 1 at a memorial service for Dieter Krug, co-founder of l&amp;#8217;Auberge restaurant and mentor to several Dayton-area chefs. More than 150 people gathered at the Tobias Funeral Home Far Hills Chapel to...</description>
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Friends shared both laughter and tears Sunday, Nov. 1 at a memorial service for Dieter Krug, co-founder of l&amp;#8217;Auberge restaurant and mentor to several Dayton-area chefs.

More than 150 people gathered at the Tobias Funeral Home Far Hills Chapel to reminisce and pay tribute to Mr. Krug, who died of an apparent heart attack Oct. 10, during a trip to visit family members in his hometown of Eisenach, Germany. He was 77.

&amp;#8220;The friendships and respect that he gained throughout his life are a testament to the kind of man he was,&amp;#8221; said Keith Taylor, chef-owner of Savona Restaurant in Centerville who started working under Mr. Krug at l&amp;#8217;Auberge in 1992. &amp;#8220;He was a father figure to me, and the best mentor anyone could ask for.&amp;#8221;

Taylor recalled being &amp;#8220;completely terrified&amp;#8221; of his mentor on his first day of work, but gradually gaining his approval and trust, and admiring his gentle  humor, top-notch culinary skills and legendary work ethic. 

&amp;#8220;He worked like a man possessed. He outworked people half his age,&amp;#8221; Taylor said. &amp;#8220;And he could take the simplest of ingredients and get the most flavor out of them. It was something to behold.&amp;#8221;

Dominique Fortin, chef-owner of C&amp;#8217;est Tout in Oakwood, said Mr. Krug &amp;#8220;was a joy to work with in the kitchen,&amp;#8221; and marveled as his friend&amp;#8217;s ability to &amp;#8220;make you laugh when you were down and out.

&amp;#8220;If everyone was like Dieter, there would be peace in this world,&amp;#8221; Fortin said.

Father Joseph Goetz, retired priest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and a good friend of Mr. Krug&amp;#8217;s, presided over the service, noting to audience laughter that he was &amp;#8220;not quite sure what religion Dieter was,&amp;#8221; in part because during his visits to l&amp;#8217;Auberge, &amp;#8220;I was too busy enjoying his delicious food&amp;#8221; to discuss religion. 

Mr. Krug &amp;#8220;had a gift of making people  feel welcome,&amp;#8221; Father Goetz said.

Mr. Krug left Germany in 1953 and worked in hotels in Rome and Madrid before moving to the U.S. in 1956. He served as sous chef at The Maisonette in Cincinnati and later as executive chef for the King Cole in Dayton before co-founding l&amp;#8217;Auberge in 1979. He retired  from l&amp;#8217;Auberge in 1999, but was a frequent presence at Savona, C&amp;#8217;est Tout and DiSalvo&amp;#8217;s Deli in Kettering, where he would collaborate on special dinners and menus.

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<dc:date>2009-11-01T17:49:22-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Cookbook author who knows the way to men&apos;s stomachs is coming to Books &amp; Co.</title>

    

    


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<dc:subject>Local food news</dc:subject>
<dc:date>2009-10-30T11:58:09-04:00</dc:date>
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<title>Face to face, judge admonishes sports bar owner for ignoring order to close</title>

    

    


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<![CDATA[The civil lawsuit filed against the owner of All Stars Sports &amp; Wings in Kettering took a bit of a courtroom twist this afternoon, Oct. 29, when Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Barbara Gorman admonished the sports bar&#8217;s owner, Todd Hicks, for apparently ignoring her temporary restraining order to shut down, and gave him until 5 p.m. today to comply. 

All Star Sports &amp; Wings &#8220;must be closed at five o&#8217;clock today&#8221; pending any future order allowing it to reopen, Gorman told Hicks. The sports bar &#8220;should have been closed on Oct. 22,&#8221; when Hicks first received notice of the temporary restraining order, but  the judge told Hicks, &#8220;I&#8217;ll give you one hour and 40 minutes to do that.&#8221;

Attorney Cheryl Washington, who said  she was hired today to represent Hicks, requested and received a postponement of a hearing to determine whether Hicks will be held in contempt of court for his actions since being served the restraining order. The hearing was rescheduled for Nov. 5.

All Stars Sports &amp; Wings opened last month in the 4139 Wilmington Pike building that housed a Grindstone Charley&#8217;s restaurant until early 2008. The lawsuit against the sports bar and its owner was filed by 8-Ball &amp; Wings, 4515 Salem Ave., Trotwood, a business Hicks owned before selling it to Theodore Somerset.

Hicks signed a &#8220;non-competition agreement&#8221; as part of the sale in which Hicks agreed he would not become involved with a competing sports bar &#8220;within a radius of 20 miles&#8221; of the sports bar on Salem Avenue.

The lawsuit contends that All-Sports &#8220;lies within 20 miles&#8221; of 8-Ball &amp; Wings, and that the Trotwood sports bar has suffered a loss of revenue from &#8220;the diversion of customers from plaintiff&#8217;s business to defendant&#8217;s business&#8221; and by confusion over the 8-Ball &amp; Wings trademark. The lawsuit alleges that Hicks and his new sports bar &#8220;designed their trademarks to resemble&#8221; 8-Ball&#8217;s trademarks.

Gorman&#8217;s temporary restraining order mandated that All Stars shut down &#8220;immediately,&#8221; but the plaintiffs contend the Kettering sports bar ignored the request and remained  open for business despite  the court order.
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The memorial service for legendary local chef Dieter Krug has been set for 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, at the Tobias Funeral Home Far Hills Chapel, 5471 Far Hills Ave. at Rahn Road. 

The family will receive friends at the funeral home starting at 1 p.m. Sunday until the start of the service. Contributions in Chef Krug&amp;#8217;s memory may be made to the Disabled American Veterans, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250.

In the story I wrote about Chef Dieter&amp;#8217;s passing back on Oct. 12, I focused on his career since he co-founded l&amp;#8217;Auberge, but gave short shrift to his work prior to 1979. As his death notice in today&amp;#8217;s Dayton Daily News points out, Dieter left Germany in 1953 and worked in hotels in Rome and Madrid before moving to the U.S. in 1956. Chef Krug worked for the Comisar family at The Maisonette in Cincinnati and the King Cole in Dayton before co-founding l&amp;#8217;Auberge. 

Many thanks to those who left comments on the Taste post after Chef Krug&amp;#8217;s death. I know his daughter Claudia appreciated them.

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The Dayton area has already shown its love for Rachael Ray when she came to The Greene last year for a book signing, and our friend Rachael is in the news again, this time for This New York Post story headlined &amp;#8220;Rachael now city&amp;#8217;s lunch lady&amp;#8221;. 

New York City schoolkids apparently will dine on &amp;#8220;a lunch recipe created by TV chef Rachael Ray,&amp;#8221; according to the Post&amp;#8217;s story, which lists some of the dishes to be served. And they sound rather appealing.

Could Dayton be next? She DID seem to have a good time here, and was clearly well-received and all &amp;#8230; 

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<title>Judge orders Kettering sports bar to shut down</title>

    

    


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<![CDATA[In a case that has some similarities with the long-running Duke&#8217;s-Dominic&#8217;s restaurant lawsuit, a judge has ordered a Kettering sports bar to shut down because of a lawsuit by the owner of a Trotwood sports bar alleging breach of contract and trademark infringement. 



All Stars Sports &amp; Wings, which opened last month in the 4139 Wilmington Pike building that housed a Grindstone Charley&#8217;s restaurant until early 2008, has been ordered to &#8220;cease operations immediately upon service of this order,&#8221; according to a temporary restraining order filed Tuesday, Oct. 20 in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court and signed by Judge Barbara Gorman. 

Todd Hicks, owner of All Stars, declined comment this morning, Oct. 26, referring questions to his attorney, whom Hicks said has not been hired to defend him and his business. 

The lawsuit was filed by 8-Ball &amp; Wings, 4515 Salem Ave., Trotwood, a business Hicks owned before selling it to Theodore Somerset, according to court records. 

Hicks signed a &#8220;non-competition agreement&#8221; that was filed with the court agreeing not to start a competing sports bar &#8220;within a radius of 20 miles&#8221; of the sports bar on Salem Avenue.

The lawsuit contends that All-Sports &#8220;lies within 20 miles&#8221; of 8-Ball &amp; Wings, and that the Trotwood sports bar has suffered a loss of revenue from &#8220;the diversion of customers from plaintiff&#8217;s business to defendant&#8217;s business&#8221; and by confusion over the 8-Ball &amp; Wings trademark. The lawsuit alleges that Hicks and his new sports bar &#8220;designed their trademarks to resemble&#8221; 8-Ball&#8217;s trademarks. 

The loss of revenue caused by the defendant&#8217;s actions exceeds $25,000, the lawsuit contends.

A hearing concerning a potential preliminary injunction has been scheduled for Nov. 5 in Gorman&#8217;s court.
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The first Five Guys Burgers and Fries in the Dayton area that my colleague Tim Tresslar told you about earlier this month did indeed open a week ago today, and from all indications &amp;#8212; personal observation over the weekend and second-hand conversations with others who visited &amp;#8212; the new burger joint packed &amp;#8216;em in like crazy during its first week of business.

The Five Guys opening comes right on the heels of a similar opening of another burger chain new to the Dayton area, Smashburger, which is just up the street (Miamisburg-Centerville Road) from Five Guys.

One thing you should know about Five Guys to avoid any first-timer surprises: The sandwiches listed as &amp;#8220;Hamburgers&amp;#8221; ($4.39) and &amp;#8220;Cheeseburgers&amp;#8221; ($4.99) on the menu are, in fact, double-patty sandwiches &amp;#8212; double burgers. The sandwiches listed as &amp;#8220;Little Hamburgers&amp;#8221; ($3.29) and &amp;#8220;Little Cheeseburgers&amp;#8221; ($3.59) are single-patty.

Count my Dayton Daily News colleague Hal McCoy among the fans of Five Guys. In his column on page B9 of Sunday&amp;#8217;s (10-25-09) Dayton Daily News, McCoy lists as among his &amp;#8220;five-star&amp;#8221; restaurants &amp;#8220;Five Guys Burgers and Fries in any city in America.&amp;#8221;

The question is, does Hal know burgers as well as he knows baseball?

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DAYTON &amp;#8212; Cafe Boulevard, 329 E. Fifth St., will close during Thanksgiving week, Nov. 22-27, for renovations to pave the way for its transformation into Boulevard Haus, the casual German restaurant that we told you about earlier this month. 

The Oregon Historic District restaurant sent an email to customers saying it will close Thanksgiving Week, then reopen for a &amp;#8220;preview&amp;#8221; on Saturday, Nov. 28. The restaurant will reopen fully on Dec. 1, owner Eva Brcic-Christian said today, Oct. 22.

Boulevard Haus will &amp;#8220;combine the best of traditional German fare with a more contemporary casual bistro menu&amp;#8221; and will feature &amp;#8220;German comfort food with modern takes on German classics,&amp;#8221; the email said.

Reservations for the Nov. 28 preview evening are being accepted. For more information, call (937) 824-2722.

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Both sides in the long-simmering Dominic&amp;#8217;s-Duke&amp;#8217;s court fight have reached a new menu agreement that could pave the way for the restaurant to reopen, according to a voicemail message to customers from Duke&amp;#8217;s owner Reece Powers III.

But Powers &amp;#8212; co-defendant in a federal trademark-infringement lawsuit filed by former Dominic&amp;#8217;s Restaurant owner Anne Mantia &amp;#8212; expressed frustration that the necessary court paperwork wasn&amp;#8217;t filed in time for Duke&amp;#8217;s to be open over this past weekend, Oct. 16-18. Duke&amp;#8217;s had taken out advertisements in the Dayton Daily News announcing it had &amp;#8220;reopened for business,&amp;#8221; but callers to the restaurant heard a different story in a voicemail greeting on the restaurant&amp;#8217;s phone line Saturday and Sunday.

&amp;#8220;If you&amp;#8217;re calling about the advertisement stating we are open, we apologize,&amp;#8221; Powers says. 

The Duke&amp;#8217;s owner told customers that lawyers for all parties reached an agreement earlier this month on  &amp;#8220;yet another menu,&amp;#8221; but the agreement was not filed in court in time for the restaurant to open last weekend. He suggested that Mantia and her attorney did not meet a deadline set by the judge during an in-chambers hearing held Oct. 8.

&amp;#8220;We still hope to reopen as soon as (the judge) lets us, and we thank you for your patience,&amp;#8221; Powers said.

Judge Rose ordered Duke&amp;#8217;s to close Sept. 1 for the second time since the lawsuit was filed in April. The judge ruled that Powers and the restaurant&amp;#8217;s chef, Harry Lee, were in contempt of court for violating the terms of an earlier  court order limiting the menu they could serve at the restaurant at 630 E. Dixie Drive.

The restaurant opened May 1, was ordered to close on May 14, allowed to reopen with a limited menu on June 25, was shut down on Sept. 1, and has been closed since.

The judge also has ordered Powers and Lee to pay more than $27,000 in legal fees to Morris, Mantia&amp;#8217;s attorney, for the work he performed on two contempt-of-court motions. Powers&amp;#8217; attorney, Michael Botros, has notices of appeal to the judge&amp;#8217;s rulings regarding legal fees and the menu restrictions.

Powers has said he made multiple changes to the menu in an effort to appease Mantia and her attorney, and has offered to make more. The frequent closings are severely hurting the restaurant and especially its employees, Powers said.

So far, the legal maneuvering in the case has revolved mostly around restraining orders and injunctions regarding Duke&amp;#8217;s and its menu, while the requests by Mantia for monetary damages for what she says are trademark infringement and breach-of-contract remain unresolved. Christie Mantia, granddaughter of Dominic&amp;#8217;s founder and stepdaughter to Anne Mantia, is also listed as a defendant in the case, though she severed ties with Duke&amp;#8217;s before the restaurant opened the first time in May.

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