Long John Silver’s shuts down Dayton-area restaurant

A Long John Silver's restaurant in Riverside has shut down permanently.

Employees of the long-time restaurant at 4916 Airway Road in the Airway Shopping Center just east of Woodman Drive were offered positions at other Dayton-area Long John Silver’s locations, a spokeswoman for the Louisville, Ky.-based chain told this news outlet today, May 5.

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The seafood chain operates eight other Dayton-area locations. Customers of the Riverside store say a sign on the door of the closed restaurant refers customers to a Long John Silver’s in Fairborn.

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Mark Fisher

Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.