2017 IN REVIEW: 6 Dayton-area restaurants that closed this year

1.) BAR DUMAINE (formerly known as Rue Dumaine)

This one hurt. Bar Dumaine was known as Rue Dumaine for more than nine of its 10-year stint at 1061 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, and closed its doors on July 2.

>> Rue Dumaine chef-owner Anne Kearney offers a glimpse into her future

>> PHOTOS: Mouthwatering dishes and drinks we’ll miss from Rue Dumaine

But all hope is not lost: award-winning Chef Anne Kearney still has big plans. “I dream of returning to Dayton in the late summer-early fall of 2019 in order to set up shop again and make great food happen in Dayton once again,” Kearney wrote in an email to her followers.

>> Dayton's most highly acclaimed restaurant to change name, expand hours

2.) HAWTHORN GRILL

The Hawthorn Grill opened in 2010 at 1222 E. Stroop Road in Kettering and operated as a full-service restaurant until April 2017, when founder Candace Rinke announced she was ceasing dinner service and rebranding as Sweet Prince Deli, a breakfast and lunch spot.

>> Kettering restaurant shuts down after 7 years

Less than four months after the rebrand, the restaurant shut down for good.

>> Kettering fine-dining restaurant to become ‘Sweet Prince Deli’

>> Big changes on tap for Hawthorn Grill

3.) MCCORMICK & SCHMICK'S

One of The Greene Town Center’s flagship restaurants shut down abruptly on Sept. 24.

>> Restaurant shuts down abruptly at The Greene

McCormick & Schmick’s, a full-service seafood restaurant that has been open nearly as long as The Greene has, is closed permanently.

>> McCormick & Schmick's has closed nearly a third of its U.S. restaurants

4.) TGI FRIDAYS

The abrupt closing of two of TGI Fridays locations in Huber Heights and at the Dayton Mall in September prompted some concern over the fate of the sole remaining Dayton-area location near the Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek.

>> Why did TGI Fridays shut down its Huber Heights, Dayton Mall locations?

But the Cincinnati-based franchise owner of Dayton-area TGI Fridays locations has some good news for the Beavercreek restaurant's customers: "Beavercreek is staying open," Daryl Beckles, human resource director for the Cincinnati-based Bistro Group, told this news outlet via email.

5.) FLYING TIGER 

In July, one of the oldest family-owned Asian restaurants in the Miami Valley shut its doors. The Flying Tiger was located at 60 S. Broad St. in Fairborn.

>> What's next after closing of one of the area's oldest family-owned restaurants?

But all hope is not lost: Richard and Jennifer Liu, the son and daughter of the restaurant’s founders, told this news outlet in early July that there is a strong possibility they will look to open a new Flying Tiger restaurant after taking a break of at least six months.

>>  Local Asian restaurant to shut down after nearly 30 years

6.) MAX & ERMA'S

In April, the Max & Erma’s restaurant chain’s corporate owner confirmed it would close its restaurant in front of the Mall at Fairfield Commons in Beavercreek.

>> Max & Erma’s in Beavercreek to close; new pub already in the works

But the space got new life quickly: a new restaurant concept, MacKenzie River Pizza Grill Pub, opened in November.

>> New restaurant sets opening date in former Max & Erma’s in Beavercreek

>> New MacKenzie River pub opens in former Max & Erma’s in Beavercreek

Editor’s Note: We understand that this is not a comprehensive list of all Dayton-area restaurants that closed in 2017. Based on the amount of feedback and interest we received, these were the most notable.