Four more Greater Cincinnati Frisch’s Big Boy restaurants will close after a Hamilton County magistrate granted their evictions at a hearing Wednesday morning.
The following Hamilton County restaurants were ordered to close and vacate the premises within seven days:
- Anderson Township (7706 Beechmont Ave.)
- Forest Park (11990 Chase Plaza)
- Harrison (1181 Stone Drive)
- Montfort Heights (5351 North Bend Road)
On Tuesday, a Butler County judge also ordered the Frisch’s located on Germantown Road in Middletown to vacate. These evictions are the latest in a spree of Frisch’s closings that began last month. In October, a total of 10 Greater Cincinnati locations closed or were ordered to vacate:
- Blue Ash (9070 Plainfield Road)
- Bridgetown (4227 Bridgetown Road)
- Colerain Township (9830 Colerain Ave.)
- Delhi Township (5202 Delhi Ave.)
- Norwood (4765 Montgomery Road)
- Symmes Township (12150 Mason Montgomery Road)
- Loveland (1283 SR-28)
- Bethel (551 W. Plane Road)
- Lebanon (1330 Columbus Ave.)
- Franklin (3560 S. Dixie Highway)
In September, Frisch’s landlord, Orlando real estate company NNN Reit, filed eviction notices for more than 20 Southwestern Ohio Frisch’s locations, including 17 in Hamilton, Clermont, Butler, Warren and Highland counties. According to Hamilton County court documents, in February, NNN sent notice to Frisch’s that its rent, totaling over $4.5 million, was overdue and failure to pay would result in being in default under the lease agreement. A notice of default was sent to the restaurant chain in August, followed by a three-day notice to leave the premises at affected restaurants in September.
According to Hamilton County court documents, Frisch’s says it tried to work with NNN to avoid evictions, including the suggestion to work together to close stores on a schedule, but states NNN rejected those efforts.
Other locations scheduled for eviction hearings include Batavia, Fairfield and Hillsboro.
Frisch’s is also facing more legal woes after FC Cincinnati filed a lawsuit alleging the restaurant chain breached a sponsorship agreement and owes the soccer organization $156,500.
Frisch’s was acquired by NRD Partners I, a private equity growth and expansion fund based in Atlanta, in 2015. Since then, over 40 of Frisch’s locations have closed, with just 38 left in the Greater Cincinnati area now, according to its website.
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This article appears in Oct 30 – Nov 12, 2024.