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Another new restaurant to open at The Greene
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Signs are posted at The Greene in Beavercreek announcing that a new Mexican restaurant called Rojo is “coming soon.”
Mike Duffey, Columbus-based spokesman for The Greene, said this morning, Nov. 18, that the signage should be considered a “teaser.”
“I cannot go into further detail, except to say we expect to make a formal announcement by the end of the year,” Duffey said in an email.
Duffey had said earlier this year that the shopping-and-entertainment complex’s owners were looking for an “upscale Mexican” restaurant to locate there.
The sign is located on a storefront on the eastern edge of the complex, east of Adobe Gila’s and the newly opened Pasha Grill.
The Greene’s “Rojo” has no connection to a restaurant of the same name that opened just yesterday, on Monday, Nov. 17, in Novi, Michigan, an owner of that restaurant said.
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By reader100567
November 18, 2008 11:36 AM | Link to this
OH Joy! Another restaurant no one can afford to eat in. I can’t even afford Mc Donald’s. Sheesh!By ?
November 18, 2008 11:39 AM | Link to this
But, you can afford the internet?By Smith
November 18, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
Nice. Typical argument of someone who has never been to the Greene. This person probably has never even heard of the new restaurant opening. BTW: there is a Chipolte, Potbelly’s, Wendy’s and Tim Horton’s at the Greene. So your comment about it being expensive is pretty ignorant.By EXPENSIVE
November 18, 2008 11:54 AM | Link to this
I agree. Everything is way to expensive at the Greene. The burritos at Chipotle are even a dollar more. Places like the Greene were only built to satisfy the rich at toss strings at the poor. I along with thousands of other wont waste our time in that dingy joint..By rene
November 18, 2008 12:01 PM | Link to this
It really does not matter how expensive or inexpensive a restaurant is. You choose to eat there, or not. If you can afford to dine out, great. If you can’t, but do anyway…your choice. I’m glad to see ANYPLACE open a business because it means employment for some people that just may need your money more than you do!By johnnybegood
November 18, 2008 12:06 PM | Link to this
Expensive… Why must everyone cater to the poor, why cant people who have money enjoy something nice in your eyes. Since when did it become politically incorrect to work hard and be successful? Lately those who do work hard have become demonized for making money, that makes no sense. These are the people who supply the income for poor by patronizing businesses.By Earl
November 18, 2008 12:09 PM | Link to this
reader100567 - while you’re waiting for your Barry O ‘redistribution of the wealth’ check to come in, why not apply for a job there?By Rabbit
November 18, 2008 12:11 PM | Link to this
If the place serves rabbit, I won’t be there. Wait a minute! If a restaurant actually serves rabbit, I might actually get food service instead of being the main entree!By GreeneWeenie
November 18, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this
If you can’t afford it, take some time to wash some windshields at a busy intersection. Or take your hillbilly self and get one of those signs that says will work for a meal at the new place at the greene. You need to be creative. By the way don’t be doing it near the Greene you might dent my Benz.By BarryOfan
November 18, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
Reparations, is the only answer. Spread the wealth. Yes we can. Change is coming. The economy is already looking up. We have new restaraunts, a new hospital, kroger expansion. Beavercreek is for lovers.By Creekian
November 18, 2008 12:55 PM | Link to this
^None of which is coming from Obama. In fact, with defense spending freezes and cuts, Beavercreek (supposedly the only place with growth here) may just get burned in the next four years.By mynameisntEarl
November 18, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this
I wonder if they will have Americans working in the kitchen! LOL!By Bill
November 18, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this
I love the Greene and my kids have a blast. Maybe those who “Can’t afford” the Greene should put those smokes, beers and Keno cards away. OH don’t do that….That’s making me money in the stock market!! Geez some of you people are REALLY DUMB! Stay away from my Beemer!By Wordell
November 18, 2008 1:24 PM | Link to this
Visited Dayton Nov. 06/07. Not much happening where you live, other than eating/drinking/bitching about restaurants at The Greene. I enjoyed my hosts food/drink…but can’t place the plus/minus obsession you all have with this place called “The Greene”. Can someone explain it to me?By Don
November 18, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this
Bill- Your 100% percent correct! I love the comment. I’m making a killing in sin stocks too.By Lovelife
November 18, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this
I work hard, have no debt and a bunch of cash in the bank so I love the Greene. I understand that it’s not for everyone but I am thankful we have a nice place like that here. I do my part to distribute my cash there at least once a week with my family.By Brandon
November 18, 2008 1:39 PM | Link to this
Instead of overspending to look trendy at the Greene and eating at a chain restaurant, why not try supporting locally owned places like Meadowlark or Rudy’s.By Lisa Reardin
November 18, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this
Chain Mexican restaurants suck. If you want real Mexican food at very reasonable prices, go to Taqueria Mixteca on East Third Street in Dayton. Unless you’re a scaredy-cat suburbanite who’s scared to come “downtown”.By arniez
November 18, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this
I agree that the Greene is expensive as hell… But, apparently, the restaurants are doing well, so more power to them! I only wish I could afford it myself!By glus
November 18, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this
I go to The Greene once in awhile, and I have nothing against it but the whole concept of a “fake” town is weird and a little disturbing to me.By Ron
November 18, 2008 2:05 PM | Link to this
Great news. I arrived here in Dayton when the interstate was stopped before it was built. The Dayton Mayor stopped it as I remember. After I-675 was build all along I-675 it is booming. Last one out of Dayton please turn off lights.By tbill
November 18, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this
This always has to degenerate into class warfare and discussions about everything EXCEPT the topic? Why an article about an opening of a new restaurant needs a “comment” area is the best question. People who need to rant get a chance to vent; good for Dayton’s psychologically challenged populace I suppose. I for one will be glad to see something with better offerings than Adobe Gila’s Frito Burrito: it’s a bar that serves food. Maybe now we’ll have a restaurant which serves drinks!By GripeGripe
November 18, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
I’m amazed by the fact that none of the posters seem to have much nice to say about anything. If you’re poor, you knock the place because you say you can’t afford it. If you’re well-to-do, you make comments about how you’re “entitled” to be so and make disparaging remarks about Obama “spreading the wealth”. Why don’t ALL of you just “get over it” and let it be what it is. If you can’t afford to go there, don’t. If yu can afford to go there, have at it. Just quit griping. Some of us don’t want t5o listen to it !By Rod
November 18, 2008 2:32 PM | Link to this
Real simple folks, if you have the coin and want to spend it, there is no reason to feel guilty. For those who do not have the resources (Translation:”Money” for those less educated folks) sorry but that is LIFE. There is always going to be someone with more and less than yourself. We can all thank the mindless robot liberals for the Class Warfare that has invaded our society. Take personal responsibility for your own decisions and stop waiting for the government to Save you by providing you handouts in exchange for your freedom. Oh GripeGripe…I have a quick solution for your “Problem” stop ‘listening’ to the DDN.By Jason H.
November 18, 2008 2:44 PM | Link to this
For all of you who cannot afford the Greene, pretty soon Pres. Obama will be sending my money to you in the form of welfare checks that you can then go spend at the Greene. Do me a favor, go get an education so you can get a job at somewhere other than a Union factory, and actually contribute to society rather than draining it. UNIONS SUCK!!!!!!!By Sally
November 18, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this
Taqueria Mixteca on East Third is awesome! By the way, folks, even if you can’t afford to go out to eat at the Greene every week, isn’t it still nice to have somewhere to go for dining on special occasions? And, like much of you, I am not quite sure how this turned into a politcal discussion.By ChicanoJoe
November 18, 2008 2:47 PM | Link to this
Yo min, chu gots to chill on de kitchen talk. i dun wan a work in da kitchen but i got no green card essae.By Hate DDN
November 18, 2008 2:49 PM | Link to this
Interesting observation about the DDN soliciting comments about a restaurant. They seem to know full well that it will create a lot of comments both negative and positive. What most people don’t know is that they charge advertisers by the hits they get on the website. So the more controversial topic the more money their rag can make. The Paper is going under just like all the other rags out there. They are trying to salvage some income.By Jeff
November 18, 2008 2:53 PM | Link to this
^^ Hate DDN Nailed it!By Good4daytonarea
November 18, 2008 3:28 PM | Link to this
The Greene is a nice place and good to bring more businesses and people to the area. That is good for us all. Do you not want to see the area improving and bringing in more jobs? No one in this country has any excuse for staying poor.By Preston
November 18, 2008 3:44 PM | Link to this
Do you people even shop at the Greene? I bought 5 shirts for my son at Aeropostle and paid a whopping $20. Not each, but for all 5. That’s pretty near Goodwill prices. If you actually go in a store and look for some sales you might be surprised.By reader100567
November 18, 2008 4:06 PM | Link to this
Shows how ignorant you all are. I have a job and by the time I pay my bills I cannot afford to eat out. Internet is available on my job and yes, I do have it at home. The Greene is for the rich. I have been there. Am I jealous? I could be but from the comments I’ve seen here I’m in better company with the “poor people”. Not as snooty. How many change overs have been in there when places can’t support the sparse clientel? Glad you are happy about a new place! Enjoy!By Why?
November 18, 2008 4:24 PM | Link to this
To: Hate DDN and Jeff, If you hate this site and company so much then why come here and read? You are contributing to the “rag’s” income. If a printed newspaper is going by the wayside then obviously they will diversify with online. The people that work at the newspaper would probably like to keep their jobs too! I would think that would be pretty easy to understand. Also, the restaurants at the Greene are basically the same as you would find other places. There are a few nice once but you can’t tell me that they are alllll too expensive. It’s a mall for goodness sake, come on.By Richard
November 18, 2008 4:38 PM | Link to this
The Greene is not too expensive. Yes it has upscale stores and some pretty nice restaurants but is that a bad thing?? I’m sure they built it in the location, the design, and retailers to make it seem upscale to drawn in a certain crowd. Look at the Dayton Mall (even better example: Salem Mall). I go the Greene all the time, love it. I love it even more because I can walk around and enjoy myself without having to worry about someone wanting to knife me for looking at them wrong. BTW: you can easily go there, have a nice dinner, or a few drinks at a bar and spend the same amount you would spend anywhere else. Even the theater there is priced the same as in the craphole Dayton Mall.By Jeff
November 18, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this
Firefox + AdBlock Plus = No Ad Revenue for DDN…By Starcastic
November 18, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this
LISAREARDIN: Sadly they don’t teach them much in schools these days so perhaps you oughtta brush up on basic reading comprehension skills…who said anything about this being a chain restaurant? In fact, just the opposite. Mixteca is great, and I’m a long-time urban advocate and resident, but the typical short-sighted “chains suck, independents rock” mantra that you people cling to does the industry far more harm than good. Chains give people exactly what they want. Independents that also do that have no trouble competing in the marketplace.By Starcastic
November 18, 2008 4:49 PM | Link to this
JEFF: Your use of AdBlock has no effect whatsoever on DDN ad rates or revenue. If you hate the place so much than leave, or stay and attempt to be a useful contributor, but you’re hardly ‘getting over’ on the system.By Jeff
November 18, 2008 5:03 PM | Link to this
Adblock certainly has a bearing on advertising revenue. Most advertising companies use ad-view and click-through counts to determine how much ad-revenue a page will get. If the ad is never loaded (which adblock plus does) then the site doesnt get credit.By Starcastic
November 18, 2008 5:32 PM | Link to this
Your lack of understanding of the targeted and Pay-per-Click revenue models is truly astounding. Newspapers set ad rates base don site traffic, surely. However, thats overall traffic, not per impression. In very rare situations that charge per impression thats determined by the page being loaded which it is regardless of whether the actual image is hidden or not by what you think is a magical extension. With a per-click model the revenue is only affected by click-throughs, which obviously someone SO enlightened would never actually do anyway. So again, be a contributing member or dont, but dont for a second think that youre making some small difference in anyones revenue, you arent really important enough to have that effect.By Michiganfootballrocks..
November 18, 2008 5:34 PM | Link to this
hey for the person questionin if a person could afford a computer and not a meal.. you can always use the library computer.. duh.. if you have the extra monies have a nice dinner out either Brio’s / Potbelly’s / McC & s but if you wanta complain how about complainin about the kids and people makin loud noises runnin in the water fountain.. that is annoyinBy Michiganfootballrocks
November 18, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this
The Greene,is a knock off of Easton in columbus.. Easton is better…By OSUStudent
November 18, 2008 6:03 PM | Link to this
Actually, I’ve been to both the Greene and Easton and I’d have to say The Greene wins in my opinion. That just may be personal preferance, but I find Easton even creepier (and more expensive) then the main-street knockoff the Greene portrays. As for the restaurant, is Rojo’s a chain or independent?By bob
November 18, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this
I love the pretty hookers that stand on the corners at the Greene. They’re worth the drive!By Sheri
November 18, 2008 6:46 PM | Link to this
GripeGripe: I’m with you - I think some of these people just get a charge out of the argument - GET OVER IT PEOPLE - AND Get a life.By Sick of hearing it
November 18, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this
glus: Are you on here every day trying to promote your opinion of the “fake” persona of the Greene? Let it be - I know I have read your comments about every new restaurant opening at the Greene. You must be the competition…?By Pradre's Island
November 18, 2008 9:28 PM | Link to this
Hey, what’s the grip? I just returned from Scotsdale, AZ and spent some time at Scotsdale Fashion Square. Hottie Tottie—the big money. The Greene is country but the price of eggs has gone up. The answer? Eat great meals at home.By Yo Quiero Taco Bell
November 18, 2008 9:40 PM | Link to this
Check out the bar menu at the restaurants at the Green. 4-6pm M-F….cheap prices for good food.By Poor@thegreene
November 18, 2008 10:46 PM | Link to this
A meal from Pot belly’s at the Greene cost like $8. A lunch meal at the miller lane golden corral is like $12 and is full of trash. So shut the hell up and quit hating. Rich people earn their money unlike welfare sucking freeloaders.By What's Real
November 18, 2008 11:12 PM | Link to this
Hey Bob, The hookers I met at the Greene charged by the inch. I couldn’t afford them, but you may be able to have a good time. People, lighten up on The Greene and Obama. If you want to go, then go. If not, shut up. GWB got us in the mess we’re in, it will take some time to recover from the Republican mistakes.By GREAT!!
November 19, 2008 10:03 AM | Link to this
George W. Bush is by far the greatest president this country has ever seen. He has secured us in a great way.. It is the other bonehead presidents before him that screwed everything up. You hark on him too much. Put anybody else in Bush’s shoes and the same thing would have happened to this country. Simply because 75 percent of the people in this country are worthless slobs. That dont work, nor care to support themselves or help anyone else out. So, to all you non working bumsacks who are too lazy to get up and make a change. Just get out. Then there would be plenty of room for the rest of us people with POTENTIAL to breathe.By Boomshakalaka!
November 19, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this
This dude GREAT!! is the most myopic fool I have come across today. I bet he has never been out of Ohio, much less the US. That’s why he is such a retard! Great, we have jobs, and I bet I earn more money than you! You loser.By Laughing at you
November 20, 2008 8:23 AM | Link to this
Working at Sonic on Saturday nights and cleaning up the back room at the Love Botique is hardly making a lot of money. And by the way, I would wager to say that you dont possibly have anywhere near the funds I have. Nor will you ever. You will always be re-paying those cash advance places each week. How many are you up to now? Five or Six. You are a class act bumsack.By Greg
November 20, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
Thanks for the tip about Taqueria Mixteca. There are lots of Mexican eateries south of town, and they are all starting to taste the same. I’ll give this place a try. Heck, I’ll even try this new Rojo place if I can find a parking spot!!!By HUH?
December 9, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this
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