Kettering TJ Chumps Sets Opening Date!

July 31, 2023 By Lisa Grigsby

TJ Chumps will open their fifth location on Stroop Road in Kettering on Tuesday, August 8th. The spot formerly housed Hawthorn Grill, which closed in 2007. Chumps has done a $300,000 update to the space, which will be the smallest in the chain, seating about eighty guests, with carry out and delivery available.

Partner Mike Leigh says, “we see it as an excellent opportunity to test an exciting new market. It will have the same great food and service as our other four locations just with a smaller footprint.”

The first TJ Chumps opened in 2002 in Miamisburg, followed by the Englewood location, then Fairborn and most recently Huber Heights in 2014. They’ve established themselves as a family friendly sports bar and pub, featuring burgers, wings, pizza, soups and salads. Their gluten-free offerings include salmon, ribs and pork chops.

TJ Chumps

1222 E. Stroop Road
Fairmont Plaza Shopping Center
Kettering, OH 45429

Sun – Thurs 11 am – 10 pm a
Fri & Sat 11 am – 11 pm

About Lisa Grigsby

Lisa Grigsby is a Special Events Director with over thirty years experience in promotions, event coordination and public relations.

Owning Jokers Comedy Cafe for 20 years taught Lisa to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. She credits Leadership Dayton for exposing her to the amazing assets of the region and Clothes That Work for being her reason she stayed in Dayton. Her proudest accomplishment as a past president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association was creating Restaurant Week, a twice a year tradition that continues to grow and benefit local charities as well. As a foodie, it's only natural that she continues to promote local restaurateurs with DaytonDining.

As a Dayton Catalyst, her desire to have ONE community calendar and advocate for the amazing assets of the region helped create the vision for the relaunch of DaytonMostMetro, now Dayton 937.com

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