Denn-Ohio LLC, a Denny’s franchisee in Kentucky, Michigan, and Ohio, has filed for chapter 11 protection, seeking to close two more diner units and facing a hearing in December, court documents indicate, NRN.com reported. Denn-Ohio, which expects to have eight diners remaining after it closes units in Toledo, Ohio, and Kalamazoo, Mich., filed its chapter 11 petition on Oct. 31 in the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan. The presiding bankruptcy judge filed an order for a hearing on the case Dec. 13. Filings indicate the company, which once operated 27 Denny’s locations, expects after the Toledo and Kalamazoo closures, to have units in Kentucky (Elizabethtown and Louisville), Michigan (Grand Rapids and Wyoming) and Ohio (Berkshire Township, Columbus, Jeffersonville, Perrysburg).
