CINCINNATI — Just months after opening its first Cincinnati restaurant, the company behind Dolly’s Burgers and Shakes is closing all of its locations in Cincinnati and Dayton.

In a release, Big Boy Restaurant Group LLC said all existing Dolly's locations will close on Oct. 23 amid a legal battle over the restaurant's preferred name.

Our I-Team reported in February that the Michigan-based company began leasing empty Frisch's Big Boy locations after eviction filings forced dozens of closings in the Tri-State. The goal was to open the chain's "Big Boy" restaurants in Southwest Ohio.

But BBRG was sued by the new owners of surviving Frisch's locations, forcing them to use a different name in Frisch's territory (which includes most of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky). So, it opened its locat

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