New Bar and Eatery Not Alone in Downtown Expansions During Unknown Fate of Major Employer

Chillicothe — A new business opened downtown, a second bar and eatery for the owners – as news about the sale and probable reopening of the paper mill circulated, on Wednesday.

The “Rooftop Bar & Bistro” had their ribbon-cutting by the Chillicothe-Ross Chamber of Commerce – four years to the day after the opening of the owners’ previous adventure, the “Wobbly Ghost Tavern” – on October 8th, 2025. Chamber leader Mike Throne livestreamed the ribbon-cutting with the couple who owns both businesses and their staff.

I asked Throne about the timing of the apparent confidence of the downtown during the economic and employment unknowns of the paper mill shutdown. Hear his opinion in a related story .

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