Jaja to Remain Closed Until Spring Due to Damage From Car Crash

Damage from the car crash in October Credit: Photo by Mark Oprea

Jaja, the Argentinian-inspired steakhouse in the INTRO building in Ohio City, has been closed since a car crashed into the building on the morning of October 31.

Management has recently announced that it will be many months before it reopens for business.

“Jaja will be closed until Spring 2025,” a message on the restaurant’s website says. “While this has been an unexpected and challenging moment, we are grateful that our team and our neighbors at INTRO are safe. Please visit our neighbors at Edda Coffee for their wonderful breakfast and lunch options, coffee and cocktails.”

Pioneer, which likewise closed after the crash, is on a speedier timeline as management said last week that they were “getting closer to reopening our doors.”

On the morning of Halloween, around 3 a.m., a 24-year-old in a black Audi flying west down Abbey at high speeds hit a fire hydrant and crashed into the main entrance for Jaja. Parts of Pioneer were damaged as well. The driver was hospitalized in “serious condition.”

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