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Lisa Grigsby

Sat Brunch Now at W. Social Tap & Table

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There’s a new brunch spot to check out every Saturday starting this week. W. Social Tap & Table on Third Street in Wright Dunbar VIllage  will be serving up a special menu from 10am to 2pm.

ILLY’S Fire Pizza  will feature breakfast pizza with your choice of bacon, sausage or oxtail with egg and cheese, as well as breakfast sandwiches and garlic knots and gravy. The restaurant now offers beef products, in addition to turkey.

Jasmine Brown of De’Lish was well known for her chicken and waffles when she had a restaurant on Main Street and will be recreating that well loved dish and will also offer a  sweet potato waffles and chicken. Her waffle is vegan made from Dayton’s own Uncle Boof’s World Famous Pancake Mix.

SOCA will offer mild jerk chicken (of course they can kick up the spice if you like), breakfast potatoes, biscuits and gravy, sandwiches, grits, chicken and waffles and pancakes.

Taco Street Co. will have breakfast burritos with chicken or bacon, three different breakfast tacos featuring chicken, bacon or turkey sausage with queso cheese, shredded cheese, eggs, pico and home fries.

And what’s brunch without breakfast cocktails?  Special offer for  Marchf: buy one bottle of champagne and get the second one half off!

West Social Tap + Table

1100 W Third St,
Dayton, OH, 45402
(937) 522-0758

Winter Hours

Monday – Thursday 11am – 10pm

Friday – Saturday 11am – 11pm

Saturday 10am – 2pm – Brunch
11am – 11pm – Lunch & Dinner

Lucky’s Taproom & Eatery Celebrates 13th Anniversary

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​Established in 2011, Lucky’s Taproom & Eatery in the Oregon District is celebrating 13 years in business this weekend! A full-service bar and restaurant in Dayton’s Historic Oregon District. The atmosphere is comfortable, superior quality service is provided based on a teamwork approach, and delicious food is served at a reasonable price.

Proud to have two flat top grills so that true vegan food choices are available, Lucky’s also serves traditional food and vegetarian options as well. There are weekly homemade specials, homemade soups and unique homemade desserts.

Lucky’s, with twenty revolving beer taps, is also proud to be able to provide you with the largest selection of craft draft beers in the Oregon District. New selections are available often. Quality cocktails are also available at reasonable prices.

Owner, Andrew Trick, has over thirty years’ experience in the industry and is happy to offer you a place where you can relax, enjoy a good beer, watch a game and share some good times with friends.

As they posted on their facebook page “Some may say 13 is a unlucky number, and considering the last several years we find ourselves lucky to be opening our doors on a regular basis, some of our friends have not been so lucky.
On that note, this weekend we are celebrating our 13 year anniversary and hope to make some people feel lucky. In an attempt to do something a little different we will be giving away raffle tickets for all of our patrons that purchase the weekend specials. (Friday through Sunday).”
The specials will be:
Pork loin served with mashed potatoes and garlic green beans, for our carnivore friends and Vegan meatloaf with mashed potatoes and garlic green beans, for our vegan/ vegetation friends.
These specials will be available Friday through Sunday ( March 10th, our actual anniversary date) If these specials don’t tickle your fancy you can purchase raffle tickets for $5 or 3 for $10. Proceeds of tickets sale will go to urrfect Additions). Purrfect Additions, Inc. was created in the hopes we can find homes for all of our feline friends, and promote spay and neuter programs everywhere. Our rescue is specifically designed to work with special needs cats with behavioral problems and/or health issues.
Prizes will include:
2 Luckys work jackets ( or $100 gift certificate)
1 $50 gift certificate
10 $20 gift certificates.
Drawing will be made Monday March 11th. Winners need not be present.
Sorry for the long post and as always, thank you for your time,
Drew and the Lucky’s crew

 

520 East Fifth Street
Oregon District, Dayton, Ohio 45402

937-222-6800

Saturday & Sunday Brunch 11am-2pm
Sunday – Thursday 11am-10pm
Friday & Saturday 11am-11pm

Victor’s Taco Shop 14th Location Now Open

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Victor’s Taco Shop opens their 14th location today on Far Hills Avenue, in a spot that was formerly Taco Bell.  Not familiar with this family owned business? It was started in 2008 by partners Hector & Victor, the  first two locations were in Marion and the city of Delaware in central Ohio.

According to co-owner Jonathan Gaytan, Victor’s Tacos is named after Gaytan’s father.  Partner Hector Gonzales has also opened a few Hector’s Taco’s on his own, but still parters with Jonathan and his father to grow.  Victor’s Tacos is unique because everything is made fresh daily, and the food is the same high quality as a sit down restaurant, but with the speed of fast food.  Jonathan told us he’d had his eye on this Far Hills locations for about 4 years, but every time he inquired it was under contract to another business, and then he’d be contacted and he was in the middle of another opening, but finally the timing worked and he was able to get the building under contract.

Victor’s features a variety of Mexican specialties, including tacos, enchiladas, burritos, taquitos and tostadas, as well as omelets and breakfast burritos. Protien choices include Carne Asada (sliced beef), Carnitas (pork), Adobada (marinated pork), breaded fish, shrimp, and grilled chicken.

The menu is pretty extensive and they serve the breakfast burritos all day long.  At last night’s sneak peek about 20 guests were treated to a free meal and the reviews from the diners were great.  Food came out quickly and many of us ended up walking out with to-go boxes due to the generous portions. This opening week Jonathan says they’l be open 10am – 10pm and by next week they’ll begin opening daily at 8am.  Next up for Victor’s, expanding to Columbus and Cincinnati.

Victor’s Taco Shop

5837 Far Hills Ave.
Washington Twp, OH

 

 

Yellow Springs Mini-Film-Fest

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Eric Mahoney, the filmmaker behind the Yellow Springs Film Festival has just announced he’ll be hosting a one day  “MINI-FEST” on Saturday April 6th at the Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs!
He shared that this is halfway between last years festival and the Oct 4-6 2024 festival, “so it just seemed to think the mini-fest was a great way to keep the film festival in peoples minds. This will be the first time for folks to see these films and we’re excited to share them with film fans.”

Featuring  films fresh off their premieres at Sundance / SXSW / Venice and see live conversations with visiting Directors. Tickets to all films and events on sale now for all 4 event/screening for $15-20. The Little Art seats just around 100, so buy your tickets online before they sell out.

Saturday, April 6
The Little Art Theatre
247 Xenia Ave
Yellow Springs, OH 45387
Sat, Apr 6, 3:00 PM
The Little Art Theatre • Yellow Springs, OH
9 – 11:30pm EDT
 THANK YOU VERY MUCH (2024) Directed by Alex Braverman

Documentary about performance artist and “song and dance man” Andy Kaufman

Deals for National Burrito Day- April 4th

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The word burrito means “little donkey” in Spanish, the diminutive form of burro, or “donkey”. The name burrito, as applied to the dish, possibly derives from the tendency for burritos to contain a lot of different things similar to how a donkey would be able to carry a large burden. We’ve wrapped up many of the deals on tortilla-wrapped meals:

Bubbakoo’s Burritos

When loyalty members buy one burrito at Bubbakoo’s Burritos on April 4, they’ll get a coupon for another free one. The offer is valid at all locations and the coupon is redeemable at a future date.

Chipotle

In honor of National Burrito Day, Chipotle is rolling out a new interactive game, Burrito Vault. Here’s how it works:  Visit unlockburritoday.com starting at 12 p.m.  on April 2 and 3.

If you’re one of the first 50,000 players to guess the correct Chipotle order each day and unlock the Burrito Vault, you’ll score a BOGO code (redeemable on April 4) and be entered into a sweepstakes for the chance to win free burritos for a year. Players have four chances to win each day.

In addition, Chipotle is offering rewards members $0 delivery on April 4 with the code DELIVER online and in the app at participating U.S. and Canada locations. The offer is valid with a minimum $10 order and a maximum $200 order and isn’t valid on catering, Burritos by the Box orders or third-party delivery.

Moe’s Southwest Grill

On April 4, Moe’s Southwest Grill has a buy one, get one free deal on burritos and bowls. The offer is valid when you order online, in the Moe’s app or in-store at participating locations nationwide. The free item must be of equal or lesser value (add-ons, extras, premium proteins, taxes, fees and catering are excluded), and the offer isn’t valid with other offers or third-party delivery.

In addition, Moe’s is running a National Burrito Day giveaway on April 4 and will offer 100 customers the opportunity to win free burritos for a year (52 burrito rewards, one issued each week of the year). Customers can enter in one of two ways:

  • Rewards members: “Check in” with your rewards account (aka place an order in the app, scan a receipt, etc.).
  • Other customers: Enter on Instagram and Facebook by commenting and tagging a friend on the restaurant’s National Burrito Day post.

Qdoba

National Burrito Day is kind of a big deal at Qdoba. On April 4, rewards members will be treated to a free burrito when they buy an entrée and drink. The offer is valid online, in the app or in restaurants.

Sheetz

Between April 4 — 6 Sheetz customers can get $2 off made-to-order burritos at all locations. To score the deal, simply clip the offer in the Sheetz app.

Taco Bell

On National Burrito Day, when you buy one burrito in the Taco Bell app, you can get a second one of equal or lesser value for 50% off (1 per user). That includes the Cantina Chicken Burrito, which is part of the chain’s recently launched Cantina Chicken Menu, made with slow-roasted, spiced and shredded chicken.

Taco John’s

Taco John’s loyalty program members will be treated to $2 off any Meat and Potato Burrito Combo on April 4. To score the deal, you need to download the app and sign up for Bigger Bolder Rewards by April 3.

Honey Toast Coming To Fairborn

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Fairborn’s Tudor’s Biscuit World closed at the end of January and a new restaurant is already on their way to opening there.  Chef Suwapat Whitted, the chef owner behind Thai Kitchen, Thia Table and Hello Thai has announced she’ll be opening Honey Toast Breakfast & Brunch in that spot on Broad Street in Fairborn.

Honey Toast

130 N Broad Street,
Fairborn, OH 45324

Wed – Mon 6am – 2pm

Franco’s Has Been Sold to A Local Restaurateur

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As we reported here in late 2023,  Franco’s had put their business up for sale.  Owner Franco Germano., who opened the restaurant on Fifth St in  October 1976 at age 31, passed away in March of 2018, leaving his son and widow to run the business.

 

Today we share the news that in March, there will be a new owner. Mo, who owns Jimmies Italian restaurant over on Woodman Drive has purchased Francos. He would like to keep all the current employees.

We’ve heard his plan is to shutdown the Fifth Street building in late March to do a little remodeling.

He plans to continue to operate the Woodman restaurant, that was originally a Taco Bell before it was turned into an amazing Italian eatery.

 

 

 

Tokyo Grill & Sushi Buffet Now Open in Beavercreek

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Tokyo Grill & Sushi Buffet opened yesterday in the space that was formerly Bravo at  Bravo at the Fairfield Commons Mall.  They specialize in Japanese style cuisine.   They offer all you can eat Sushi Bar as well as create your own Hibachi Grill bowls.  They feature  fresh seafood, meats, and plenty of fruits, and vegetables.

When you enter they give you a bowl to load with ingredients for your hibachi grill bowls.  So many choices, broccoli, mushrooms, water chestnuts, onions, carrots, peppers, jalapeno, zucchni, garlic, tofu, pork, chicken, beef, krab and more.  You select your choice of rice, fried rice, or noodles, than the grill staff will cook it and your server will return it to your table.

After you turn in your hibachi ingredients, you can select individual portion of appetizers that include spring rolls, fried shrimp , asparagus, stuffed jalapenos, crag rangoon, tempura sweet potato, stuffed krab meat, buffalo chicken, green beans, coconut chicken and sesame beef. Two soups are also offered each day.

Turn the corner and you’ll see a huge variety of fresh sushi

At the end of the sushi, they were over 20 different rolls to choose from , you’ll find salads, including seaweed and octopus, edamame, smoked trout amongst them.

And if you’ve still got room, be sure and check out the refrigerator full of small desserts.

Perhaps you prefer an ice cream treat to end you meal, they have that, too.

Tokyo Grill, Sushi & Hibachi Buffet

2731 Fairfield Commons
Beavercreek, OH 45431

937-988-0011

Lunch 11am – 3:30pm Mon – Sat
Adults $21.99
Child 11-12 $16.99
Child 7-10 $10.99
Child 3-6 $7.99

Dinner 3:35- Close Mon – Sat
Adults $31.99
Child 11-12 $19.99
Child 7-10 $13.99
Child 3-6 $10.99

Take Out Prices
Hibachi Bowls to go – lunch $17.99, dinner $19.99
Sushi Bar to go – lunch $21.00, dinner $24.99

West Carrollton Eatery To Close

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Update: Nancy Maybury and Mary Teegarden, the mother-daughter duo that own Legacy Pancake House, are purchasing Holly’s Home Cooking. They expect to open in April.
After 31 years Hollys Home Cooking at 89 E Dixie Dr, West Carrollton,  will be closing. on Feb 22nd.
Here’s what the owners posted on their Facebook page:
“It has been a pleasure serving our customers, many that have become friends and family over the last 31 years, but it is time to say goodbye. We want to thank our employees for their hard work and help making Holly’s what it is. As well as our customers for their support over the years. We will cherish so many good memories of Hollys and hope you will too.
Thank you,
Kevin and Kelly McClure”
Still time to pop in for one more meal.  Let’ send them out with  a busy week!

Bourbon Raffle For Big Brothers Big Sisters

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Big Brothers Big Sisters Miami Valley makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers and youth, ages 6 through 18, in communities across the region. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.

Here’s your chance to support Big Brothers Big Sisters and also have a chance to win a bourbon barrel bar with LED and 5 bottles of recommended bourbon.

Purchase your tickets now for a shot at winning a one-of-a-kind bourbon barrel bar package, complete with 5 top shelf bourbons along with a custom backlit bourbon barrel bar. 100% of the proceeds from ticket sales go to Big Brothers Big Sisters.

But hurry, you can purchase your tickets online.  They are available only until March 8th, priced at just $20 each. Don’t miss your shot at winning and supporting a great cause!

Drawing will be held live on Facebook on March 9th at 12:00.

Doubleday’s Home Plate Opens Feb 14th

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After several weeks of carryout only, the doors will open Wed at 11am for guests to dine in or order via doordash at this new Doubleday’s location. They explain that this concept “is a  slimmed down offering of Doubleday’s favorites as well as some exciting exclusive items. However, this is not a full service restaurant, but quick service geared to be quick, easy, and take home well. We hope to offer superior food quality and value without having to go through full service experience.”

Here’s a peek at the menu:

 

Click here to order online.

Doubleday’s Home Plate
ddays_homeplate - Copy.png998 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Centerville, OH 45459

Hours:

Daily 11am – 9pm

Feb 10th Rings in the Year of the Dragon

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The Lunar New Year celebration is centered around removing bad luck and welcoming all that is good and prosperous. Red is considered an auspicious color to ring in the new year. In many Asian cultures, the color symbolizes good fortune and joy. People dress up in red attire, decorate their homes with red paper lanterns. Gambling and playing traditional games is common during this time across cultures.

The Year of the Dragon is anticipated to bring auspicious opportunities and exciting advancements for all. Those born under the dragon sign are reputed for their innovative thinking and inquisitive nature, and often flourish in their professional pursuits.

 The holiday is a time for togetherness, when family members travel from near and far to exchange well wishes for the coming year. Traditional Lunar New Year foods include:

Chinese people believe that what you do at the beginning of a new year will affect your luck in the coming year. Staying up on Chinese New Year’s eve (February 9th, 2024) and saying good words to your family/friends like Happy New Year after the clock strikes 12 will certainly bring good luck.

In western culture, we say “Happy New Year” and make resolutions. But in eastern cultures, the new year is welcomed with wishes of luck, health and good fortune. In Mandarin, typically you would say “Gong Xi Fa Chai,” which means “Wishing you prosperity and wealth.”

Other greetings include sayings like:

  • May wealth come pouring in
  • May you have abundance every year
  • Good luck and fortune
  • May everything go as you wish

It’s a tradition to give your friends and family bright red envelopes filled with money. But it’s not about the money — it’s all about the envelopes. They symbolize good wishes and luck for the year ahead. With today’s technology, many people have exchanged digital red envelopes instead of the traditional paper ones.

The tradition comes from an old story about a demon, Sui, who would terrorize children on New Year’s Eve. Parents would try to keep their children awake by giving them eight coins to play with. Inevitably, many of the children would fall asleep, and the coins (eight immortals in disguise) would light up and drive the demon away. The envelope is now symbolic of the coins.

The amount of money never includes the number 4 because the Chinese pronunciation of “four” sounds like the word for death.

Besides, decorating your house with kumquat trees (symbolizing wealth & good luck), wearing your lucky color (yellow, red), and eating lucky food like rice dumplings (family togetherness), fried flour-coated peanuts (vitality), walnut cookies (happiness), etc. are popular ways to get lucky. Each year, the date of Lunar New Year changes. But no matter the date, each culture that celebrates has its own historically rich customs, traditions and beliefs.

For a true Chinese New Year Feast may we suggest Hua Mei, the restaurant by the Fuyao Glass factory. They have three different special banquet menus for parties of 10. They also have specials listed. Unfortunately the special menus are only in simplified Chinese.  Check this post on Dayton Foodies for more info.

A New Seafood Concept From The Owners of El Toro

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When El Toro moved across the street to The Greene, they took advantage of their old location to launch a new concept.  They invite guests to dive into Vallarta, your local paradise!

With a seaside decor, neon palm trees and a ceiling of waves, you might actually believe you are in a tropical location.  On a recent lunch visit I was served up a cevche (cooked fish, lime, tomatoes, onions, and cilantro)  served with tostadas and crackers, instead of the usual chips and salsa you’d expect from a Mexican Restaurant.

The menu, inspired by dishes from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, is large and broken into appetizers, shareables, soups, seafood specials with some traidtional Mexican classics as well.

I tried the lunch portion of the Pasta Vallarta,  which contained a healthy portion of shrimp and scallops, served with a piece of garlic toast. The creamy Nayarit-style sauce it was tossed in made it pretty tasty dish.

Can’t wait to go back and try some of their other dishes and some cocktails from the bar.

 

 

Vallarta Mexican & Seafood

4448 Indian Ripple Rd
Dayton, OH, 45440
Mon – Fri 11:30am – 10pm
Sat 11:30am  – 10:30pm
Sun 11:30am – 9pm

Heart Shaped Foods For Valentine’s Day

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As the most romantic day of the year, Feb. 14 marks a time for people to show their love and appreciation for their significant other. This is often through heartfelt cards, bouquets of roses, and  dinner reservations. However, just because you want to make someone feel special doesn’t mean you need to spend a lot of money. Check out these deals:

Cassanos: Large or Extra large pepperoni heart shaped pizza.

SAVE $3

Use code XLG for the Extra Large Pepperoni Pizza. Use code HEART for the Large Heart Shaped Pepperoni Pizza (with cutter) to redeem.

Papa John’s heart shaped pizza

Donatos Pizza: Donatos’ fan-favorite heart-shaped pizzas will be available again this year February 10 to 18. The create-your-own one-topping thin-crust pizzas can be ordered online, by phone or in-store; will cost the same as a medium pizza, which varies by location; and will be served uncut “because Donatos Pizza won’t break your heart,” the brand says.

Marco’s Pizza: Marco’s is bringing back its heart-shaped pizza deal for Valentine’s Day 2024. Available from February 9 to 14, the pizzas start at $9.99
Papa Johns: As it has in years past, Papa Johns will offer a one-topping, thin-crust, heart-shaped pizza. You can snag the limited-time-only “be-loved” pizzas for $11.99 at all U.S. locations from Monday, February 5 through Wednesday, February 14.

Dunkin’: The donut chain has two limited-time heart-shaped donuts available: the Brownie Batter Donut, which is filled with buttercreme filling, and the Cupid’s Choice Donut, filled with Bavarian Kreme and topped with strawberry-flavored icing and red and pink sprinkles. There’s also other classic donuts available in heart shapes with pink, red and white sprinkles. Also available: the seasonal Pink Velvet Macchiato and Frosty Red Velvet donuts.

 

Popeyes: The Louisiana Kitchen is serving up some sweetness with the return of its heart-shaped strawberry biscuits. Available until Feb. 25, these buttery treats feature strawberry bits and a creamy icing drizzle.

Each biscuit costs $1.79, though pricing can vary by location. On Valentine’s Day, Popeyes will donate $1 from each heart-shaped biscuit purchase to the Popeyes Foundation’s Serving With Love initiative. These funds are allocated to national and local nonprofits that provide food to those who need it.

 

hardee's limited-time heart shaped biscuits

Hardees: Known for its scratch-made buttermilk biscuits, Hardee’s is now dishing out heart-shaped versions until Feb. 14. To make this limited-time offering even sweeter, the chain is holding a buy-one-get-one biscuit deal, which My Rewards members can redeem in the mobile app. Biscuit sandwich options include the Super Bacon Biscuit, Super Sausage Biscuit, Monster Bisc

 

3rd Chiapas Now Open in Miamisburg

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The third areas Chiapas Mexican Grill opened this past weekend on  Kingsridge Drive in Miami Twp. They took over the space that was once Thai Kitchen, and enlarged it into the space next door.  There are 2 brightly colored dining rooms and this family owned business describes themselves as “a vibrant slice of Mexico right here in Miamisburg.”

The restaurant offers a similar menu to the Moraine and Centerville locations, featuring tacos, enchiladas, burritos, fajitas.  Their lunch menu is served Monday – Saturday until 3:30pm.  The bar serves up 4 different margaritas, beer, wine and daiquiri’s.

 

Chiapas Mexican Grill

8971 Kingsridge Dr,
Miamisburg, OH 45342
(937) 802-5406

Hours:
Mon – Thurs 11am -10pm  Fri & Sat 11- 10:30

Sun 11am – 9:30pm
Delivery available
via DoorDash

 

Dayton’s Best Bloody Mary Has Been Decided

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Today at Top of the Market over 300 people came together to taste and judge the Bloody Mary’s put up by local bars and restaurants! This event was first started by Planned2Give at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in 2017.  For the 8th edition of this event the cocktails were quite varied. Some  were spicy, some were bold, some were even good for you, as they were chocked full of juiced vegetables.

We welcomed back Mack’s Tavern, which was the winner of our very first showdown. Her cocktail placed 3rd.  Also back was Scott Conrad, who tied for the win the 2nd year with Mack’s.

Scott   then when on to win the 3rd year.  He has since launched and markets Rad’s Bloody Mary Mix at the retail level so was there for tastings, not competition.

Meridien Uptown, one of Centerville’s newest businesses won the Best Garnish award and placed 2nd in the Best Bloody Competition.

And for the 2nd year in a row L oose Ends Brewing Companywalked away with best booth decor and Dayton’s Best Bloody Mary, which came with a $500 cash prize and bragging rights for another year!

The crew from Loose Ends dedicated their win to Kent Loose, the owner of Loose Ends Brewery who passed away this past October.  They said he really loved Bloody Mary’s and pushed for them to enter last year.