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Final Auction For Tanks Memorabilla, Tables & Glassware

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This is your last chance to purchase items from Tanks.  The restaurant which opened in 1987 closed for good in June of 2023. The auction will start closing at 6PM on January 29th. The removal for this auction will be on Monday, February 5th from 2-6PM at 2033 Wayne Ave. in Dayton.

Some of items up for auction include:

Shelving, baskets, flatware, scales, prep table, pot & pans, shelving, ladders and  more.  Here are a few of the listings:

Wooden Table Top w/Metal Base and Tank’s Bar and Grill Logo

Misc Glass Barware Incl Martini, Daiquiri, Margarita Glasses and More

Set of Five Rubber Bar Mats

To view the auction site, click here.

New Breakfast Burrito at Wendy’s

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Wendy’s new Breakfast Burrito features eggs, seasoned potatoes, applewood-smoked bacon, American cheese, and Swiss cheese sauce all wrapped in a soft, flour tortilla. The burrito comes served with two Cholula Hot Sauce packets on the side.

“With our new Breakfast Burrito, we’ve carefully balanced taste and convenience to create a portable masterpiece,” said John Li, Global Vice President of Culinary Innovation at The Wendy’s Company. “Our newest breakfast innovation serves up all the best parts of Wendy’s breakfast rolled up into one delicious burrito.”

You can find the Breakfast Burrito at participating locations nationwide for a limited time.

Nutritional Information – One Breakfast Burrito

  • Calories: 720
  • Fat: 41g
  • Sodium: 2200mg
  • Carbohydrates: 55g
  • Sugars: 4g
  • Protein: 32g

Winter Restaurant Week Kicks Off Today

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I started Restaurant Week in 2005 when I was president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association as a way to help our local eateries during the slowest month of the year. The promotion offered a 3 course meal for $20.05, playing off the year, with $1/meal going to a local charity.  At one point we had over 50 independent restaurants participating and over 10,000 meals served over the week.  2024 Restaurant Week kicks off tonight, Sun, Jan 21st and runs through next Sun, Jan 28th.

Our tips for making the most out of restaurant week:

*Check the days restaurants are open
*Make reservations when applicable
*Indulge in a great bottle of wine to compliment your meal
*Ask for the Restaurant Week menu if it’s not offered
*Know that menu’s may change based on product availability

Now almost 20 years and while the premise is the same, the costs have certainly changed.  This year three course meals are being offered at about 30 restaurants.  Several of them are still offering meals at $20.24, like Greek Street.  There you can enjoy a Mediterranean Platter -Choice of Chicken or Braised Lamb, Lemon Rice, Village Salad, 2 Keftedes, 2 Dolmades, Tzatziki and a piece of Baklava.  Condado Tacos at The Greene also has a $20.24 meal deal.  Nick’s in Xenia is offering a meal for two for $40.24. One dollar of each meal is donated to the Food Bank and the MVRA Education Foundation.

Coming in on the high end, Manna in Uptown Centervile has 2 of the higher priced offerings  at $60.24
for a Ponzu Salmon or Arrachera de Peru skirt steak. It’s sister restaurant Salar, in the Oregon District has a choice of Grilled Skirt Steak or Seared barramundi 3 course meal for $55.24.  The price range these 3 course meals for 2024 is $20.24-$60.24. Each meal donates $1, which will be split between The Food Bank and the

Participating Restaurants include:

Agave & Rye
Amber Rose
Archer’s Tavern
Bock Family Brewing
Bunkers
Carvers
Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers
Chappy’s
Coco’s Bistro
Condado Tacos
Corner Kitchen
Cowboy Sallys
El Meson
Figlio
Firebirds
Franco’s
Greek Street
Hickory River Smokehouse
Jay’s Seafood
Little Fish Brewing
Loose Ends Brewing
Manna
Nick’s Restaurant
Pasha Grill
Primo Italian Steakhouse
Rip Rap Roadhouse
Roost
Salar
Silas Creative Kitchen
Smith’s Boathouse
The Chop House
The Florentine

To see the menu’s, visit the Restaurant Association website here. Know that you can’t get to all of the participating eateries, but Restaurant Week happens again in July!

 

Butter Cafe’s Winter Inspired New Menu

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Butter Cafe on Brown Street has grown a loyal following over 13 years by serving up casual, quirky breakfast and lunch featuring fresh and organic ingredients.

They’ve just introduced their winter menu:

Including some new featured drinks, alcoholic and not.  Be sure and check them out and tell them DaytonDining sent you!

 

Butter Cafe

1106 Brown St,
Dayton, OH 45409
937-985-9917
Hours:

Monday-Friday 8am- 2pm
Saturday & Sunday 8am – 3pm

Asian Fusion Restaurant To Open In Miamisburg This Weekend

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Teriyaki Madness opens this Friday, Jan 9th at 11am at 9474 N Springboro Pike, across from the Lexis Nexis Campus. This Denver based chain is known for serving chicken teriyaki bowls plus Yakisoba Noodles, fresh Veggies & more.
The quick-service menu features an assortment of made-to-order bowls, featuring proteins like chicken, steak and salmon teriyaki; spicy tofu, orange chicken and chicken katsu served with vegetables and choice of rice or noodles. Teriyaki Madness also offers appetizers like edamame, chicken potstickers, chicken egg rolls and crab rangoons, with sides of stir-fried vegetables, noodles and brown, white or fried rice.

Grand Opening Specials:

The first 5 people to order in-shop will win free bowls for a year!*

*Free bowls for a year equals 24 free bowl vouchers.
*Given to winners through their Mad Rewards account.

Next 20 who order will win free bowls for a month!*

*Free bowls for a month equals 4 free bowl vouchers
*Given to winners through their Mad Rewards account.

                                   *Free bowls for a month equals 4 free bowl vouchers

Friday 1/19 & Saturday 1/20  at the new Miamisburg location get $6 CHICKEN TERIYAKI BOWLS!

Teriyaki Madness

9474 N Springboro Pike
Miamisburg, OH 45342

937-723- 8670
Order for dine-in, pickup, or delivery
online or through their app.

New Centerville Brunch Pub Menu Revealed

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Lorenzo Bas will open the doors to The Brunch Pub in uptown Centerville later this month, he’s just awaiting one more inspection before he announces the date. The building, which was built in the 1800’s served as the original Centerville High School has been under transformation for a couple of years.  Bas, a 2016 graduate of Centerville High explained that because the building is listed on the historical register, it was a more difficult renovation than he expected, having to redo the electric and plumbing, it’s taken two years to get it done.  After a tour last week I can tell you he’s done a terrific job on this building, that was most recently Las Piramides Mexican Restaurant.

Bas’s inspiration for the restaurant comes from the fact that he’s always hungry and he couldn’t find a brunch spot that offered what he wanted.  So having grown up in the restaurant business, he got his first job at a local pizza parlor folding pizza boxes as a young teen, spent an enormous amount of time watching cooking videos and eventually got to work on the line at that pizza joint.  His parents owned an eatery in Liberty Township, (they’ve since retired) it only natural for him to open his own place. He’s proud of the fact that all the breads, danishes, cookies, waffles and gelato’s will be made in house.

In chatting with Bas, his love of food and cooking comes through.  He’ll be the Chef with a kitchen crew of 10 to execute his farm to table comfort food as he describes his menu.   Bas has been inspired by his international travels, to recreate dishes he’s fallen in love with and is working with Liberty Farm Market to procure a lot of his herbs and vegetables. His plan is to offer a new menu twice a year.    Here’s a peek at the opening dinner menu:

 

The bar which has a dozen stools along the bar and some high top tables will feature classic cocktails, craft beers and soda’s by the can, because he thinks the canned beverages have the best taste. The wine list will hightlight  bottles from Argentina and Chile, Bas says “people think wines from France and Italy are the best,  but I want to focus wines I’ve tasted in South America, which are more affordable and just at tasty.”

The fireplace room offers a place to enjoy a magazine and a drink, according to Bas.  It’s corner banquette will be a great place for smaller groups and the other half of the room offers a semi-private area for larger groups.

The Brunch Pub

101 W. Franklin St
Centerville, OH

Mon – Thurs 9am – 10pm
Fri & Sat 8am – 11pm
Sun 8am – 9pm

Brunch menu served up to 3pm

 

Meet Our New TikTok Dining Correspondent

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Ben Smith has  spent most of life in the north Dayton area (Troy). He owns a small business and travels to car dealerships around a 16 county territory. He’s been doing this for 7 years and has always been drawn to the “honey holes” restaurants. So for his lunch he’ll stop and check them out these eateries. His father is a HUGE yelper with over a million views and 1000 reviews. He decided to piggy back off what he does is to do videos, so I started using tik tok.”

He calls his tik tok videos “straight bussin” which he says comes from my teenage children. They, and all the gen z kids, have new slang words that I’ve picked up and started using to make them cringe. (Bussin’ means really good, great)

We asked him about his favorite foods and he says, “I LOVE Clam chowder, Rueben’s, and Indian food. I‘ll try anything and I firmly believe that if it’s edible and prepared right, anything can be delicious!”

We asked him if he had to pick his final meal and here’s what he shared:

pepercorn crusted sea bass (Salar)
Pimento bacon biscuit (Salt Block Company)
Stewed tomatoes (Pine Club)
2 slices of artichoke Oakey Dokey pizza w/ extra cashew ricotta (Wheat Penny)
English tea cake for desert (Cold Water Cafe)

So now we’ve decided to share his video’s on local restaurants. Since he’s from Troy, it seems only right that we share this one on the eve of the opening of the 4th Old Scratch Pizza, which has remodeled the old fire house into a great eatery.

@straightbussinfood

Old Scratch Pizza, Troy Ohio #food #review #foodie #eats #dayton #delicious #pizza #woodfiredpizza #woodfire #bestfood #unique #bussin #taste #dinner #lunch #eat #local #smallbusiness

♬ Ride the Lightning (717 Tapes) – Warren Zeiders

Old Scratch Pizza

19 E Race Street
Troy, OH 45373

937-552-7283

Monday : Closed
‍Tuesday – Thursday : 11am – 9pm
‍Friday – Saturday : 11am – 10pm
‍Sunday : 11am – 9pm

 

Girl Scout Cookie Season is Here- Don’t Buy Cookies From Parents!

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Each girl scout cookie season I share this story:


I admit I was a girl scout. And for those of you who know me, it will come as no surprise that I was determined to sell more cookies than any of the other girls. I went up and down my street, knocking on doors for orders. I called all my relatives and perfected my telemarketing skills. I asked my dad to get his co-workers to buy from me. And he said NO! But he did offer to take me to work so I could ask for the order. I worked hard and sold hundreds of boxes and was sure I’d win the Cookie title.

Well as it turns out, I didn’t. Some little girl named Susie did. She lived down the street from me and I never saw her ask any of our neighbors to buy cookies. I asked her how she did it and she said it was easy-her mom and dad got all the orders for her. I was mad and didn’t think it was fair and complained to my dad about it. He told me life wasn’t fair, never would be, but that I’d really won, and I’d appreciate it some day when I realized that I had gotten much more out of it than Susie had. Not what a 9 year old girl wants to hear. So I’m sure I sulked around for a while, until something else captured my attention.

But now many years later, I get it. My dad was right- I had won! I’d learned how to set a goal, prospect customers, perfect my sales pitch, work on my organizational skills, plan the logistics of delivery, handle money, make change and enjoy quite a few cookies, too!

And that’s why I implore you to only buy cookies from Girl Scouts. I know there are many well intentioned parents that want to help their daughters, and help support the troops so they can put on all the programs they have scheduled; but please help them by letting them sell! And I still pledge to buy cookies from any girl scout who asks.  

Skill #1: Goal Setting
Girl Scouts learn how to set goals and create a plan to reach them, enabling amazing experiences for themselves and their troops all year long, while helping others too.

Skill #2: Decision Making
Girl Scouts learn to make decisions on their own and as a team, whether it’s how to run and promote their cookie sale, interact with customers, or spend their earnings.

Skill #3: Money Management
Girl Scouts learn to expand their money smarts while running their own cookie business and create a budget to fund the experiences they want to share as a troop.

Skill #4: People Skills
Girl Scouts find their voice and build confidence through customer interactions, developing valuable skills that will help them succeed in school, in business, and in life.

Skill #5: Business Ethics
Girl Scouts learn to act ethically—lessons that will stay with them for a lifetime of leadership and success.

And now about the cookies:

Gluten free? Try Caramel Chocolate Chips

Vegan? Try Thin Mints

Kosher? Halal? Try them all! Every flavor variety is kosher and Halal certified.

If you don’t know a Girl Scout already, mark your calendar for February 16, when customers who do not already know a Girl Scout can go to gswo.org/findcookies to purchase cookies to be shipped directly to their homes. This link also can be used to find a local booth or purchase cookies for donation to military and veterans’ organizations and local foodbanks.

All Girl Scout Cookie proceeds stay local.

Do you know what’s even sweeter than Girl Scout Cookies? Every box of cookies you buy from your neighborhood Girl Scout stays local. Proceeds from your purchase help fund incredible adventures like camping and bold ideas like a local recycling program. The Dayton region has over 5000 girl scout that will benefit from your support when you purchase cookies from a local Girl Scout today!

Cabbage Rolls From The Root Beer Stande

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Emily Collins, owner of The Root Beer Stande is pretty realistic about how the weather affects her business.  So she’s been getting creative with ways to generate business.  The last couple of weekends she offered a pre-order option for chicken and noodles.
For this weekend  she’s offering one of her favorite comfort foods- cabbage rolls.
 She shares this on the Stande’s facebook page: “Family anecdote… my dad calls these cabbage patches. Ours are a tomato’s base made with beef and rice covered in sauerkraut.We want to see if we can sell at least 200 cabbage rolls. We would really like to hit 300. We need a new fryer and equipment doubled in price.”
Here’s the menu:
Cabbage rolls: $5 a roll
Cabbage roll dinner: $13 2 rolls with mashed potatoes and sauce
10 cabbage rolls: $45
Family meal deal: 8 cabbage rolls and 32 ounces of mashed potatoes $50
Quarts of mashed potatoes: $13
Pints of mashed potatoes: $7
To place your order, message them on Facebook . Make sure they respond to you, so you know you’re on the list. If you can let them know which day you want to pick up; that helps even more. They will be serving with their delicious homemade mashed potatoes. You must preorder and prepay.
To Pay:
Cahsapp: $rootbeerstande
Venmo: @rootbeerstande
Pick up is from 1-8 on Saturday January 13 and Sunday January 14.

The Root Beer Stande

1727 Woodman Dr,
Dayton, OH 45420

7 Great Spiked Hot Chocolate Suggestions

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Hot chocolate plus your favorite booze feels like heaven on earth on a cold day. May we suggest some classic combinations to warm you up?

 

Baileys Irish Cream

Baileys Irish Cream is an aged whiskey mixed with cream (both the whiskey and cream are sourced in Ireland) and cocoa flavorings. A generous splash of this liqueur will give your hot chocolate an even greater milky richness as well as a silky smooth finish. Despite containing cream, the bottle has a shelf life of 2 years, so you can store it in the refrigerator or a cool dry place until you’re ready to make your next batch of hot chocolate.

Kahlúa

Containing small amounts of caffeine, Kahlúa will give you a slow release of energy when it’s mixed into your warm wintery drink. Consider this version of spiked hot chocolate the perfect swap for an after-dinner cup of full-caff coffee—this mix is like dessert + coffee, all in one cup. The liqueur is flavored with vanilla and arabica coffee, with its major alcohol content coming from rum.

 

Spiced Rum

You won’t need more than an ounce or two to feel the boozy punch with spiced rum. The signature golden color is a result of the rum aging in wooden barrels, and contributes to the spirit’s rich flavor. The rum’s spiced profile comes from a blend of allspice seeds, nutmeg, cloves, and cinnamon. All of these tasty elements make a great complement to chocolate and will be an excellent addition to

Cointreau or Triple Sec

For a change, why not add an orange touch to your hot chocolate? This might sound weird, but it is definitely feasible, and take note– delicious.  Orange liqueur like Cointreau or Triple Sec can spike your simple hot chocolate into a boozy yet orangy cocktail– without omitting the chocolate’s goodness.

Peppermint Schnapps

Peppermint Schnapps is a mint-infused liqueur that tastes like boozy candy canes. It is a staple drink during the winter or holiday seasons. But one thing you need to learn is that – this liqueur is great in choco-based cocktails.vSo why not try this spirit with your mug of hot chocolate?

Tequila

Never tried a Mexican-style hot chocolate? As soon as you’re used to its chili-spiced flavoring, you can try the Mexican hot cocoa skewered with tequila.

ce you savor this recipe’s goodness, you can’t help but want more

Peppermint Schnapps

Peppermint Schnapps is a mint-infused liqueur that tastes like boozy candy canes. It is a staple drink during the winter or holiday seasons.  But one thing you need to learn is that – this liqueur is great in choco-based cocktails.

Experiment with whatever liquors you have on hand.  Top your hot chocolate off with a vanilla vodka infused whip cream for a little extra kick!

Food Businesses Taking A Holiday Break

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As the holiday season approaches, we wanted to inform you that some of our local food businesses  will be taking a winter break. We assure you that this break is necessary for staff to recharge after the busy holiday season  and to prepare for the upcoming year. We’ll keep updating the list as we hear about more temporary closings.

Baker Benji’s – will reopen 1/7 at 6am

Demnika’s Italiano –  will be closed until January 10th

Heathers Cafe – closed Dec 30 – Jan 6

Latin Arepas Cafe will reopen on Jan 7th

Mamma DiSalvo’s closed 12/30 – 1/7

Partial to Pie Bakery – closed 12/24- 1/6

Roma – closed from New Year’s Day until Tuesday January 7th

Roost Modern Italian – closed through Jan 8th

Rumbleseat Wines – closed Dec 30 – Jan 12

Smales Pretzel Bakery – closed  Dec 23- 31

Steak Thyme – closed Jan 1 – 8

The Donut Haus– closing at noon on 12/23 and reopening 1/9 at 6am

The Winds Cafe is closed and will reopen Tuesday, January 14 at 12noon

Tony & Pete’s – closed Jan 1 and reopens Jan 7th

The Neighborhood Nest – closed 12/25 – 1/7

 

 

2nd Location Announced for The Blue Berry Cafe!

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Just got off the phone with the Muffin Man, who confirmed The Blue Berry Cafe will be taking over the Golden Nugget space as well as moving their Bellbrook location across the street!
He couldn’t confirm timelines- but look for the opening soon on Dixie.
He also confirmed that the Bellbrook move across the street is still happening, and that time line is waiting on the completion of the construction team.  The last day of business is scheduled for Friday, January 19th, 2024 at the original location and they will be open 7 days a week until then.
Update from Kelly on their Blue Berry Cafe Facebook page:
On Tuesday, December 19th – we were told that a fella from Winsupply had asked to meet me with me and Ray. With our guards up we walked over there and introduced ourselves to Moraine City Manager, Mike Davis and Bill Tolliver, VP of Real Estate Services and In House Counsel for Winsupply.
We told him we knew that they bought the Golden Nugget Building and that we thought that was amazing of them to do that for the area!
He asked if we would be interested in putting a location there – we said – oh
My goodness, that is such a nice compliment – truly – but we have all of our savings going into our new location across the street – AND we will never leave Bellbrook! But thank you!
He said, no, I don’t want you to ever leave Bellbrook either- I live in Bellbrook! We want you to add a second location! Listen – it doesn’t hurt to just look! All you have to do is bring the groceries 🤩
We met at the Kettering restaurant the next day. Ray and I didn’t sleep all night – texting back and forth – We told Bill, our answer is yes and that we have two options, either warp speed and get this open asap or we need to wait until Summer after we open the Bellbrook location and have our routine down….Bill said, let’s do Warp Speed!
We have been treated like restaurant royalty by the Winsupply Family and while there has been tears – a lot of tapping Bill on the shoulder to make sure he is real, we are so excited for this opportunity!
While we have had multiple restaurants in the Dayton Area since 1975 – none of them have ever had the same concept. We are excited to take this journey. Our Bellbrook staff is our first priority – we will be working hard to make sure they still have a paycheck coming in the next few weeks as we move forward. So please eat pancakes! 🤩🫐
It’s been a busy 2 weeks since Bill Tolliver walked into our cafe! And we are so grateful!
Cheers to our 20th Year in Business – thank you in advance for your continued support and well wishes!
We love you all so much!
Here we GROW!
Kelley, Ray, Tony, and our Blue Berry Cafe Family!

Flying Pig Tavern Celebrates 1st Anniversary

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Serial entrepreneur James Williams celebrates the first anniversary of his Flying Pig Tavern in Fairborn.  Williams played with the Dayton Rugby Club, who eventually merged their team with an Air Force Team called the Flying Pigs, which is where the name for the bar came from.  Featuring Soft Tip Dart machines
as well as Steel Tip Dart Boards, a free pool table and Friday night karaoke make for a great draw and folks come from all over, according to Williams.  Growing up in Riverside, a lot of his Stebbins High School buddies have become regulars. 


James and his wife Lacey with Santa.

Over the holidays Flying Pig hosted a Tips for Toys promotion and they ended up raising $25,000 and were able to purchase 70 Bicycles and numerous other toys, which were given away on Dec 23rd to over 1000 families in need. 

“We just love helping people, helping families, and kids. It’s just an amazing feeling in your heart to be able to help people,” James Williams, the owner of Flying Pig said.

While working full time on the flight line as and air craft servicer at WPAFB, Williams opened his first location in 2009 in Dayton the Double Deuce Bar, After selling it to children’s Hospital, he purchased and opened the Double Deuce Family pizzeria in Huber, Heights, Ohio.  He sold that location a week after the epidemic hit with Covid and it was torn down and they built a New Shell gas Station.
This is Williams 3rd Location.  His first location opened in  2009 in Dayton, across from Childrens Hospital,  the Double Deuce Bar.
After selling it to the Hospital, he purchased and opened the Double Deuce Family pizzeria at 5186 Brandt Pike (State Route 201)  in Huber, Heights in February of 2018. He bought the 4,031-square-foot restaurant fully equipped. It had formerly been C’s Pizza. He sold that location a week after the epidemic hit with Covid and it was torn down and they built a New Shell gas Station.
He took a break for a couple years before he and Ray Fulton, bought the Fairborn property.  The location was formerly known as The Afterburner Lounge. After a few months of being open Williams bout out Fulton and became 100% owner of the Flying Pig.
Flying Pig features 5 signature pizza’s, small and large or you can build your own.  Prices range from $9-$22 depending on toppings. They claim its the best pizza in town.
They look forward to hosting their bike night again this summer, which will become Two Wheel Tuesday.

Flying Pig Tavern

136 N 1st Street,
Fairborn, OH, 45324

(937) 874-5555
Sun – Thurs 4-11pm

Fri & Sat 4pm – 2am

Free Delivery Day For Crumbl Cookies

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Crumbl Cookies is offering Free Delivery Day today available exclusively for orders placed on the Crumbl App, while supplies last.. The offer is valid on delivery addresses within a 10-mile radius of a Crumbl location.

Crumbl was founded by two cousins, Jason McGowan and Sawyer Hemsley. The pair decided to go into business together while Hemsley was still in college. Jason’s love of technology and Sawyer’s affinity for branding seemed to lend itself to starting a business, and the cousins ultimately decided, “Let’s just do something really cool and we’re going to do cookies.” It’s hard to ignore how delectable these cookies are, especially with social media constantly being flooded with posts about them and their growing popularity.

Dayton’s 4th Crumbl Cookies is opening its doors on Friday, Jan. 12 at 8am at 4457 Feedwire Road in between Donato’s Pizza and Sleep Outfitters in Centerville.

Here’s a look at this week’s collection:

  • New Snickerdoodle Sandwich Cookie: Two chilled classic snickerdoodle cookies sandwiching a layer of vanilla cream cheese frosting finished with a white drizzle and a sprinkling of cinnamon sugar.
  • Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chunk: A cookie filled with semi-sweet chocolate chunks and a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.
  • Strawberry Cupcake Cookie: A vanilla cupcake cookie with a heavenly swirl of strawberry cream cheese frosting and a splash of white sprinkles.
  • Waffle Cookie: A waffle cookie topped with a dollop of buttercream frosting and served with a side of maple syrup.
  • Peanut Butter Cookies & Cream Cookie: A smooth mix of chocolate and peanut butter, studded with the tasty crunch of cookies and cream bits.
  • Banana Bread Cookie: A fluffy banana cookie with flavors of brown sugar, cinnamon, and vanilla, topped with a cream cheese glaze and a brown sugar streusel.

What Da Pho Express Opens In Huber Heights

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What Da Pho, a fast casual Vietnamese Eatery opens its second location in Huber Heights today, Jan 1st .  The first 50 guests when they open at 11am will receive a $50 gift card. All day long   everyone can enjoy 30% off all orders for the entire day!

Wat da Pho is a family-owned Business that is proudly serve a few authentic Vietnamese dishes Pho is their  specialty noodle soup, and they keep it  most authentic dish with only a few tweaks from their own family recipe added to the mix. They also have a wide variety of non-authentic dishes as well, from Stir-fried Lo Mein to Rice Dishes, even an entire page of Vegetarian dishes to choose from.

Unlike the Beavercreek location, co-owner Steven Huynh explains, “This is the very first version of the express location that we have. “If this one is successful, soon we’re going to open the next one.”

This restaurant offers  a self-order kiosk as well as counter service.  It seats about 40 people and has an outdoor patio, as well.

 

What da Pho Express

7612 Old Troy Pike
Huber Heights, OH 45424

937-723-7357

Mon – Sat: 11am – 8:30pm

Sunday: 11am – 8pm

Our Most Viewed Foodie Stories of 2023

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We cover a lot of bar and restaurant stories on our website, Dayton Dining Facebook page and Dayton Foodies Group and as look back on 2023, here are our most read stories of the year.

Our fifth most read story fo the year was Downtown Brewery Closed. On Oct 17th we announced the fate of  Lock 27 Brewing & Taproom  closing, six years after it opened the doors near the Dragons Baseball stadium.  The good news, their suburban space in Centerville is staying open.

 

Our fourth most read story also came in Ocober when a  Dayton Eatery Named to Yelp’s Top 100 in Midwest. The husband and wife couple, Casey and Patrick that own and operate Grist in Downtown Dayton got some national recognition for their specialty pasta market and restaurant that serves lunch and dinner, sells pasta, bread and other treats to go, as well as offering cooking classes.

Coming in as the 3rd most read story, On Oct 7th we revealed that the Doubleday’s Chain Introduces New Concept.  According to Doubleday’s management Home Plate will open late Jan/early February.  With only 20 seats, the concept will concentrate on carry out of Doubleday’s favorite, soups, salads and sandwiches.

Our second most popular posting happened on  On June 30th we announced the the management change at Treasure Island, with Dana & Katherine Downs taking over July 1st. Slight menu modifications were predicted to  ensure the efficiency and success of the restaurant. Well, as we all know now, that didn’t last long and the restaurant has been handed back to owner Duane Issacs and closed temporarily. Rumor has it that former General Manager Nancy Zechar will be reopening Treasure Island mid January.

 

Dayton937.com’s  Most Read Story of the Year: In Sept of 23 we announced the Ownership Change For Bill’s Donuts.  Lisa Tucker sat down with our own Bryan Suddith to talk about the business her family had run since 1960.  A long time beloved business that did so much for the community, this announcement was a big shake up for the Miami Valley. New owners Marshall and Amy Lachman have lived up to their pledge to not change anything stay involved with supporting our community