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Restaurants Serving Thanksgiving Dinner 2019

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Last year over 16 million Americans opted to  sit back in a booth and let others cook the turkey for them.  For all of us who work so hard and get so little time to spend with the people that we want to be with, the idea of  spending  the majority of our holiday  preparing, cooking and cleaning  just doesn’t cut it.

Or maybe you’re not going to be with your family this year, but you still want that delicious turkey. Behold, our handy-dandy guide to eating Thanksgiving dinner in the Miami Valley

And don’t forget to ask for leftovers, some restaurants will pack you a little take home box so you can have a turkey sandwich later.

This list is a work in progress.  We’ll keep updating it and if you know of a place we’ve missed, please add it in the comments below.

 

Thanksgiving Day feast

Dewberry 1850
November 28 @ 11:00 am – 9:00 pm
$22

Join us on Thanksgiving day for our annual 3 course Thanksgiving day feast. No reservations will be taken. First come…

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SOLD OUT -Thanksgiving Buffet

Golden Jersey Inn
November 28 @ 11:00 am – 6:30 pm
$23.50

Make plans to bring your family Thanksgiving Day for our wonderful buffet and let us do the cooking. We will…

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Thanksgiving Dinner

Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
November 28 @ 11:00 am – 8:00 pm
$45

Children’s Menu For children 12 and under, $22

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Thanksgiving Dinner

Carvers Steaks and Chops
November 28 @ 11:00 am – 9:00 pm

Bring the family and join us at Carvers for a special Thanksgiving lunch or dinner. Leave all of the hard…

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Thanksgiving Dinner

Crown Plaza Dayton
November 28 @ 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
$22

We will have a Thanksgiving Plate for $22 and our normal menu.

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Thanksgiving Buffet

The Dayton Woman’s Club
November 28 @ 11:30 am – 2:00 pm
$25

a buffet with all your holiday favorites!   $25 13 & up; $15 6-12 years old & 5 & under…

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Thanksgiving Buffet

The Florentine Restaurant
November 28 @ 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
$18.99

Roasted or smoked turkey, white or dark meat with dressing, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn pudding, sweet potato casserole, coleslaw,…

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Thanksgiving Day Feast

El Meson
November 28 @ 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Thanksgiving Day Feast is this Thursday, November 28! Thanksgiving will be here before you know it! Come join in on…

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Free Feast of Giving

Dayton Convention Center
November 28 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Free

11th Annual Feast of Giving on November 28, 2019.  All are welcome to attend and enjoy FREE live music, entertainment…

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Join us for Thanksgiving

Roberts Centre
November 28 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
$20.99

Skip the Cooking and spend Thanksgiving with us and all your friends at the Roberts Centre! Our menu of delicious…

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Italian Turkey Dinner

Palermo’s
November 28 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us for Hot Turkey Plates & Fine Wine Palermo’s Restaurant will host a special “Italian Turkey Dinner” on Thanksgiving…

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The following places have served on Thanksgiving in previous years.  Still waiting on confirmations and costs for these. Keep checking back

Cracker Barrel
5770 Wilmington Pike, Centerville, (937) 432-2431, 6am – 10pm
7171 Miller Lane, Butler Twp, (937) 890-0047; 6am  to 10 pm
3280 Town Blvd, Middletown, (513) 727-4727; 6am  to 10 pm
105 West Leffel Lane, Springfield (937) 325-8221; 6am  to 10 pm
Turkey and traditional sides. No reservations taken

Golden Corral
2490 Commons Boulevard,  Beavercreek (937)431-7300     10am – 8pm,
8870 Kingsridge Drive,  Dayton Mall (937)312-2400     10am – 8pm
6611 Miller Lane, Vandalia (937)264-3300     10am – 8pm
Turkey and traditional sides. No Reservations.  $12.99, not including tax or beverage.

 

Hasty Tasty
509 Linden Ave., Dayton, (937) 254-8431;     5 am to 6 pm
Thanksgiving dinner specials, no reservations. Cost: TBA, includes dessert.

 

Mimi’s Cafe
4402 Walnut St. in The Greene in Beavercreek, (937) 426-9153;  8am – 8pm
regular menu and traditional Thanksgiving dinner, reservations accepted

Waffle House
To find the closest Waffle House to you use  the store locator.
It’s open 24 hours and if you sit at the bar you can watch them flip your eggs- it’s like dinner theater.

Yankee Trace Golf Club   – SOLD OUT
10000 Yankee St, Dayton   (937) 438-3585
Turn the Turkey over to us! We’re taking reservations for our annual Thanksgiving Buffet on Thursday, November 28. There are two seatings: 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Volunteer to make “Just A Little Lunch” for 5000 Daytonians

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The founders of Just A Little Lunch

Providing bagged lunches to organizations around the Miami Valley to help those struggling with food insecurity. Changing the World – One Lunch at a Time

Eleven years ago John and Niki Lee wanted to do something to teach their kids, Jackson & Kate the importance of volunteering and helping the less fortunate.  They made 50 bagged lunches in their kitchen for the St. Vincent DePaul Women & Children Shelter in downtown Dayton.  After that they formally launched Just a Little Lunch as a non-profit.

In 2016 over 3,300 lunches were made and delivered and by 2018, over 5000 lunches were made by 350+ volunteers.  Over half of those volunteers were under 18.  The lunches were delivered to 24 shelters and organization across 3 differ counties, including St.Vincent de Paul, House of Bread and Daybreak to name a few.

A sandwich, some goodies and a whole lot of love. Each year thousands
of lunches are assembled by hundreds of loving folks!

The lunches are assembled and delivered the day before Thanksgiving (November 27, 2019) and are used to feed the hungry not on Thanksgiving but the 3 days after Thanksgiving when the need is forgotten and most needed.

 

 

 

 

Sign up to help:

Volunteer, help set up, help deliver, pack the food!

Make a cash donation for supplies

 

The event will be held at Living Hope Church at 1150 West Spring Valley Pike, Centerville 45458.

 

 

 

 

Flavors of Dayton: George Daoud, CedarLand Bakery & Restaurant

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Join Welcome Dayton and the Human Relations Council for a one-of-a-kind fundraiser! “Flavors of Dayton” presents the last of 3 food events highlighting the talents, cuisines, and stories of foreign-born chefs. Each event will feature a different chef representing a different geographic region and immigrant community. Each chef will conduct a cooking demonstration showcasing several food items from their native country. Attendees will then enjoy food prepared by these amazing chefs!

Featured chef:

Tuesday, October 29th 5-7:30pm: George Daoud, CedarLand Bakery & Restaurant

CedarLand Bakery & Restaurant is a cornerstone in the Dayton community and has been recognized for its outstanding Middle Eastern cuisine, excellent service and friendly staff. This Middle Eastern restaurant is known for its modern interpretation of classic dishes and its insistence on only using high quality fresh ingredients.

Dayton Metro Library – Main (Opportunity Space @St. Clair)
215 East 3rd Street, Dayton, OH 45402

Funds raised will support Welcome Dayton and help us ensure that we can continue to provide vital and effective services to our area’s immigrants and refugees. Our top funding priorities are Program Evaluation, Immigration Legal Assistance, and Immigrant Resource Specialists. We hope you will consider joining us at one of these events, so that Dayton can continue to demonstrate that it is inclusive, welcoming, and supportive of its newest residents!

Purchase tickets here.

Newport Aquarium Welcomes Baby Gators with BOGO Ticket Deal

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Learn about the Legend of the White Gators in Gator Alley at Newport Aquarium. Be awestruck by two of the rarest animals in the world – Snowball and Snowflake – in their new home.

Gator Alley provides Snowball and Snowflake with a well-lit environment where they will have more room for their natural behaviors. The new space also allows you to get up close and see them underwater.

Snowball, the male alligator, is a whopping eight feet long and weighs 175 pounds. Snowflake, the female, is six feet long and weighs about 95 pounds.

There are many legends about the sacred nature of white gators among Native American and Eastern cultures. Cajuns tell how gazing into the eyes of a white alligator can bring good luck and prosperity.

Newport Aquarium just announced the addition of two dozen adorable baby alligators to the popular Gator Alley collection of exhibits. Guests will have the opportunity to see baby alligators swimming in the bayou and basking on its banks. The aquarium is celebrating their growing family with a Bayou Baby BOGO offer. Through November 3rd, buy one general admission ticket and get one of equal or lesser value for free.

Newport Aquarium

The Newport Aquarium is open to the public 365 days a year. They are located only two minutes from downtown Cincinnati at Newport on the Levee. Hours are generally 10am – 6pm, occasionally special events extend those hours.

One Aquarium Way
Newport, KY 41071
1-800-406-3474

Ticket Prices:

ADULTAGES 13+ CHILDAGES 2-12
$2599 $1799

Buy your tickets online here.

Head Distiller Hired for Dayton Barrel Works!

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Today The Dayton Beer Company announced the hiring of  Bill Hockett to serve as the Head Distiller for their new Dayton Barrel Works Artisan Distillery.

According to Dayton Beer Company, “Bill has  over 8 years of distilling experience working for Gervasi Spirits, Limestone Branch Distillery, and with the famous Popcorn Sutton. Bill is from the area and is very excited to be coming home to head our operations and we couldn’t be more excited that we have a distiller of his quality to make some amazing spirits.”

Bill will be starting the new job in January and  shared he’s  “glad to be moving back to the area and look forward to making some great spirits for the Miami Valley.”

Dayton Barrel Works Artisan Distillery will be a craft distillery located at 124 East Second Street in  downtown Dayton. According to their facebook page their focus is on high quality bourbon, gin, vodka, liqueurs, and experimental spirits.

Old Scratch Pizza’s 2nd Location Now Open

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After much anticipation the Washington Township Old Scratch Pizza is now open!    Owner Eric Soller proudly shares that with assistance from architecht Matt Sauer and Real Art, he was able to create a casual, open feeling communal hall that will seat over 200 guests.  While it looks much bigger than the downtown location, he says if you include the patio and party room downtown, that they both seat about the same number of guests. The exact same menu will be served at both locations.

One of the major differences is that the new pizza hall features 3 wood-burning ovens, (one more than downtown) and they’ve added a back entrance and designated parking for To-Go orders.  Look for their on-line ordering to be operational in just a few weeks!

Soller was able to staff the restaurant by bringing some staff from the downtown location, including General Manager Erin Rogers, who helped hire about sixty employees for the new spot.

The 12,000 square foot building, which used to be Centerville Home Fireplace & Patio also has room for 2 more businesses.  One of those will be a juice bar, Power Plant, run by the folks that ran the Shakery food truck.  No word yet on what the 3rd spot will be.

OSP is also bringing their popular Cones For A Cause program to the new location and you’ll find the free cones at the bar at this suburban spot.  Guests are asked to make a donation for the ice cream cones, and each month a different local
non-profit is the beneficiary of those funds.

Since it’s inception this Old Scratch program has generated over $70,000 for community projects and Old Scratch Pizza is even being honored by the Association of Fundraising Professional  at the Dayton National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon on November 15th.

 

 

OLD SCRATCH – CENTERVILLE

440 Miamisburg Centerville Rd
Centerville OH 45458

P: (937) 886-4513

HOURS

T-Th 11a–10p
F-Sa 11a–11p
Su 11a–9p

 

Tell them MostMetro.com sent you!

Owner Eric Soller

 

Guided By Voices Listening Party

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Let’s hang out and listen to GBV! We’re hosting a listening party for the next Guided By Voices album, Sweating the Plague, on October 24th. Come listen to the new album before it’s released, and visit with those friends that you see every year at Heedfest. A good time is guaranteed*.

We’ll have an autographed test pressing to give away during the listening party (!!!), and when you buy Sweating the Plague from us, we’ll give you a free GBV poster (while supplies last). Save the date and we’ll see you then!

Pre-order here: http://bit.ly/SweatingThePlague

*We can’t actually guarantee that you’ll have a good time, but we’re going to make it really hard to not to.

Push Play For Masquarage

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 Masquarage is Equitas Health’s Dayton  signature event raises critical funds for the community-based healthcare system’s life-saving work. Known for it’s over the top costumes and decor that coordinate with each years theme.  Over the years Masquerage has been an intergalactic adventure, a glam rock odyssey, demons and angels, a circus and so much more!

This year it’s Push Play– a night of gaming, everything from cards, board games to cosplay and video games.  While costumes aren’t required most folks do dress up.  No matter what the theme is somethings are a constant at this decadent fundraiser- The Rubi Girls entertain, it’s great people watching, the confetti falls at midnight and masks are required! 

Since Masquerage’s inception in 2002, this event has helped raise awareness and now more than $1,500,000. Masquerage is  one of the must-be-seen-at events in Dayton, bringing hundreds of people together for a magnificent evening to raise awareness and critical funds for HIV/AIDS medical care, treatment, and prevention, a variety of other health services like primary care, behavioral health counseling, and dental care—one of the highest unmet needs for those living with HIV.

WHEN: Saturday, October 19, 2019 | 8:00 PM

WHERE: The 804 Building | 804 E. Monument Ave. Dayton, Ohio 45402

Tickets can be bought online:

$65 general admission – includes non-stop dancing, appetizers and so much more….

$150 Red Ribbon Lounge – exclusive admission to the VIP lounge, all of your drinks for the night and a goodie filled swag bag to take home!

Fox News Radio Host Brian Kilmeade Coming To Town

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Brian Kilmeade co-hosts Fox’s morning show, Fox & Friends, and he hosts the Fox News Radio program The Brian Kilmeade Show.  Kilmeade will be in town on Friday, November 1 at 7 pm at Cox Media Group headquarters to  discuss his new book, SAM HOUSTON AND THE ALAMO AVENGERS.   Reservations  can be made on line  at www.whio.com/Kilmeade via Eventbrite.   The cost is $40 (plus $4.06 handling fee) and includes a copy of Brian’s new book.

 

Books&Co. will be at the event to sell additional copies of the Sam Houston book and Brian’s backlist titles.    The book will not be available in bookstores until November 5.   Cox Media Group has special permission from the publisher to have the book available before the official pub date.    The Brian Kilmeade Show can be heard on WHIO-AM 1290 & FM  95.7 weekdays from 9 am-noon.

In his now-trademark style, Brian Kilmeade brings alive one of the most pivotal moments in American history, this time telling the heart-stopping story of America’s fight for Texas. While the story of the Alamo is familiar to most, few remember how Sam Houston led Texians after a crushing loss to a shocking victory that secured their freedom and paved the way for America’s growth.

In March 1836, the Mexican army led by General Santa Anna massacred more than two hundred Texians who had been trapped in a tiny adobe mission in San Antonio for thirteen days. American legends Jim Bowie and Davey Crockett died there, along with other Americans who had moved to Texas looking for a fresh start.

The defeat galvanized the surviving Texians. Under General Sam Houston, a maverick with a rocky past, the tiny army of settlers rallied–only to retreat time and time again. Having learned from the bloody battles that characterized his past, Houston knew it was poor strategy to aggressively retaliate. He held off until just one month after the massacre, when he and his army of underdog Texians soundly defeated Santa Anna’s troops in under eighteen minutes at the Battle of San Jacinto, and in doing so won the independence for which so many had died.

Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers recaptures this pivotal war that changed America forever, and sheds light on the tightrope all war heroes walk between courage and calculation. Thanks to Kilmeade’s storytelling, a new generation of readers will remember the Alamo–and recognize the lesser-known heroes who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.

 

 

 

 

Holiday Home Tour Tickets Now On Sale

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Each of the homes on these tours take great pride in decking their halls for holiday’s, but Christmas is the grande dame of holiday decorating for most.  Regardless of what makes your Santa sing, each of these holiday home tours is decked to the halls for your enjoyment and inspiration.There is something for all – classic, modern, rustic, and colorful. Kick off your  holly holiday by booking a holiday tour. But the key is you’ll want to get your tickets quickly, as traditionally these tours sell out. We’ve pulled together the information here to help you plan your outing:

Tippecanoe Christmas in the Village Home Tour

December 6th preview- Tour December 7th

Come join us for our annual Home Tour as we celebrate Beechwood Drive in the Hampton Woods neighborhood! The seven tour homes were built in the late 1990’s and early 2000 and are beautifully decorated for the holiday season. The tour occurs rain, snow or with clear skies.

Preview Night Ticket is for the Friday, December 6th Home Tour from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. The tour on Preview Night provides for a more intimate showing followed by a light meal with drinks at a local venue. Preview Night tickets are limited to 60.

The Tour Day Ticket is for the Saturday, December 7th. Home Tour from noon to 5:00 pm. Tickets available online.

 

Oregon Historic District Grand Holiday Tour of Homes

December 7th & December 8th   11am – 4pm

We are excited to welcome you to step back in time and view eight of our neighborhood’s beautifully decorated historic homes at the 2019 Grand Holiday Tour of Homes.

You’ll enjoy the varied architectural styles of the neighborhood including Classic revival, Eastlake, and Italianate. You will meet at the host house at 46 Hess street to collect your tour book and map before you start your self-guided tour through Dayton’s oldest neighborhood.

Volunteers in period garb will be available to answer questions along the route.
When your tour is complete, stop by Newcom park under the gazebo and enjoy some complimentary hot chocolate or mulled cider with all the fixings. Get your photo taken at our selfie station in period garb provided by the tour.

DETAILS:
Tour ticket: $25 per person available online.
Tickets are non-refundable
No pets or comfort animals are allowed on the tour
On-Street parking is available throughout the neighborhood, and at lots in the business district.
OHDS is not responsible for any loss, damage, or injury, and participation in the event is at your own risk.
Holiday Tour guests are welcome to visit any of the Oregon Historic District restaurants after their selected tour.
Guests contact the restaurants directly to make reservations. Tours will begin at the meeting house at 46 Hess Street, Dayton Oh 45402.

A Dickens of a Christmas: Holiday Home Tour

Dec 13 – 15

The Dickens of a Christmas Tour is our biennial holiday walking tour of the St. Anne’s Hill Historic District. The guided tours begin at the High Street Gallery located at 48 High Street in Dayton, Ohio. Our guides are dressed in period costume and specially trained to let you know about the remarkable history of St. Anne’s Hill. The tour includes several unique homes along our charming neighborhood streets. The tour concludes in the landmark Bossler Mansion with a special holiday dessert and a visit to Victoria’s Parlour Gift Shoppe . Each tour lasts approximately 2 and 1/2 hours. Ample parking is available at Bomberger Park. The St. Anne’s Hill holiday home tour is the longest continuously operating home tour in the Dayton region. All proceeds from this event go towards preserving the character and integrity of our historic neighborhood. Tickets available online.

 

McPherson Town opens ten of thei beautiful historic homes to the public during Thanksgiving weekend every other year, so their next tour will be in 2020.

Flavors of Dayton Highlight Foreign-Born Chefs!

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Join Welcome Dayton and the Human Relations Council for a one-of-a-kind fundraiser! “Flavors of Dayton” is a series of 3 food events highlighting the talents, cuisines, and stories of foreign-born chefs. Each event will feature a different chef representing a different geographic region and immigrant community. Each chef will conduct a cooking demonstration showcasing several food items from their native country. Attendees will then enjoy food prepared by these amazing chefs!

Featured chefs are:

  • Tuesday, October 15th: Rafael Santillan, Nelly’s: A Taste of Bolivia
  • Tuesday, October 22nd: Teresa Barnes, Eden Spice Restaurant
  • Tuesday, October 29th: George Daoud, CedarLand Bakery & Restaurant

Tickets are $65 per person, per event and can be bought online here.  Funds raised will support Welcome Dayton and help us ensure that we can continue to provide vital and effective services to our area’s immigrants and refugees. Our top funding priorities are Program Evaluation, Immigration Legal Assistance, and Immigrant Resource Specialists. We hope you will consider joining us at one of these events, so that Dayton can continue to demonstrate that it is inclusive, welcoming, and supportive of its newest residents!

NOTE: There are THREE different events. When purchasing tickets, please make sure that you select the date for the event that you are interested in from the dropdown menu.

Zombie Pizza To benefit Pink Ribbon Girls

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You won’t find it on the menu, but Centerville Pizza is celebrating October by bringing back it’s award winning ZOMIE PIZZA!  It’s got a ranch base, pepperoni, garlic, bacon, diced tomatoes, spinach, and pizza cheese topped off with parmesan!

What’s not scary?  The fact that 25% of each  ZOMBIE PIZZA sold in the month of October will be donated to the PINK RIBBON GIRLS!

 

Centerville Pizza
9470 Dayton Lebanon Pike
Centerville, Ohio 45458

Mon- Sat 11am – 10pm
Sunday 3 – 10pm

A place locals call their own.  It’s about tradition, like pizza dough made from scratch, the best toppings, homemade sauces and signature sides made from real family recipes!

Fall Menu Debuts at Trolly Stop Friday

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Chef Rae Rosbough has just released the new fall menu items for Trolley Stop in the Oregon District.  You can start enjoying this dishes as soon as tomorrow! As Chef Rae describes it “the fall menu has an updated homey style. It includes plenty of comfort foods, many spicy dishes (to warm you from the inside during the colder months), and of course lots of healthful and vegetarian options.”  All I know is just looking at these pictures taken by Mary Graham are making me hungry!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rosbough says “they also  feature Mama’s Bakeshop Desserts and have a $5 Kid’s menu available daily. Trolley Stop always has something for everyone.”  And that’s not counting the pretty hip line up of craft beers they carry!

The kitchen is open from 11am-10pm on Sunday- Thursday and 11am-11pm on on Friday & Saturday.

Comedian Greg Warren Returns to Funny Bone

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Comedian Greg Warren grew up in St. Louis where his father was a high school wrestling coach and his mother made him play clarinet in the band. He has captivated audiences with anecdotes about the conflict inherent in meshing the two disparate high school identities of varsity wrestler and band geek. Greg’s “Flute Man” bit is a perfect encapsulation of the insecurities of high school and the ongoing quest to be cool, and is one of the most requested bits in the history of the Bob & Tom Show.
During college, Greg won a comedy contest and was invited to perform at Déjà Vu, a local club in Columbia, MO. After college Greg’s job at Procter & Gamble, brought him to Cincinnati where managed the Pringles potato chip line while often driving up to Jokers in Dayton to host shows before he made the decision to become a full-time comedian. Full disclosure- I owned Jokers and Greg became a regular at Jokers and a good friend, as well. Like so many or our regulars, we heard their acts over and over and could repeat most of their act word for word. Our entire staff would mimic along when he got to his “I moved today” bit.  He had another bit where he talked about going to the record store and when he was making a purchase they were asking him for info, and when they asked his street name, he replied G-Rock Greggy Greg. And to this day, that’s still how he’s listed in my phone.

G Rock and I celebrating at a wedding.

Somewhere along the line Greg went from being just another “local” comic to becoming a professional who got really funny.  He was invited to attend Montreal’s prestigious Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in 2002 as one of the featured New Faces of Comedy. I felt like a proud “comedy mom” when I stood in back watching his set that night and what was the beginning of many big breaks for Greg. He toured with The Bob & Tom All Stars Comedy Tour and appeared on BET’s Coming to the Stage and on Country Music Television. Greg has continued to play clubs, appear on tv shows like  Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Late Show and NBC’s Last Comic Standing.

I was also in the audience when he taped  Comedy Central’s Premium Blend back in 2009:

Greg will be appearing at the Dayton Funny Bone this coming Friday through Sunday and we got to talking about it and here’s what he said:
You’ve been playing Dayton for years- what do you look forward to about this market?  
Well Dayton is kind of a special place for me.  I don’t think I would have become a comic without Dayton.  Years ago I was living in Cincy, working in sales for Procter and Gamble.  I would drive up to Miamisburg all the time to Jokers Comedy Club by the Dayton Mall to work on my act.  Some of the sets were good.  Some were painful.  I would listen the cassette tapes on the drive back to Cincy.  I gotta admit, during more than one of those drives I seriously contemplated giving it up.  Somehow the sets started going smoother and the rides home were less painful.
There is something different about the Dayton crowds.  Part of it is diversity.  Part of it is a “blue-collar, just want to have fun, don’t take ourselves to serious” attitude.  I’m a slightly different comic when I’m there.  I’m not a big crowd work guy but somehow I always wind up talking to people in the crowd from the stage.  They force me out of my comfort zone and I get slightly irritated and wind up having more fun than I’ve had in months.
There are always a few old people in the crowd in Dayton.  I get a big kick out of them.  I used to always have fun arguing with this feisty elderly lady at Jokers.  It seems like there is always one of her in the crowd.

 

What bit of yours is most requested by crowds? 
Flute Man.  Hands down.

The Bob & Tom show has been good to you over the years- what’s it really like when you’re there?

I love those guys.  They have been extremely good to me.  I will visit them on my way to Dayton.  These days when I go in, it’s a lot like hanging out with really funny friends because I am actually hanging out with really funny friends.  I really try to enjoy all of them when I go in the room.  I know I need to be funny but when I focus on enjoying them, the show goes better.

 

Besides working in the comedy clubs- what else are you working on ?
Well, I just shot a comedy special in July.  We are putting the finishing touches on the editing and hopefully it will come out early next year. It’s about farming and how little I know about it.

 

What question do you get asked over and over again?
Who told you it was a good idea to wear that shirt?

 

What do you look forward to doing the most when you get back home after a road gig?
It’s pretty unexciting but sit on my couch and sleep in my bed.  I like seeing my dog too.  He’s technically my Dad’s dog but he goes nuts when I show up.  I know everybody says their dog goes nuts when they see them but Red is on a different level with me.

 

Anything else you’d like to talk about:
I just got done reading a biography on The Wright Brothers.  It was such a great book. I feel even closer to Dayton.  I’m gonna go try and find some of the stuff from the book.  By the way, you guys didn’t support ‘em at first!  You called ‘em fools.  The Dayton Daily News refused to write about them.  The first real article was from some guy who wrote a newsletter on beekeeping!!! I forgive you for that Dayton. You called me a fool too at first.  You also continue to call me a fool.

 

Greg Warren’s shows at the Dayton Funny Bone:
Friday, Oct 11  Show Time:7:30 PM
Arrival Time:6:45 PM
21 & over
Friday, Oct 11  Show Time:10:00 PM
Arrival Time:9:15 PM
18 & over
Saturday, Oct 12   Show Time:7:30 PM
Arrival Time:6:45 PM
21 & over
Saturday, Oct 12ccShow Time:10:00 PM
Arrival Time:9:15 PM
21 & over
Sunday, Oct 13 . Show Time:7:30 PM
Arrival Time:6:45 PM
21 & over
Try this link for free tickets:

Gem City Cafte Has A New Project

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The ladies behind Gem City Catfe  are ready to start a new project.  They’ve launched a crowd funding city for Gem City Kitties, a spay/neuter clinic in West Dayton.  The Gem City Vet will be providing free spay/neuter surgeries for community cats and low-cost surgeries for cats and dogs in low-income families. The oweners are closing on their new building this month and need your support to hit our crowdfunding goal of $34,000 to help with initial opening expenses.

They will  be providing free spay/neuter surgeries for community cats and low-cost surgeries for cats and dogs in low-income families.

 

Until recently in the US, millions of pets were killed each year in shelters simply because they didn’t have homes. Nationally, many organizations are working together to reach “no-kill” by 2025, meaning that we aren’t killing any pets for lack of space and only euthanizing when it’s the best and most merciful choice for the animal.

Our animal welfare resources in Montgomery County are currently stretched beyond their abilities.

Low cost spay and neuter services are provided through nonprofit shelters. These organizations are overwhelmed with vetting and placing homeless pets. This past April, the Montgomery County Animal Resource Center (ARC) ended all cat programs, placing even more strain on these nonprofit shelters.

Dayton can be a no-kill community by 2025 by providing more spay and neuter surgeries for community cats and pets within low income families.

Gem City Kitties feels a high-volume spay and neuter clinic located in West Dayton is a vital part of the solution, by providing both easier access and faster appointment availability.

 

Since opening in January of 2018  Gem City Catfe, has

• Adopted over 280 cats to loving homes

• Educated thousands of Daytonians on best practices for cat care and how to keep their pets in their homes

• Trained over 100 community members on how to help solve this problem at a local level.

Gem City Kitties is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and your donations are tax deductible. Should any issues arise with the clinic purchase, all donated funds will be used to expand our TNR Program to help community cats and grow programs related to low-cost spay and neuter.

Drop in at the Gem City Catfe  to see more details and talk with their team about the project. Or read more online about our project and how to give via our Crowdrise page here: https://www.crowdrise.com/o/en/campaign/gem-city-vet