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3 New Piada Pockets

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Piada Italian Street Food recently announced the launch of its new Piada Pockets in three crave-worthy flavors: Spinach & Artichoke, Meatball Marinara, and Spicy Sausage. Baked to perfection in Piada’s signature dough and packed with bold Italian flavors, Piada Pockets will be available at all locations.

“Our Piada Pockets capture everything guests love about Italian food—rich flavors, high-quality ingredients, and a warm, satisfying bite—all in a portable format,” said Matt Harding, Chief Concept Officer at Piada Italian Street Food. “Whether you’re craving the classic comfort of meatballs and marinara, the indulgence of creamy spinach and artichoke, or the bold heat of spicy sausage and peppers, there’s a Piada Pocket for every taste.”

Piada Pockets aren’t just delicious—they’re also a way to give back. From March 24th – March 30th, Piada will donate $1 from every Piada Pocket sold to Pelotonia, supporting life-saving cancer research, with a commitment of up to $10,000. Additionally, anyone who orders a Piada Pocket online during this week will be entered to win one of five exciting prizes, including a $500 Piada gift card + an exclusive influencer pack or one of four $100 gift cards.

“Our goal was to take our signature Piada dough and create something truly irresistible,” said Dawn McClung, Research and Development Chef at Piada Italian Street Food. “After three years in the making, these pockets are a perfect balance of crisp, golden-baked dough and indulgent, high-quality fillings. They’re easy to eat on the go, but still bring that comforting, made-from-scratch Italian experience.”

Piada Pockets will be available at all Piada Italian Street Food locations nationwide. For more information and to order, visit mypiada.com or download the Piada One app.

Piada Italian Street Food
1047 Miamisburg-Centerville Rd
Dayton, OH 45459

4397 Far Hills Ave
Kettering, OH 45429

3286-B Pentagon Blvd
Beavercreek, OH 45431

PIADA Fall and Winter Menu

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One of the perks of writing for a food blog is the generous invitation to private tastings of our local eateries! Most recently, PIADA Italian Street Food invited us to sample their new Fall and Winter menu. Their goals for this menu were to create healthy and hearty meals that leave you satisfied and not feeling stuffed like a Thanksgiving turkey! And trust us, they nailed it!

Our tasting started off with the Harvest Grain bowl. This bowl is packed with a farro (that’s a Mediterranean wheat grain, similar taste to barley), pecans, cranberries, feta, sweet potatoes, fennel (the leaves, not the seeds), and basil. All of this is seasoned with their red wine dressing. The salad is refreshing and unique as many of these items aren’t ones we would think to toss together!

 

We then indulged in the Prochetta Sandwich. This was a slider sized sandwich that when you look at it, you would think it’s too small to satisfy. Wrong! This little guy is small but MIGHTY. The sandwich is packed with slices of their slow roasted pork loin that was seasoned with theirmix of Tuscan spices. Basil aioli, pickled red onion and fennel leaves top the sandwich all nestled within a rustic Italian roll!

 

The last meal item that we had the pleasure to sample was the Mediterranean Power Bowl. This bowl is chuck full of healthy eats that will keep you full for a good chunk of your day! On top of the bed of red quinoa les roasted cauliflower and broccoli, sweet potatoes, pickled red onions and glazed chick peas. This power house salad is topped off with their Harissa and Greek Yogurt drizzle that adds just enough of a spice to finish it off.

To wash everything down, we were refreshed with their new Blood Orange Pomegranate Tea. These all natural and refreshing flavors were a great complement to these menu items!

PIADA started out in 2010 in Columbus and has since expanded all over the state. The are known for their take on Italian street food and pasta creations. These added menu items help bring their dishes to an even higher level for a quick service restaurant. PIADA prides themselves on creative, fresh and tasty dishes that surly will please each member of your family!

We want to give a special thanks and shout out to Tastefully Roasted Coffee for hosting the event. That night we were able to test out their new coffee bar. I indulge in a latté with almond milk, honey and cinnamon created by one of their baristas named Sarah. It was fantastic and I look forward to further tastefully roasted creations them!

 


Piada: Fresh, Fast and Furious Food Adventure

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The Big Ragu, Hungry Jax and Chef House are not food critics, we are Food Adventurers.  That’s like comparing Roger Ebert to Indiana Jones.  We always eat big, never use generic stock photos, and always hit a place multiple times.  If it is something we love, we write about it.  Piada is one such place.  Since the grand opening of this new spot, in our hometown of Centerville, the lines have been out the door.  So we bided our time, until the frenzy died down.  What is the excitement about?  This popular Columbus based franchise has capitalized on the “assembly line” serving style which has brought countless comparisons to the likes of Chipotle.

Here is the rundown, when you enter the place you pick your meal type.  You have four choices: A piada (a huge burrito), a pasta bowl, a chopped salad bowl or a select two in which you can choose mini versions of any of the items mentioned earlier.  After you pick your meal type, you pick your meat: calamari, grilled chicken, crispy chicken fritte , Italian sausage, steak, salmon or vegetarian.  Be forewarned that the grilled chicken is a mix of white and dark meat.  The crispy chicken is strictly chicken breast.

You are then asked to choose a sauce: pomodoro, diavolo(spicy tomato sauce), alfredo, red pepper pesto, basil pesto, or creamy parmesan.  After that, you are moved down the line to choose from a variety of vegetable toppings, including unique choices such as eggplant, sun dried tomatoes, and papadew peppers.

Hungry Jax liked the pick two two combo, but her recommendation is to go for the BIG chopped salad bowl instead of the smaller combo portions.  It is simply a better deal.  Fresh greens with your choice of veggie and meat toppings make this a healthy and flavorful choice.  The Big Ragu says go for the Calamari Piada or Salmon Piada, but don’t put any pasta in the “burrito.”  Instead, save room to stuff more kinds of veggies in there!

One thing we love are the artichoke piada sticks and the parmesan reggiano piada sticks.  They are cheesy, dusted with garlic powder and delicious.    Another attraction for us is that they have Peroni, on tap.  We always enjoy the crisp taste of this Italian import beer.  Other unique beverages included the Italian Teas and Sodas.  Our favorite was the raspberry soda.  Piada even offers Peach Bellini’s, which are made with sparkling wine.  Finally, we tried the of cannoli dip.  It is a bag of mini-cannoli shells and a side of cann0li filling for dipping.  An interesting concept for a dessert on the go.

Ragu’s Italian ancestors are not sure if this is authentic street food, but it tastes great.  Prices run $6 – $9 for your typical entree.  Check out our album below for lots of food photos.  Do you want a lunch that is a fresh, fast and furious?  Then visit Piada Italian Street Food and get some chow…. or should we say…  Ciao !

Often imitated but never duplicated, you can find Food Adventures HERE on Facebook.

Piada Italian Street Food is located at 1047 Miamisburg-Centerville Road.  Hours are 10:45 am – 10:00 pm every day.

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