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Local Restaurants Hibernating this January

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January is traditionally the slowest month of the year for restaurants. Hibernating allows operators the chance to save the money it costs to operate. A restaurant in hibernation saves money on payroll, on utilities, on inventory. Once operations are halted, the costs of staying open become fixed, and include things like rent and paying anyone still left on the team.

Ashley’s Pastry Shop
will be closed until Thursday, January 7th.

Bear Creek Donuts
See you when we reopen on Friday 1/8

Mamma DiSalvos
Will be closed through Jan 12th – reopening at 4pm Jan 13th

 

Roma’s Pizza & Pasta
We will be returning on January 11th with regular business hours.

Roost Modern Italian 

Our team is going to take a few days to recharge and we’ll reopen on Friday, Jan 8th

Texas Beef & Cattle Company

We want to share with you all that we will be closed for the month of January. It is notoriously an extremely slow month, add in Covid and we’re looking forward to a little mental rest.

The Winds Cafe
Our tentative reopening date is January 19 for the Winds Wine Cellar and February 2nd for the Winds Cafe.

Your Guide to Fine Dining for New Year’s Eve

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New Years Eve is just  five days away- have you made plans yet?

December 31st  is a night that should be spent out on the town. DMM has compiled lists of restaurants that will be celebrating the end of the year in style. Some may serve a multi-course meal with dancing to follow, while others may offer a more intimate setting to share a  Champagne toast with someone special.  All of the events we’ve listed here end well before midnight, which will let you make plans to pop by another party or if you prefer, make it home in plenty of time to toast the new year in your pj’s.

Looking for a place to ring in the new year?  We’ve got a list of those for you on our MostMetro.com calendar.

 

 

Mudlick Tap House
December 31 @ 4:00 pm – 10:00 pm

They say the way you spend New Year’s Eve is the way you’ll spend the rest of the year so make it one to remember and join us at Mudlick Tap House for an evening of sensational food  with a very special New Year’s Eve menu!

Festive Libations:
Glass of Champagne $7
Bottle of Champagne $24

Santa’s Little Helper
Cranberry Smash
Jingle Balls Nog
Starters:
Beets Meat Salad-  Golden and ruby beets, watercress, mache greens, roasted walnuts, local capriole goat cheese, pomegranate vinaigrette 19French Onion Soup- Thyme, sherry, beef broth, onions, crostini, Jarlsberg cheese
4 cup  7  bowlShareables:
Seared Scallop in the Shell-  Pan Seared Jumbo (U7) Scallop, asparagus mousseline, romanesco, osetra caviar 20$Parsnip and Yukon Gnocchi- Large parsnip shaped gnocchi, pan seared, finished with golden and ruby beet syrups, lardons, local chive microgreens. 16$

Pork and Plant-  Shredded plantain cakes topped with pan seared pork belly and sunny side up quail eggs, leek puree. 22$

Entrees:
Pan Seared Free Range Chicken Breast-  Ed Hill Airline Chicken Breast, dusted with cajun spice, pan seared, sweet and spicy balsamic sauce, jersey sweet potato hash, roasted cippolini onions, romanesco 32$

Slow Roasted Prime Rib of Beef- 10 oz cut served au jus horseradish cream, loaded baked potato (cheddar, scallions, lardons) baby tri-colored carrots. 35$

Petite Filet of Beef with Crabcake-  5 oz Prime filet steak with sautéed trumpet royale mushrooms and truffle butter, pan seared crab cake, sautéed wax beans, roasted fingerlings. 39$

Pan seared Duarade- Fresh Duarade filet pan seared, roasted heirloom tomato, lemon roasted asparagus almondine 28$

Encore:
Tuxedo Lava Cake-  Fluffy White cake with a dark chocolate “molten” center, Luxardo cherry cream, Luxardo cherries, Marcona almonds.  12$

Peanut Butter Cookie Sundae  9
Warm Ashley’s Pastry Shop peanut butter cookies with vanilla bean gelato, chocolate curls, and peanut butter whip!
**GLUTEN FREE

Gelato flight- Killer Brownie gelato, pumpkin amaretto gelato, chocolate gelato, Vanilla bean gelato 10$

Jag’s New Year’s Eve Celebration

Jag’s Steak and Seafood
December 31, 2018 @ 4:00 pm – January 1, 2019 @ 1:00 am
$85 – $110
After you’ve opened your gifts, you won’t want to miss the region’s biggest New Year’s Eve bash! Get here at 4:00 p.m. and stay past dinner to ring in 2019 with 3-Piece Revival and a special menu to make it a night you won’t forget. Entry is $85 per person, which gets you a four-course meal and live music until 1:00 a.m. Wine pairings are included for just $25 more.

A NOLA New Year’s Eve Dinner

Lily’s Bistro
December 31 @ 5:00 pm – 11:00 pm     $59

Roll into 2019 with our New Orleans-Inspired five course dinner! There will be sparkling wine specials all night long, a champagne toast at midnight and with dinner seatings from 5-11pm we’ll be keeping the bar open for all your new year’s revelry! *Vegan or Gluten Free options available for each course

First Course
-Fried green tomato with housemade fresh ricotta cheese, tomato pepperjelly, and local microbasil greens

Second Course (choose one)
-Oysters on the half shell with Belle of Dayton ‘gin & tonic’ mignonette
-Pumpkin bisque with crema and toasted pumpkin seeds
-Local lettuces with roasted mirliton squash, pomegranate seeds, beemster aged goat cheese, and jalapeno-honey vinaigrette

Third Course (choose one)
-Alligator croquettes with rosemary oil and remoulade
-Pork terrine with local-bread crostinis, onion jam, and creole mustard
-Grilled cauliflower medallions over red bean gravy topped with roasted shallot ‘chips’

Fourth Course (choose one)
-Bouillabaisse with tomato and lobster fumet, gulf shrimp, whitefish, and mussels, served with grilled bread and rouille
-Butternut squash risotto with roasted local carrots in saffron cream sauce
-Cabernet and port braised lamb shank with parsnip purée and fried leek

Fifth Course (choose one)
-Beignet with bacon-praline crumble and root beer reduction
-Vegan chocolate pudding pie with raw date and coconut crust topped with coconut drizzle
-Bananas foster upside down cake with citrus whipped cream, orange marmalade, and bourbon-maple glaze

New Year’s Eve 5 Course Dinner

Watermark
December 31 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm     $89 includes a glass of Champagne

NEW YEAR’S EVE Dinner in Five Courses

CHEF’S AMUSE BOUCHE – house-made beet ravioli filled with Herbes de Provence goat cheese, topped with mint caviar

SALAD – radicchio, cabbage, carrot purée, toasted sesame oil, red wine reduction with cayenne foam

SOUP cream of celery, red pepper oil, mint foam

ENTRÉE – choice of one
Rosemary Pork Medallions- Beeler Farms pork sous vide, foie gras mashed potatoes, sour apple kimchi, finished with tart cherry jus
Dover Sole – charred Dover Sole, pea and tarragon salad with pea shoots, roasted beets with fennel vinaigrette

DESSERT – buttery tart crust filled with rich hazelnut caramel, topped with chocolate espresso ganache and cocoa nibs


6 Course NYE Dinner

Meadowlark
December 31 @ 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm     $80

Please join us for 6 festive courses on New Year’s Eve! Monday, December 31  First Seating 5, 5:30 and 6pm , Second seating at 8pm.  They will only be serving this 6 course menu. Beverages, tax and gratuity are extra.

First Course – Fresh-shucked Oyster with Crème Fraiche, Red Caviar and a shot of Sparkling Wine

Second Course – Cheese Arancini with Nduja Vinaigrette

Third Course – Mushroom Bisque with Fried Mushroom and Truffle Oil Garnish

Main Course  (choose one)

  • Grilled Double-bone Lamb Chops with Caper-Mint Salsa Verde, Creamy Garlic Potatoes and Sauteed Brussels Sprouts
  • Fish and Shellfish Risotto with Halibut, Clams, Shrimp and Bay Scallops
  • Seared Beef Tenderloin with Bearnaise, Fried Potatoes and Sauteed Brussels Sprouts
  • Vegetables Wellington with Green Peppercorn-Brandy Sauce and Winter Vegetable Garnish

Cheese Course – Blue Cheese Sable with Apple Onion Compote

Dessert Course  – Chocolate Mousse Tart with Hazelnut Crust, Goat Cheese-Fig Ice Cream and Burnt Caramel

NYE Dinner

The Winds Cafe and Bakery
December 31 @ 5:30 pm     $65 does not include tax or gratuity

New Year’s Eve Menu is a four course meal.

Amuse Bouche–  Local Pumpkin Fritter with Pumpkin Romesco with a glass of Bianca Vigna Spumante Rosato

Starter – choose One:
Oyster Pot Pie

Carrot tied Arugula Bundle with Roasted Multicolored Carrots, Forage Foulette Schemer and Crunchy Grains

Sausage Stuffed and Roasted Quail, Picada, Bittersweet Chocolate and Cocoa Nibs

Entree- choose one

Creekstone Grilled Beef Filet, Belletoile Compound Butter and Potato Pavé

Provencal Duck Leg and Breast Two Ways with Chestnuts and Warm Rustic Grain Salad

Vegetable Tagine with Saffron Broth, Couscous and Apricot Vinaigrette

Grilled Swordfish Pangratta with Pistachio and Prosecco Risotto

Ohio Cheese Plate

Dessert – Tarte Tropézienne with Bittersweet Chocolate and Caramel Poached Clementine

Corner Kitchen
December 31 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Join us this New Year’s Eve!  We’ll be popping this delicious Haute Couture French Bubbles and offering a limited version of our regular menu as well as a decadent 3-course Prix Fixe for $49.

 1ST COURSE  (select one)

LOBSTER BISQUE or NEW YEARS’ SALAD or FOIE GRAS

ENTRÉE . (select one)

FILET MIGNON or TRUFFLE POLENTA or RACK OF LAMB or LOBSTER RAVIOLI

DESSERT (select one)

TIRIMISU or CHOCOLATE CAKE OR BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING

 

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Year End Mediterranean Tour

Glasz Bleu Oven
December 31 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm    $85

The menu crafted by Glasz Bleu Oven is an all-inclusive pinchos, cicchetti, tapas and hors d’oeuvres style service highlighting specialties from various regions around the Mediterranean. Cost is $85/person.

FRANCE |
Glasz Eggs “Deviled” on brioche toast, caviar optional
Oysters shucked, raw, half shell, champagne mignonette, meyer lemon
Endive Salad, candied walnuts, roquefort, citrus
Oak-fired Ribeye Roast, carved, horseradish creme, arugula, fried shallot, sweet red onion rings

SPAIN |
Octopus + Prawn Ceviche, corn tortillas, avocado salsa
Spanish-style “Noodle Bowl” crispy vegetable salad, spicy chiliés

MOROCCO |
Charred Vegetable Curry + “fried” cous cous, crispy parsnips
Moroccan Mussels, focaccia, anchovy, herb butter
Wood-fired Oysters, harissa butter ciabatta crostini

GREECE |
Grilled Lamb Chops, mint pesto, laffa, tzatziki
Roasted Mediterranean Salad

ITALY |
Cappellini Pasta, duck egg yolk, bottarga, parmigiano reggiano
Red Snapper Crudo, citrus + chiliés, Sicilian olive oil, sea salt
Whole “Fried Fishes” grilled citrus, umami tomato

SUCRÉ |

Gelato, Belgian Waffles, Ricotta Beignets
Roasted Stone fruits, chocolate + caramel sauces, confectioners sugar, French sea salt

Big Easy Ways to Celebrate Fat Tuesday

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Down in New Orleans  Fat Tuesday is a major event — parades, food, costumes and such run through Mardi Gras. Dayton may not have the parades and but we’ve sure  been known to get into the Big Easy swing of things itself. If you’re looking for a place to take on some Cajun grub and party down, here’s where the beads will be flying:

Rue Dumaine is letting Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez!!!!  They’ve ordered in lots of Oyters, made homemade hurricanes and are hosting at ABITA BREWING COMPANY  beer tasing featuring Abita S.O.S Charitable Pilsner, Restoration Ale
and Mardi-Gras Bock -$12 includes the beers and  an Amuse-Bouche prepared by the RUE DUMAINE kitchen.

Here’s Chef Anne’s  MARDI GRAS menu 2011 for March 8th:

Louisiana oyster & Gulf shrimp gumbo $6.5
Chilled Creole poached gulf shrimp and mirliton slaw with remoulade dressing-$9
Char-grilled oysters with garlic (4 per order)-$9
Oysters on the half shell-$10.5/half dozen $22/dozen
Pepper jelly glazed chicken livers** over griddled cornbread rusk-$7.5
Smothered chicken quarter with crawfish tails and spinach, served over cheesy grits-$15
Creole braised beef & French fry po-boy dressed with cabbage slaw (y’all are gonna need a napkin or 2 with this one)-$14
Cornmeal crusted catfish with house made tasso-black eyed pea salad and Creole mustard butter sauce-$14
Grilled Andouille sausage with red beans & rice-$13
Bananas Fosters bread pudding with caramel-pecan sauce-$5
Calas (classic Louisiana fried rice fritters) with triple berry jam filling -$5

Reservations are always suggested at Rue Dumaine, locatated at 1061 Miamisburg Centerville Rd in Washington Township.    Call  610-1061 for more info.

The Winds in Yellow Springs celebrates in style with Fried Oysters, Bananas Foster, Festive Cocktails and lots of Beads.
Reservatations are suggested,  call 937.767.1144

A trip to Troy may be in order to attend the Mardi Gras Ball at LeDoux’s Restaurant.  For $20 /guest you ‘ll enjoy a Live Dixieland band, dancing, complimentary hors d’oeuvres, beads, games and more. Attendees are encouraged to wear a festive costume and/or mask for a costume contest. Raffle tickets for sale for a trip for two to New Orleans. A portion of the ball admission fee benefits the Piqua Arts Council. Call for reservations at  (937) 875-2000.

The Wine Loft has joined forces with Clothes That Work to host a Fat Tuesday celebration featuring a Dayton’s Best Legs Photo Shoot to kick off the 4th annual Hunks in Heels fundraiser.  For $20 guests get admission, 2 drinks, appetizers and 2 votes for their choice of Dayton’s Best Legs!

Blind Bob’s in the Oregon District invites you to come on out for cajun food specials, hurricane shots, pub science, the malibu girls, live DJs and Ashley will have SUPER SOAKERS FULL OF SHOTS!  Food specials are available all day!

TJ Chumps is hosting a party  with “crazy drink specials” including 75 cent well drinks for the ladies and $2 domestic pints for the guys from 11am – 9pm on Fat Tuesday

Don’t worry if you already have Tuesday booked, McCormick & Schmick’s is hosting a Creole Wine Dinner on Thursday at 6:30pm  $50 includes a four-course Creole menu paired with French wines.  Reservations required, call (937) 431-9765.

If you’re not celebrating out and about, may we suggest you stop by your favorite bakery and and least pick up a King Cake!

History of Mardi Gras King Cake

Hundreds of thousands of King Cakes are eaten during Mardi Gras each year in New Orleans, Louisiana. In fact, a Mardi Gras party would not be authentic without the traditional King Cake as the center of the party.

The cake is made with a rich Danish dough, baked and covered with a sugar topping in Mardi Gras colors; purple representing justice, green representing faith, and gold representing power.

Originally objects such as coins, beans, pecans, and peas were hidden inside of every King Cake. Wealthy Louisiana plantation owners in the later 1800s would sometimes put a precious stone or jewel in their King Cakes. In the mid-1900s, a small plastic baby became the symbol of this Holy Day and was placed inside of each King Cake.

The New Orleans tradition is that each person takes a piece of cake hoping to find the plastic baby inside. The recipient of the plastic baby is “crowned” King or Queen for the day and that person is obligated to host the following year’s party and supply the King Cake.

Here’s to becoming the King or Queen! Cheers!

10 ?’s with Wiley from The Meadowlark

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Elizabeth Wiley, WILEY, as she is known to everyone, grew up in Kansas and has been cooking professionally since 1979. She arrived, fresh from college, on the doorstep of The Winds in Yellow Springs, bursting to cook and asking for a job in 1980. She worked her way up to kitchen manager, and became a partner in 1994. Along the way she left several times to cook and to gain knowledge in all aspects of the restaurant business, with stints in Chicago, San Francisco and Key West. She always returned to the Dayton area, where she regards the quality of life offered as one of the best kept secrets in the Midwest. In 2004, Wiley left The Winds to open a small, neighborhood restaurant, The Meadowlark, just east of the Dayton Mall, Midwestern in nature and domestic in style. To Wiley, this means that when you walk in the door it smells like someone’s cooking and you get a big hello. Her goal is for people to feel at home with simple, delicious food and friendly service.

Wiley was brave enough to be our first Chef to be featured in this new
feature 10?’s. Hope you’ll enjoy her answers as much as I did:

What is your favorite ingredient to cook with?
Wiley: chickpeas, chiles, tomatoes, shrimp, mushrooms, spinach, I could go on and on but can’t pick just one!

What ingredient do you dread?
Wiley: Flour—it intimidates me

What’s your favorite dish to make?
Wiley: Braised pork belly with fresh shell beans

What’s your favorite pig out food?
Wiley: Homemade tortilla chips

What restaurant, other than your own do you like to dine at in the Miami Valley?
Wiley: The Winds, Taqueria Mixteca, The Emporium for breakfast in Yellow Springs, Rue Dumaine, especially Friday lunch which I never get to go to.

What’s your best advice for home chefs?
Wiley: Don’t over-complicate things

If you could invite any 4 guests to a dinner party who would they be and why?
Wiley: Steve Martin – so smart and funny
Calvin Mayne – no man is more gracious (except his father), or more passionate about food
Renee Montagne – host of NPR’s Morning Edition, for all the stories she must have
Barbra Streisand – I fell in love with her at age 12 and she still captivates me

Who do you look up to in the industry and why?
Wiley: Joyce Goldstein – chef and food scholar, cookbook writer
Rick Bayless – amazing chef with amazing energy, great businessman, I was priviledged to work for him in the 1990s
Danny Meyer – incredibly successful Restaurateur in New York City

What do you do in the Dayton region on a day off?
Wiley: Coffee at Boston Stoker and read food magazines, Lunch at China Cottage or Smokin’ , followed by a matinee at the Neon Movies and a trip to DLM on my way home to make dinner.

Share a kitchen disaster, lucky break or other interesting story:

Wiley: Last summer I went to New York City for the first time in over 20 years. I made a lunch reservation before I left on Open Table for a table for one at Union Square Café. This is one of my hero restaurants and I have their cookbooks, look at their menu on line all the time, etc. but had never been there. In the comment section of the webpage I made the reservation on, I mentioned that I had a small restaurant in Dayton and was excited about finally visiting USC for the first time.

So I go to New York and I arrive at the restaurant at the appointed time. The general manager greets me by name at the door and introduces herself. She brings me to a table much larger than any other that singles are seated at, one that commands a front and center view of the entire restaurant. Propped against the salt and pepper shakers is an envelope with my name on it. I open it and it’s a personal, handwritten note from Danny Meyer, the owner of the restaurant (and 6 more restaurants in NYC) thanking me for making Union Square Cafe one of my culinary destinations on my trip to New York. I am blown away. I realize it is Wed., the day the dining section in the NY Times comes out, and I ask if there is a paper I can read. There isn’t, so they send out for one. I have a real moment sitting in this incredible restaurant, reading my beloved NYTimes dining section IN NEW YORK. Wow. I order two items from the menu and get five. They keep bringing me things! Like fresh corn and rabbit ravioli, cranberry bean soup with basil and shrimp, super-crispy chicken with green beans and mustard sauce, and it is all so good. Members of the staff keep stopping by to say hello. One woman tells me her son’s girlfriend is from Dayton. I had such an amazing time being the recipient of this extraordinary hospitality. Of course I went back for dinner and sat at the bar and it was so crowded and energetic and convivial—a truly great restaurant experience, and so inspiring for a chef/owner.

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