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Toasty Tuesday is BACK at Loose Ends Brewing

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Loose Ends Brewing in Centerville has brought back their Toasty Tuesday menu starting TODAY!
Fro 4-9pm on Tuesdays you can enjoy these cheesy selections from a classic grilled cheese and roasted tomato gouda soup, to some gourmet combinations.   Check out the options:
Whether it’s the beloved classic cheddar or something uniquely tantalizing, we’ve got the gooey delights to satisfy your cravings.
Celebrate the return of Toasty Tuesday and indulge in the ultimate comfort food.
Join us and let each cheesy bite warm up your week! — at Loose Ends Brewing.
Loose Ends Brewing
890 South Main Street
Centerville, OH,
937-723-6328
Tues- Thurs 4-9pm
Fri 4-10:30pm
Sat 11am – 10:30pm
Sun noon – 8:30pm

Archer’s Chili Cook-Off – Still Time to Enter Your Chili

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Archer’s Tavern in Centerville is gearing up for their 13th annual chili cookoff.  If you think your chili is award winner caliber, there’s still time to enter the contest.  Email [email protected] for details on how to enter.
 The winning chili  will be featured on their  menu for the next year!
If you’d like to sample all the varieties you can join Archer’s on Saturday, Oct 5th at 2pm, while they last and for a small donation.

All proceeds this year go to the Brad Bucher EPND memorial fund to help students who cannot afford the fees of extracurricular activities.

Carver’s BIG 11th Annual Outdoor Patio & Parking Lot Party

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The Fries will be playing Carver’s BIG 11th Annual Outdoor Patio & Parking Lot Party this fall/summer. “The Grand Daddy of them All” – This is the best outdoor party in town, plus it’s just a great outdoor parking lot & patio venue with wonderful owners, food specials, beverage specials (Mmm, Warped Wing), giveaways, & music by The Fries Band….Can’t get any better than that! Plus a portion of the proceeds is always donated to Centerville City Schools. How cool is that? FREE!!!!

Bonefish Grill Offers 3 Course Meals Starting at $18.90

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Enjoy a 3-course meal at Bonefish favorites, starting at only $18.90  for dine-in only on Monday – Thursday. This is a limited time offer, so you’ll want to hurry in to take advantage of this deal – Make A Reservation

Scroll down to see all your  choices.

Bonefish Grill Taco

 $18.9 –

Cup of soup or side house or caesar salad

CHOICE OF ENTRÉE:
Half-Pound BFG Burger
Fish & Chips
Bang Bang Shrimp Tacos

each includes choice of one signature side

Choice of dessert:
Macadamia Nut Brownie or Chocolate Strawberry Bliss

 

– $22.9 –

Cup of soup or side house or caesar salad

3-Course Meal Lily's ChickenCHOICE OF ENTRÉE:

Atlantic Salmon (small)
Mahi-Mahi (Dorado)
Lily’s Chicken

each includes choice of two signature sides

Choice of dessert:
Macadamia Nut Brownie or Chocolate Strawberry Bliss

 

3-Course Meal Salmon

– $24.9 –

Cup of soup or side house or caesar salad

 

CHOICE OF ENTRÉE:

Atlantic Salmon (regular)
Cod Imperial
Fontina Pork Shop

each includes choice of two signature sides

Choice of dessert:
Macadamia Nut Brownie or Chocolate Strawberry Bliss

Bonefish Grill

Dayton Mall
2818 Miamisburg Centerville Road
Dayton, Oh 45459

(937) 428-0082
Hours:
Mon – Sat 11am – 10pm
Sun 11am – 9pm
Dayton Dining insiders tip:
Use your Dayton Foodie Card Deck at Bonefish Grill to save $10 on your next visit.

Don’t have a deck?  Get one here.

Chipotle is Giving Away Up To $1 Million in Free Quesadillas

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Chipotle Mexican Grill  announced it is celebrating National Quesadilla Day by giving away up to $1 million in free quesadillas. For the first time ever, the company will delight fans with BUY-ONE-ENTREE-GET-ONE-QUESADILLA (BOGO) offers, dispersed across a variety of digital channels.

Americans love quesadillas. According to DoorDash, chicken quesadillas were the second most ordered food item in 2023. Chipotle is expanding its National Quesadilla Day celebrations this year to make it even easier for fans to enjoy one of their favorite meals.

  • Chipotle: The brand is dropping codes for its craveable quesadillas across social media for fans to uncover. The scavenger hunt kicks off on Monday, September 23 with text-to-claim codes5 shared via @Chipotle on Instagram, @ChipotleTweets on X, and in posts from creators on TikTok who love Chipotle’s quesadilla. Up to 21,000 fans will have a chance to claim a BOGO quesadilla.1
  • Content creator Shari Dyonne, who first caught Chipotle’s attention for her “Concoction” drink hack, will be sharing her favorite quesadilla order in a mukbang with fans and dropping a text-to-claim code5 via @ShariDyonne on TikTok for up to 10,000 fans to get a BOGO quesadilla.
  • Mukbang creator and Chipotle superfan Dylan McArthur will be revealing his go-to quesadilla order and dropping a text-to-claim code5 via @Dylan.Mcarthur on TikTok for up to 10,000 fans to win a BOGO quesadilla to try his order.
  • Creator Anthony Hernandez will give fans a chance to try his favorite quesadilla order with a text-to-claim code5 dropped on his TikTok @Immanthonyy, giving up to 10,000 fans a chance to redeem a BOGO quesadilla.

“Our customizable hand-crafted quesadillas create the best pairing of real ingredients and melted cheese, which TikTok foodies and mukbangers can’t get enough of,” said Stephanie Perdue, Vice President of Brand Marketing. “We’ve teamed up with some of our most passionate creators to give fans what they’re craving – free quesadillas.”

National Quesadilla Day – September 25
Fans can score a free quesadilla on DoorDash and Uber Eats with a minimum order. Up to 15,000 DoorDash users can score a free quesadilla from Chipotle with a minimum order of $25. On UberEats, up to 10,000 fans with a $15 cart minimum will be able to add a quesadilla to their basket for free.

Hand-Crafted Quesadillas: Craveable, Customizable, Cheese Pull-able
Chipotle’s digitally exclusive quesadillas feature melted Monterey jack cheese, a choice of protein, optional fajita veggies, and three sides for dipping. Monterey jack cheese is grated fresh each morning in every Chipotle restaurant and this year the company expects to purchase nearly 70 million pounds of cheese.

Salar’s Paella Wine Dinner

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At Salar, September is for Paella! Join us on Wednesday, September 25 as Kara York of Wine Trends helps guide us through 5 Spanish wines alongside Chef Margot’s famous Paella!
This is one of our FAVORITE wine dinners of the entire year, and it’s been known to sell our fast!
Tickets for the dinner and pairing are $99/person. If wine isn’t your thing, you can purchase a dinner-only ticket without the wine pairing for $75.

It’s National Pepperoni Pizza Day and Here Are The Deals

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Sept. 20, pizza lovers will celebrate National Pepperoni Pizza Day and many restaurants are spicing things up with some tantalizing deals. ​ While pizza comes with many different toppings, pepperoni is the single most popular pizza. Whether you like your pizza Chicago Style or New York Style, thin and crispy or deep dish, top it with pepperoni!

BJ’s Restaurant- offering 1/2 off a large pizza valid for take out or delivery with the promo code “Halfoff”

Bravo! Italian Kitchen customers can save 50% on a pepperoni pizza on Sept. 20. The offer is valid on dine-in and to-go orders and can’t be combined with other discounts.

Brio Italian Grille customers can save 50% on a sausage, pepperoni and ricotta flatbread on National Pepperoni Pizza Day. The offer is valid on dine-in and to-go orders on Sept. 20, and can’t be combined with other discounts.

Chuck E. Cheese customers can take advantage of the following offer on National Pepperoni Pizza Day at participating locations: buy any large one-topping pizza, get another 50% off.

The offer is limited to one per customer and can’t be combined with other discounts. It’s valid online or in the restaurant’s app using the code PEPPERONIPIZZA.

Donatos  – Another slice of big savings is happening at Donatos. With code PEPP, customers can pick up a large pepperoni pizza for just $10.99.

Little Caesars Little Caesars always has a great deal on pizza. On September 20, the 2 Meat Hot N Ready Pizza is just $8.99.

Marco’s Pizza –To celebrate the launch of the new Triple Pepperoni Pizza, Marco’s Pizza will be selling it for $11.99. With all that pepperoni, it is a deal too good to miss.

 

7 Local Steinholding Competitions

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Steinholding is a sport with elements of both strength and endurance, so any successful long-term training regimen needs to approach it accordingly. Like just about any other physical activity, doing it over and over and over again is the best way to get better at it. But there are also ways to to improve your time quickly by focusing on your form and following some of our simple guidelines.

As anyone who has held a stein for more than a couple minutes can tell you, steinholding is also a mental battle – not really against the other competitors but against yourself. The first time you raise that stein up, you’ll probably start out thinking: “This isn’t so bad. I can totally do this. For a good while.” Pretty quickly though, you’ll realize that your body simply does not want you to be a part of this activity.

Your shoulder will be the first thing that you start to lose control of and it will be a fight to keep your elbow locked and your arm straight out. If you last a little longer your upper back and then lower back will start to tense up. Your hand and arm will start to shake even as you put 100% of your body and mind into keeping them steady.

If it was just weakness you were fighting, none of this would be so bad. But after a couple of minutes, you are going to be fighting miserable discomfort and then eventually straight up pain for the remainder of the hold until you give up or your body fails you. Don’t worry though, because all of the other competitors are going to be feeling the same thing. The key is to just be better prepared than they are.

U.S. Steinholding Association Judging Guidelines:

Within the first 60 seconds of a competition, judges may provide corrections to competitors (hold higher, straighten back, straighten elbow, etc.) without assigning an official strike. However, if a competitor does not immediately make the correction, a strike should be issued. The allowance for corrections does not apply to spillage, which results in immediate disqualification even during the first 60 seconds.

 

Good grip

  • Thumb up - not ok

 

 

🍻 – Woeber Mustard Company: Mustard Fest ’24 at Mother Stewart’s Brewing – September 20 Springfield
🍻 – Crooked Handle- Piqua – September 21 Piqua
🍻 – Downtown Chillicothe Ohio Oktoberfest – September 21 Chillicothe
🍻 – Sonder Brewing – September 28 Mason
🍻 – Star City Brewing Company – September 28 Miamisburg
🍻 – Wilmington Oktoberfest presented by @TinCap – September 28 Wilmington
🍻 – The Dayton Art Institute Oktoberfest – September 29 Dayton
🍻👑 – Moerlein Lager House – State Championship Finals October 12 Cincinnati

Ohio – State Championship Venue will be Moerlein Lager House in Cincinnati, OH, on Saturday October 12th, 2024!

MustardFEST 2024

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MustardFEST 2024 | Friday September 20 at Mother Stewart’s Brewing and Saturday, September 21 at National Road Commons Park, Downtown Springfield (50 W. Main Street)
Woeber’s Mustard tastings, Mother Stewart’s Brewery beer garden, food trucks, wiener dog races, lawn games, steinholding, live music, Annual Woeber’s Spicy Mustard Eating Contest featuring Joey Chestnut!
Mark “GOING” on this event to stay up to date on everything MustardFEST 2024!
Schedule of Events:
9/20:
6:00p | Wiener Dog Pageant and US Steinholding Championship Qualifying (Mother Stewart’s Brewing)
9/21:
12:00p | MustardFEST Keg Tapping + Live Music from the Chardon Polka Band (NRC Park)
12:00-4:00p | Mother Stewart’s Brewery Beer Garden (NRC Park)
12:00-1:00p | Champion City Wiener Dog Registration (NRC Park)
1:00-1:30p | Champion City Wiener Dog Parade and Introductions (NRC Park)
1:30 | Champion City Wiener Dog Races (NRC Park)
2:30 | Champion City Wiener Dog Race Awards Ceremony (NRC Park)
3:00 | Woeber’s MustardFEST Spicy Mustard Eating Contest (NRC Park) including a special appearance by “The World’s Greatest Eater,” JOEY CHESTNUT!!
This event is FREE to attend!
Registration links for all MustardFest events:
– US Steinholding Championship Qualifier (limited to 15 men, and 15 women): https://forms.office.com/r/n6NyAPZ2LC
– Woeber’s Hot Mustard and Horseradish Eating Contest (field limited to 15 total competitors): https://forms.office.com/r/PsdjVxdb5A
– 2024 Champion City Wiener Dog Races: https://forms.office.com/r/dGqqP925c0

Panera Introduces New Soups For Fall

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With the start of fall just four days away  – soup season is right around the corner. Panera, known for its iconic soups including favorites like Broccoli Cheddar and Creamy Tomato, is looking to make this soup season the coziest yet with a delicious lineup of three new and returning favorites. Starting today, guests can savor the comforting flavors of Autumn Squash Soup, a beloved seasonal staple, alongside two new warm and flavorful additions, Hearty Fireside Chili and Rustic Baked Potato Soup.

Photo from Panera

New Fall Flavors

  • Hearty Fireside Chili – This hearty chili is packed with a rich and savory blend beef, kidney beans, fire roasted tomatoes and green chili peppers, simmered in a broth flavored with a blend of chilis, and cilantro.
  • Rustic Baked Potato Soup – Creamy, cheesy and satisfying, this soup features the classic flavors of a baked potato. Homestyle cuts of potatoes with bacon, chives and seasoning are simmered in a creamy Monterey Jack cheese sauce and topped with melty asiago cheese.
  • Plus, returning Autumn Squash Soup – A seasonal favorite, this soup features a rich blend of butternut squash and pumpkin simmered in vegetable broth with honey, apple juice, cinnamon, and a hint of curry—finished with sweet cream and topped with roasted, salted pumpkin seeds.

In addition to the new fall lineup, Panera, an authority in all things soup, offers a portfolio of comforting and classic soups sure to warm guests up this season. Classics like Broccoli Cheddar, Creamy Tomato, Homestyle Chicken Noodle, Cream of Chicken & Wild Rice and Bistro French Onion offer a range of flavor profiles perfect on their own or paired with a salad or sandwich.

New Kids Menu Offers Great Value
As the school year begins, Panera is also excited to announce a new and updated kid’s menu, now offering double portions on select items, bringing more value for families and delicious options thoughtfully crafted for its youngest fans. Menu options include:

  • Double the portion kid’s sandwiches, including:
    • Whole Sized Grilled Cheese – sliced American cheese grilled on thick-sliced Classic White Miche.
    • NEW Kids Turkey & Cheese Sandwich – Oven-roasted turkey breast and American cheese on thick-sliced Classic White Miche.
    • NEW Kids Ham & Cheese Sandwich – Black Forest ham and American cheese on our thick-sliced Classic White Miche.
    • Craveable Panera favorites including Mac & Cheese and Broccoli Cheddar Soup.
  • As with every Panera meal, kids will have the choice of a side between apple, French baguette or chips. Plus, at participating locations, add and enjoy a beverage for only $0.89 (price varies by location).*

Want another great reason to visit Panera? The brand is currently offering its most valuable Unlimited Sip Club deal yet. New monthly subscribers who sign up through October 31 will get 3 FREE MONTHS of endless refreshing drinks!

There’s A New Diced Champ In Dayton

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With over 300 folks in attendance at Diced in Dayton, the 3rd annual Chef Challenge to benefit Miami Valley Meals was a tough competition tonight. Eleven chefs were given a mystery box with 4 ingredients and each one created a taste for guests to enjoy.

 

Here are the mystery boxes the chef’s received:

BOX A Beef, Barley, Asparagus, Ginger Root — Sueno, Meridien, Simply Savory
BOX B Pork, Gnocchi, Eggplant, Swiss Chard — NCR, Jollity, De’Lish
BOX C Chicken Leg Quarters, Polenta, Turnips, Tomatillos — Grist, Lily’s
BOX D Hake Fish, Stuffing, Sugar Snap Peas, Grapefruit — Blind Dogs, Speakeasy, Cruisin Cuisine

The Judging panel consisted of Jared Beckman from La Soupe (a similar program Miami Valley Meals partners with in Cincy) Laura Cotton, Executive Chef for MV Meals, Charlynda Scales, CEO of Mutt’s Sauce and Co-Founder of the 6888 Kitchen Incubator at The Arcade, Chef Rick Schaefer, former owner of Brock Masterson’s Catering and Elizabeth Wiley, recently retired owner ofMeadowlark and Wheat Penny.

In a blind judges, food runners presented the dishes to the judges.  After careful consideration, Chef Patrick Van Voorhis from Grist was selected as the winner.

All guests in attendance had a vote for the peoples choice winner and Chef Patrick emerged with the most votes, followed closely by Zachary Weiner from Jollity. The two of them faced off in a Chopped style cook off with a new mystery box which contained : Gourmet Wild Mushroom Blend, Scallops, and Dayton Microgreens, Edamame Green Goddess Sauce.

In a frenzied cooking session, with play by play commentary by event emcess Tej Joshi of Good Day Dayton, judges crowned Chef Patrick from Grist at the 2024 Diced Champion, pictured here with his wife and sous chef Casey.

The evening raised an estimated $37,000 which support hunger relief by providing people in need with access to a nutritious meal made with dignity. Currently Miami Valley Meals serves over 4,000 meals per week Miami Valley Meals recovers and transforms donated food into meals which are then distributed through a network of nonprofit partner organizations that feed the hungry.

 

 

Free Food For Burger King Royal Perks Members

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Burger King is turning a single-day holiday into a week-long celebration.  Sept. 18 marks National Cheeseburger Day, where people far and wide will enjoy a melty bit of beefy goodness.  “While a free cheeseburger is always great, Burger King will also offer a full week of Royal Perks deals,” Burger King said, per People.

Burger King will be offering members of its loyalty program, Royal Perks, a free cheeseburger deal to celebrate the occasion. While the deal is happening on the holiday itself, the chain is also launching a full week of other yummy freebies that are all valid with a purchase of $1 or more:

  • Sept. 17: Poultry fans can secure a free Original Chicken Sandwich
  • Sept. 18: On National Cheeseburger Day, burger lovers can get a free flame-grilled cheeseburger
  • Sept. 19: Customers can score a free four-piece Mozzarella Fries
  • Sept. 20: Early birds can get a free Croissan’wich
  • Sept. 21: Customers can enjoy a free four-piece Chicken Fries
  • Sept. 22: Quench your thirst for freebies with a free, soft drink (any size)

Additionally, Burger King is celebrating National Coffee Day on Sept. 29 by offering Royal Perks members a $1 hot coffee (in any size) all day long.

 

New Indian Restaurant in Fairborn

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There is a new Indian restaurant to tempt the taste buds of those of us who crave the unique ways of the Indian cuisine. The new place is Jyot India Restaurant, located in the strip on the corner opposite to the Wright State’s Nutter Center on Colonel Glenn and North Fairfield Road. (620 Colonel Glenn Hwy) (937) 702-9627. It shares the strip with Baba BQ, Leaguer Bakery, First Watch, Kungfu Tea, amongst others.

It was the original location of Jeet before they relocated to be closer to Fairfield Commons Mall. 

According to the waiter, they have been open six weeks and seem to be a good business. The interior was well appointed and very comfortable. 

The menu was quite impressive, full of North Indian specialties.  There is an extensive list of appetizers available to start as well as soups and salads.

The entrées come in two portion sizes: lunch (served 11AM-2PM) or dinner. The dishes are categorized by the type of proteins and the large selection of different cooking methods and sauces to distinguish them. The number of options was impressive. There is also an extensive list of vegetarian options as well as numerous biryani dishes.

Papadums and sauces were served right away. My friend and I both opted for keema samosa as appetizer, beef and peas filled fried dumplings. They were excellent.

I chose the lunch portion of lamb and mushrooms in a curry sauce; my friend chose lunch portion of the lamb vindaloo. Both dishes exceeded our expectations. We both settled for a reasonable 3 on the spice scale, even though it ranged from 1-6. 

Each entrée comes with a dish of rice, but we also ordered an order of roti and garlic naan from the ample selections on the bread menu.

Jyot India Restaurant

11:00 am-9:30 pm

620 Colonel Glenn Hwy,
Fairborn, OH 45324

Mon – Sun 11:00 am-9:30 pm

(937) 702-9627

Guest Post written by Pete Wung

Enjoy Good Food At A Discount with Too Good To Go App

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I love the whole concept of Too Good To Go.  It’s an app that discounts surplus food from restaurants and grocery stores.  The free mobile app invites anyone to save delicious meals and groceries for ⅓ of the retail price. The content of each Surprise Bag purchased through the Too Good To Go app varies and users can expect to get a range of products, always at 1/3 of the retail value. The businesses pay an annual fee 0f $89, only after they’ve sold that much and $1.79 transaction fee from each bag to use the service.  According to the website about 160,000 businesses are part of this food rescue program.

When you log in you can see the offers around you and you can click to purchase paying on line through the app.  Within a couple of minutes you’ll get a confirmation email telling you when you can pick up your bag. When at the shop you’ll swipe your pickup through the app and get your goodies.

Last week was the first time I used it and I got bags from Boosalis Baking and Barry Bagels. I was asked to arrive at Barry Bagels on Far Hills Avenue in Kettering between 3:50 and 4:10pm.  They close at 4pm, so one of the staff let me in and my bag was waiting on the counter.  My bag contained 8 assorted bagels and a container of cream cheese.  Checking their menu the value was about $15 and I paid $4.99 for this.  Bagels were fresh and I felt like this was a great value.

My next pick up was from Boosalis Baking and Cafe at 175 E Alex Bell Rd #280, Centerville. I pulled up in the parking lot and saw three other folks sitting in the car waiting for the 4:30pm pick up time.  We all entered and were handed our bags quickly and efficiently.  The bag was heavy and contained a couple doughnut, two pastries and two blue berry muffins. I payed $5.99 for what would regularly have been about $18.

 

 

Other local businesses I’ve seen on the app include Whole Foods, Hummus Mediterranean Food in Springboro,  Tea for U Bubble Tea in Centerville and Coffee Hub, Xenia, Purely Sweet Bakery in Beavercreek.

If you have a lot of food allergies or intolerances, this app may not be for you since you don’t know what you are getting. But if you’re an adventurous foodie, we think you’ll enjoy this app.  But you will need to check the app frequently to find out what’s available and buy before they sell out.

CO-OP DAYTON’S FOODSTORMING

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Have dinner with a living legend Dr Jessica Gordan Nembhard author of the book Collective Courage which documents the history of Black cooperative development . Her book has started what is known as the 4th wave as cities across the country are now organizing towards greater self determination!
Come join us for a dinner and dialogue!