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Restaurants Re-Opening in the Miami Valley

May 20, 2020 By Lisa Grigsby

Thursday, May 21st- it’s the big grand re-opening for many restaurants in the Miami Valley.  Based on Governor DeWine’s decision, indoor dining rooms may reopen, with some stipulations.

A maximum of 10 people may sit together at restaurants and bars, the mandate reads. A minimum of six feet must be kept between parties – both when dining and waiting on a table. If this is not possible, the restaurant must utilize barriers and other protective measures.

The bars and restaurants must allow anyone inside of the business to wear a facial coverings, and also post a list of COVID-19 symptoms in a conspicuous space.

Employees are also required to perform a daily symptom assessment. All bars and restaurants must also establish and post maximum dining area capacity, using updating COVID-19 compliant floor plans.

You won’t see condiments on the tables, or decor.  Menu’s will most often be paper and disposable.  Menu’s may be limited due to product availability.  The restaurants and their staff will be doing the best they can.  If something is wrong, be kind in sharing your concerns. Be considerate, tip well aand don’ t camp out at tables.

Here are the establishments we’ve confirmed you can drink & dine at starting May 21st:

 

Alematic Artisan Ales
Amber Rose
Another Broken Egg Cafe 
Bargos Grill & Tap
Bennett’s PublicalCarvers Steaks & Chops
Chappy’s
Cherry House
Chiapas Mexican Grill
City Barbeque
Clifton MillCoco’s Bistro
Cold Beer & Cheeseburgers
Coldwater Cafe
Company 7 BBQ
Crazy Cooters
Crooked Handle Brewing Co

Dayton Mall Skyline
Deaf Monty’s Wine
Debbie’s Restaurant
elé Cake Co. Bistro
Eudora Brewing Company

Firebirds Wood Fired Grill

Fleming’sPrimeSteakhouse  

Flyboy’s Deli Oakwood
Franco’sRistoranteItaliano
Fratelli’s
Fuzzy’s Taco Shop
Geez
Gyro Delight
Hasty Tasty
Heavier Than Air BrewingCo
Jimmy’s Italian Kitchen
Kramers
La Catrina
Little York Tavern & Pizza
MarisqueríaLaGuadalupana  
Mack’s Tavern
McIntosh’s Pub & Grub
MCL Restaurant & Bakery
Melting Pot
Milano’s
Mr. Boro’s Tavern
OinkADoodleMoo
Oregon Express
Pasha Grill
Pies and Pints Pizzeria
Rancheros Cocina
Red Star
Rip Rap Roadhouse
Rob’s Restaurant
Rolling Mill Brewing Co.
Romers
Rusty Taco

 

Spaghetti Warehouse
Speakeasy Ramen
Star City Brewing
Stella Bleu
Sparky’s Lounge
Star City Brewing Company
Submarine House
The Blue Berry Cafe
The Caroline
The Dublin Pub
The Golden Lab
The Heights Cafe
The Old Bag of Nails Pub Centerville‎ 
The Pub Beavercreek
The Wellington Grille
Theo’s Lounge
Toyko Grill & Sushi
Village Family Restaurant
Watermark
Wellington Grille
What da Pho
Xuan Vietnamese-Thai Cuisine
Ziggy’s
Zinks Meats & Fine Wines

 

Opening May 22nd:


Back Home Tavern & Table

Butter Cafe

Glo Juice Bar + Cafe

Trolley Stop

Filed Under: Dayton Dining, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Dayton restaurants

Happy Plates With Shana + Healthier Holiday Favorites!

December 23, 2017 By Shana Lloyd

Dating, events and now FOOD! Well, healthier food that is. I’ve written about a lot of things over the years and I’ve eaten my way through most 🙂 I’m excited to be back on DaytonMostMetro and share a bit of my personal journey towards wellness, one happy plate at a time.

A Little About Happy Plates With Shana

Like so many other women, I’ve struggled with my wellness my entire life. Notice, I didn’t say weight. Because for me it’s always been an internal struggle moreso than an outward appearance struggle. Having lost and gained so many times in my life, I’ve finally reached a point where I’ve realized two important things. The first, I’ve got to move more. The second and inspiration for my group – FOOD IS NOT THE ENEMY. Because I love to cook and refuse to compromise flavor for my fitness goals, I’ve started researching and creating new recipes. While I am working on the first point (MOVING) I’m also eating delicious meals and reinventing the way I do everything in my life.

On Dayton Dining

I’m excited that I’ll be sharing my own personal food makeovers on Dayton Dining and fab reinventions that I find elsewhere! Also, I LOVE to eat out and Dayton has some of my favorite restaurants. I realize I can’t stay away from them forever, so as I learn to make healthier options at these restaurants I’ll be sharing my thoughts and reviewing the level flavor in the dishes I decide to try! I’ll also attempt to reinvent those favorite dishes at home and share back progress. I think the world will be starting their new years resolutions in a few days, so it’s the perfect time to redesign the way we think about food from our homes to our favorite restaurants because remember, food isn’t the enemy.

Happier, Healthier Holiday Favorites

This week in Happy Plates we talked about Holiday Favorites (SWEETS!!!!) and what we wish could be made over to be a little healthier. I’ve rounded up the thoughts of everyone in our group, researched and found some options!

I won’t be making all of these this Christmas but have noted what I will try and I’m excited to report back on flavor!

Skinny Christmas Sugar Cookies (Making These!)

https://amyshealthybaking.com/blog/2014/12/13/skinny-christmas-sugar-cookies/

Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps

  • Oat Flour or Gluten Free Blends instead of All Purpose
  • Add ½ Teaspoon Organic Almond Extract
  • Swap Skim Milk with Almond Milk

No Sugar Cheesecake

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/no-sugar-cheesecake-1260262

  • Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps
  • Gluten Free Crust

Gluten Free Carrot Cake

https://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegetables-recipes/gluten-free-carrot-cake/

Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps

  • Sugar Free Cream Cheese Frosting

Gluten Free Ginger Snaps

https://www.bobsredmill.com/recipes/how-to-make/kid-approved-gingersnap-cookies-gluten-free/

Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps

  • Cut the sugar with Stevia (click for conversion ratios)

Clean & Healthy Lemon Meringue Pie

http://thatcakechick.net/healthy-lemon-meringue-pie/

Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps

  • None on this one!

Healthy No Bakes (Making!)

https://www.wellplated.com/healthy-no-bake-cookies/

Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps

  • Definitely use all natural peanut butter and Smart Balance is my favorite, having the best consistency!

Healthier Pecan Pie (This was a tough one to find!)

https://www.asweetpeachef.com/healthy-pecan-pie/

Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps

  • Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps
  • Gluten Free Crust for pastry bottom
  • Oat Flour or Almond Flour in place of Wheat Flour

Eggnog

https://www.thegraciouspantry.com/clean-eating-eggnog/

Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps

  • Just go easy on whatever you spike it with 🙂

Gluten Free Cinnamon Rolls

https://www.kingarthurflour.com/recipes/gluten-free-cinnamon-rolls-recipe

Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps

  • Cut the sugar with Stevia (click for conversion ratios)
  • Skip the icing if you can!
  • Add walnuts
  • Swap milk with almond milk
  • Swap vegetable oil with coconut oil

Low Sugar Buckeyes (Making!)

https://www.sugarfreemom.com/recipes/sugar-free-low-carb-buckeyes/

Happy Plates Additional Makeover Tips / Swaps

  • Eat them in moderation 🙂

If you’re interested in more of my personal food reinventions and great recipes I find join my group on Facebook!

Remember, try not overthink this holiday season and give yourself grace if you splurge a little. Reinvent when you can to make things lighter and healthier and always ALWAYS remember moderation.

Happy Baking and Merry Christmas! Be back soon with my first restaurant menu review and flavor test!

Xo

Shana

 

Filed Under: Dayton Dining, Gluten Free Dayton, The Featured Articles Tagged With: cooking light, Dayton restaurants, food makeovers, food recipes, gluten free recipes, happy plates with shana, healthy eating

“Where do you think we should go for a Food Adventure?”

August 5, 2011 By The Food Adventures Crew 10 Comments

We need your help.  Do you have a favorite restaurant that we need to visit for a Food Adventure?  If so, please tell us, and post a comment below.

 

We look forward to hearing from you.  We are ready to try some new places !!!

We need your help, please post a comment below!

Please visit Food Adventures on Facebook. Check back every Thursday for a new “Food Adventure” article on DAYTONMOSTMETRO.COM

Filed Under: Food Adventures Tagged With: Dayton restaurants, Food Adventures

Getting Lucky

June 3, 2011 By Jacqui Boyle 5 Comments

Lucky's Taproom --  One of the newest eateries in the always fabulous Oregon District.
Lucky’s Taproom — One of the newest eateries in the always fabulous Oregon District.

Now that I’m officially a grad student, I’m trying to be cooler and more interesting to the general public. One step on my trek to coolness is to dine at locations besides the Chipotle on Brown.

So when two of my best friends, Maggie and Allie, came for a visit this weekend, I asked them if we could go somewhere new and chic. The Oregon District of course has a lot to offer – and we soon decided the new Lucky’s Taproom & Eatery, 520 E. Fifth St., was our best bet.

Lucky’s is open from 11 to 2:30 a.m. Monday through Sunday. The owner, Andrew Trick, opened the store on March 11, of this year.

“This was his life dream to have this bar,” Teresa Jetton, Trick’s niece who also works at Lucky’s, told me.

Jetton said her uncle planned to open Lucky’s with his father, who recently passed away. Trick continued to work toward his dream of owning a restaurant and bar, and Jetton said it has been a big success since its opening earlier this year.

The trip to Trick’s new hotspot started out a litttttle rough for me. I decided to lounge for a while in my apartment before feasting, and soon woke up to Mags and Allie beckoning me out the door. I was definitely a zombie for the first hour of our night, but woke up just in time to enjoy a delish chicken salad sandwich and fries with a side of honey mustard — always a staple of any meal I eat.

Lucky’s, in my opinion as a food aficionado since age 1, was excellent. The menu is full of appetizers, soups and salads, and sandwiches at affordable prices, especially for a student like myself on a budget. My chicken salad sandwich complete with lettuce, tomato and mayo came to a grand total of just $5.50. Not only that, but Lucky’s also offers vegan/gluten free bread for just $1 more on all sandwiches. Allie, a vegetarian who used to be a vegan herself, was immediately impressed. The healthy options don’t stop there, either. Want a burger? Choose between beef, turkey, soy, gluten free vegan or fish meat to top your bun. Is the grilled ham and cheese sandwich not for you? Go veggie for just 50 cents more.

At Lucky’s, I feel like I couldn’t have made a bad menu decision. The $6.50 quesadilla with Anaheim/poblano and bell peppers, onions, cheddar/jack cheese, lettuce, sour cream, guacamole, and salsa, for example, was hard to pass up. I could have even made it vegan with cheddar-style vegan cheese for just $1.50 more. The cordon blue sandwich also was a close second for me. The sandwich comes with grilled chicken and ham, swiss cheese, dijon mustard, mayo, lettuce and tomato. Onions, pickles and sauteed mushrooms are available upon request. Even the simple spinach salad — with bleu cheese, chicken, bacon, candied walnuts, craisins, sliced pears and raspberry vinaigrette — was enticing. Decisions, decisions!

If these tasty selections sound right for you, be sure to stop in soon — All through June, the restaurant and bar’s Facebook friends will be treated to 10 percent off lunch, Monday through Friday.

My heavenly chicken-salad-and-fries dish: I couldn't help but take a few bites before snapping a picture!
My heavenly chicken-salad-and-fries dish: I couldn’t help but take a few bites before snapping a picture!

One of the top highlights – besides the diversity of food options – was the beer selection. The phrase, “Try a new one, samples are on us,” at the bottom of the beer menu immediately caught our attention. As a recent college graduate, anything besides Natty Light is like gold to me, so watching Allie try out three different baby samples (in adorably small glasses) was super exciting. Allie chose the Maharaja – despite my pleas for her to get Le Freak just for the name –and thoroughly enjoyed it as a complement to her beer battered fish and chips. Maharaja – a product of the Colorado-based Avery Brewing Co. – is an orange, sweet, seasonal beer with a hint of fresh citrus that we all just had to try.

Lucky’s draft list changes, but other options this past weekend included: Dragon’s Milk (New Holland Brewing Co.) for $6; Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale (Lexington Brewing Co.) for $5; and Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout (Great Divide Brewing Co.) for $6. This listing alone was enough to get me in the door!

Highlight number three: the service. I have a strong, long-held conviction that everyone who works in the Oregon District is super artsy and musically-talented, and this one proved me right. I finally got up the courage to ask the hip waiter about his rocker tattoos, and he revealed that serving us french fries wasn’t in fact his primary passion. By night, he’s in a band. He explained the meaning of the tattoos that laced his arms, admitting he would show us the rest but wasn’t allowed to remove his shirt at our table.

All smiles after our tasty meals! (Photo taken by our musically-inclined, tattooed waiter.)

All smiles after our tasty meals! (Photo taken by our musically-inclined, tattooed waiter.)

Regardless, my first excursion was full of success.

Next time you decide to splurge and take yourself out, I challenge you to go somewhere new. You might just find a tasty meal, complete with some of your old favorites, and some surprisingly entertaining service.

Bon appetit!

Filed Under: Dayton Dining Tagged With: Dayton restaurants, Lucky's Taproom and Eatery, Oregon District

Daytonians Tell Us Their Favorite Restaurants

September 27, 2010 By Lisa Grigsby Leave a Comment

Check out this video as locals tell us there favorite place to dine! They sure named some great restaurants!  Check it out!

Did they name your favorite place?  If not, be sure and comment below and tell others why you like it!

Filed Under: Dayton Dining Tagged With: Dayton restaurants, DaytonDining

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