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Neil's Heritage House

Dining Tribute to Dayton’s Iconic Restaurants of the Past

October 23, 2018 By Dayton Most Metro

Chef Maria of Watermark is pleased to announce the first ICONS dinner event, where they will honor the legendary restaurants that have built and shaped the wonderful and diverse dining scene in the Dayton area.

The Barnsider, King Cole, L’Auberge … names that immediately evoke smiles, fond memories, and lively conversations. Join us on a culinary journey that will celebrate the food and atmosphere that made these places so memorable.

Sunday, October 28
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

This event will be presented as a seven-course tasting menu, where you will have the opportunity to re-live – or experience for the first time – some of the most iconic dishes from these beloved establishments.

THE ICONS MENU FOR 2018:

Starter:
Stuffed Mushrooms au Gratin – Peerless MillSalad:
Artisan Garden Salad with Heritage French Dressing – King Cole

 

 

 

 

 

Soup:
French Onion Soup au Gratin – The Barnsider

 

 

 

 

 

Seafood:
Filet of Sole – L’Auberge

 

 

 

 

 

Beef:
Filet au Poivre with Brandy Cream Sauce – Peasant Stock

 

 

 

 

 

Cheese:
Baked Brie with Charred Pear – Neil’s Heritage House

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dessert:
Paris-Brest with Crème Mousseline Praliné – Watermark

ALL – INCLUSIVE:   $125/pp

This unique experience will offer a pre-dinner cocktail, beer, or glass of wine, along with two glasses of wine (one white, one red) to accompany the meal. Your ticket price of $125/per-person includes all food and beverage, tax, and gratuity. Tickets may be purchased by calling the restaurant, or online at the link below:

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE


Watermark Restaurant
20 S 1st St, Miamisburg, OH 45342, USA
Miamisburg, Ohio
(937) 802-0891

Tue, Wed, Thu  4:00 – 10:00 PM

Fri & Sat   4:00 – Midnight

Filed Under: Dayton Dining, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Barnsider, king cole, L'Auberge, Neil's Heritage House, peasant stock, Watermark

Here Comes the FLEURS ET VIN Festival!

May 14, 2014 By The Food Adventures Crew Leave a Comment

“Fleurs et Vin” Festival will feature over 400 wines for tasting !

Get ready to raise your wine glass this Sunday at Carillon Park , because Dayton’s premier wine and gourmet food festival arrives!!

That’s right, the one and only shindig known as “FLEURS ET VIN” (flowers and wine in French) takes place this weekend!

This is a Food Adventure and Wine extravaganza that you don’t want to miss.  The Big Ragu will be there in full force!

 

WHAT:  FLEURS ET VIN FESTIVAL

WHERE: At Historic Carillon Park,  1000 Carillon Blvd.  Dayton, Ohio 45409

WHEN: SUNDAY MAY 18th from 1pm – 4pm

WHY: To benefit AIDS Resoruce Center of Dayton Ohio

MUST DRINKS:  Over 400 wines available for tasting and a Beer Garden !

MUST EATS:  Local restaurants providing samples of menu specialties.

Restaurants Include: Amar India, Carvers Steaks & Chops, Central Perc European Cafe, Chappys Tap Room and Grille, Coco’s Bistro, El Meson, Figlio, Giovanni’s, Jay’s Seafood, Kohler’s Catering,  Lock 27 Brewing,  Mamma DiSalvo’s,  Neil’s Heritage House,  The Oakwood Club, Salar Restaurant and Lounge The Dock, The Deli at Webster Street & Top of the Market and Thai 9.

WHAT ELSE: Live Music during the festival by J.t. Fedrick and the Sax Groove, a silent auction that ends at 3pma and a Live Auction that starts  at 4pm 

COST: $70 in advance, $75 at the door  click HERE for more ticket info

Just in Case: Don’t drink and drive- Divine Services will be on hand if you and your car need a ride home.

Fleurs Et Vin is something you must experience as a true Daytonian.  Experience the best wines in the world, paired with Dayton’s Best Restaurant offerings.  It is for charity, which makes getting a ticket a no brainer.  Support Dayton, support the AIDS Resource Center, and join the fun at Carillon Park.  Treat yourself to a Food Adventure !

We raise our wine glasses high and say “Here’s to Fleurs Et Vin, the toast of the town this Sunday!”  See you under the big tents!

Are you a Dayton foodie?  Then join us for more fun Food Adventures by “liking”us on Facebook.

Check out our photo gallery below from last year’s event!

 

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Fleurs Et Vin: A Great Success at Carrillon Park

May 31, 2013 By The Food Adventures Crew Leave a Comment

Each Guest Received Souvenir Glasses

Did you miss it?  Endless wine tasting and all the food samplings you wanted were featured at the 2013 Fleurs et Vin Festival held at Carillon Park on May 19th.  The Big Ragu was on hand with Dayton Most Metro’s staff, greeting the massive crowds and sample the various offerings.  It was a Food Adventure paradise in the heart of Dayton, and a must eat on our list of events.

If you were not able to make it to this annual benefit for the AIDS Resource Center Ohio, then check out our recap, below.

Here’s the Skinny:

— FLEURS ET VIN is Dayton’s Premier Wine and Gourmet Food Festival, typically held each year on a Sunday in May from 1-4pm under the tents at Carrillon Historical Park.  It is an all-you-want tasting event with a loyal following.

— ALL of the food and wine was donated by locally owned restaurants, allowing 100% of the proceeds to benefit AIDS Resource Center of Dayton.  A Food Adventure with a cause

— Admission price allowed you access to over 400 wines from around the world and taste menu samples from 20 local restaurants, along with a Belgian Beer Garden area !

— Live and Silent Auction areas allowed even more funds to be raised for this worthy cause that focuses of prevention and education about AIDS, along with service programs that help those in need with HIV/AIDS.

— Live music filled the air and added to the warm ambiance.

With so many good wines and so much good food, below are our picks for the best of the best from this spectacular event!

Crab Rangoon from Thai 9.  Our Favorite Rangoon in Dayton.

OUR FAVORITES  (THE FOOD):

Thai 9’s Crab Rangoon and Chicken with Rice:  In our opinion, the best crab rangoon in the Dayton area were these incredible samples from Thai9.  Stuffed full and deep, and served with a sweet side of Thai sauce, we found ourselves returning to this line often.  The Thai chicken dish was also incredible at this station.  It was a Thai pepper chicken, served in a brown, curry house sauce over a bed of white rice.  We told them we loved it, but our mouths were so full that they couldn’t understand us.

The Dock’s Crab Cakes:  Slowly seared on their portable flat top grill, these were flavorful, hand-packed circles of love.  The sauce that topped the crab cakes was the secret ingredient that kept us coming back for more.  The staff of The Dock probably wanted to file a restraining order against us for hanging out by their grill as much as we did.  We could not resist seconds of these scrumptious bites of crab heaven.

Hawthorn Grill’s  Sorbet and Strawberry ShortCake: All of the desserts at Hawthorn Grill are homemade by Chef Candace and her staff.   Her sorbet was a perfect, refreshing break during this hot event.  The bite size piece of cake, topped with a strawberry sauce also hit the spot.

Scratch Catering’s Beef Brisket and Carmelized Onion Bruschetta:  When doesn’t Chef Matt Hayden please the hungry crowds?  This delicious, slow-cooked sampling was just as pleasing to the eye, as it was to our taste buds.  The hits from Scratch Catering just keep on coming ….

OUR FAVORITES (THE WINES):

Canella Blood Orange Mimosa:  Talk about refreshing!   This tasty, bottled mimosa was the perfect drink, on this hot day.  The server at this booth had to be tired of us by the end of the event.   Probably our favorite offering from the Vintage Wine Distributor.  This Italian wine cocktail is made from grape wine and the juice and pulp of blood oranges from Sicily.

Heron Chardonnay:  A crisp, white wine made from 22 year old grape vines.  The winery is a female owned, family vineyard run by Laely Heron.   One of the few American women who made wine in France, Heron’s products are also produced in California.

Spreitzer Riesling 101:  This German Riesling comes from a winery owned by two brothers who have been honing their craft since 1997.  It was a cold, refreshing sip of sparkling goodness in the warm weather.

The Belgian Beer Garden: Although this was a wine festival, Heidelberg Distributing distracted us with some great beer selections.  Food Adventures enjoyed a couple of  Stella Artois beers in a souvenir pint.  The Big Ragu went for some Hoegaarden beer and an Ommegang Witte Beer.

All in all, this is Dayton’s “Wine me and dine me” Festival.  We loved being a part of a wonderful event, that supported a locally based AIDS charity.  Good local food and world class wines, what more could one ask for?   So let us end this Food Adventure, by raising our glass with a toast.. “Whether you love Merlot or Chardonnay, here’s to seeing you at Fleurs et Vin, next May!!”

For more wine, and no whine, visit Food Adventures on Facebook and “like” them by clicking HERE !

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Twas the Night Before Christmas, What Dayton Restaurants Will Be Open?

December 18, 2012 By Lisa Grigsby 2 Comments

Take a much-needed break from the last-minute present-wrapping and feast-prepping, and let the area’s best chefs create the main culinary event for you and your loved ones. Below, are our top picks for dining out on Christmas Eve and even, a few notable spots opening up their doors on Christmas Day.  We also suggest you call for reservations, as many places will be booked up.

Dayton Restaurants Open Christmas Eve

 

Carvers Steaks & Chops
1535 Miamisburg Centerville Road, Dayton, OH 45459
(937) 433-7099
Noon to 7pm
Flemings  Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar
4432 Walnut Street, Dayton, OH 45440
(937) 320-9548
5 – 10pm

 

C’est Tout Bistro
2600 Far Hills Avenue, Kettering
(937) 298-0022
5 -10pm
Champps Americana 
7880 Washington Village Drive, Washington Twp.
(937) 433-2333
Noon to 10 pm

 

Giuliano, An Anticoli Tavern
67 S. Main Street, Miamisburg
(937) 859-3000
4 -9pm
Jay’s Seafood Restaurant
225 E Sixth Street Dayton, OH  45402
(937) 222-2892
4-8pm

 

Neil’s Heritage House
2323 West Schantz Avenue, Dayton OH
(937) 298-86111
3 -7pm
Shen’s Szechuan & Sushi 
7580 Poe Ave Dayton, OH 45414
(937) 898-3860
11am – 10pm

 

Spaghetti Warehouse
6 W. Fifth Street, Dayton OH 45402
(937) 461-3913
11am – 8pm
The Caroline
5 South Market Street, Troy , OH 45373
(937) 552-7676
3- 8pm Christmas Buffet Only
Adults – $20.95, Children 5 to 12 – $9.95, Under 5 Free

 

The Oakwood Club
2414 Far Hills Avenue, Oakwood, Ohio 45419
(937) 293-6973
4-9pm

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For all those folks who may not celebrate Christmas, or just don’t want to cook that day, there are indeed a few restaurants that will be open for your dining pleasure.  Of course you can always dine at Waffle House- they never close, but no matter where you dine out, please remember that the staff of these places have given up their holiday to serve you, so please tip generously, as working on a holiday is never fun, but should at least be profitable for those away from their families.

As always, if you know of a place we missed, feel free to add it in the comments!

Dayton Restaurants Open Christmas Day

 

Amar India Restaurant
2759 Miamisburg Centerville Road
(937) 439-9005
12 – 7pm
Champps Americana 
7880 Washington Village Drive, Washington Twp.
(937) 433-2333
Noon to 10 pm

 

Fricker’s
7 Area Locations
5pm – 2am
McCormick & Schmick’s Seafood & Steaks
4429 Cedar Park Drive (at The Greene) Beavercreek, OH 45440
(937) 431-9200
11am – 8pm

 

Neil’s Heritage House
2323 West Schantz Avenue, Dayton OH
(937) 298-86111
3 -7pm
Shen’s Szechuan & Sushi 
7580 Poe Ave Dayton, OH 45414
(937) 898-3860
11am – 10pm

Filed Under: Dayton Dining Tagged With: Amar India Restaurant, An Anticoli Tavern, C'est Tout, Carvers Steaks and Chops, Champps Americana, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Frickers, giuliano, Jay's Seafood, McCormick & Schmick's Seafood & Steaks, Neil's Heritage House, Shen's Szechuan & Sushi, Spaghetti Warehouse, The Caroline, The Oakwood Club

Turning Tradition on Its Edge

December 14, 2011 By Mariah Douglas 1 Comment

The end had come. It was 2006 and Neil’s Heritage House had closed its doors. Fifty years in the making, booming past being just a bar in 1946, even surviving the fire of the ‘60s. This venue was here in the horse and carriage days, before Kettering even existed! 24,000 square feet of tradition was coming to a close at 2323 W. Schantz Avenue in Kettering. But Serena Walther Leventhal, the granddaughter of the previous owner, couldn’t let that happen. She and her husband, Eric Leventhal, picked up and moved back to Ohio from their Californian home. “I grew up in this building,” said Serena, when I had the chance to sit down for an interview with her, “I hadn’t been back since I left at seventeen for New York.” Eric is four generations Los Angeles bred, but the duo had “nothing happening in 2006” so they packed up and moved to the Dayton area so many of us call home. Neil’s was officially restored, after what one may call a grueling process, and opened its beautiful wooden doors to the public again on November 29 of this year.

The restoration of Neil’s, though completely worth it, was “quite a process.” The building hadn’t been winterized, so basically the entire place needed to be gutted and redone. As Serena described, they didn’t change anything structurally, just mechanically. It was especially important to Serena to keep the building’s structure intact: “I’m an architect, so I love this brick building.” Unfortunately, since customers had been smoking here since 1946, all new ceiling tiles were needed, and the original bar had to come down. The result of all the blood, sweat, and tears put into these 24,000 square feet? An environmentally sound building that still has its integrity. The kitchen’s set up and space is already phenomenal as “the chef was a kid in the candy shop when he saw the kitchen.” All that needed to be done before it could be used was the resurfacing of the stoves and they were on tap. And speaking of taps, the bar was reinstated as a gorgeous marble countertop on which craft beers and hand-selected wines are served.

Eric and Serena Leventhal, courtesy of Fleur de Leigh Photography

Once everything physically was in place and the permits were issued, that very next day Neil’s was expecting to host 300 people. The staff wasn’t even fully trained, but the day ran extremely smoothly. “Ever since then, we’ve had phone calls every day for big events,” stated Serena. “We’ve been turning the restaurant over two times during the day and two and a half at night!” To just think of what an experience these guests would have missed out on if the Leventhals hadn’t made Ohio their new home! The eating experience is “comfortable, yet there is a sense of tradition.” They cater to all ages and aim to turn tradition on its side, to provide a new spin to the old standard Neil’s Heritage held back in the day. Branching off of this idea of tradition, the restaurant, deemed with the classy title “The Tenderloin Room,” also features a lot of genuine family photography hanging on the walls that make for great conversation pieces.

 

Sticking to this theme of a twist on the traditional Neil’s, their new and improved menu still has some favorites from the past selection. Serena explained how she wasn’t originally going to keep anything from the old menu, but the phone kept ringing with more and more requests for the original menu. Serena and her husband decided to keep the two most signature items to keep—their Chicken Supreme, a breaded chicken breast with Supreme sauce, and the Pork Tenderloin, which is breaded, pan fried,

The clasic Chicken Supreme

and topped with mushroom gravy. Their menu also offers a lot of new, unique items, even those that are on the lighter side, too. There’s a good mix of old and new, of classic and lighter. I would guess that comes from the great dynamic of this husband and wife pair—Serena is more California in her culinary taste, leaning toward lighter, newer takes on cuisine, while Eric gravitates towards a traditional meat and potatoes dish. As far as her favorite: “I switch everyday!” So as of the morning we sat down for this interview, her favorite was the Southern Burger, topped with a fried green tomato. Yum! She told me she was literally dreaming about it the other night. With the customers, the burgers and salads have been a big hit, as well as the salmon and of course, the classic Pork Tenderloin. What’s so great about their food is that it’s all fresh! They don’t even own a freezer and have never copped any ingredient from a can; every item on their menu is made from scratch each day.

 

It’s been less than a month, and according to Serena, it’s still a work in progress and will be for a long time. What’s still to come? Serena’s hoping to promote local artists. She has a lot of wall space, with the Tenderloin Room and three other banquet areas downstairs and 1,800 people have walked through here already! So there’s a great opportunity in the making for Dayton artists! Also to come—Serena is hoping to get a blog started soon, where customers can interact and give feedback, because for Neil’s Heritage House, customer service and satisfaction is most important. The customer is always right and Neil’s staff is attentive and more than willing to accommodate as best they can.   A different take on tradition, great customer service, and a stellar menu—sounds like a unique combination that is sure to ensure Neil’s Heritage Center’s success! Neil’s really is a “Dayton institution” because everyday someone new comes in with a personal story of how Neil’s has impacted their life. So future generation, it’s our turn to get in on the fun. It’s time for us to make memories we can come back and visit after fifty years. Personally, I think after this week of final exams is over, it’s time for one of those juicy hamburgers. So what say you?

courtesy of Fleur de Leigh Photography

Neil’s Heritage House
neilshh.com     937.298.4115

Lunch: 11:00 AM-2:00 PM Tues-Fri

Dinner:  5:00 PM-10:00 PM Tues-Thurs 5:00 PM-12:00 AM Fri-Sat

Check them out on Facebook, too!

Filed Under: Dayton Dining Tagged With: Eric Leventhal, Neil's Heritage House, Serena Walther Leventhal

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