http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ The Leadbellies uncover the best in "everyday" food in Dayton-area restaurants, ranging from chili to pizza to burgers. Find things to do In a hurry? ActiveDayton.com's twice-a-week e-mail newsletter lets you know the top five things to do in the area twice a week. Sign up en-us rrollins@daytondailynews.com 2009-06-18T11:23:43-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/06/18/so_you_guys_rea.html That last post, asking for your favorite Italian restaurants, certainly drew some interest and excellent suggestions. Made me hungry just reading all those comments. Mmmm… So, let’s ask the natural followup: What’s your favorite Italian dish?... 13438703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-06-18T11:23:43-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/06/12/whats_your_favo_7.html We dropped by Kettering’s newest Italian restaurant a while ago, Soprano’s on Stroop Road near Marshall, in the building that used to be Field’s Restaurant. We had a delicious meal, too — my wife got the ravioli, I got the... 13346503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-06-12T11:10:52-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/06/11/luncing_at_the.html Hey, kids… been off for a few days, munching here, grazing there. The Leadbellies made a little pit stop the other day just up the road from our Main Street office to check out Dayton’s Brunch Club, which is a... 13323703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-06-11T11:14:05-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/06/05/whats_the_secre.html Yo, Brother Ron here. The wife and I had a pizza at Dewey’s the other evening, and something occurred to us that we — or at least, I — hadn’t noticed before. The crust. There’s something different and good about... 13228403@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-06-05T18:03:32-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/06/02/taking_lunch_su_1.html Mmmmmm, the Leadbellies have a date on our calendars to go out to lunch next Monday… Any thoughts on where we should go? Let us know… We might just show up in your joint!... 13145203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-06-02T10:52:13-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/05/24/whats_on_your_g.html I don’t know about you, but our neighborhood was filled with the fine scent of grillsmoke last night as the long weekend got underway. Ours had a couple of nice steaks, plus some portobello mushrooms drizzled with a nice garlic... 12989103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-05-24T11:59:10-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/05/11/stopping_in_mid.html There are old-fashioned places, and there are old-fashioned places. Then there’s The Jug in Middletown. I like The Jug, have for a long time. We Leadbellies visited a few years ago when we were doing a summary of local burger... 12729903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-05-11T14:17:54-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/05/06/cinco_de_mayo_2.html You may have noticed a few lines at your favorite Mexican eatery on Tuesday night, as Americans have realized that they have a golden opportunity to take another low-level ethnic holiday barely noticed in its nation of origin and turn... 12646503@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-05-06T18:11:11-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/05/04/stopping_in_den.html So, my son and I were headed back home from a downtown show the other night, and were hungry, having done without dinner. It was about 10:15 or so, we had a bunch of classical music runnin’ around in our... 12597103@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-05-04T18:25:47-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/04/27/why_im_mad_at_t.html This was a weekend of food decadence, and I, Brother Ray, ate like a starving wild boar. I hurt myself bad Saturday night at the All American Evening, “Cruisin’ the USA” at the Air Force Museum. Chef David Glynn prepared... 12428603@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-04-27T11:49:16-04:00 rmarcano@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/04/23/leadbellies_hun.html The Leadbellies are thrilled and honored to be among those judging the regional round of the Bravo! Cucina Italiana’s “Top Chef Culinary Competizion,” a cooking competition that leads up to its corporate contest in July. We’re heading out to Dayton’s... 12364903@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-04-23T11:24:29-04:00 ldempsey@coxohio.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/04/21/back_to_brixx_a.html Brother Ron weighing in today, and once again the topic is: service. A friend and I stopped into Brixx downtown for lunch yesterday, both of us skeptically aware of the fact that we had generally stopped going there, separately on... 12320003@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-04-21T15:10:22-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/04/13/a_great_meatloa.html Well, Brother Ray, Sister Laura and I paid a little visit today to Culp’s Cafe at Carillon Historical Park… It’s under relatively new managment and we’d heard some good buzz about the place. Seemed time to drop by. We’re gonna... 12163203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-04-13T18:46:19-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/04/10/fifth_third_fie.html Well, the Leadbellies will have to make the rounds around the ballpark at a Dragons game pretty soon this season… It’s been a while since we did so, and seems like time for an update now that the club has... 12115203@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-04-10T07:20:52-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/entries/2009/04/07/anything_on_a_b.html OK, boys and girls, you may have taken note of a post a couple of days ago in which I made mention of a local bacon-bleucheese burger of which I am particularly fond… and you may also have noted the... 12056703@http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/leadbelly/ 2009-04-07T16:01:06-04:00 rrollins@daytondailynews.com