"We are doing 100 percent everything (on the menu) from scratch," said Bruno Bas, a chef of 35 years, who left Kettering Grill & Café to start the new restaurant. "My other places, I don't have a freezer over there. Nothing is frozen."
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Bas, who was born in Italy and raised in Turkey, said daily specials will be offered for breakfast, lunch and dinner at the restaurant, which will serve a mix of American and Italian cuisine.
Breakfast will include typical morning-meal fare, as well as variations on classics, such as Cinnamon Toast Crunch-encrusted french toast and M&M pancakes, said Lorenzo Bas, Bruno’s son and the restaurant’s general manager.
The lunch and dinner menu at Fireside Café will feature a wide variety of pizza and pasta dishes, sandwiches, steak, seafood, salads and wide variety of burgers, including deep-fried burgers and mac-n-cheese burgers.
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Beverages will include wine and about six to 10 local beers on draft.
Fireside Café plans to hire 50 employees for a range of roles, including cooks, servers, dish washers and delivery drivers, according to Bas.
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