Kettering to get upscale carry-out, catering

Slated to open in Fountain Square on Oct. 6, Fresco to offer lunch, dinner meals.
Business
By Mark Fisher
Sept 9, 2010
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KETTERING — A new upscale carry-out restaurant and catering operation to be called Fresco will open in early October at 3141 Far Hills Ave. in the Fountain Square center just south of Dorothy Lane.

Fresco is owned by Jenn DiSanto, who has operated a catering and personal-chef business called The Easy Way Out and has led several cooking sessions at the Dorothy Lane Market School of Cooking since moving to Dayton from Belgium in 2007. The native of New England who lived in the Atlanta area for nearly 20 years before moving to Brussels said she has been looking for a suitable location for her new venture for the last nine months. The retail space formerly housed a Pizza Hut carry-out restaurant for more than 20 years before it closed in January 2010.

The former Pizza Hut location is toward the rear of the shopping center and does not have exposure to Far Hills Avenue (Ohio 48), but DiSanto said she has built a clientele in the Kettering-Oakwood area that will find her.

“It’s the right size, and the right location,” DiSanto said of the retail space that is undergoing renovation in preparation of her business opening.

After Fresco opens, customers will be able to drop in and order lunch or dinner, or order ahead for pickup, or purchase prepared items from a deli case, DiSanto said. Dinner specials will include menu items such as roasted salmon and grilled vegetables.

“We’ll post our dinner menus online daily.,” DiSanto said.

Fresco will offer some very limited seating, “but the focus is not on running a restaurant — it’s on carry-out meals taken to go,” she said. DiSanto will continue to offer catering under the new Fresco name, focusing primarily on parties of less than 300. The target date for opening Fresco is Oct. 6, DiSanto said. For more information, call (937) 266-7100.

Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2258 or mfisher@DaytonDailyNews.com.

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Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.