This year, 27 locally owned restaurants have signed up for the promotion which runs January 21-28.
Prior to the pandemic the promotion helped sell more than 10,000 meals locally. Attendance still has not come back to where it was at with fewer than 6,000 meals sold in recent years.
Zahora is hoping the local community comes out to support the participating restaurants and that numbers return to what restaurants were seeing pre-pandemic.
One dollar per meal sold will support the Dayton Food Bank.
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Credit: Alexis Larsen
Bock Family Brewing and Manna Uptown in Centerville will both be joining the event for the first time. The luxe Primo Italian Steakhouse in Middletown, a new dining destination worth seeking out, is also joining for the first time.
El Meson is back participating for the first time since the pandemic.
Meals this year range in price from $20.24-$60.24 offering specially curated coursed menus from each of the dining destinations that are participating.
As menus are finalized they can be found posted on the MVRA Winter Restaurant Week page of its website.
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Some destinations like the consistently delicious Greek Street are priced at the start of the price range, offering chicken or braised leg of lamb, lemon rice, salad two keftedes, two dolmades and a piece of baklava for $20.24.
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Credit: Alexis Larsen
Manna Uptown is on the high end offering the choice of a creamy champagne and butternut squash soup topped with queso fresco and toasted pepitas, or slow cooked chicken rillettes, or a house salad or zucchini fritters for the first course.
Entree choices are a beef bourguignon ($45.24), an aji panca marinated and grilled cauliflower ($45.24), herb marinated pork tenderloin medallions topped with a creamy mushroom sauce served with a summery ratatouille ($50.24), roasted chicken breast served with homemade ricotta gnudis in a sage brown butter ($50.24), ponzu marinated faroe island salmon ($60.24) served with yukon potato purée, haricot verts sautéed with sundried tomatoes, and a thyme and rosemary chimichurri or a “Arrachera de Peru” 9 oz. grilled skirt steak ($60.24) with a garden herb and almond chimichurri, yukon potato purée with spinach and queso fresco, asparagus, and a stewed roma tomato. Crème brûlée is the dessert of choice for the third featured course.
Depending on what dines want to spend or try, there are plenty of options.
“This event gets people back out to try something new and support so many of our awesome restaurant establishments. It always has a huge positive impact for our local restaurant community and offers diners fresh, exciting options to enjoy,” said Zahora.
In addition to strongly encouraging reservations Zahora asks once again for continued patience for servers, hosts and hostesses that serve as the faces of these restaurants.
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Winter Restaurant Week: Participating places
Please note — calling ahead is recommended, for details, hours and reservations. For the most up-to-date list and information visit http://dineoutdayton.com.
Amber Rose, 1400 Valley St., Dayton, (937) 228-2511
Bock Family Brewing, 8150 Washington Village Dr., Dayton, (937) 813-2000
Bunker’s Sports Bar & Grill, 893 E. National Road, Vandalia, (937) 890-8899
Carvers Steaks & Chops, 1535 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, Centerville, (937) 433-7099
CBCB Bar & Grill, 2495 Commons Blvd., Beavercreek, (937) 426-3287
Chappy’s Social House, 7880 Washington Village Dr, Centerville, (937) 439-9200
The Chop House, 7727 Washington Village Drive, Washington Twp., (937) 291-1661
Coco’s Bistro, 250 Warren St., Dayton, (937) 228-2626
Condado Taco, 4482 Glengarry Dr., Beavercreek, (937) 705-6528
Corner Kitchen, 613 E. Fifth St., Dayton, (937) 938-5244
Figlio, 424 E. Stroop Rd., Kettering, (937) 534-0494
Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, 3500 Rigby Rd., Miamisburg, (937) 865-9355
Franco’s Ristorante Italiano, 824 E. Fifth St., Dayton, (937) 222-0204
Greek Street, 101 E. Alex Bell Rd., Centerville, (937) 640-3295
Hickory River Smokehouse, 135 S. Garber Drive, Tipp City, (937) 669-2271
Jay’s Seafood Restaurant, 225 E. Sixth St., Dayton, (937) 222-2892
Little Fish Brewing Company, 116 Webster St., Dayton, (937) 949-3055
Loose Ends Brewing, 890 S. Main St., Centerville, (937) 723-6328
Manna Uptown, 61 W. Franklin St., Centerville, (937) 972-1215
Nick’s Restaurant, 1443 N. Detroit St., Xenia, (937) 372-3202
Pasha Grill, 72 Plum St., The Greene, Beavercreek, (937) 429-9000
Primo Italian Steakhouse, 6 S. Broad St., Middletown, (513) 392-2100
Rip Rap Roadhouse, 6024 Rip Rap Road, Dayton, (937) 236-4329
Roost Modern Italian, 524 E. 5th St., Dayton, (937) 222-3100
Salar Restaurant and Lounge, 410 E. Fifth St., Dayton, (937) 203-3999
Smith’s Boathouse Restaurant, 439 N. Elm St., Troy, (937) 335-3837
The Caroline, 5 S. Market St., Troy, (937) 552-7676
The Last Queen, 210 E. Main St., Enon, (937) 340-6032
How to go
What: Winter Restaurant Week
When: Jan. 21-28
Where: Various locations
Cost: Meals range in price from $20.24-$60.24
More info and complete list of restaurants: (937) 461-MVRA or dineoutdayton.com
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