The Vistro food truck founder Myger Nguyen launched The Vistro Modern Vietnamese restaurant last month at 3937 Linden Ave. across from the Eastown Shopping Center in Riverside. The space previously housed Al-Mandi Restaurant & Cafe, and before that, Antojitos Criollos Puerto Rican restaurant.
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The Riverside Area Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday. The 2,500-square-foot restaurant seats about 50 and is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.
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Vistro Modern Vietnamese is the latest Dayton-based mobile eatery to make the jump to a bricks-and-mortar restaurant.
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“Bricks and mortar has always been the end-game goal,” Myger told this news outlet last month.
Myger said he chose the food-truck route initially in early 2017 to take advantage of its low start-up costs and to develop recognition for his brand and the Vietnamese specialties he serves. He intends to keep the food truck operating, and its menu will likely expand because of the increased flexibility the restaurant’s kitchen will offer.
The 2,500-square-foot restaurant seats about 50 and is open for lunch and dinner seven days a week.
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