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HUBER HEIGHTS — Anyone looking for a quick fix in patriotism?
You won’t need a Map Quest navigator. Just follow the flags at 7111 Taylorsville Road in Huber Heights.
You can’t miss the Olde Glory Cafe & Sweet Shoppe that’ll take you back to a time in the good old USA when partiotism reigned supreme.
In what amounts to one of the most unique restaurant decors in the Miami Valley, nothing has been left undone.
Ancient flags are draped over an old fashioned fireplace and on the opposite wall hangs an antique flag — and even the wide variety of 35 sandwiches are served with tiny American flag souvenir toothpicks.
And don’t let the long list of sandwiches fool you. It’s a full service restaurant with such specials as cabbage rolls, meatloaf, shrimp basket and chicken and noodles.
The most popular dessert? It’s peanut butter pie.
The Sweet Shoppe, an adjoining ice cream parlor, complete with a replica juke box, is a throwback to the soda jerk era when a chocolate soda was the real thing.
The idea to go patriotic was dreamed up by the owners, Janet and Ron Campbell of Huber Heights. “We did all the decorating,” said Janet. “And Ron built most of the furniture. We were both into arts and crafts for a long time.”
Olde Glory has been waving on Taylorsville for four-and-a-half years and prior to that the couple operated a woodcrafts gift shop at the same location.
The patriotic pair also deserves a salute or two for their efforts because the Cafe has been rated among the area’s Top 5 eateries in the ongoing UrbanSpoon.com website ratings for the area this year.
“We started out at 78th last fall and climbed near the top in that short span,” said Janet Campbell. “Not bad for two people who were never in the restaurant business previously.”
And, as Ron Campbell proudly points out, Olde Glory was ranked No. 1 among Dayton’s mom and pop restaurants in ’09 and a large banner in the window — presented to the restaurant — confirms the honor.
It has also been a family affair. Working alongside the couple — married for 35 years — are their son, Ronnie, Janet’s sister, Brenda Turner, and a neice, Kelsey Maynard.
A daughter, Mandi Campbell, is a Sinclair Community College grad who is a paralegal in Greene County.
Despite the journey to yesteryear, the couple gave in to technology and has a website: oldglorycafe.com
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