Ghostlight Coffee’s second location is now open

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“We can’t wait to show Dayton what we’ve been creating in Midtown,” founder Shane Anderson said as part of a press release. “Our team’s been working hard to fine-tune the menu and experience.”

The new shop shares a building with Old Scratch Pizza and is across from RINSE Cycle.

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Ghostlight launched 8 years ago at 1201 Wayne Ave. in Dayton’s historic

South Park neighborhood building.

The original location remains.

The new shop was announced in June and has been dubbed Ghostlight Midtown.

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It will be open from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, the press release says.

Kitchen service stops at 4 p.m. daily.

With the new shop, Ghostlight will expand its work force from 14 full-time and part-time positions to 29.

*** FIRST REPORT (June 18, 2019) — Ghostlight Coffee shop announces plans for a second location in Dayton

A beloved Dayton coffee shop is getting room to grow.

Ghostlight Coffee announced today in a press release that owner and founder, Shane Anderson, has signed a lease at 800 S. Patterson Blvd. The new shop will be in the same building that houses Old Scratch Pizza and across from RINSE Cycle. The 8-year-old Ghostlight shop in the iconic blue, 1880s South Park Neighborhood building will remain open for business.

The existing coffee house has offered fresh baked goods and treats made off-site by Ghostlight bakers, however the new midtown location will have much more room for an expansive food menu ranging from breakfast sandwiches and “from-scratch” bakery goods to toasts, tartines and salads inspired by international cafes.

The shop said it plans for a fall 2019 opening date.

“I want the shop to feel natural to the building and the community,” said Anderson. “The new spot will be a bit more industrial and modern than our current shop because it was built in the 1960s versus the 1880s. This aesthetic felt like the intuitive choice.”

Eric Soller, co-founder of Old Scratch Pizza, said he had been looking for an appropriate partner to move into the tenant space that is part of his pizza restaurant’s building.

Ghostlight “will complement our customer base and will bring more vibrancy to that corner of the neighborhood,” Soller said.

Sharing a building with a coffee shop-bakery that focuses on early-morning, breakfast and and lunchtime service is “a perfect sort of synergy” for his pizza restaurant that is open for lunch and dinner, the Old Scratch founder said.

“Ghostlight has such a great reputation, and Shane is a great operator,” Soller said.

Ghostlight has won the Best Coffeehouse category in the Best of Dayton contest for last three consecutive years.

“What I thought would be the South Park neighborhood coffeehouse quickly turned into a great gathering place for the whole city,” Anderson said. “I am so grateful to the people of this city for their continued support of our shop.”