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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Cafe Boulevard to morph into German restaurant

By Mark Fisher | Thursday, October 1, 2009, 06:00 PM

Cafe Boulevard, 329 E Fifth St. in Dayton’s Oregon Historic District, will change its concept and name to become Boulevard Haus, a “modern, casual German restaurant and bar,” according to an email news release from Cafe Boulevard owner Eva Brcic-Christian.

Brcic-Christian, who grew up in Germany, said there is no German restaurant in Dayton, and said she wanted to “bring something to Dayton that Dayton doesn’t already have.” German cuisine has many facets and is not as heavy as many diners think, the restaurant owner said. The restaurant “will be closing for a few days for remodeling and will open with our new concept and as the Boulevard Haus before the holidays,” she said.

Cafe Boulevard filed for Chapter 11 reorganization bankruptcy in April and is continuing to operate while the restaurant seeks to restructure its debts.

Here is an excerpt from the email from Brcic-Christian:

It will not be your traditional German restaurant in the vein of Oktoberfest, Hofbrauhaus or Heidelberg and Munich, serving just bratwurst, potato salad and sauerkraut. German food can offer so much more than that. It can be a lighter fare rather than just the traditional kind.
BOULEVARD HAUS will be casual enough to order a Currywurst with French Fries (a very popular fast food in Germany originating in Berlin) or cabbage rolls, sausages, meat loaf and different Schnitzels.
BOULEVARD HAUS will also offer the other side of Germany, less heavy fare, going beyond comfort food. We will offer many vegetarian options, seafood, chicken, beef and of course our best seller the “Wiener Schnitzel”. We will complement the menu with German wines and beer. We will also keep our popular Martinis. We hope to continue to be known for infusing our own vodkas, and a great Happy Hour with a very inexpensive and fun Bar List.
When you walk into the BOULEVARD HAUS, it will definitely remind you of Germany, but again, it will not look like the old traditional restaurant. When Germans thinks of American dining, they often think of all the millions of hamburgers, that all restaurants look like McDonalds or an Applebees. Just as we know this is not correct, Germans don’t eat Sauerkraut everyday. No, the times have changed. German cuisine has moved towards lighter cooking, and BOULEVARD HAUS will be serving a blend of the traditional and the modern with some American influences reflecting my 12 years in the States.
The Wiener Schnitzel actually originally gave me the idea to change the concept, and since I grew up in Germany it seemed like a no-brainer. Like me, there are many people in this area with German roots or who have traveled to, or been stationed in Germany at some point.
And most important of all … there is no German Restaurant in Dayton! BOULEVARD HAUS will be the only GERMAN RESTAURANT in the city. With this restructuring of the restaurant I want to bring something to Dayton that Dayton doesn’t already have.
We will be closing for a few days for remodeling and will open with our new concept and as the BOULEVARD HAUS before the holidays. I will let you know exactly but it will be around the last week of November.

The restaurant will be open for lunch Monday through Friday and for dinner Monday through Saturday.

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Chef-farmer restaurant dinners part of Dayton’s Local Foods Week

By Mark Fisher | Thursday, October 1, 2009, 07:44 AM

RESTAURANTS, GROWERS TEAM UP FOR SPECIAL DINNERS

A series of chef-farmer dinners at Dayton-area restaurants will be part of the Miami Valley Grown organization’s “Local Foods Week” next week, Oct. 5-11. Restaurants will use local produce as part of the menus, and some of the farmers who grew the food are scheduled to be on hand to discuss the local ingredients. The dinners include:

— Monday, Oct. 5: dinner service at Coco’s Bistro, 515 Wayne Ave. in Dayton;

— Tuesday, Oct. 6: dinner service at Madison’s Bistro, 5531 Far Hills Ave., Kettering;

— Wednesday, Oct. 7: dinner service at Pacchia, 410 E. Fifth Street, in Dayton’s Oregon Historic District.

— Friday, Oct. 9: lunch service at Rue Dumaine, 1061 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, Washington Twp.

A screening of “Fresh, the Movie” is scheduled for 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8 at the National City Second Street Market, 600 E. Second St. in Dayton, and cooking demonstrations also will be held at the same market Thursday through Saturday, October 10. In addition, the Montgomery County Soil and Water District is organizing farm tours for Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10-11.

For more information on these and other events, go to www.miamivalleygrown.org.

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