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Thursday, December 10, 2009
Landmark Dayton restaurant now serving food again
DAYTON — Angie’s Firehouse Tavern, which opened in July as a bar but was unable to serve food, has completed its extensive kitchen renovations and has launched lunch and dinner service, including cabbage rolls that was a signature dish of one of its predecessors.
“We’re now a restaurant with a bar,” said retired Dayton Fire Department captain Pat Reed, who owns Angie’s, located at 703 Watervliet Ave.in a facility that once housed Angi’s Restaurant and Kelly’s Corner Cafe.
Angi’s Restaurant was a staple in the Belmont neighborhood through the 1980s and ’90s, and was widely known for its cabbage rolls. Cabbage rolls are back on the menu at Angie’s Firehouse Tavern, along with dishes such as chicken & dumplings, roast beef and turkey hot shots and a huge burger known as the “Bad Lieutenant.”
“We specialize in comfort foods,” Reed said. “And so far, the feedback on our cabbage rolls has been very positive.
Reed said he had to patch holes in the roof above the kitchen, replace several appliances and repair a walk-in cooler and freezer before starting food service.
Angie’s will host a “Blessing of the Restaurant” event at noon Saturday, Dec. 12, with a priest from Immaculate Conception, Reed said.
The restaurant kitchen’s hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays, and until 10 p.m. on weekends — although if the tavern is busy, those hours may be extended, Reed said.
For more information about Angie’s Firehouse Tavern, call (937) 252-5125.
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