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New restaurant poised to open at The Greene
BEAVERCREEK — EO Burgers, a specialty burger restaurant with a full bar that we told you a bit about back in August, is tentatively scheduled to open at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 3 at 4482 Glengarry Drive at The Greene, Michael Gibbons, president of Ann Arbor-based Mainstreet Ventures, said this morning, March 1.
EO Burgers — the EO stands for ExtraOrdinary — will open with about 50 employees, Gibbons said. Located between The Greene’s movie theaters and the town square fountain, the new restaurant will seat 124.
Gibbons — whose Mainstreet Ventures operates three restaurants in the Toledo area and a dozen others in Michigan and West Virginia, all more upscale in concept than EO Burgers — said this is the first restaurant of its kind in the small regional chain. It’s aimed, he said, at “people who grew up with McDonald’s and Wendy’s” but who are looking for more.
“We’re going to kick it up a notch,” Gibbons said.
Gibbons said Yaromir Steiner — CEO of Steiner + Associates, developer of The Greene — approached him with the idea of developing a specialty burger restaurant at the Beavercreek shopping, entertainment and residential complex. Gibbons was already familiar with the region — his son attended the University of Dayton, and his niece is enrolled there — and when he visited, he liked what he saw.
The Mainstreet Ventures president and his colleagues got busy testing dozens of food products such as various beef grades and blends, multiple varieties of potatoes, different frying oils, dipping sauces and sandwich buns, to determine which would work best for the new restaurant.
The beef in EO’s burgers is 100 percent USDA prime grade, Gibbons said. The burgers come in six-ounce size ($5.99, or $6.99 for a cheeseburger) or nine-ounce size — slightly more than a half-pound ($7.99/$8.99). A Kobe beef burger is also available for $9.99. Other options include chicken sandwiches, a Portabello Burger ($8.99) and the Gobble Burger, made from ground turkey ($7.99).
The menu’s Hand Cut Yukon Gold Fries come in regular ($2.99) and large ($4.99) sizes and are served with a choice of dipping sauces, including chipotle and mango.
Asked what will distinguish EO Burgers from two other upscale burger restaurant chains that opened in the Dayton-area market in 2009 — Smashburger and Five Guys — Gibbons pointed to the full-service bar, the use of USDA prime beef, and high-quality cheeses and toppings. The restaurant will serve a dozen bottled beers, including craft beers such as Buckeye, Goose Island and Great Lakes, and its wine list includes two dozen wines by the bottle, including a Wold Blass “Gold Label” Cabernet Sauvignon and a Perrin et Fils Reserve Cotes du Rhone.
EO Burgers’ hours will be 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 11:30 a.m. to midnight on Friday and Saturday.
For more information, call (937) 431-1242.
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