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Review: Spinoza's, Beavercreek [review]

Spinoza's Gourmet Pizza & Salads inside the Mall at Fairfield Commons is an eatery well worth checking out — "gourmet" ingredients and all. The restaurant is owned by the former co-owner of Pacchia restaurant in Dayton, Glen Brailey. The restaurant's attention to detail shows up on the plate, in "Signature Pizzas" that hit more often than they miss. More »

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Pasha Grill, Beavercreek

Turkish authenticity tops the menu at The Greene's new eatery, Pasha Grill — the third restaurant to occupy that spot. Find out what our food critic thinks of this new restaurant. More »

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Who makes the best subs in Dayton?

Toasted, grilled, melty or cold-cut, the Taste Team loves Submarine Sandwiches! We set out to determine which of the bevy of sub options is the tastiest, most stacked, most tummy-pleasing of the bunch. More »

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Burgers, breakfast and more at Wympee's

Wympee's manager Linda Anderson watches over the tiny diner on East Third Street every minute it's open — that's 88 hours a week serving office workers in suits alongside regulars in T-shirts and baseball caps. And she wouldn't have it any other... Read more

New bakery opens in Miami Twp.

MIAMISBURG — Boosalis Baking opened Monday, April 28, at 9486 Springboro Pike (Ohio 741), in Miami Twp., just north of Springboro. The bakery is owned by Matthew Boosalis, who worked in corporate finance in California before moving to the Dayton... Read more

Which Greene County restaurants are the best?

The 1,000-plus diners who attended the 11th Annual Taste of Greene County awarded some "best of" crowns to local restaurants and catering companies, including a best overall "People's Choice" award to Packy's at the Hope Hotel & Conference Center... Read more

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McDonald's unveils new 1/3-lb. burger today

McDonald’s is unveiling its first new burger addition to its permanent menu in eight years today (7-2-09). The sandwich is called the “Angus Third Pounder,” a 6-ounce burger available in three styles: the Deluxe, Bacon & Cheese, and Mushroom... Read more

Free fish tacos for one day only

Long John Silver’s is offering a “Free Baja Fish Taco Day” on July 14, when the seafood chain will give away samples of its new menu item from open until 2:30 p.m. There are several LJS’s in southwest and west-central... Read more

New, locally owned steakhouse to open in Troy

It’s been just a little more than a year since we told you about CJ’s HighMarks Restaurant in Troy shutting its doors. Now 44-year-old Kent Wolters of Tipp City has leased the building at 1750 W. Main St. with the... Read more

National restaurant industry outlook darkened in May

The national outlook for restaurants darkened a bit in May as the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index posted its first decline in five months, according to this National Restaurant Association news release. An... Read more

Restaurants plan culinary fireworks for July 4 weekend

July 4 falls on a Saturday this year, and restaurants are taking different tacks to celebrate Independence Day. I’ve heard from two Dayton-area fine-dining establishments that are planning special, and more relaxed, menus and events: Savona in... Read more

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Best fireworks [poll]

Here's where you get to tell the world what you think. Every week you get to vote on the best that the Dayton area has to offer in entertainment, restaurants, recreation & and a few other bizarro categories.

Voting in this category ends on July 6.

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By Virgil

July 3, 2009 3:25 AM | Link to this

Good morning. Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. I am from Kyrgyzstan and too poorly know English, please tell me right I wrote the following sentence: “Health overhaul means big medicare changes.”

Regards :) Virgil.

By PeterMontee

July 2, 2009 7:20 PM | Link to this

Perhaps, I shall agree with your opinion

July 2, 2009 6:16 PM | Link to this

hind!inlet belaboring goodly settling.liver assents,sincere

By moonbubba

July 2, 2009 5:40 PM | Link to this

Yep the WEBN fireworks are the best

July 2, 2009 4:10 PM | Link to this

discontinue digestion:rendering Bausch uplands meters visually Cretaceous:audit

By Hipilsosmoppy

July 2, 2009 12:42 AM | Link to this

Тем, кто ищет свою вторую половинку заграницей Расскажет и научит вас вебсайт http://www.mydatelove.com

By WEBN Fan

July 1, 2009 4:06 PM | Link to this

THe best fireworks all year, by far, are the WEBN Fireworks at the river on Labor Day! Never miss them!

By Hipilsosmoppy

July 1, 2009 2:58 PM | Link to this

Уроки счастья или как встретить свою любовь на Западе Расскажет и научит вас вебсайт http://www.mydatelove.com

By K

July 1, 2009 12:25 PM | Link to this

Best locally is City of Dayton on July 3. But you need to be in a location that is a bit elevated because there is a part that is low and hard to see but I applaud the effort. The best I have ever seen has to be Chicago’s at the Taste of Chicago. Shot off Navy Pier WOW!!! The show was spectacular but the traffic leaving the area was a horrific nightmare.

By Hipilsosmoppy

June 30, 2009 11:49 PM | Link to this

Тем, кто ищет свою вторую половинку заграницей Расскажет и научит вас вебсайт http://www.mydatelove.com

By Ashy

June 30, 2009 1:38 PM | Link to this

Curious, Erika, did you get a lot of the fallout ashes and such all over you at last year’s riverscape fireworks? I was at the main stage for CityFolk and I sure did. Maybe it is because, as you said, I was too close.

Kettering’s fireworks are great, as are the ones at King’s island. We leave the park and find a place within distance to stop and watch to avoid all the traffic leaving.

By Erika

June 30, 2009 10:49 AM | Link to this

Last year Fourth of July celebration at Riverscape was ok. The fireworks were to close and then by the end of the show you couldn’t see the display because of the smoke, maybe I was to close.

By curious onlooker

June 30, 2009 6:49 AM | Link to this

I’m not all that big a fan of any of the local fireworks displays because they all tend to ‘bunch up’ the fireworks into a single spot in the sky.

I suspect it’s because either the people who create them, don’t watch them, or rules require space around them on the ground, and there isn’t that much space around here, but whatever it is, it’s too bad.

When you have two, three or more fireworks explode in the same spot, it dilutes them all.

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Celebrate Fourth of July weekend with Cityfolk Festival [things to do]

Summer festivals can be very monochromatic. Blues festival, rock festival, craft festival, food festival. You get the picture. The Cityfolk Festival — the region's largest multicultural fest — is a mosaic of colors and hues. It's the combination of those summer festivals — and much, much more. The three-day celebration of traditional and ethnic music, dance, arts, crafts, food and family activities begins at 5:30 p.m. today, July 3. The City of Dayton Fireworks display blasts off that evening at 10 p.m. The festival continues through Sunday. More »