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ActiveDayton bars and clubs on your cell phone

ActiveDayton.com has all the details you need to plan a night out — and now you can access that information with your mobile phone! When you text what you're looking for to DOTCOM(368266), ActiveDayton.com will reply via text message with bar and restaurant listings. Browse the search terms below for an explanation of how to use this new feature:

To search for listings by location:

  1. Start each text message with "activedayton".
  2. Enter "food" or "bar" depending on whether you're looking for a restaurant or bar.
  3. Enter the zip code or city name of the area you want to search.

Example: "activedayton food beavercreek"

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When you're looking for a specific restaurant:

Follow steps 1-3 and add the name of the restaurant.

Example: "activedayton food beavercreek el toro"

Here is the text you would receive back from ActiveDayton.com:

(1/1)El Toro Bar and Grill (1)
(937)427-4199
0.2mi
El Toro Bar and Grill(2)
(937)427-8420
4.6mi
Amelia's Bistro(3)
(937)310-3040
7.7mi
MORE(4)

If you wanted more information about the first El Toro Bar and Grill listing, you would reply to the text message with "1". If you wanted to browse MORE search results, you would respond with "4".

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The Miami Valley's Asian dining scene continues to welcome impressive newcomers as it blossoms and diversifies. Dayton-area Asian food enthusiasts now have access to great diversity of dishes and cuisines. Chinese cuisine dominated the Asian dining landscape 20 years ago and remains a potent force. But today there are far more Thai and Korean options available locally, and Vietnamese and Japanese restaurants, including sushi bars, have increased. Here's a sampler platter of a few of the relatively new (or newer) Asian restaurants well worth trying. More »