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Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006. He also has written a wine column for the newspaper since 1989. He writes the Taste: Dayton Food and Restaurants and Uncorked blogs for the newspaper's web site. He and his wife Julie, who teaches at Fairmont High School, live in Kettering and have two adult sons who are Fairmont graduates.
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Blog: Wine: Uncorked
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Beer seizes the spotlight
Entrepreneurs both inside and outside southwest Ohio are finding new and creative ways to tap into the surging thirst for craft beers. Local restaurant owners are launching beer tastings and dinners to help fortify their bottom line, national pub chains are jockeying to open new locations in southwest Ohio, and ...
The Greene adding eight new tenants by mid-year
The Greene Town Center will add four clothing/accessory stores, two restaurants, a spa and a chiropractor’s office over the next few months. The businesses are: Buckle, a men’s and women’s clothing and accessories store scheduled to open in June in 5,107 square feet at 4480 Cedar Park Drive; Hot Mama, ...
Austin Landing adds TJ Maxx, Homegoods
TJ Maxx and HomeGoods will open stores this fall in the Austin Landing development near Interstate 75 and Austin Road, RG Properties, the developer of Austin Landing, announced this morning. The two stores “are welcome additions for that piece of the village focused on value retail,” Misty Sirch, director of ...
Local doughnut shop among top 50 in U.S., magazine says
Saveur — a national magazine that focuses on food, restaurants and recipes — has named Bill’s Donut Shop in Centerville one of the “50 Finest Donut Shops in America.” Bill’s was the only doughnut shop in Ohio to be included in the magazine’s story entitled “The World’s Best Donuts: The ...
Beavercreek sub shop to open ahead of schedule
BEAVERCREEK — The newly constructed DiBella’s Old Fashioned Submarines store at 2544 Zink Road in Beavercreek will open its doors Jan. 24, more than two months ahead of schedule, according to officials with the Rochester, N.Y.-based restaurant chain. The area’s first DiBella’s Old Fashioned Submarines restaurant opened nearly a year ...
Romantic spots to dine on Valentine's Day
What's your criteria for a romantic restaurant? An intimate atmosphere, perhaps? High-quality food? Attentive service? Well-executed drinks? Or all of the above? We thought so. Romance shouldn’t be limited to one day a year, of course, so this list of some of our favorite romantic restaurants shouldn’t begin and end ...
New restaurant to open in former Oakwood deli location
OAKWOOD — A new restaurant to be called Flyboys Deli is scheduled to open later this month in the former Cooper’s Deli at 2515 Far Hills Ave., according to Steve Crandall, who owns the new deli with his wife Eunice Kim. The couple also own Akashi Sushi Bar at 2020 ...
Survey: Retail vacancy dropped in 2012
The amount of vacant retail estate space in the Dayton area dropped for the second consecutive year in 2012, according to a survey released Wednesday. The 2012 Greater Dayton Retail Market Study prepared by Miller Valentine GEM Real Estate Group showed that 14.6 percent of retail space in the Dayton ...
Sidebar restaurant closes, to reopen elsewhere
The owner of Sidebar in Dayton’s Oregon Historic District said Monday night that the restaurant has closed its current location at 410 E. Fifth St. but will reopen elsewhere in the Dayton area. The restaurant’s owner, Brian Higgins, said Sidebar was in the process of being evicted by the restaurant’s ...
Big changes coming for Red Lobster, Olive Garden
There are some significant menu overhauls coming at Darden Restaurants’ two flagship brands, Red Lobster and Olive Garden, according to this story from Nation’s Restaurant News. This news comes hard on the heels of the story we wrote earlier this month about the complete remodeling of four Dayton-area Red Lobster ...
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