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BY THE EDITORS Each year, the Best of Dayton celebrates all that the Miami Valley has to offer. From doughnuts to bike shops, we love celebrating the businesses of this community. Dayton Magazine readers voted for their favorites in 142 categories, and we are excited to bring you this year’s winners. It was sponsored by Kitchens by Design, Delta Dental and Logan AC & Heat Services. Community partners were the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce and WDTN. We asked the winners why they thought they won their category, and we included a selection of their responses in the following pages. 26 DAYTON MAGAZINE . WINTER 2020/2021 FOOD Best Bakery Simply Decadent 108 W Franklin St, Bellbrook simplydecadentllc.com “Simply Decadent works every day to embody our motto, ‘Desserts Designed for You.’ This means creating fresh, baked- from-scratch, delicious and custom- designed cakes, cookies, cupcakes and Best Breakfast/Brunch other desserts backed by outstanding client First Watch service!” - Adonica Collins-Smith, co-owner Multiple locations including Kettering (4105 W and lead wedding consultant Town & County Rd) firstwatch.com Best BBQ City Barbeque and Catering Best Burger Multiple locations including Beavercreek The Rootbeer Stande (2330 N Fairfield Rd) 1727 Woodman Dr, Dayton citybbq.com rootbeerstande.com www.thedaytonmagazine.com 27 FOOD Best Butcher Copey’s Butcher Shop 10988 Gerlaugh Rd, Medway copeys.com Best Catering Kohler Catering 4572 Presidential Way, Kettering kohlercatering.com Best Chef Stephanie Schifrin Salas, 4aChef Culinary Consultants 847-942-6432 facebook.com/4aChef-Culinary-Consultants- LLC-1857382847845869/ “George Bernard Shaw once said, ‘There is no sincerer love than the love of food.’ I have always believed that food is the one thing that truly nourishes all: mind, body and soul. I like to take my food to an emotional level by evoking memories through smells, tastes and sights.” - Stephanie Schifrin Salas Best Chinese Cuisine Best Dessert Best Fast Casual Sky Asian Cuisine Nothing Bundt Cakes Archer’s Tavern 4090 Wilmington Pike, Kettering Multiple locations including Miamisburg Multiple locations including Centerville (9496 skyasiancuisine.com (9632 Springboro Pike) Dayton-Lebanon Pike) nothingbundtcakes.com archerstavern.com “Nothing Bundt Cakes not only delivers a delicious, unique dessert for your celebration Best Fine Dining and giving needs, but we do it with joy! Carvers Steaks & Chops Nothing makes us happier than bringing joy to 1535 Miamisburg Centerville Rd, Dayton our community!” - Renee Hall, owner carversdayton.com Best Donuts Stan the Donut Man 7967 Cincinnati Dayton Rd, West Chester Best Family Dining George’s Family Restaurant 5216 N Dixie Dr, Dayton georgesdayton.com “George’s Family Restaurant has consistently been voted Dayton’s Best Family Dining because we are a family-owned and -operated Best Cupcakes business! George’s has been owned by Dino Best Food Truck Jenny G’s Cupcakes & Treats Dimitrouleas and Elesha Snyder since 2003 Rolling Indulgence Beavercreek when they took over from Dino’s parents 1535 Miamisburg Centerville Rd, Dayton jennygs.com George and LaVerne. Elesha’s sister, Mandi rollingindulgence.com “Our unique flavor combinations and wide Moore, is the general manager and the three “Finishing our first year as a business with variety of options are key. From cupcakes to of them run the restaurant together. Even winning best food truck is an incredible gourmet caramels, cookies to hot chocolate those who aren’t related are treated like accomplishment for us. We believe in a strong bombs, we love #MakingDaytonSweeter one family and we’ve had most of our staff for well family bond, extreme attention to detail, customer at a time!” Jenny Garringer, chief over 10 years and some for much longer!” - unwavering positivity and a dash of childish cupcake officer George’s Family Restaurant creativity.” - Chef Drew Ballard, owner 28 DAYTON MAGAZINE . WINTER 2020/2021 Download the FREE Visit Dayton App & be in the know on all things Dayton! Enter Weekly $50 Gift Certificate Drawings! daytoncvb.com | 800.221.8235 Carillon Tree of Light Christmas at 65-acre Carillon Historical Park DAYTON Welcomes You Your Friends & Family During These Holiday Months! Enjoy These and Other Safe Socially Distanced Activities Free National Museum of the U.S. Air Force RiverScape MetroPark Ice Rink Your Safety is Priority #1 FOOD Best Fried Chicken Chicken Head’s 3261 W Siebenthaler Ave, Dayton chickenheadsdayton.com Best Frozen Yogurt Ritter’s Frozen Custard Kettering Multiple locations including Kettering (2226 Wilmington Pike) ritters.com Best Fresh Catch Sweeney’s Seafood Bar & Grill 28 W Franklin St, Centerville sweeneysseafood.com Best Italian Cuisine “Sweeney’s has that special oceanside Mamma DiSalvo’s Italian Ristorante ambiance and this sense is reflected in its 1375 E Stroop Rd, Kettering menu. There are daily and seasonal specials mammadisalvo.com featuring fresh fish/seafood sourced from the North Atlantic Ocean to the South Pacific and Best Mexican Cuisine from the Great Lakes to the Caribbean. There El Rancho Grande Mexican are traditional fresh fish/seafood favorites, Best Ice Cream Restaurant along with many specialty pastas and salads, Young’s Jersey Dairy Multiple locations including chicken, steak, pork and ethnic-inspired 6880 Springfield-Xenia Rd, Yellow Springs Middletown (6601 Terhune Dr) dishes.” - Holley Thompson youngsdairy.com elranchogrande.info What Are You Wedding For? 33 W. Franklin Street Centerville, Ohio 45459 937-303-8881 Breakfast All Day [email protected] Homemade Specials !"!" Senior Menu Curbside Pickup available by calling 937-275-0705 or ordering online www.adressforaday.com GeorgesDayton.com 30 DAYTON MAGAZINE . WINTER 2020/2021 FOOD Best Patio Dining & Best View Best Subs from a Restaurant Submarine House Basil’s On Market Multiple locations including Beavercreek Multiple locations including Troy (3195 Dayton-Xenia Rd) (18 N Market St) submarinehouse.com basilsonmarket.com Best Sushi Kabuki Restaurant & Sushi Bar 848 S Main St, Centerville Best Sandwich Shop eatatkabuki.com Flyboy’s Deli “We think that Kabuki won Best Sushi Multiple locations including Oakwood because we believe that our customers know (2515 Far Hills Ave) quality therefore we use the best quality flyboysdeli.com products we can find. We make all of the Best Pizza dishes, sauces and even marinades from Marion’s Piazza Best Soup/Salad scratch, making our sushi unique, fresh and Multiple locations including Englewood Coco’s Bistro flavorful.” - Hannah Brown (404 W National Rd) 250 Warren St, Dayton marionspiazza.com 228coco.com Best Wings Lock 27 Brewing Best Restaurant Best Steak Multiple locations including Centerville Meadowlark Restaurant Oakwood Club (1035 S Main St) 5531 Far Hills Ave, Dayton 2414 Far Hills Ave, Dayton lock27brewing.com meadowlarkrestaurant.com theoakwoodclub.com 4090 Wilmington Pike iÌÌiÀ}]Ê"Ê{x{{ä ÎÇ°{°nnÎ ÊUÊ ,,9"1/ÊUÊ 6 ,9 !"!" SkyAsianCuisine.com www.thedaytonmagazine.com 31 DRINK Best Brewery Best Independent Branch & Bone Artisan Ales Coffeehouse 905 Wayne Ave, Dayton Ghostlight Coffee branchandboneales.com Multiple locations including Dayton “Branch & Bone Artisan Ales combines (1201 Wayne Ave) the ingredients of earth and the work of ghostlightcoffee.com humankind to craft subtle, yet flavorful ales. Inspired by European traditions and modern Best Sports Bar American eccentrics. We brew a range of ales Bunkers Sports Bar & Grill Best Bar that will encourage exploration.” Branch & 893 E National Rd, Vandalia Yellow Cab Tavern Bone Artisan Ales bunkersbarandgrill.com 700 E 4th St, Dayton yellowcabtavern.com Best Wine Store/Tasting “Yellow Cab Tavern is special because we are Old Mason Winery & Vineyard not just a regular bar. We are all inclusive and 4199 S Iddings Rd, West Milton welcoming of community-oriented people, oldmason.com artists and musicians. Not only do we offer “We are a family-owned and -operated drinks, pizza and entertainment but we are winery. We’re proud to offer the highest also like a second home for many people in quality handcrafted wine on the market. our town.” - Yellow Cab Tavern We pride ourselves on producing the wine from start to finish. We have a vineyard, we Best Bourbon Selection Best Happy Hour produce the wine, bottle and label, all at the Century Bar Mr. Boro’s Tavern winery. From our family to yours, we put lots 18 S Jefferson St, Dayton 495 N Main St, Springboro of love and careful attention in each locally centurybardayton.com mrborostavern.com made wine.” - Donna Clark 270 Hiawatha Trail Springboro OH 45066 937-743-1466 ohiosportsacademy.com Dayton-South 9632 Springboro Pike Miamisburg, OH 45342 (937) 505-8484 Mon-Fri: 9:00am - 6:00pm Sat: 9:00am - 5:00pm Sun: Closed ORDER ONLINE! WE DELIVER! NothingBundtCakes.com 32 DAYTON MAGAZINE . WINTER 2020/2021 ENTERTAINMENT Best Bowling Alley talent, and top-drawer food vendors, diverse aerospace vehicles and missiles and thousands Poelking Lanes South merchandisers, and fun family activities have of artifacts amid more than 19 acres of indoor 8871 Kingsridge Dr, Centerville kept fans coming back since 2002.” - Steve exhibit space. Each year more than 800,000 poelkingbowling.com/poelking-lanes-south/ Baldwin, marketing and sponsorship chair visitors from around the world come to the museum.” - National Museum of the U.S. Air Force Best Golf Course The Golf Club at Yankee Trace 10000 Yankee St, Centerville yankeetrace.org Best Live Music Fraze Pavilion 695 Lincoln Park Blvd, Kettering