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08.16.11- New Restaurant Opening on 09/17 in Trotwood

(This article by Mark Fisher first appeared in daytondailynews.com on Tuesday, August 16, 2011.)
http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/taste/entries/2011/08/16/new_independent_restaurant_to.html

New independent restaurant to open in former Applebee’s location

TROTWOOD – A new, independently owned restaurant called ‘Taste’ is scheduled to open Sept. 17 in a former Applebee’s location at 2555 Shiloh Springs Road near Ohio 49 and Salem Ave., according to the new venture’s owner, Jason Thomas of Englewood.

The new restaurant will seat about 160 and will employ 20 to 25, Thomas said. The former Applebee’s that has been closed for several years required extensive work: “We renovated everything on the inside of the restaurant,” Thomas said.

Thomas, a Dayton native, works for LexisNexis and has traveled extensively as part of his job. He said he found the lack of non-chain restaurant options in the Trotwood and Englewood areas frustrating. “There is a need for fine dining in this part of town,” Thomas said.

Family members – including a cousin, Roger Smith, who has worked in the dining industry for 25 years as a chef – will help run the restaurant, Thomas said.

The Taste website describes the new restaurant’s cuisine as “gourmet Soul Food, Cajun and Creole cuisine.” Thomas said the focus will be on tapas and entrees made in a health-conscious way – “creative cuisine and an array of meals that cater to everyone,” he said.

The restaurant also will feature live music – jazz, blues and R&B – that will be a focus on weekend evenings, and is also planned for weekday evenings, Thomas said.

Taste will have a full liquor license, Thomas said. It will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday “for a jazz brunch,” the new restaurant’s owner said.

For more information please visit http://www.daytontaste.com/ or call (937) 854-7060.

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