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SEPTEMBER 12, 2022
A downtown lunch spot expands to dinner service, 🤤 a Fish and Shrimp Festival comes north of town, 🍤 a local hospital earns the #1 spot on a Forbes list, 🤩 and more… Here’s what you might have missed in Dayton news this week. 🗞
- The team at Curafied Dayton
- The team at Curafied Dayton
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GRIST PROVISIONS NOW TO START SERVING DINNER
FOOD & DRINK
The beloved downtown husband-and-wife-owned lunch spot, Grist Provisions, has announced their new dinner hours and menu this week. Tuesday through Saturday they’ll be open from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. with lunch served 10 a.m.-3 p.m. and dinner served from 5-9 p.m. Check out the full story (and menu descriptions) here.
DAYTON SCREAM PARK EXPANDS WITH NEW COMPOUND
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
After 20 years at their old location, Dayton Scream Park kicked off their season Friday, Sept. 9, with all new scenes, props, monsters and more. The new location is at 5117 Valley Pike. The new compound features seven main areas with over 30 scenes and 60 actors. More here.
OHIO FISH AND SHRIMP FESTIVAL RETURNS
FOOD & DRINK

The 20th Ohio Fish & Shrimp Festival will be held 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, Sept. 17 and 24 at Freshwater Farms of Ohio, 2624 N. U.S. 68, a mile north of Urbana. The festival, which draws people from as far as three hours away and has made it one of the top 10 festivals in Ohio, highlights seafood and other foods and activities for all ages and bands all in one area. Learn more here.
FORBES NAMES DAYTON CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL ‘BEST EMPLOYER’ IN THE STATE
BUSINESS

Business magazine, Forbes, put out its Best Employers of 2022 list featuring a pool of Ohio businesses, prominent Dayton-area educational institutions and healthcare organizations. Dayton’s own Dayton’s Children Hospital ranked #1 on the list as the state’s Best Employer of 2022. Full story here.
ARCHER’S TAVERN PLACES AT NATIONAL BUFFALO WING FESTIVAL
FOOD & DRINK

Over Labor Day weekend, Archer’s Tavern, an American-style restaurant and bar with two locations in the Dayton area, took an 11-person team to the National Buffalo Wing Festival in New York to see how their sauces stacked up against others across the nation. They took home 2nd place in Best Traditional Medium Wing with their Sexy Style sauce, 3rd place in Best Creative Spicy Wing with their Polly-Q sauce and 3rd place in Best Traditional Hot with their Wing and a Prayer sauce. More here.
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Arielle Cassidy, Publisher