After purchasing a brick-and-mortar space in the Huffman District nearly two years ago to house Koji Burger, Chefs Brendon Miller and Zackary Weiner have announced that plans have changed.
“We’re thrilled to share that Koji has grown into something bigger than we ever imagined. What started as a pop-up is now its own thriving brand — and the demand has outpaced what our little Huffman plans could handle,” the owners wrote in an Instagram post.
They’ve decided to let Koji Burger take over the Jollity space at 127 E. Third St. in Dayton’s Fire Blocks District five days a week, starting this fall.
“Jollity in it’s current form is going to sleep at the end of this summer,” the owners said. “At that time we’ll close for a few weeks to remodel, rebrand, and reopen as a full-time Koji Burger.”
In the meantime, Koji Burger will continue to operate 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (or sold out) Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The owners will have a final date for Jollity dinner service in the coming weeks.
“We’re not looking to change. We’re not looking to shock our regular customers, but we definitely want to entice new customers to come visit with us,” said Sean Wilz, who owns the business with his wife, Andrea Russ-Wilz, and his brother and sister-in-law, Don and Lori Reasoner.
They’ve introduced $8.99 lunch specials Tuesday through Saturday that includes a sandwich, chips, pickle, deli salad of choice and a fountain drink.
Today’s special is the Big N Beefy sandwich featuring roast beef, Swiss cheese, lettuce, tomato and horseradish on marble rye bread. Tomorrow’s special is the Reuben.
“The cicadas emerging is such a unique event and we thought it would be fun to lean into the bizarreness of it,” said Joe Fields, who owns the shop with his wife, Kristen.
Each sundae features a “cicada” on top with the body made from a chocolate-covered date, red M&Ms as the eyes and Golden Oreos as the wings.
Over the weekend, my husband and I went to New Port Richey, Fla. to visit his grandma. My favorite part of going there is ALWAYS her home cooking.
Every morning, she made us a breakfast of cheesy eggs and ham steak. The best meal (pictured above) featured sweet chili lime and honey BBQ bacon-wrapped chicken skewers from Aldi’s served with potatoes and vegetables. All of this was prepared on a flattop grill.
I need to make a stop at our local Aldi’s to see if they have the chicken skewers because they were so good. This meal got me excited for grilling season.
Other places we explored included Clearwater, Dunedin and Tarpon Springs. We ate at Cabanas Coastal Grill, Frenchy’s Rockaway Grill, Hacienda Corralejo Mexican Kitchen and Whiskey Wings.
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