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Caffe Anticoli to close for good this weekend, but stay tuned, owners say
CLAYTON — Caffe Anticoli, which traces its Dayton-area family-owned restaurant history to 1931, will close the doors of its current location at 8268 North Main St. permanently at the end of business Sunday, Aug. 15.
But it won’t go quietly.
“Our final weekend Friday and Saturday (Aug. 13-14) will feature Al Colombo, the violinist who was with us for many years at the Salem Avenue location,” restaurant owners Leo and his son Chris Anticoli said in an email.
Although there is no firm deal in place to open a new restaurant, Chris Anticoli “is looking into a location to continue the tradition but on a more informal scale, somewhere between an Italian Taverna and a casual restaurant,” the Anticolis said. “We both feel that an atmosphere of informality, casual dress,and moderate prices combined with the Anticoli quality of food and service is necessary for success in today’s market and that will be the goal of any new venture.”
Leo Anticoli said back in March that he was not renewing his lease and would be looking for a new home for the restaurant.
Anticoli’s/Caffe Anticoli has been in business in the Dayton area for eight decades, in three different locations: from 1931 to 1951, on East Fifth Street in the St. Anne’s Hill District of Dayton; 1951 to 2000 on Salem Avenue in north Dayton; and from 2000 to 2010 at its current location in Clayton.
Caffe Anticoli’s predecessor, Anticoli’s, emerged as a high-profile destination restaurant in the 1960s and ’70s. Leo, his brother Tony, and sister Gloria led the family effort, with Leo overseeing the kitchen and Gloria and Tony in the “front of the house.” Tony retired in 1995 and died in 2005, while Gloria stepped away in 1999.
The Anticolis believe theirs is the longest-established, continually operating restaurant family in the Miami Valley. Michael Anticoli, Leo’s son and Chris’s brother, operates La Piazza in Troy as well as La Piazza New Bremen.
For its final days, Caffe Anticoli will be open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. through Saturday, and on its final day of business on Sunday, it will be open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, call (937) 890-0300.
If you have memories of Caffe Anticoli or Anticoli’s, send an email to mfisher@coxohio.com .
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