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Meadowlark sets opening date for new location
Renovations took longer than expected, but Meadowlark Restaurant has now set a tentative opening date of Tuesday, May 17 for its relocated restaurant in the former Madison’s Bistro at 5531 Far Hills Ave., according to Meadowlark’s web site.
We first told you about the possibility of the move back in August, and Meadowlark owner Elizabeth Wiley confirmed the move in October, although at that time the projections called for the relocated restaurant to open as early as January.
The May 17 opening date “could conceivably change by a day or two, but not more than that,” Wiley said Thursday. Meadowlark will be open for Mother’s Day, May 8, at its current location at 2094 Miamisburg-Centerville Road, then will close that location to prepare for the move to Far Hills Avenue.
The relocation has been anticipated keenly by the restaurant’s patrons who live in Kettering, Oakwood and Dayton. Wiley has said the new Meadowlark will have only a handful more seats in its main dining room — about 70, up from 56 at the current location at 2094 Miamisburg-Centerville Road — but the Far Hills Avenue location will have several advantages that the current location lacked:
— a bar area where diners can wait for their table, a frequent occurrence at the often-busy restaurant. Diners who are sitting at the bar itself can choose to be served dinner there;
— two private-dining rooms that will accommodate large parties, something the existing Meadowlark often wasn’t able to do;
— larger kitchen facilities that will make it more convenient for staff and will accommodate a new catering operation that Wiley intends to launch in the spring of 2011; and
— an expanded liquor license that will allow Meadowlark to serve spirits and mixed drinks in addition to the wine and beer it can serve now.
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