The Meadowlark Restaurant: Purple Cow on a Buttered Toasted Roll

By on June 29, 2006 in MARKETING

The Meadowlark Atten­tion all Day­ton, Ohio chowhounds. For a remark­able din­ing expe­ri­ence, you have got to check out the Mead­owlark Restau­rant. The atmos­phere is great, the peo­ple are friendly, and the food is top notch. I had orig­i­nally heard of the restau­rant a few weeks ago while I was dri­ving to work. The Mead­owlark spon­sors NPR’s Morn­ing Edi­tion on WYSO (91.3 FM), and was given a nice men­tion in between news sto­ries. As a result I had wanted to check the place out for myself, but had just not got­ten around to it. I was finally able to sat­isfy my curios­ity last Sun­day, and I was not dis­ap­pointed. My fam­ily and I had been out run­ning some Sun­day morn­ing errands, when we were struck by the need to eat. It was 10:30 in the morn­ing. Fast food just did not fit the bill, and Bob Evans, Cracker Bar­rel, First Watch and the like were all bustling with the church crowd. We were dumb­founded. As we aim­lessly drove around in search of a good meal, we hap­pened upon The Mead­owlark. After some cajol­ing, I con­vinced my wife that I should go in and scope out the place. I needed to make sure that the place did not cost a mil­lion dol­lars, was not too crowded, and had some­thing for every­one to eat. I quickly returned with the thumbs up, though in the back of my mind I was still skep­ti­cal. As we were seated, my wor­ries were soon put to rest. The place is painted with bold col­ors, has beau­ti­ful pho­tographs hang­ing on the walls, and is filled with the sweet sound of clas­sic jazz. The peo­ple are friendly, con­sid­er­ate, and seemed to be happy to have us as their guests. The menu fea­tures an eclec­tic mix of home­made delights. I went with the Lark Burger, which was mar­i­nated in Red Wine and served on a toasted but­tered roll. Deli­cious. The ingre­di­ents were fresh and the food was care­fully pre­pared, beau­ti­fully pre­sented, and burst­ing with fla­vor. They even had home­made Ketchup, which had a bit of a chili sauce fla­vor to it, to put on the fries. The whole fam­ily made it into the clean plate club, devour­ing every won­der­ful bite. We left with our hunger, and my curios­ity, delight­fully sat­is­fied. I look for­ward to return­ing to the place again. Check out their menu on the web. Visit the place. Then tell me what YOU think of the Mead­owlark by leav­ing a comment.

The Mead­owlark Restaurant

3 Responses to The Meadowlark Restaurant: Purple Cow on a Buttered Toasted Roll

  1. David Esrati June 29, 2006 at 9:33 am #

    you are a lit­tle slow Mr. Bow­man–
    it’s been open a while, one of the for­mer own­ers of the Winds opened it.
    It’s hid­den behind a sea of mediocre chain places– and right next to Half-Price Books.
    The food is great– it’s one of the great inde­pen­dent restau­rants in Day­ton– not to far away is Eclipse on 48 just S. of Franklin– see http://www.eclipsedining.com it’s another great inde­pen­dent– owned by the same peo­ple who own the Blue Moon in the Ore­gon Dis­trict. Other favorites down your way are Sushi Cafe, the Gyro Palace and Fly­ing Pizza.
    All afford­able– all inde­pen­dent– and all great!

  2. david June 29, 2006 at 10:06 am #

    Me, Slow…Yeah, I resem­ble that remark:)

    Thanks David. I love all of the places you listed. Espe­cially Fly­ing Pizza! Worked all through col­lege at the Fair­born store. The Best!

  3. celeste lee September 27, 2007 at 5:52 pm #

    I agree, the Mead­owlark is a won­der­ful place to eat. Both my sons are veg­e­tar­i­ans, so I just had to have a ham­burger. Wow! My friend Jill got the ham­burger as well. We both loved it, and we plan to be back. The ser­vice was great and I loved the laid back atmos­phere. Oh, and you must try the banana frit­ters. It was soooooooo good. Did I say I can’t wait to go back!

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