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Anticolis unveil details for new Miamisburg restaurant
MIAMISBURG — The Dayton area’s longest-established, continually operating restaurant family has finalized its purchase of the former Chimney’s Inn at 67 S. Main St. and has unveiled details — including the name — of their new venture.
Leo Anticoli said he and his son Chris will open “Giuliano, an Anticoli Tavern” in early 2011, after renovations to the building. Giuliano’s menu will include “adapted versions of long-established Anticoli family menu items and newly created signature items suitable for modern tavern fare and service,” Anticoli said.
The casual restaurant will seat about 150, and is expected to employ about 30, although hiring has not yet begun. Renovation plans call for a redesign of both the front and back of the house while keeping the character of the historic building intact, Anticoli said. There will also be a three-season outdoor patio.
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 8268 N. Main St. in Clayton. Caffe Anticoli closed in mid-August after the restaurant owners and their landlord failed to reach agreement on a new lease.
The move to a southern suburb represents a big change for a family that has operated restaurants north of Dayton for six decades.
“We’ve been located ‘north’ since 1950, and we’ve earned some very loyal customers along the way. It was difficult for us move away from that area after being there for so long, and we’re grateful for the time spent there,” Anticoli said.
“The decision to locate the new operation in the heart of downtown Miamisburg came after months of exploration all over the Miami Valley. In the end, things came together in a natural way for us in Miamisburg … . We look forward to seeing our long-established customer base in our new home.”
The “Giuliano” name refers to the family’s Italian hometown, where members of Anticoli’s extended family still live, Anticoli said. With the new tavern, the family “made the decision to return to a simpler time” and said the eatery will feature “simple food, high quality ingredients and a casual and ‘real’ place to enjoy it all,” Anticoli said.
“It is a satisfying thing to continue such a long run in the Miami Valley,” Anticoli said. “Simply put, I grew up doing this and can find a great deal of satisfaction in knowing that what my mother and father started back in 1931 continues now almost 80 years later.”
Caffe Anticoli’s predecessor, Anticoli’s, became 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.
Michael Anticoli, Leo’s son and Chris’s brother, operates La Piazza in Troy, as well as La Piazza New Bremen, and Leo’s daughter Peggy Anticoli Hastreiter is involved in her brother’s New Bremen restaurant, Leo Anticoli said.
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