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Article: WINE & DINE ; RESTAURANTS FERMENT NEW IDEAS THROUGH WINE TASTINGS
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- Dayton Daily News
- Article date:
- November 21, 2008
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Some are searching for new customers. Others are looking for a
test market for new appetizers or entrees. Others want customer
feedback on which new wines to add to the wine list.
Whatever their reasons, more restaurants in the Dayton area are
using wine tastings and wine dinners to try to get new, fresh faces
to cross their doorsteps.
A decade ago, diners could easily count on one hand the number of
restaurants that held regular wine events. Now, the number exceeds a
dozen and is growing.
Cena Brazilian/Mediterranean Steakhouse, in front of the Dayton
Mall, is one of the most recent to join the trend, launching a late-
afternoon tasting on a day not yet taken by any other restaurant: ...