Announcements

Here comes Spring!

Cocktails with Spring Fruit Chicken Salad Sandwiches Alaskan Halibut Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp French Toast with Strawberries Spinach and Asparagus Springtime at Meadowlark is made of all these things…  

Pizza Monday’s Last Day Is January 21st!

We will bid Pizza Monday a fond goodbye after Monday, January 21.  We have all but secured a location for our new restaurant, which will be called Wheat Penny Oven and Bar.  Watch for more details in the coming months! Thank you for your support and enthusiastic pizza-eating during the incubation of our idea to

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Press

Elizabeth Wiley, Owner-Chef

Chef Wiley’s art imitates personal tastes

Elizabeth Wiley has plenty of kitchen experience — almost 35 years give or take.

She planted roots in the Miami Valley permanently in 1994 as a chef and opened her popular Meadowlark restaurant near the Dayton Mall in September of 2004.

The chef — Wiley to those who know her — has since moved to a much larger location on Far Hills Ave.

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Cincinnati Beat’s review of The Meadowlark

“Many of the dinner guests knew each other, greeting and hugging as they run into each other at what is obviously a neighborhood favorite. For that neighborhood, down the street from the Dayton Mall and next to a half a dozen chains, The Meadowlark lights and unobtrusively offers a warm, cheery respite from the bland, cold chain experience that surrounds it….”

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Ohio Magazine’s review of The Meadowlark

“There are French fries, which we’ve all had, and then there are garlic frites – which only those of us lucky enough to dine at The Meadlowlark Restaurant have experienced….”

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Love Bites

A Rehearsal Dinner to Remember

We recently chose to book our rehearsal dinner party at Meadowlark, where we planned to host 30 of our closest friends and family (many of whom made the trip from various other parts of the country). WOW, were we glad we chose this place! Wiley and the crew went out of their way to make

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A bountiful and delicious dinner

Enjoyed a bountiful and delicious dinner last night with my family at the Meadowlark. Tried fried green tomatoes for the first time, Ali enjoyed her first spaghetti carbonara, and Walt found heaven in his veggie jambalaya.

Wonderful local restaurant

This is a wonderful local restaurant in the Dayton area that utilizes locally grown food. They have an amazing menu and great beer list. The service and atmosphere were stupendous!

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