Coco's launches new menu packed with fall and winter flavors

With daylight continuing to appear in more limited supply as winter nears, finding a restaurant that offers good light is more important than ever.

Not only can you enjoy a welcome meal, but can also work on amping up your Vitamin D production. Coco's Bistro offers terrific light throughout the dining room thanks to surrounding windows and several large skylights. It also offers a newly decorated area with new tables chairs and paint to soak up.

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The updates don't stop with decor. On Oct. 22, the restaurant launched a new fall and winter menu celebrating the flavors that the change in weather brings with it.

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"Fall always signifies it's time for comfort food and those feelings that reflect it," said Coco's co-owner Karen Wick-Gagnet, who says the menu flavors will be updated to match the season.

WHAT’S NEW?

A new salad featuring pickled peaches, fennel and spicy pecans and a beef Burgundy dish are just some of the new creations that will greet guests.

A shrimp scampi ($17) made with cheese tortellini, shrimp, tomato, red onion, spinach, butter, shaved Italian cheese was a recent lunch order that was very enjoyable.

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A steak salad ($19.50) was a showy display that was admired as soon as it was placed on the table. The salad featuring house steak sauce glazed tenderloin, romaine wedge, Gorgonzola, marinated cherry peppers, charred red onion, pickled fennel and white balsamic vinaigrette was a hearty salad for the increasing chilly weather.

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Wick-Gagnet says that reservations are starting to get booked up for holiday parties and rentals, so if that's on your list, now is the time to call and get your spot reserved.

Contact this contributing writer at alexis.e.larsen@hotmail.com. 

WANT TO GO?

What: Coco's Bistro

Where: 250 Warren St., Dayton

Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday; 5-11 p.m. Saturdays, closed Sundays

More info: 937-228-2626 or https://228coco.com