Dayton

2nd Street Market

Public market open year round, with live entertainment and an outdoor farmers' market on weekends (seasonal, in the summer) and frequent public programs and events.

Canal Street Arcade and Deli

Interesting place with drinks and reuben sandwiches and arcade games that are free to play.

Carillon Park

Carillon Park is an outside historical museum containing original historic homes that have been moved there. It is sort of like Greenfield Village in Michigan, but smaller. It contains artifacts from NCR, the Wright Brothers, and more.

Mon-Sat 9:30AM-5PM, Sun noon-5PM, closed on 4th Thu of Nov, 24-25 Dec, 31 Dec-1 Jan·$8, Children (3-17) $5, Seniors $7, Members and children (Under 3)free

Coco's Bistro

Coco's sets the high standard for Dayton area restaurants. It's a great place for a business lunch, drinks at the friendly (but small) bar, or for a nice dinner with a date or friends.

Mon-Thu 11:30AM-9PM, Fri 11:30-10PM, Sat 5-10PM; closed Sun·Lunch $10, dinner $20-30

Dayton Ballet

The Ballet performs at two locations so be sure to call and find out where the performance will be held. Tickets sales are managed by Ticket Center Stage.

Dayton Dragons

The Minor League Baseball Dayton Dragons are a Cincinnati Reds farm team that plays in a beautiful stadium downtown and abuts the new Riverfront development. Catch the laser light show during the summer months. The team's home park is Day Air Ballpark in Dayton, formerly known as Fifth Third Field.

Box office hour Mon-Fri 10AM-5PM (until 9PM on game days), Sat Sun noon-4PM (closed on non game days)

Dayton Flyers

Sports teams of the University of Dayton, competing in NCAA Division I in seven men's and 10 women's sports. Most teams play in the Atlantic 10 Conference, while the football team plays in the Pioneer Football League, a football-only conference in the second-level Division I FCS that does not allow its members to award scholarships (all of that league's members award scholarships in other sports). The most notable team is in men's basketball, a frequent NCAA tournament participant. Most athletic facilities are on campus, most notably UD Arena (basketball), which hosts the "First Four" round of the immensely popular NCAA men's basketball tournament. The football team plays off-campus at Welcome Stadium, owned by the local (K–12) school district.

Dayton International Peace Museum

A museum devoted to the continuous efforts of achieving world peace. It also honours the peace accords in 1995 that ended the three-year war in Bosnia.

Tue-Sat 10AM-5PM, Sun 1PM-5PM, closed on major holidays and on days with severe weather·Free, but donations greatly appreciated

Dublin Pub

Serves traditional Irish food with some flair and claims to be the #1 seller of Irish whiskey in Ohio.

Flanagan's

A UD bar with a more mature atmosphere frequented by students, alumni, and locals. Well known for their St. Patrick's Day party.

11AM-2:30AM

House of Thai

Excellent and most authentic Thai restaurant in the Fairborn - Xenia - Beavercreek area. Traditional Pad Thai, curry dishes and lot of Thai specialties. Sushi is also available.

Mon-Fri 11AM-3PM, dinner Mon-Thu 5PM-9PM, Fri 5PM-9:30PM, Sat noon-9:30PM, Sun 11AM-9:30PM·Lunch $8, dinner $10-15

Huffman Prairie Flying Field & Interpretive Center

Huffman Prairie is part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historic Park which also includes the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center, the Wright Cycle Company building, the Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center, the Paul Laurence Dunbar State Memorial and Carillon Historical Park, which houses the original 1905 Wright Flyer III.

Interpretive Center 8:30AM–5PM daily, Huffman Prairie Flying Field Sun-Tue Thu-Sat 8AM–6PM. Huffman Prairie is closed on Wednesdays. Huffman Prairie and the Interpretive Center are closed on major holidays. The museum is on an Air Force base and therefore may be subject to unannounced and immediate closures

Little Saigon

Tasty, inexpensive Vietnamese food with a huge menu, especially in terms of vegetarian options with a variety of meat alternatives.

Marion's Piazza

This unique and delicious style of pizza, intensely popular with the locals, has been a part of Dayton traditions for over 40 years, and is a must try for anyone visiting the area. The Dayton tradition for pizza is to cut it into a multitude of small square pieces. Décor is not much more than a typical fast food restaurant and you have to line up twice, once for food and once for drinks.

Miami Valley Trails

Bicycle and Shared Use Paths

Ohio's Miami Valley area offers an outstanding system of trails and bikeways for residents and visitors. Over 300 mi of trails stretch across ten counties surrounding the Dayton and Springfield region. The Little Miami Scenic Trail is the most popular, but only the beginning of the fun.

Milano's

A popular restaurant on Brown Street immediately to the West of the UD campus featuring pizza and baked subs. Mixed crowd during the day, becomes a college bar after 9. Also frequented by more affluent suburban families and professionals. Newly renovated interior features sleek, "modern" design while still being fairly warm in atmosphere.

National Museum of the U. S. Air Force

The world's largest military aviation museum with over 300 aircraft on display from the earliest days of aviation to modern prototypes. It is well maintained and interesting even for non aviation buffs. Highlights include the B-2 (stealth) bomber, one of the bombers that dropped the atomic bombs in Japan in WWII, several former Air Force One Presidential aircraft, and Mercury and Apollo space capsules.

9AM-5PM daily, closed fourth Thu of Nov, 25 Dec, and 1 Jan·Free

South Park Tavern

SPT

A friendly neighborhood bar & pizza place (serving Pizza Factory pizzas & calzones). The staff of SPT have been expanding their service over the past year to include a large bar featuring 18 taps, many craft beers & micro-brews, a great outdoor patio space, and live music. A popular location for Historic South Park neighbors to gather on the weekends.

Tacqueria Mixteca

Urban hole-in-the-wall with authentic Mexican food and good guacamole.

Thai 9

A trendy Thai restaurant on the West end of the Oregon District featuring traditional Thai specialties and sushi. Free parking.

Mon-Fri 11:30AM-2:30PM, Sun-Thu 5PM-9:30PM, Fri Sat 5PM-10PM

The Century Bar, A Bourbon House

This classic but casual downtown after-dinner nightspot features 60+ bourbon whiskeys (think Kentucky), complemented by a variety of American and Canadian whiskeys. The expert bar staff will educate even the most timid palate and enlighten connoisseurs. Draft and bottle beers round out the choices to make you feel at home with the 1862 back bar.

The Fieldhouse

A classic college bar popular with University of Dayton. Specialty is the Fishbowl, a large concoction of assorted liquors in many flavors for sharing. Collectible pint glass refill specials on Thursday nights feature catchy slogans.

The Greene

An up-scale dining and shopping facility. The outdoor lifestyle center has stores and restaurants ranging from Sephora and Coldwater Creek, to the Cheesecake Factory and Bd's Mongolian Grill.

The Pine Club

An excellent steakhouse located just off of the campus of the University of Dayton, this is one of the area's most renowned restaurants. The menu is famously almost unchanged since its founding in 1947, with a list of large steaks plus a few dishes that were common in the mid-1900s but are unusual now, like sardines on rye, and liver and onions, but with no chicken or vegetarian dishes. This old-school restaurant only accepts cash and personal checks. It does not take reservations – even George H. W. Bush, when he was Vice President of the United States, was refused a reservation.

Mon-Thu 4–10PM, Fri Sat 4:30–11:00PM·$80–100 for steaks, $40 for hamburgers

The Trolley Stop

Also on the far eastern end of the Oregon District. A relaxed bar featuring live local music most days of the week, with a comfortable patio outdoors and a party house available for rental.

Wright Cycle Company Complex

The Wright Cycle Company complex consists of two adjoining buildings: the Hoover Block, also known as the Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center and Aviation Trail Visitor Center and Museum, along with the Wright Cycle Company building. The Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center is the main visitor center for the park, and occupies the restored Hoover Block building. In 1892, the Wrights opened a bicycle repair shop in addition to their printing business. From 1895 until 1897, both businesses were located at 22 S Williams St, “known as the Wright Cycle Company,” the fourth of five locations for their bicycle business.

8:30AM–5PM, closed 4th Thu of Nov, 25 Dec, and 1 Jan·Free

Wright Patterson Air Force Base

Wright Patt is a significant part of the local economy with some 23,000 employees and a reason behind most tourism, boasting the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force and the Huffman Prairie Flying Field where the Wright Brothers perfected their flying skills in 1904-05.

Wright State Raiders

Sports teams of Wright State University, in nearby Fairborn (though with a Dayton mailing address), competing in NCAA Division I in seven men's and nine women's sports in the Horizon League. Unlike UD, Wright State does not have a football team; without that sport, the hot-button sport on campus is typically men's basketball. Like UD, most of WSU's athletic facilities are on campus, with the most notable being the Nutter Center (basketball).

Dayton Celtic Festival

Saturate your senses in the sights, sounds, and tastes of our Celtic heritage. Discover the magic that keeps people returning to Dayton’s Celtic Festival year after year. Come and experience the rich traditions that we Celtic folk hold dear to our hearts.

$0 Admission

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

A children's museum of science with numerous exhibits.