The Ugly Duckling Now Serving Up Breakfast

September 30, 2023 By Lisa Grigsby

There’s a new spot in East Dayton for breakfast. The Ugly Duckling offers pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage patties, vegan sausage, tater tots and grilled cheese sandwiches.

The eatery, which was formerly Joe Mamma’s Taste of Dayton, and before that Grip’s Grill, has been opened in partnership between Mason Schindler, who owns Blazin’ Dayton Uncle Boof (Dexter Clay) owner of Uncle Boof’s World Famous Pancake Mix and Zach Keckering. The owners said they’ll be open Friday – Sunday for now and have plans to expand the hours later in October.

The Ugly Duckling, a collaboration between Blazin’ Dayton and Uncle Boof’s World Famous Pancake Mix, is now open for breakfast from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

The Ugly Duckling

115 Springfield St.
Dayton, OH 4540

Now with expanded hours:
Wed – Sun 8 am- 2 pm

About Lisa Grigsby

Lisa Grigsby is a Special Events Director with over thirty years experience in promotions, event coordination and public relations.

Owning Jokers Comedy Cafe for 20 years taught Lisa to maintain a sense of humor under pressure. She credits Leadership Dayton for exposing her to the amazing assets of the region and Clothes That Work for being her reason she stayed in Dayton. Her proudest accomplishment as a past president of the Miami Valley Restaurant Association was creating Restaurant Week, a twice a year tradition that continues to grow and benefit local charities as well. As a foodie, it's only natural that she continues to promote local restaurateurs with DaytonDining.

As a Dayton Catalyst, her desire to have ONE community calendar and advocate for the amazing assets of the region helped create the vision for the relaunch of DaytonMostMetro, now Dayton 937.com

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