Yellow Springs restaurant reopens for cocktails, carryout

Calypso Grill and Smokehouse had shut down on April 1, returns with streamlined hours
A Pork Belly dish was on the menu when Calypso Grill and Smokehouse in Yellow Springs opened last year. CONTRIBUTED/ALEXIS LARSEN

A Pork Belly dish was on the menu when Calypso Grill and Smokehouse in Yellow Springs opened last year. CONTRIBUTED/ALEXIS LARSEN
What to Know
By Mark Fisher
April 10, 2020
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A Yellow Springs restaurant that shut down on April 1 after offering carryout for lunch and dinner daily amid the COVID-19 pandemic is poised to reopen today, April 10, as a dinner-hours-only restaurant five days a week, and will offer a full cocktail menu as well.

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The Calypso Grill and Smokehouse  at 1535 Xenia Ave. will offer pickup through its newly refurbished drive-through window from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, starting at 4 p.m. today, Friday April 10, according to Shaun Craig, the restaurant's manager.

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“We are offering a full cocktail menu as well as dinner menu for delivery and drive-through,” Craig said.

The restaurant had been offered carryout seven days a week from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week before closing April 1.

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“We had always planned on reopening once we were able to accommodate our service in a manner that is focused on safety for our staff and our customers,” Craig said. “We now offer a drive-through window and online ordering to minimize contact and have implemented many new procedures that support minimizing exposure. We recommend call-ahead ordering if using the drive-through.”

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Brian Rainey, owner of the Sunrise Cafe in Yellow Springs, opened Calypso Grill and Smokehouse in March 2018  in space that previously housed Dona Margarota's, a Mexican restaurant that shut down the previous year. The restaurant specializes in Jamaican and other Caribbean dishes.

For more information, go to the restaurant's web site at www.calypsogrill.net or call 937-767-9000, or check out its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/calypsogrillyellowsprings.

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About the Author

Mark Fisher, a 1981 graduate of Ohio State University and a 1976 graduate of Beavercreek High School, is a third-generation Dayton-area resident who has worked for the Dayton Daily News since 1983. He covered higher education and K-12 education accountability issues for nearly 20 years before taking over the food and dining beat in 2006.