Dad and Mom and I had lunch in the old section of north Dayton the other day. Mom and Dad both lived in north Dayton when they were preschoolers; Mom on Ferdon Road and Dad on Alaska Street but they did not meet until later when mom was living closer to Kettering and Dad was in Miamisburg. Anyway I digress-there is a restaurant there that dad likes called The Amber Rose. 
It is located at 1470 Valley Street and was built in 1912 by Polish immigrant Sigmond Ksiezopolski, first operating as Sig's General store and then restored in 1990 to it's present state featuring Eastern European and German cuisine (listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992). I had the Lithuanian cabbage rolls and they were outstanding. 
Across the street from the Amber Rose there is a row of "shotgun" homes which you may know as a favorite architectural style found in New Orleans. They immediately caught my eye.
The old neighborhood is accessed at this river crossing on Keowee Street; the old Barney & Smith car company and various foundries and metalworking industries were the driver for the development of North Dayton as a working mans suburb. There are many historic buildings remaining although they are all showing their age and most of the businesses have gone.
One which remains, Charlie's, we visited upon occasion when we were kids. It was called Charlies Imported Foods back then. We used to buy garlic bologna from the deli and Haribo gummy bears which at that time were only available as an import (now you can buy them at Walmart). Charlies also had a nice selection of German beer and wine which is still available but not so novel because these days imported items are easier to obtain. There was a line out the door of customers waiting to buy deli sandwiches for lunch if that tells you anything about the place.
There are several catholic churches in the area: Our Lady of the Rosary German Catholic church, 22 Notre Dame Avenue, organized by Germans in 1888 (the year my great-grandfather was born) and was the first Catholic Church established in Old North Dayton; Holy Cross Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church, 1924 Leo Street, was built in 1915 by the Lithuanians who came to Old North Dayton at the turn of the century to find work in Dayton factories (listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992); St Stephen Church, 1114 Troy Street, which began as a mission of Holy Name Catholic Church to serve the Hungarians living in the Kossuth Colony of east Dayton. (St. Stephen is the patron saint of Hungary); St Adalberts Polish Church, 1509 Valley Street, which became Dayton’s oldest Eastern European ethnic parish when it was established as the city’s ninth Catholic parish on January 5, 1903 (listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992).
Read more about the east Dayton ethic neighborhood here.
It is located at 1470 Valley Street and was built in 1912 by Polish immigrant Sigmond Ksiezopolski, first operating as Sig's General store and then restored in 1990 to it's present state featuring Eastern European and German cuisine (listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992). I had the Lithuanian cabbage rolls and they were outstanding. 
Across the street from the Amber Rose there is a row of "shotgun" homes which you may know as a favorite architectural style found in New Orleans. They immediately caught my eye.The old neighborhood is accessed at this river crossing on Keowee Street; the old Barney & Smith car company and various foundries and metalworking industries were the driver for the development of North Dayton as a working mans suburb. There are many historic buildings remaining although they are all showing their age and most of the businesses have gone.
One which remains, Charlie's, we visited upon occasion when we were kids. It was called Charlies Imported Foods back then. We used to buy garlic bologna from the deli and Haribo gummy bears which at that time were only available as an import (now you can buy them at Walmart). Charlies also had a nice selection of German beer and wine which is still available but not so novel because these days imported items are easier to obtain. There was a line out the door of customers waiting to buy deli sandwiches for lunch if that tells you anything about the place.
There are several catholic churches in the area: Our Lady of the Rosary German Catholic church, 22 Notre Dame Avenue, organized by Germans in 1888 (the year my great-grandfather was born) and was the first Catholic Church established in Old North Dayton; Holy Cross Lithuanian Roman Catholic Church, 1924 Leo Street, was built in 1915 by the Lithuanians who came to Old North Dayton at the turn of the century to find work in Dayton factories (listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992); St Stephen Church, 1114 Troy Street, which began as a mission of Holy Name Catholic Church to serve the Hungarians living in the Kossuth Colony of east Dayton. (St. Stephen is the patron saint of Hungary); St Adalberts Polish Church, 1509 Valley Street, which became Dayton’s oldest Eastern European ethnic parish when it was established as the city’s ninth Catholic parish on January 5, 1903 (listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992).Read more about the east Dayton ethic neighborhood here.
