About Lisa Grigsby

Lisa Grigsby is a Special Events Director with over twenty five 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.

Local Cakeshop To Appear on Cupcake Wars

May 22, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

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This Sunday Night at 8pm the Food Network's Cupckae Wars will air an episode featuring Germantown baker Amy Barkalow and her mother, competing for the chance to have their cupcakes center court at a huge fan event for the Harlem Globetrotters. In season eight of the popular show, AmyCake & Cookies is up against New Jersey's Simply Sweet Cupcakes and Simply Cake form California. While Amy can't tell us what happens on the show, we do know that she's got a big move coming up in her future. Amy will be transitioning from being a home baker to a bricks and mortar shop in downtown … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dayton Dining, The Featured Articles Tagged With: AmyCakes, cupcake wars, Food Network, Moore Dessert Please '83 Sweets

Family Friendly Taste of Miamisburg

May 17, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

TASTE OF MIAMISBURG - MAY 17th 5PM-9PM Are you looking for a fun, family event to attend? If so, the Taste of Miamisburg is what you’re looking for. This event is Friday, May 17 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. at Riverfront Park in downtown Miamisburg. Bring the family and enjoy food from 16 various food vendors in the downtown area. After dinner, enjoy the music of Weird Science (bring your lawn chairs). The Fit & Fun Bus will have activities for children. Food vendors – American Legion, Amycakes & cookies, Bake’s Funnel Cakes, Bessies Noddles, Bullwinkle’s Restaurant, Coldstone … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dayton Dining Tagged With: Taste, Taste of Miamsiburg

Wine Party in the Park this Sunday

May 16, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

Dayton's Annual Premier Wine & Gourmet Food Festival is this Sunday afternoon, from 1-4pm at Carillon Park. Advance tickets are available for $60 at Arrow Wine, Cuvee, Rumbleseat and Bruning's Wine Cellar, or you can purchase online and print your own ticket. If you're waiting to see what the weather is like on Sunday, tickets will be available at the park for $70. Your ticket includes your tastes, a souvenir wine glass as well as a beer glass. The original “Party in the Park” was the brain child of two friends, Vail Miller Sr. of Heidelberg and Mike Frank of Arrow Wine. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dayton Dining Tagged With: ARC Ohio, Arrow Wine, Fleurs et Vin, Heidelberg, JT Fedrick

Big Brews And Blues Fundraiser for Dayton Diabetes

May 13, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

Diabetes Dayton will host an evening of craft beer, good food & live blues music this Friday, May 17th at Carillon Park. This 4th annual Big Brews and Blues helps generate funds that allow any child living with diabetes to attend their special camp. Camp for these kids means making friends with other children living with diabetes, becoming more independent, receiving the best medical care 24/7, and enjoying all the fun camp can offer. For a $30 ticket guests will get commemorative tasting glass, be able to enjoy up to 20 beer samples and enjoy the live blues music from 4 bands. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dayton On Tap, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Big Brews and Blues, Dayton Diabetes

Cheers To National Moscato Day On May 9

May 9, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

America's youth have a sweet tooth, and it's driving the sales of Moscato. Just over the last three years, sales of moscato have exploded into something of a sugary sweet bomb. In 2011, the Wall Street Journal reports, sales grew 78%; in 2012, moscato overtook sauvignon blanc as the second most-popular white varietal (chardonnay still holding onto its number one spot), with sales of 2.8 million, reports the Napa Valley Register. And sales of moscato grew again by 25 percent in 2012. "In the U.S., moscato’s popularity has exploded over the past three years, with sales growing faster … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dayton Dining, Wine Tagged With: #MoscatoDay, Gallo, National Moscato Day

Best Legs Contest Benefits Clothes That Work!

May 8, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

Twenty one men in the Miami Valley are macho enough to sport high heels to make their legs look their best, as they compete for the annual Best Legs contest to benefit Clothes That Work. A local non-profit, celebrating their 15th year, CTW provides professional clothing and image consulting for job seekers in Montgomery County. For $5 a vote you can help select the Best Legs. Voting in the contest continues until May 10th and contestant Jim Danis is really taking the competition seriously, offering to put company logo's on his legs for a $100 donation. If your company is looking for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Charity Events, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Best Legs, clothes that work, CTW, Hunks in Heels, The Greene

10?’s with Patrick Sartin, The Man in the Black Truck

May 7, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

Patrick Sartin started cooking at a young age in Dayton working in several local kitchens including The Country Club of the North, Rocky’s Pizza, and Kohler Catering, before attending the Culinary Institute of America, where he graduated in 2002. After graduation Sartin did a stint as the Head Chef at Chanterelles here in Dayton, before he achieved his goal of travel and work in as many different regions of the US as he could, gaining as much culinary knowledge as possible. Patrick has worked in the industry across the United States from Colorado to Maine working with very talented … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ten Questions, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Harvest Mobile Cuisine, Patrick Sartin

Moore Desserts Please Celebrates First Anniversary

May 1, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

Brittany Moore, owner of Moore Dessert Please! invites you to celebrate the first anniversary of her store, located at 1003 Shroyer Road in Oakwood, with a $2 cupcake special all day long. Each customer will be able to pick a balloon, filled with special offers and coupons with a grand prize winner getting a free cake to serve over 100 people, valued at $250! They will also be introducing their new ice cream cookie sandwiches and cupcake sundaes, which will feature ice cream made locally by Young’s Jersey Dairy. Moore's business was launched on the heels of her 2 appearances on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Dayton Dining, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Brittany Moore, cupcake wars, Moore Dessert Please

5K Derby Day Dash to Benefit Life Essentials

April 29, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

Life Essentials helps people who slip through gaps of community services. Through a dedicated network of volunteers they provide over 25,000 hours of service each year to people in the greater Dayton area. Their services and programs help seniors and individuals living with mental illness. They aim to decrease isolation by providing participants with volunteer caregivers, guardians and help with small home projects. This Sat, May 4th you'll have a chance to to participate in their annual Derby Day Dash. This annual 5K Run and Walk involves every age group including fun runs for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Runners, The Featured Articles Tagged With: Derby Day Dash, Island Park, Life Essentials

Square One Salon Presents An Earth Month Style Show

April 27, 2013 by Lisa Grigsby

The stylists at Square One Salon and Day Spa have been busy creating looks for their 2nd Annual Hair Show, which they are describing as "Avant Garden" where each model's look being inspired by a flower. This is just part of their month long fundraising efforts for Earth Month. Square One says 100% of the proceeds from a cut-a-thon this past Monday, an earlier raffle and this style show are being donated to Ohio's Chapter of the Sierra Club to expand its work to improve water quality, producing healthier more active communities through awareness, action, and administrative advocacy. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community Tagged With: Earth Month, Sierra Club, square one salon and spa