The Blue Berry Cafe

The Blue Berry Cafe We opened our original location on April 24th, 2004 in Bellbrook, Ohio ! 🫐
We opened our second location in Kettering, Ohio on February 21st, 2024!
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And on April 24th, 2024, we grand “re-opened” Bellbrook at our new location in Downtown Bellbrook!

It is with the deepest sympathy that we share the passing of our beautiful friend, Elizabeth, co-owner of Bella Sorella....
06/16/2026

It is with the deepest sympathy that we share the passing of our beautiful friend, Elizabeth, co-owner of Bella Sorella.

We met Elizabeth a little over a year ago at our Dayton Restaurant Owner Appreciation Brunch in 2025. She would attend again in April of this year with her business partner and sister, Gail.

Gail said no matter what, Elizabeth would not miss coming to our brunch. We loved connecting and celebrating each other - all of us…that’s what being an owner of a Dayton independent restaurant is like…we are always there for each other!

Our prayers go out to Elizabeth’s family, friends, and their Bella Sorella Family of Staff and Customers.

Last week, Chef Jaime and Kelley had the opportunity to enjoy a lunch at Miami Valley Meals!Taylor Naragon, Communicatio...
06/15/2026

Last week, Chef Jaime and Kelley had the opportunity to enjoy a lunch at Miami Valley Meals!

Taylor Naragon, Communications Director, had invited us to come see just what Miami Valley Meals does!

We arrived and we were all seated at a Chef’s table right in the middle of their kitchen!

We talked about growth, goals, and the successes of their annual fundraiser, Diced! In Dayton!

We enjoyed one of their Chef prepared meals…our was Ribeye with Boursin Mashed Potatoes, Broccoli, and a Banana Blueberry Bread Pudding!

Two years ago, we invited our cooks to attend Diced! In Dayton….last year, 2025…we competed! It was so much fun and for a very worthy cause!

Want to learn more ?? Please reach out to Miami Valley Meals…some really great humans over there!

Have a great Monday everyone!!!

Yesterday was “Community Day” for our staff! Our second year being able to serve this meal! This program is available a...
06/09/2026

Yesterday was “Community Day” for our staff!

Our second year being able to serve this meal! This program is available all Summer Long! Special thanks to Laura Tran, the City of Kettering, and Kettering City Schools for this program!

We served the kids their lunches and then played a little cards, bubbles, and ball with them….this is the favorite part for the team!

We were blessed enough to serve a hot lunch thanks to our food purveyors, we served:
Chicken Nuggets
Mac & Cheese
Buttered Corn
Applesauce
Chocolate Chip Cookie
Potato Chips
Apple Juice Box
Mini Cinnamon Rolls

Thank you to our staff and their families for donating their time:
Melayna Melton - Bellbrook GM
Lala Melton - Bellbrook KM
Sandra Bowling - Bellbrook DRS
Eli Conley - Kettering GM
Mark Berridge - Kettering KM
Dayana Iza- Kettering KS
Jau’more Wilson - Kettering DRS
Reagan Morrow - Kettering Host

We would like to thank our Kettering landlord, Winsupply for bringing us to the Kettering Community!!!

Do you know OUR Muffin Man?Tony Darden has worked with our family for 20 years. He started with us as our Grill Master...
05/30/2026

Do you know OUR Muffin Man?

Tony Darden has worked with our family for 20 years. He started with us as our Grill Master at our Beavercreek Restaurant, The Wellington Grille (1998-2022)!

As a second job, Tony started doing prep and baking 6 blueberry muffins every other day at our original Blue Berry Cafe in Bellbrook…all the way back in 2009!

Soon he made his first “designer muffin” - it was a chocolate chip cherry muffin and he famously named it the “Stud Muffin” 😂!!!

Now you see that Stud Muffin on our tshirts!

After a restructuring of our staff in 2018 - we started with a fresh crew, keeping only two employees - Tony and one of our servers, Stefanie. (She would leave for a short while, but I am happy to report that she has been back with us at our Kettering location since we opened!

2018 was THE roughest year of our history! My Uncle had cancer and we wanted him to focus on fighting that stupid cancer (which he did and is doing much better! 💕)

Because of Tony’s loyalty to us, Ray and I made him a business partner in 2019. One of the Best decisions we ever made.

People ask us why muffins aren’t actually on our menu…it’s mainly because before our Kettering Landlord, Winsupply 💕, bought Tony a double Convention Oven…Tony could only make 18 muffins at a time. They would sell out in minutes - before he could even get them out of the pan! Well, Tony gate keeps the magic in his muffins (he talks to them - I’ve tried to talk to them but they don’t listen to me 😂) and well, he is a human pushing into his 70s!

So we just want him to enjoy this season of his career and he bakes when he can bake (which is still 30+ hours a week) - he’s a pretty awesome fella and we are so proud he is part of us!

That’s a little Blueberry History for you!

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Here our Chef Jaime’s Specials - available now thru Thursday, June 4th or until they last!

*Descriptions posted in photo!

🦀 Crab & Asparagus Omelet with Bernaise

🍞 Cookie Butter Monkey Bread French Toast

🧀 Griddled Pimento Cheese Sandwich

🥣 Broccoli & Cheddar Soup

Have a GREAT week everyone! We would LOVE and APPRECIATE the opportunity to serve YOU! 🫐 ☀️ ☕️

Kettering:
30 min Call Ahead and general questions- 937-723-7917
Take Out- 937-723-7919

Bellbrook:
30 min call ahead seating and general questions - 937-848-5900
Take Out - 937-848-8505

Thank you for supporting our Cafes!

Please BE KIND to us and to each other! We love you ALL!!!

Let me tell you about our May the Fourth be with you Wine Dinner!(A little late, but have to show off this amazing and s...
05/28/2026

Let me tell you about our May the Fourth be with you Wine Dinner!

(A little late, but have to show off this amazing and super fun wine dinner!!!)

We would like to thank Megan Walter from Vintage Wines! She chooses all of our wines for all of our dinners! She always does a wonderful job!

Our 70 guests were welcomed with light sabers and a “green milk” cocktail!

We all moved outside for a group picture - totally had to do that !!

Then moved to reserved seating in both of our dining rooms!

And that’s where the fun began!

The menu was a mix of Galactic themed food while paying homage to our favorite dishes from my families’ dinner restaurants over the last 50 years!

The staff had two days to transform our dining rooms while Chef Jaime and crew worked in the kitchen preparing all the dishes!

So- if you feel so inclined…follow along our pictures for a little photo journey of one of our favorite wine dinners ever!

Memorial Day:A U.S. Federal Holiday observed on the Monday of May dedicated to honoring and mourning military personnel ...
05/25/2026

Memorial Day:
A U.S. Federal Holiday observed on the Monday of May dedicated to honoring and mourning military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. 🇺🇸

A long time friend and classmate of mine, Andrew Alexander - retired Navy, reminded me years ago the true meaning of Memorial Day. This was probably 10 years ago.

I promised to always remind my kids what he told me - thank you, Andrew !

Last year, WHIO News Anchor, James Brown donated two of his hand crafted Charcuterie Boards - his two boards raised over...
05/24/2026

Last year, WHIO News Anchor, James Brown donated two of his hand crafted Charcuterie Boards - his two boards raised over $1000 to help us make meals for our community!

The two lucky winners also received a gift certificate from us to “fill” the board!

And so we filled one board today for a very special event! We hope they loved it!

I just love our Kettering and Bellbrook Communities!!! 🫐💕

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Here our Chef Jaime’s Specials - available now thru Thursday, May 28th or until they last!

*Descriptions posted in photo!

🍅 Roasted Grape Tomato & Burrata Omelet with Pesto Two Ways

🍞 PB&J French Toast! A customer favorite!!! Peanut Butter Mousse & Strawberry Jelly Sauce 🤩

🌯 Caesar Chicken Crunch Wrap

🥣 Minestrone

Have a GREAT week everyone! We would LOVE and APPRECIATE the opportunity to serve YOU! 🫐 ☀️ ☕️

Kettering:
30 min Call Ahead and general questions- 937-723-7917
Take Out- 937-723-7919

Bellbrook:
30 min call ahead seating and general questions - 937-848-5900
Take Out - 937-848-8505

Thank you for supporting our Cafes!

Please BE KIND to us and to each other! We love you ALL!!!

It’s been a busy month of catering, a busy Mothers Day Weekend and why not throw in college (including my own kid!) and ...
05/18/2026

It’s been a busy month of catering, a busy Mothers Day Weekend and why not throw in college (including my own kid!) and high school graduations - we are TIRED but we decided to do one more event…

Fleurs de Fete at Carillon Park!

We prepared 1100 “Brunch de Fete Bites” and Chef Jaime, Kelley, Kelly, Nathan and Pammy happily served them to the super friendly guests of this super fun wine festival!

We used to participate at Fleurs de Fete many years ago with our Beavercreek restaurant, The Wellington Grille…we were so happy to be a part of such a wonderful event!

What is a Brunch de Fete Bite?!?

Blueberry & Red Wine braised beef on a maple and butter soaked pancake topped with horseradish cream, corn and carrot microgreens and a, of course…a fresh blueberry! 🫐

A lot of people were surprised and happy to see us! Who would have thought a little ol’ breakfast place could put together such a perfect bite!

Congratulations to our Chef Jaime! She is amazing and all this was because of her !!!

We had a lot of fun putting this little bite together…but not gonna lie…I’m so happy to have a near empty catering calendar for June! 🤪 This mama needs a rest! Lol

Shout out to our friend, Mark over at Dayton Micro Greens - he hooked us up with some beautiful and delicious microgreens for our events this weekend!!

Let me tell you about last night!It was all 🫐GIRL POWER last night at the Pink Ribbon Good - Party with a Purpose (well,...
05/16/2026

Let me tell you about last night!

It was all 🫐GIRL POWER last night at the Pink Ribbon Good - Party with a Purpose (well, except for the Muffin Man who slipped in to cook the steaks but we were too busy to get a picture 🤦🏻‍♀️) !

What did Chef Jaime prepare??

Mixed Greens with Zucchini, Yellow Squash, and Rainbow Carrot Ribbon dressed in a Sherry Vinaigrette

Filet Oscar - BB 🫐 Style
Filet Mignon, Crab Cake, Bernaise, Roasted Asparagus, and Roasted Baby Potatoes

Acknowledgements:
Steve Dorn-Kitchen Manager, Harriosn’s Restaurant: He trimmed and cut the the beef tenderloins for the event!

Mark at Dayton Micro Greens - he provided us with Sweet Pea Tendril and Corn Micro Greens

Tony Darden - aka The Muffin Man! Before Tony became our BB business partner, he was our Grill Master at our restaurant in Beavercreek, The Wellington Grille!

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What’s Pink Ribbon Good?!
How did We get involved with PRG?
Quick little history lesson 💕👏💪🏽🫐

💕We were one of the first groups in the Dayton area to raise money for PRG! We have been holding events and volunteering our time to PRG since 2010!

💕PRG offers healthy meal service for the household, rides to treatment, cleaning essentials, and peer support for clients going thru breast cancer stages 0-3 and/or gynecological cancer stages 0-2

💕Pink Ribbon Good is growing Nationwide - with locations in San Francisco, Louisville, St Louis, Buffalo, Columbus, and Cincinnati…but we are honored to have this great organization’s headquarters right here in Dayton!

💕All monies raised in Dayton stay in Dayton 💪🏽

A truly great organization that we are so proud to support. They are like family to us and they are doing such great things!

If you are interested in knowing more about PRG please message us/Kelley or click on the PRG link…

https://www.pinkribbongood.org/services-programsr a

We had exactly 100 entries for our Mother’s Day Brunch Give Away sponsored by the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Schindler!W...
05/13/2026

We had exactly 100 entries for our Mother’s Day Brunch Give Away sponsored by the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Schindler!

We were so inspired by your comments. We loved seeing all the pictures of your beautiful mamas and your words were all perfect!

We made a little collage of all the words - do you see your word 💕??

Here are our winners for Mary Elizabeth Schindler’s Brunch Give away! 🌺🌺

Taylor Hutchins
The word for her mom is “Dedicated”

Lesley Kirkbride Alexander
The word for her mom is “Supportive”

Katie Hannah
The word for her mom is “Hard Working”

Imani Mcpheters
The word for her mom is “Overcomer”

Please message us so we can mail out your gift certificate to have brunch with us!

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Bellbrook, OH
45305

Opening Hours

Tuesday 7am - 2pm
Wednesday 7am - 2pm
Thursday 7am - 2pm
Friday 7am - 2pm
Saturday 7am - 2pm
Sunday 7am - 2pm

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