DND Ghostlight Coffee | Photo by Monica Brutto | The Wright Guardian
Ghostlight Coffee, a Dayton-original coffee shop, boasts two Dayton locations with a cozy and comfortable atmosphere for students.
Founding and new locations
Starting from a single physical location in Historic South Park in 2011, Ghostlight Coffee now offers two storefronts and one bakery stand at The 2nd Street Market.
Founder Shane Anderson left a career as a band director to start a food truck, which grew into the Ghostlight storefront the Dayton community knows today. The store offers baked goods, sandwiches and a variety of coffee options and will also soon add two new locations in the Dayton Arcade and Kettering.
The Dayton Arcade location will focus on serving primarily alcoholic beverages, while the Kettering location will primarily serve baked goods.
The locations combined employ approximately 60 to 70 employees, with more to come with the new storefronts.
Experience
Tobi Brun, a barista and customer service and kitchen assistant, has worked at the Midtown location of Ghostlight Coffee since September of 2020. According to Brun, the Midtown location offers more in terms of food items such as bagels, sandwiches and pastries with vegetarian and vegan options. The expanded kitchen space allows for this production of food.
The barista described the work environment with a positive outlook.
“I really like the atmosphere and the coworkers that I have. It’s a great group of people and we’ve cultivated a group-like culture,” Brun said.
The Midtown location seats approximately 30 customers and also offers a group table space fit for a study group and individual tables that seat two people. Mackenzie King has worked for five months at the Midtown location and expressed similar sentiments about the work environment and coffee shop space.
“It’s a great environment to do any work or really just get together and study,” King said. “It’s nice to have the food options at [Midtown] in case you wanted to get food during your shift and stuff like that, but I really like the small town coffee house feel at the other location.”
WSU student Kyle Hobbs believes that the Ghostlight Coffee offers an enjoyable space, despite Hobbs not personally being a coffee-lover.
Offerings
For more information about food and drink offerings, visit the Midtown location menu and the Historic South Park location menu.
The Midtown location is located at 800 South Patterson Boulevard in Dayton and is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Historic South Park is located at 1201 Wayne Avenue in Dayton and is open Monday through Friday from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Both storefront locations offer a carry-out option that offers menu items within 10 to 20 minutes.
