The Flying Dish is landing in Fairfield and is returning from an international journey of food hunting, bringing back recipies from all over the world.
Fairfield’s newest restaurant, the Flying Dish, is located at 1125 Post Road in the Patriot National Bank complex. The all-natural, free-range menu is a combination of traditional favorites and global flavors.
Open for breakfast, lunch, weekend brunch or dinner, the restuarant goes by the motto of being “fresh, fun and fast.”
The Flying Dish’s owner, Mita Spilo, spent a month researching Fairfield and the thing that drew her in the most was Fairfield University and Sacred Heart University’s commitments to education, learning and good health.
Spilo left her previous career as a Wall Street manager on a trading desk after 15 years because she wanted to build roots in her community and, as a mother, felt a need for families to have a nutritious, fast, cultural experience when eating out.
A huge proponent of education, Spilo paid for her own education at New York University by working days and attending class at night.
She remembers a business professor who gave her class their first book, a nutrition guide. Initially confused by it, Spilo now stresses to college students that to be a leader you have to support yourself with a healthy body.
“I’ve done pizza slices on my way to class and I remember too that they were only $1.50 across from N.Y.U., but now I understand that what you put into your body will affect your behavior and your outlook,” said Spilo.
“Yes, our menu is healthy and natural, but we also understand that price and value are what college students are looking for,” she said.
The Flying Dish’s breakfast menu includes burritos, eggs, sandwiches, yogurt parfaits, oatmeal, fresh fruit and bakery items. The express area, where customers can order take-out all day, has five varieties of panini sandwiches and a number of salads. This includes the restaurant’s Signature Three Scoop Salad, which is a spring mix served with the choice of three kinds of salads such as tuna, egg, roasted potato or vegetarian couscous.
The dinner menu features reasonable selections from a hearth oven, including pizza and pasta.
Happy hour is Mondays through Thursdays from 4-7 p.m. and offers premium beer on tap for $3 and free chef appetizers.
The Flying Dish is one of the few bars in Fairfield that also serves sangria, a Spanish blend of fruit, rum, red wine and juice that is only $4 during happy hour.
Each month, the restaurant will be showcasing food from a different country, preparing authentic dishes, showing images of countries on their TVs and playing ethnic music.
This month, the restuarant is celebrating Mexico, and international celebrations for the near future include Japanese and Native American cuisine.
The Flying Dish accepts the StagCard and offers a 10 percent discount to students.
Breakfast is served Monday through Friday from 7-11 a.m. and weekend brunch is from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Lunch is served everyday from 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Dinner is served Monday through Thursday from 4:30-9:30 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 4:30-10:30 p.m., and Sunday from 4:30-9 p.m. For information, call 259-3500 or check out www.flyingdish.com.
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