BearcatMan
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RE: Toledo Eats
(07-18-2023 09:03 AM)eastisbest Wrote: (07-18-2023 08:30 AM)BearcatMan Wrote: If you're looking for the truly Toledo-only experience, go to the following:
Dinner: Inky's (homemade pasta/pizza institution), Mancy's Ideal (original Mancy's menu from way back in the day w/more variety than the Steakhouse), The Beirut (best Lebanese food in the area IMO), Souk (great classy small plate Mediterranean place), Rosie's (Toledo's other Italian institution), Maumee Bay Brewing (decent food, but you're going there for the brewery itself), Whiskey and the Wolf (hole in the wall with some of the best burgers and roast beef sandwiches around), Inside the Five (owned by two former NFL'ers from Toledo, another place like MBB), and Kengo (arguably the best sushi I've ever had, including many highly rated places on the coasts)
Lunch: Any of the Chili places (Packo's, Rudy's, Michael's, Ideal), Grumpy's, Durty Bird, Swig, Balance (started by two Toledo grads, now going regional as a franchise Vietnamese/Asian fusion restaurant), Adam's Street Cafe, 5th Street Pub, Chicago Post Cafe (decent Chicago style dogs and beef, though I'm sure you'll roast them lol)
Breakfast: Fowl and Fodder, Scrambler Marie, Executive Diner
Way to commit. You left out Green Lantern.
Of those, the only ones I feel on a map for "Toledo,"
Beirut, Kengo and Packos maybe the only ones not replicated everywhere.
Maumee Bay Brewery, Poco Loco, add in Georgio's downtown and Pho Viet Nam on Upton. Old school or brought somethingnew to the area. That's not to disparage other recommendations you made. I just wouldn't consider them to be "Toledo" as they're not really been here that long and there's much better Italian almost everywhere.
As for pure food thread:
I'd add in San Marcos if it was still a counter in the grocery store and there weren't one mexican restaurant/food truck per 100 inhabitants. If a visitor wanted that vibe, head over to the Eastside to La Mexicana or head 40 minutes up the road to Mexican Town in Detroit. The rest, same everywhere. A couple I'd say run from but it's not that kind of thread.
Downtown, I am an absolute fan of Focaccia's, across the street from where NIU is most likely staying. For Mexican, Lowriders near the library is quickly gaining solid reputation. It was very good, but just another of the same to me.
True, I should've gone with Toledo-Area, I was just trying to stay away from chains or regional places more than anything...and hey, I'm just going for the buckshot approach, if I give him all of my recommendations, he might take one of them to make me feel good lol. Inside the Five is overpriced for what it offers, but I figured I'd throw in one other brewery option if he wants that sort of thing, I've completely stopped going there since the chef they started with left last fall.
Focaccia's is great for a quick bite for sure, love hitting that place whenever I've got to go downtown for a meeting.
(This post was last modified: 07-18-2023 09:32 AM by BearcatMan.)
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