Been to the worst now let's talk about the finest dining restaurant in your general area.
I'm little old school, traditional, historical so Bender downtown get the edge over Gervasi Vineyard
many great local restaurant have faded away over the years but Benders is still there.

Bestest wings in our area would be McSobers Saloon and Dutch Mill.
Best retaurant would be CTown wings in Celina. Fantastic wood fire burgers, steaks and this one of the few places that the chunks are as good/better than the wings.

I can't just limit this to 1 so I'm going with 3

Cincinnati
The Eagle - Best fried chicken I've ever had and the cornbread is amazing. My favorite restaurant to go to.
Nada - Guacamole and Queso are delicious, and the main meals are very good
Arthur's - Zip's and Terry's Turf Club are usually the top listed burger places in Cincinnati, but Arthur's is my favorite.

Toledo
Shorty's BBQ

Bowling Green
Polleyes
Miles Pizza

Lima Area
Happy Daz
Kewpee
Beer Barrel

I just tried this new place in my town called The Arcana. It's pretty small, but made a damn good burger

Bender's beats out Lucia's which beats out Desert Inn which beats out Basil for me.

ZWICK 4 PREZ;1713856 wrote:Bender's beats out Lucia's which beats out Desert Inn which beats out Basil for me.

You do realize that you and I have agreed on two threads in the last 24 hours...

bigkahuna;1713850 wrote:Toledo
Shorty's BBQ

Bowling Green
Polleyes
Miles Pizza

Lima Area
Happy Daz
Kewpee
Beer Barrel

I just tried this new place in my town called The Arcana. It's pretty small, but made a damn good burger

Did you heart go flipity flop?

Happy Daz is opening locall soon.

thavoice;1713862 wrote:Did you heart go flipity flop?

Happy Daz is opening locall soon.

what happen to Mancy's when I live in Perrysburg that was a standard once a month dining pleasure. Escargot was alway perfect...

Belly35;1713866 wrote:what happen to Mancy's when I live in Perrysburg that was a standard once a month dining pleasure. Escargot was alway perfect...

Mancy's is still phenomenal.

In the Akron area, my some of my faves are Lockview, Bricco, Moe's, Edgar's, Beau's, Mr. Zub's. Really just depends on what I am in the mood for.

Raleigh:

The Pit - Best BBQ around. Chopped Pork is phenomenal
Angus Barn - Only been twice, but great steaks. Some say its famous on name only, but I have had 2 great meals
Beasleys - Best fried chicken and waffles Ive ever had.

Belly35;1713866 wrote:what happen to Mancy's when I live in Perrysburg that was a standard once a month dining pleasure. Escargot was alway perfect...

Never heard of the place.

thavoice;1713888 wrote:Never heard of the place.

its in Toledo

Best fancy restaurant: The Precinct
Best casual restaurant: Eli's BBQ

Terry_Tate;1713849 wrote:I can't just limit this to 1 so I'm going with 3

Cincinnati
The Eagle - Best fried chicken I've ever had and the cornbread is amazing. My favorite restaurant to go to.
Nada - Guacamole and Queso are delicious, and the main meals are very good
Arthur's - Zip's and Terry's Turf Club are usually the top listed burger places in Cincinnati, but Arthur's is my favorite.

RE: burger places, have you been to Gordo's in Norwood? And yes, The Eagle is awesome. It barely lost to Eli's on my list.

Belly35;1713890 wrote:its in Toledo

OKay, I am not even near Toledo. Maybe you quoted the wrong person.




Justin....someone just told me about Eli's this weekend and said it was great. He may have mentioned Gordo's as well. Is that place very small and a line forms a half hour before it opens?

thavoice;1713910 wrote:OKay, I am not even near Toledo. Maybe you quoted the wrong person

i did this was for bigkahuna ...

justincredible;1713898 wrote:RE: burger places, have you been to Gordo's in Norwood? And yes, The Eagle is awesome. It barely lost to Eli's on my list.

I've been to Gordo's once I believe. Don't really remember it so will have to go back. Guess that means I thought it was good but not amazing, haha.

Gervasi, Lucia's and Bender's in Canton. I'm not going to try and rank or separate them. They are all excellent in their own unique way.

I like D'Agnese's in Akron. Austin's in Brecksville.

Dante in Tremont. Michael Symon's Lola on E.4th. and Lolita in Tremont. Fat Cats in Tremont. In case you haven't figured it out, the Tremont area is loaded with great places to eat.

In Columbus it's easily The Refractory. It's ranked in the top 15 most romantic restaurants in the nation. Great Food

Reading these threads have made me realize there aren't enough people from Cle/Akron on here.

Akron- The Lockview, Nuevo Mod Mex (newer Mexican joint downtown, if you haven't been I recommend), and Mr. Zubs.

Cleveland- There are a lot more than I'll list. Still don't have a lot of exposure here, as I still live near Akron and only venture for lunch downtown, but I'll throw in Momocho (Ohio City), Town Hall (Ohio City), L'Albatros (University Circle), Barrio (Lakewood, Tremont, and now downtown). I'm sure there are others downtown worth mentioning, but a lot of it has become mundane to me TBH.

Youngstown- The Upstairs (Austintown) and Vernons (Niles) for dinner. V2 (same owner as Vernon's) downtown for lunch, MVR (downtown) not so much for the food, but for the cool hometown feel.

The Top Columbus
lindeys
aki Hana
many more

Good eating places but not fine dining

Jackson...

Rowdy's....barbecue joint and everything cooked in a huge smoker the night before.

Cardo's Pizza Buffet

Mt Orab....Butterbees. TV's everywhere and everything is good.

Huntington....Fat Patty's, small college joint with good prices, huge portions and great food

Portsmouth....the Ribber

Ironman92;1714049 wrote:Good eating places but not fine dining

Jackson...

Rowdy's....barbecue joint and everything cooked in a huge smoker the night before.

Cardo's Pizza Buffet

Mt Orab....Butterbees. TV's everywhere and everything is good.

Huntington....Fat Patty's, small college joint with good prices, huge portions and great food

Portsmouth....the Ribber

Is Rowdy's what is in the old JR Valentine's building? I've been wanting to try it, but always seem to think about it in days they aren't open.

Chillicothe is a town full of chain restaurants. Our best local joint is probably the Old Canal Smokehouse. A couple other local favorites are far from fine dining, but Carl's Townhouse(burgers) and Jerry's Pizza are really good.

Not sure what qualifies as "fine dining". I don't really think there is any "fine dining" in the immediate area.

My wife and I enjoy going to Trusty Woods in town. To quote Tracy Jones "it is what it is". A family owned restaurant with home cooked style meals, I wouldn't really call it fine dining.

I like Beer Barrel, but my wife doesn't. To me, it's a place to go watch sports and have some good pizza-again, not really fine dining.

se-alum;1714058 wrote:Is Rowdy's what is in the old JR Valentine's building? I've been wanting to try it, but always seem to think about it in days they aren't open.

Chillicothe is a town full of chain restaurants. Our best local joint is probably the Old Canal Smokehouse. A couple other local favorites are far from fine dining, but Carl's Townhouse(burgers) and Jerry's Pizza are really good.

Yeah, been there a couple years

Old Canal is pretty solid.