sandusky area restaurants

• scoreboard

  

  Were taking the kids up to Kalahari for the weekend. I need help on dining around there. What's the hotspot? Maybe a hidden gem in the city?
  
  We want to stay away from fast food and the typical franchises.
  
  Thanks in advance for suggestions.
• Ghmothwdwhso

  Chet and Matt's Pizza for sure........
• hoops23

  

  scoreboard;1389568 wrote:Were taking the kids up to Kalahari for the weekend. I need help on dining around there. What's the hotspot? Maybe a hidden gem in the city?
  
  We want to stay away from fast food and the typical franchises.
  
  Thanks in advance for suggestions.

  There are no shortage of places to eat here... Outside of your chain places, you have:
  
  Weazy's (formerly Danny Boy's)
  
  Samurai Japanese Steak House (good food/hibachi tables)
  
  Crush
  
  The Better Half
  
  Hot Dog Tony's
  
  Water Street Bar and Grille
  
  Sortino's
  
  Beradi's
  
  Cameo
  
  Chet & Matt's (I prefer Cameo pizza)
  
  Mekong (great Vietnamese food and terrific beer selection)
  
  And take the kids/family to Toft's Dairy for Ice Cream... Trust me.
  
  And there are also plenty more options for food, but those are some of the more "local" faves..
• Shane Falco

  We just ate at the Brown Derby Roadhouse. It was great. Right on 250 at rt 2. Dont let the building fool ya. Good steaks!!
• Sonofanump

  Without a doubt I would go to Mekong. Unreal beer selection on tap and in bottles. No wine, no liquor, beer is the answer.
  
  Second favorite place up there is Thisty Pony. Fricken chicken, great fried food, decent beer selection.
  
  If you go to Toft's, get the small cone, don't be a hero. The employees will talk you down to a small.
  
  The Brown derby is not the original Gervis. Not that impressed by it.
  
  Chet & Matt is good pizza, Cameos is better but in a scatchy part of town for outsiders.
• hoops23

  

  Sonofanump;1389697 wrote:Without a doubt I would go to Mekong. Unreal beer selection on tap and in bottles. No wine, no liquor, beer is the answer.
  
  Second favorite place up there is Thisty Pony. Fricken chicken, great fried food, decent beer selection.
  
  If you go to Toft's, get the small cone, don't be a hero. The employees will talk you down to a small.
  
  The Brown derby is not the original Gervis. Not that impressed by it.
  
  Chet & Matt is good pizza, Cameos is better but in a scatchy part of town for outsiders.

  lmao.... smh
• Belly35

  

  Fame's Daves Ribs is that still in Sandusky? :laugh:
• hoops23

  

  Belly35;1389801 wrote:Fame's Daves Ribs is that still in Sandusky? :laugh:

  It's located at Cedar Point. Pretty sure it's seasonal with the park.
• Benny The Jet

  

  Weezy's/Danny Boys is awesome. Gives you huge portions so you can take back to hotel to warm up.
• OSH

  

  I enjoyed Mon Ami in Port Clinton. It's not far away.
• scoreboard

  

  Lots of great suggestions. Thanks all for your input. Much appreciated.
• Fred Garvin

  Cameo's for sure.
  
  Water Street Bar and Grille
  
  Crush
  
  If you venture out just a bit to Catawba, I agree with the poster who mentioned Mon Ami. Also, Nagoya is near Mon Ami, and is much better than the Japanese steakhouse in Sandusky.
  
  I was going to say Bay Harbor Inn at Cedar Point, but I just checked and they are closed til May.
• hoops23

  

  Fred Garvin;1389877 wrote:Cameo's for sure.
  
  Water Street Bar and Grille
  
  Crush
  
  If you venture out just a bit to Catawba, I agree with the poster who mentioned Mon Ami. Also, Nagoya is near Mon Ami, and is much better than the Japanese steakhouse in Sandusky.

  Nagoya is legit, but also quite a bit more expensive as well.
• BoatShoes

  Everyone here is wrong. The place to go is Red Gables on Cleveland Rd. Near the airport. Best kept secret in the town IMHO.
  
  The owner also runs a sub shop next door called Jack's Deli which has some of the best subs I've ever eaten but I believe he shuts it down in the winter still.
• BoatShoes

  If you want a good burger at a hole in the wall kind of place I say that the Old Dutch Tavern is a good place to go too.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  http://www.monamiwinery.com/
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Scarlet_Buckeye;1389943 wrote:http://www.monamiwinery.com/

  
  This
• hoops23

  

  BoatShoes;1389941 wrote:If you want a good burger at a hole in the wall kind of place I say that the Old Dutch Tavern is a good place to go too.

  Some of the best burgers you'll have are here...
• OSH

  

  OSH;1389810 wrote:I enjoyed Mon Ami in Port Clinton. It's not far away.

  See, look what I started!
  

  Scarlet_Buckeye;1389943 wrote:http://www.monamiwinery.com/

  ernest_t_bass;1389944 wrote:This

• Sonofanump

  BoatShoes;1389940 wrote:Everyone here is wrong. The place to go is Red Gables on Cleveland Rd. Near the airport. Best kept secret in the town IMHO.
  
  The owner also runs a sub shop next door called Jack's Deli which has some of the best subs I've ever eaten but I believe he shuts it down in the winter still.

  The best food, but very steep on prices and I would not take kids there.
• Sonofanump

  hoops23;1389878 wrote:Nagoya is legit, but also quite a bit more expensive as well.

  It's only $3-$5 more a plate than the one in Sandusky, but I think worth it.
• Sonofanump

  I'd save Mon Ami for the summer if you can.
• Classyposter58

  

  Just eat at the restaurant there. It's very good
• gport_tennis

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• slingshot4ever

  Monami is for trashy people that like to think they are high class.