Local finest dining restaurant, in your area

• Belly35

  

  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.
• thavoice

  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.
• Terry_Tate

  

  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.
• bigkahuna

  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
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  Bender's beats out Lucia's which beats out Desert Inn which beats out Basil for me.
• Belly35

  

  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...
• thavoice

  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.
• Belly35

  

  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...
• Fab4Runner

  

  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.
• Laley23

  

  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.
• thavoice

  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.
• Belly35

  

  thavoice;1713888 wrote:Never heard of the place.

  its in Toledo
• justincredible

  

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

  

  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.
• thavoice

  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?
• Belly35

  

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

  i did this was for bigkahuna ...
• Terry_Tate

  

  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.
• HitsRus

  

  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.
• sportchampps

  In Columbus it's easily The Refractory. It's ranked in the top 15 most romantic restaurants in the nation. Great Food
• Pick6

  

  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.
• gerb131

  

  The Top Columbus
  lindeys
  aki Hana
  many more
• Ironman92

  

  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
• se-alum

  

  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.
• Wally

  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.
• Ironman92

  

  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.