From downtown landmarks and small-town finds to old-school favorites and local legends, these restaurants deserve to be on your Buckeye State bucket list. Opened first as a meat-packing house in , the family-owned business is a German Village landmark. Equally well known are the jumbo cream puffs, clocking in at half a pound of delicate pastry filled with a specialty blend of whipped cream and vanilla. Kossuth St. A favorite with Golden Lamb guests since , the recipe was discovered shortly after Robert and Virginia Jones purchased the historic hotel and restaurant, which dates to Furnishing the establishment with antiques from an s Shaker community that existed near Lebanon, Mrs.
Jones found the handwritten recipe in a secret drawer of a hutch she purchased at auction. That hutch now stands in the lobby of the Golden Lamb, where diners can dig into entrees that range from Ohio fried chicken to a roast turkey dinner. Campus Pollyeyes has been a cozy, trusted companion since Tucked right next to the Bowling Green State University campus, the pizza joint is the go-to place for locals, faculty and students. The warm, fresh-baked dough wrapped around melted mozzarella can be filled with any number of pizza toppings.
Options include jalapeno cheese, pizza sauce, barbecue sauce, buffalo wing sauce or house-made ranch. Court St. The pizzeria moved to Whitehall four years later.
Main St. Digging into the Huevos Rancheros is an edible excavation. The first forkful invariably releases a bit of steam that attests to the fresh-from-the-kitchen layers of salsa, eggs, pepper jack cheese, black beans and crisp corn tortillas piled high on your plate.
Locals and vacationers flock here for fish and onion rings fried to golden perfection. In , the restaurant relocated to a new space just two doors away from its original spot, offering more seating and lake views.
