Restaurant Week Toledo 2011

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March 23, 2011

Your guide to the hottest food event of the year.

March 28 – April 3

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Leadership Toledo, TFP launch ‘Restaurant Week’

By Sarah Ottney Toledo Free Press special sections editor sottney@toledofreepress.com

Leadership Toledo is teaming with Toledo Free Press to organize a Restaurant Week to benefit the local nonprofit as well as showcase the area’s diverse culinary options.

Cory Dippold, director of youth programs for Leadership Toledo, said Restaurant Week is something that is done across the country in most mid-size and larger cities.

“The main goal is that it is a fundraiser for Leadership Toledo, but it is also designed to bring awareness to locally owned restaurants and some of the menu items they have to offer,” Dippold said.

Restaurant Week Toledo is set for March 28 through April 3.

More than 15 restaurants in Toledo and the surrounding area have created menus especially for Restaurant Week and will offer

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Special Menu Special-priced menu all week long, featuring special-cut rib steaks

meals for $10, $20 and $30 or other specials.

Diners will have several choices for each course, typically an appetizer, entrée and dessert. Restaurant Week specials are for dine-in only. Beverages, tax and gratuity are not included in the price.

For each purchase, an amount will go to Leadership Toledo, a nonprofit organization established in the early 1980s. The group fosters leadership and involvement in the Greater Toledo area, including expanding a knowledge and awareness of community issues and opportunities, and preparing area residents for more active and informed involvement in community affairs.

The lineup of restaurants is profiled in this pull-out guide.

Other media partners include FOX Toledo and Star 105.5 FM. For information, visit www.restaurant weektoledo.com or contact Leadership Toledo at (419) 241-7371. O

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Open seven days a week and featuring live entertainment on Fridays and Saturdays, Angelo’s Northwood Villa offers reasonably priced meals in casual yet elegant surroundings, said Greek-born owner Angelo Tsipis. The building — once used as a meeting spot for gangsters from Cleveland and Detroit during Prohibition — has a storied history, but even though it’s just over the state line, many Toledoans don’t know of the eatery, Tsipis said.

“We’ve been around 11 years and people still come in for the first time,” he said. Especially known for its steaks, which are hand-cut on location, Angelo’s also offers seafood and Italian options. “I hope they have the finest experience and come back for more,” Tsipis said. “I don’t want anyone leaving here disappointed.” O

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March 28–April 3, 2011

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Located directly across from the Stranahan Theater, the restaurant features a diverse variety of affordable dishes, including fresh seafood, steak, poultry and pasta, said General Manager Brad Holler. “Quality of food is the No. 1 priority at the Pearl,” Holler said. “We are famous for our prime rib and fresh seafood. What sets us apart is you can dine on a 12-ounce lobster — the best lobster around — or you can order from the Best for Less section that has nine items under $12 and you’ll be happy either way.” O

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5 p.m. to midnight Tuesday – Thursday, 5 p.m. to 1 a.m.

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Appetizer With Choice of pork belly tater tots, a name meaning trio of fries, ale and cheddar “to feel free, easy dip, or wild mushroom and and relaxed” in mozzarella tartine French, Dégagé Entrée is a perfect place Choice of barbecued duck pizza, to enjoy a meal wild duck ragu, buttermilk fried wild with family and rabbit, sautéed Lake Erie walleye or friends or a char-grilled steak and frites romantic dinner Dessert for two, said chef Choice of crème brûlée of the Joseph Jacobsen. evening, cheesecake of the “At Dégagé Jazz evening, dessert of the evening or Café, we combine junk food platter our trademark Includes a nonalcoholic beverage.

French-inspired refined rusticity Price: $30 with an unyielding passion for the best local, seasonal and fresh ingredients in our recipes,” said Jacobsen, a native Toledoan who studied at the world-renowned French Culinary Institute in New York. “The new spring menu has everything from homemade soups, salads, unique appetizers and entrées as well as a new pizza menu.

We also feature an extensive martini list along with four locally crafted beers on tap and a wine list that Joseph complements the menu.” Located in a building listed Chef on the National Register of Historic Places, Dégagé features outdoor patio seating and live jazz five nights a week. “This building filled with character, charm and history will be celebrating its 175th anniversary this year,” Jacobsen said. O

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Fifi’s Reprise Restaurant and Lounge

1423 Bernath Parkway, Toledo (419) 866-6777 www.fifisrestaurant.com

Special Menu Start off with chicken liver pate´ and soup de jour, then a choice of house salad with cognac dressing or Fifi’s chopped salad (tossed with blue cheese and cognac dressing, garnished with pecans and dry cranberries) Entrée Choice of braised beef short ribs (slowly braised in red wine and veal demi-glaze, accompanied with Dauphinoise potato and mixed julienne vegetables), grilled airline breast of chicken (stuffed with goat cheese and sun-dried tomato, finished with a light sauce, served with creamy orzo, sautéed spinach and garnished with grilled lemon slice), ruby trout (baked in herbed butter, served over jasmine rice and finished with citrus beurre blanc sauce) or pasta du jour.

Dessert Choice of crème brûlée (French vanilla custard topped with caramelized sugar) or apple crumble a la mode Price: $30

Continental cuisine and a lengthy wine list coupled with an ambiance that encourages intimate conversation have landed this 31-year-old establishment in listings like “America’s 200 Most Romantic Restaurants” and garnered three-star ratings from Mobil Travel Guide, now Forbes Travel Guide, for nearly 20 years. Given its location, tucked in a plaza off Airport Highway, owner Fifi Berry said visitors are sometimes surprised to find such an upscale interior, featuring a cozy lounge, private dining room and pianist on weekends. “It’s very comfortable. It’s not a noisy restaurant, even when people are having a really good time,” Berry said. “We don’t do huge portions where people overeat. That’s just not our style. It’s the perfect portion as far as I’m concerned, and very pretty food, nicely presented.”O

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Frog Leg Inn

2103 Manhattan St., Erie (734) 848-8580 www.frogleginn.com

Special Menu

Founded in 1910, the Choice of either appetizer or dessert with entrée. All entrées Frog Leg Inn is housed in a served with salad, rolls, mashed building built in 1853, which potatoes and vegetable. over the decades has served as a speakeasy, school, meat market, Appetizer pizza joint, stopover point for Choice of flat bread, artichoke dip with bread or shrimp bisque gangsters and more. Chef Tad Cousino and his French-born Entrée wife, Catherine, took over the Choice of chicken forestiere, restaurant in the mid-1990s and 16-ounce ribeye or crusted chipotle lime tilapia their menu features classical French fare with an emphasis on Dessert heavy cream sauces. Frog legs, Choice of bread pudding, of course, are a staple, Cousino chocolate mousse or crème said. Roast lamb bourguignon brûlée and pork normandy are other Price: $20 signature dishes, but the menu also includes seafood, chicken, duck, beef, pasta and a wine list.

“I have people that come in suit and tie and formal dresses sitting next to someone in a polo shirt and shorts, and you feel comfortable either way. It’s just one of those places where you’re comfortable and you’re never out of place. Our focus is more on the food than what you’re dressed like,” Cousino said. “We have people coming from Sandusky, Port Clinton, Whitehouse, Detroit, Ann Arbor, looking for that place that they can just feel like themselves and enjoy good food with family and friends and that’s what we do.” O

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5 to 10 p.m. Tuesday –Saturday, closed Sunday and Monday

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6060 Renaissance Place, Toledo (419) 517-5570 www.hungryitoledo.com The Hungry I’s warm, laid-back atmosphere and ample portions keep area residents coming back for more, said co-owner Moussa Salloukh, who along with Gus Nicolaidis also co-owns La Scola Italian Grill.

More casual than their other eatery, The Hungry I features “the best corned beef Rueben in town and the biggest salads around,” Salloukh said.

“We’re both ethnic guys. We believe in big portions and we don’t want you to leave hungry.

Whether you’re in the mood for a sandwich, steak, ribs, martinis or a great draft beer, there’s a little something for everybody at The Hungry I.” O

Lunch Menu Choice of the following soup and half-sandwich combos: Turkey stack (oven-roasted turkey stacked on marble rye, with lettuce, tomato and your choice of cheese), roast beef and cheddar (roast beef, cheddar cheese, homemade horseradish mayo, lettuce and tomato served on herbed ciabatta), B.L.T. (bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo served on herbed ciabatta), homemade chicken salad or homemade tuna salad.

Cup of soup, fries and nonalcoholic beverage included.

Price: $10

Hours

11 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Monday – Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Friday – Saturday, noon to 9 p.m. Sunday

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Entrée Choice of citrus chicken fettuccini alfredo (fettucc spinach, grilled chicken b fresh lemon juice and lem zest tossed with cream) o queen slab BBQ ribs (hal fall-off-the-bone ribs exa way ribs should be — su and saucy, each grilled a brushed in our homemad sauce and served with fr fries and cole slaw) Dessert Choice of crème brulee o New York-style cheeseca Price: $20

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J. Patrick’s Restaurant & Pub

At the Holiday Inn French Quarter, 10630 Fremont Pike, Perrysburg (419) 874-3111 www.hifq.com/restaurant

Hours

Restaurant: 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday – Thursday, 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday – Saturday, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday Pub: 11 a.m. to midnight Monday – Thursday, 11 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Friday and Saturday, 5 to 9 p.m.

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J. Patrick’s Restaurant & Pub, located inside the Holiday Inn French Quarter, has a fun, friendly and casual contemporary atmosphere, said General Manager Brenda Fey. “We are known for our Sunday brunch, our Friday Surf and Turf buffet, which is a prime rib seafood buffet, and Betty’s Salad. Those are our signature items,” Fey said. “J. Patrick’s is a place with great quality and great service and I hope (Good through 9 p.m. Saturday) people want to come back and tell their friends.” O

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La Scola Italian Grill

5375 Airport Highway, Toledo (419) 381-2100 www.lascolaitaliangrill.com

With its elegant, amber-lit interior, extensive wine list and gourmet Italian cuisine, La Scola is “a place to get away from it all,” said co-owner Moussa Salloukh. A lounge area, perfect for appetizers, features leather couches and black and white photos depicting Toledo history. “We want people to come in, forget about their day, kick back and let us serve them,” Salloukh said. He and Gus Nicolaidis, both raised in ethnic families that loved to cook and share meals, combined their lifelong passion for food and decades of Toledo restaurant experience when they opened La Scola in 2007. The two also own The Hungry I. “I’ve had people come in from New York, from all over, and say it’s the best Italian they’ve ever had,” Salloukh said. “It’s big-city food and a big-city atmosphere here in Toledo.” O

Special Menu Choice of braised short rib of beef (braised and slow-cooked in red port wine, served over polenta and accompanied with seasonal vegetables) or baked gulf shrimp (herb-baked jumbo shrimp with red wine-lemon vinaigrette, fresh spinach and tomato) Choice of dessert and coffee Price: $30

Hours

4 to 10 p.m. Monday – Thursday, 4 to 11 p.m. Friday – Saturday, 4 to 9 p.m. Sunday

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Manhattan’s

1516 Adams St., Toledo (419) 243-6675 www.manhattanstoledo.com

Hours

Lunch starts at 11 a.m. Monday – y Friday; Dinner, 5 to 10 p.m. Monda to . a.m 10 – Saturday; Brunch, 2 p.m. Sunday. Reservations suggested on weekends.

Appetizer Choice of Calamari el Greco, Chinatown’s salmon rangoon, Fulton Market scallop cevice, spinach artichoke dip or Ellis Island eggplant Entrée Choice of Manhattan beef wellington, scampi orzo, South Street cedar plant salmon, spinach lasagna or New York strip Dessert Choice of rum cake, carrot cake, New York cheesecake, tiramisu or Baileys cheesecake. Includes bread and choice of soup or salad Price: $30

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11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Friday – Saturday; noon to 9 p.m. Sunday

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Area residents can take a journey through Appetizer Choice of Riad’s Hommos, the Mediterranean without leaving Northwest Grape Leaves, Sautéed Ohio at this warm, welcoming and upscale Mushrooms, Ara-yes Halabi or casual eatery featuring plenty of healthSaganaki Kasseri conscious and heart-healthy dishes, said Entrée owner Elias Hajjar. “It’s something very Choice of Beef Tenderloin Shish unique to Toledo. You get a nice mix of all Kabob (Half Order), Chicken the flavors of the Mediterranean — Lebanese, Shish Kabob (Half Order) or Italian, Greek — and they’re available to try Shish Kafta (Half Order) all the different cuisines in one place,” said Dessert Hajjar, whose father owns The Beirut and Choice of brownie, chocolate Byblos. “Mediterranean food in general crème brûlée or crème brûlée is very healthy. We tend to use a lot more olive oil than butter, lots of vegetables, lots Price: $20 of lean meat.” Poco Piatti bakes fresh pitas daily in stone ovens and uses locally owned suppliers. The name means “small plates” in Italian and refers to the communal tradition of sharing dishes around the table with everyone trying a little bit of each one. O

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Rockwell’s

At the Oliver House, 27 Broadway St., Toledo (419) 243-1302 www.oh-rockwells.com Located in the historic Oliver House, this upscale steakhouse features classically prepared cuisine in a fine dining atmosphere with a view of the riverfront, said General Manager Neal Kovacik. With seating available in the second-floor dining room or a classic lounge downstairs, Rockwell’s serves only the finest cuts of prime aged USDA meats as well as fresh seafood, chops, Start with the Oliver House side chicken, pasta, salad with choice of dressing custom-made Entrée desserts and Choice of petit filet mignon (6 much more, r-cut ounces of USDA Prime cente Kovacik said. tenderloin steak), pan-roasted “We have a en chick -in bone (two chicken great view of breasts stuffed with prosciutto the City of and boursin cheese and served Toledo and with sun-dried tomato beurre the river in the blanc), or lobster macaroni and cozy historic cheese with white cheddar cheese, boursin cheese, cream, Oliver House,” macaroni and lobster meat.

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Hours “Authentic Italian — that’s what we’re 11:30 a.m. to known for, but 9 p.m. Monday – Appetizer our fresh seafood Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. with Choice of Hot Mama Bread creations and New Cheese, margarita pizza, smoked to 10 p.m.

York Stock Yards fish dip, bruschetta or calamari Wednesday – steaks are just with Peppadew peppers Thursday, 11:30 a.m. incomparable,” said Entrée to 11 p.m. Friday, pastry chef Betsy Choice of veal parmesan, Italian noon to 11 p.m.

Barone. Rosie’s awardsausage, chicken marsala, lasagna Saturday, winning pizza was a or Peppadew and sausage Tuscan4 to 9 p.m. Sunday staple of the Barone style pizza family’s original deli Dessert and pizzeria, which Choice of key lime pie, gelato, has since expanded tiramisu, chocolate raspberry cake to include fresh fish, or panna lotta steaks, lamb chops, Price: $30 bread made fresh daily and much more.

Featuring a welcoming, intimate bar with live music Wednesday through Friday, and a private, four-season patio, patrons will find exceptional food and service at Rosie’s, Barone said. “We’re hoping everyone feels comfortable in Betsy our atmosphere, with the feel of a walk through the Pastry chef streets of Italy,” Barone said. “We want the visit to be outstanding, start to finish.” O

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Special Menu Appetizer Choice of Thai Coconut Seafood Soup, Won Ton Soup, Signature Hot and Sour Soup or Miso Soup Entrée Choice of Salmon Teriyaki, PanFried Seafood Splashdown, Tuna Festival or Delmonico Steak Dessert Choice of New York Cheesecake, Carrot Cake, Peanut Butter Cream Pie or Red Velvet Cake Price: $30

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Live Jazz

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Sunday Brunch

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301 River Road 419-794-8205 at The Historic Commercial Building degagejazzcafe.com Maumee Experience our Restaurant Week Special and help support Leadership Toledo.

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Toledo Free Press Star • Restaurant Week Toledo (March 28–April 3, 2011) • www.restaurantweektoledo.com

Stop in for

Restaurant Week March 28th April 3rd 30 of Black Pearl Gift Certificates $ for only $

23

Good through 12/24/11.

Black Pearl

Specializing in Prime Rib & The Freshest Seafood

Appetizers Salads Pastas Sandwiches Desserts Full Bar Great Wine List

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday

3:30 - 9:00 11:30 - 9:00 11:30 - 9:00 11:30 - 11:00 11:30 - 11:00 11:30 - 11:00 11:30 - 9:00

419.380.1616 4630 Heatherdowns

(across from the Stranahan)

blackpearltoledo.com

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Ventura’sroft St., Toledo

7742 W. Banc (419) 841-7523 treat.com/ventura www.toledostriple

Serving Mexican and American cuisine to area residents for 26 years, Ventura’s offers three dining rooms, including a garden area. “Our relaxing Appetizer atmosphere makes Choice of tossed salad, small Ventura’s a favorite refrito bean dip, con queso cheese place to gather dip or cup of black bean soup with friends and family for a dining Entrée Choice of Cajun chicken enchilada, experience filled with chicken fajita taco, beef fajita taco, great food, friendly ground beef wet burrito, chicken service and the best wet burrito, or chicken or beef margaritas in town,” enchilada with Spanish rice said General Manager Dessert Valerie Mundt-Scott.

Choice of cinnamon chips or fried Customer favorites ice cream include Cajun chicken, spicy fajitas, BBQ ribs, Price: $10 burgers, chimichangas, Mexican pizza, tamales, Valerie homemade guacamole and daily soups, she said. “We have something to satisfy everyone,” Scott said. O General

Special Menu

Hours

11a.m. to 11p.m.

Monday–Thursday, 11a.m. to midnight Friday–Saturday, closed Sunday

We have ‘‘something to satisfy everyone. ’’

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Mundt-Scott Manager

March 28th – April 3rd

NOW !

OPEN Blarney Bullpen

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www.theblarneybullpen.com

601 Monroe St.

Happy Hour Live Entertainmentt Right Across from Fifth Third Field Mon-Fri 4-7 pm Thurs - Fri - Sat For music listi listings, drink specials, & weekly dining specials, go to:

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The only Prime Steakhouse in Toledo.

Elegant excellence, for everyone.

Voted BEST Irish Pu & Downtownb Ba in Toledo! r

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27 Broadway Street, Toledo

419.243.1302 41

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