Entries tagged with 'Ohio'
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If the scent that wafts in all directions from the outdoor smoker at Hot Sauce Williams isn't enough to get you in the door,
the sweet, spicy, and tangy sauce ought to be. And fortunately for all who enter, the sauce gets poured onto every order, including this pulled pork sandwich ($6.50).
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I went to the B Spot for
AHT purposes but when I saw
Michael Symon's menu had not one, but
two different fried bologna sandwiches, I knew I had to do some research.
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Who the heck woulda thunk that Columbus, Ohio, is home to some of the greatest tacos I've had
anywhere? Even most Columbus residents former and current are unaware of the awesome truck scene that's unfolded in the city in recent years. I haven't done the math, but I'd be willing to wager that Columbus has one of the highest levels of taco trucks per capita in the country.
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Two years ago when we first featured
Thanksgiving hot dogs they were few and far between. But with the new wave of modern hot dog restaurants—often run by former fine-dining chefs eager to experiment—Thanksgiving has become a serious hot dog holiday. Check out this slideshow for Thanksgiving-themed hot dogs ranging from elegant and creative to straight up ridiculous.
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Grilled cheese is now the official overplayed food trend of 2011 and for the most part, it's not been a good one. Why anyone would pay up to $9 for the world's simplest sandwich—one that nearly
anybody can make twice as well at home for under a quarter of the cost—was utterly beyond me, and I had little reason to expect that Tom + Chee, the three-location mini chain in Cincinnati would be any different. Turns out that this is a grilled cheese concept that
actually works.
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Ever had a Polish Boy? Cleveland's signature sandwich is comprised of a giant kielbasa covered in french fries, cole slaw and barbecue sauce on a giant sandwich roll. An interesting combination of the city's barbecue and Eastern European traditions, it also brings to mind Chicago's minimalist "
Depression Dog", or even Pittsburgh's cole-slaw-and-french-fries deli sandwiches.
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Steve's Lunch is a tiny 24-hour counter with about eight seats on a semi-abandoned block in Cleveland. Walking in on a rainy day to a couple of eccentric regulars shooting the breeze was like living inside a panel of
American Splendor (an autobiographical comic book series by Cleveland native
Harvey Pekar). Steve's has only closed for business a handful of times since 1955, either when Kennedy was shot, after 9-11, or once for Christmas, depending on which staff member or patron's story you choose to believe.
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Mett is short for Mettwurst, a German smoked pork sausage that, in its original form, is something you might spread on toast like liverwust. In Cincinnati it's
closer to kielbasa, grilled and served on buns with mustard and grilled onions.
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It's fitting that
Cleveland's signature dish is the Polish Boy: a grilled kielbasa on a hefty roll topped with cole slaw, a pile of french fries, and lubricated with generous amounts of barbecue and/or hot sauce. It's a perfect representation of a city with a long history of Eastern European sausage-making and Southern-style barbecue, with a touch of Chicago thrown in for good measure (the "fries on the dog" style are reminiscent of Chicago's minimalist "
depression dog" joints).
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It's time for another
street food profile. This time we chat with the people behind Fusion Cafe in Columbus, Ohio, where the menu combines Caribbean, Latin and American flavors—jerk chicken wings with blackberry dipping sauce, bison sliders, mango-blueberry crème brûlée, veggie kebabs, and stewed goat.
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