Let's eat some Tony Packo's and go to a Mud Hens game!

Only thing I've ever heard about Toledo is from Klinger Anyone know anything about Toledo? Might be moving there

Could tell you lots, that's the Raven's roost of origin!

Tony Packo's is all you need to know. The Good Lord shed Dawkin's grace on Tony Packo's.

The rest is working class Northern Ohio to the core. You would also be close to Cedar Point and the best damn rollercoasters in the universe.

yeah, close proximity to Cedar Point is a major ++, I got hugely spoiled as a kid going there every summer, it make disneyworld seem like wuss-land in comparison ... and if you do go to Packo's don't go to the new location down by the baseball field in town... for the authentic experience go to one of the older locations, like the one in Sylvania, that still has all the signed hotdog buns on the walls and Toledo memrobilia... the one by the park is too... too... new... and lacks the original 'dive' atmosphere.

The other decent bright spot in town is the Toledo Museum of Art... it's small mind you, but for its size has a fantastic collection, and somehow manages to net some pretty impressive traveling shows. It also has a brand spankin' new Glass Pavilion, built just to house it's massive glass collection (T-Town is known as the Glass City), and if you want to learn glass blowing, they offer classes in a really great brand new facility

Yea! Other Toledoans! I'm in LA now, but I have my "MASH style" Mud Hens jersey to remind me of home (Sylvania).

Toledo is a bit of an odd city. It used to be the booming "Glass Capitol of the World" until the natural gas ran out in the 70's (before my time) and everything went to pot. As has been said, it still has a very decent art museum and the Toledo Zoo is pretty nice too. They're trying to revitalize downtown with the new Mud Hens stadium, I hear it's doing a bit better out there. Toledo has been struggling a bit because most of the industry in is too closely tied into the American auto industry, which hasn't done well, of course.

I do miss Packo's dogs every once in a while, but I kind of always thought they were a little over rated. At least in the restaurants. I prefer picking up the natural casing Packo's dogs and a can of Packo's chili at the store and hitting the grill where you can control what's going on. I also miss Bob Evans sausage. You never know how much you can miss good fresh sausage until you have to suffer through the over-seasoned, over-fatty Farmer John schlock that they try to pass off as food out here. And I've had to spread the gospel of real maple syrup to these plastic goop swilling hippies, but I'm on a tangent.

Another bright spot was Rusty's Jazz cafe, but unfortunately I hear that it died with Rusty. She was special.

Also find Garlic Expressions salad dressing in the stores. It's from Perrysburg and is probably the best I've ever had, but I'm a garlic freak. Jesus, is that all we had in Toledo was a few food oddities? I guess that's why I had to leave.

Mmm, and Barry's Bagels. Damn, I need breakfast.

I still buy cases of Garlic Expressions online and will even when I move to Portland. So good . . .

yeah, Toledo is a bit sad like that, it lacks a lot of things, I certainly do not envision myself ever moving back there, I think ultimately I would go crazy... but its not a terrible place to live by any means... and you get the enjoyment of having Carty Finkbeiner as mayor... as far as I'm concerned he keeps getting elected for entertainment value alone... Toledoans like to sit around and reminisce about the time he told all the people by the airport who were complaining about the noise to sell their homes to deaf people... or the time he assaulted a secretary with a coffee bug... or the time he gave an old man a heart attack... he was even on the Daily Show once, when it was first on... he gave Brian Unger a tour of Toledo, trying to sell it as a new Hollywood... they drove by all the empty warehouses in downtown and said that for Bruce Willis, he was willing to blow them all up!

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