Lunch & dinner off I-80

[Bone Thug n Hominy]

Hi,

I'm moving from NY to Chicago by car. Hopefully, I'll be able to try out a few noteworthy places on the way. Do you hounds have any suggestions for lunch (western PA) or dinner (Indiana or Western Ohio) before we hit our destination?

Thanks!

[Davwud]

Go to Tony Packo's in Toledo.

Really good food and very famous. Has been mentioned several times in the show M*A*S*H* and one of those places where every celeb who is in the area eats there.
http://www.tonypackos.com/index.php

Pictures and some history here.
http://tinyurl.com/35rqd4k

Choose the front street store.

DT

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Tony Packo's Cafe
7 S Superior St, Toledo, OH 43604

[nsxtasy]

Toledo and South Bend are both along your route. You'll find recommendations for Toledo in this discussion:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/397505

and for South Bend in this discussion:

http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/125485

Downtown Toledo and downtown South Bend are both 10-12 minutes from the highway. However, my two favorite restaurants in the Toledo area are right near the Ohio Turnpike interchange with US-20/Reynolds Road, just down the street from each other on Dussel Drive: Mancy's Bluewater Grill for seafood ( www.mancys.com ), and Bangkok Kitchen for Thai food ( www.allmenus.com/oh/maumee/55893-bang... ). Mancy's Bluewater is easily noticeable, standing alone in the outlot of a strip mall on the north side of Dussel, but Bangkok Kitchen is somewhat hard to spot in its strip mall on the south side of Dussel; it's just east of Wendy's.

Bring your EZ-PASS for the tolls, as it is accepted (and gives you a discount) on all the toll roads along your route. Driving westbound, plan your trip so that you don't need to stop for gas at the first 2-3 service areas on the Indiana Toll Road; they charge about 30 cents a gallon more than the ones on the rest of the toll road (which are also significantly cheaper than Chicago gas prices, so DO stop at one of those - the last one is around milepost 22, right before I-80 splits from I-90).

You'll want to ask on the Pennsylvania forum for suggestions in western PA.

Welcome to Chicago; I'm sure we'll see you on the Chicago forum!

[Bone Thug n Hominy]

Thanks a lot of the advice (on both logistics and eats). Those places sound like a pretty convenient dinner stop. I checked the menus out, and Bangkok Kitchen definitely looks like my kind of place.

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Bangkok Kitchen
582 West Dussel Dr, Maumee, OH 43537