Entries from March 2008

March 27, 2008

The Jewel

6711 Airport Highway, Holland, Ohio 4528
***** – Five Stars (out of 5)
Indian restaurants in the United States tend to fall into one of four main categories. The largest category serves a pan-Indian cuisine that, while not associated with any particular region of India, has become the de facto standard — samosas, chicken tikka masala, [...]

March 12, 2008

Budapest Restaurant

3314 Monroe Street, Toledo, Ohio
**** – Four Stars (out of 5)
Budapest Restaurant is like a beautiful insect, frozen in amber and preserved for us to enjoy long after its natural lifespan has expired. While I could praise it as an unpretentious masterpiece of comfort food — indeed, it is veritable black hole of pretension, [...]