I learned pretty quickly that in Ohio, the best meals often come from places that politely ignore the idea of keeping up.
Somewhere between a handwritten special board and a booth that remembers more stories than I ever will, I realized modernization is optional when the food still shows up exactly the way people want it.
Ohio has a quiet talent for preserving mom-and-pop restaurants that stick to their routines with a kind of cheerful stubbornness, and that consistency is the whole point…