Ohio hides some of its best steaks far from the big cities, in small towns where the parking lot fills up before dark and everybody seems to know each other. These are the places where families have been coming for generations, where the menu changes slowly and the regulars order the same thing every time.
Some sit along old country roads, others anchor tiny main streets that most people drive right past. If you love a good steak and a place with real history behind it, this list is for you.
Here are nine small-town Ohio steakhouses that have kept folks coming back for decades, each with its own reason to earn a spot on the drive.
1. The Old Barn Out Back, Kalida, Ohio
Set in the small farming community of Kalida in Putnam County, this restaurant lives up to its name with a big barn-style building that stands out along the rural roads…