Ohio has more going on than it usually gets credit for, and some of its best meals are hiding in the kinds of places you could drive past without a second glance. They are on quiet streets, in small towns, and behind modest storefronts that are not trying to win a beauty contest from the highway.
You can forget the chain spots by the exit ramp. The restaurants here are the ones locals talk about carefully, if at all, because once too many people find out, the secret is basically over.
Some have been feeding the same families for decades. Others have become neighborhood favorites without needing much more than a front door and a loyal crowd…