There’s a restaurant in Toledo where the most prized possessions aren’t paintings or antiques, but rather hundreds of autographed hot dog buns preserved behind glass like they’re ancient artifacts from a carbohydrate museum.
The Original Tony Packo’s on Front Street has turned what should be the most perishable item in any restaurant into a permanent collection that draws curious visitors from across the country.
And before you ask, yes, they’re real hot dog buns, and yes, famous people actually signed them, and yes, this is exactly as wonderfully weird as it sounds.
Walking into Tony Packo’s for the first time is like stepping into someone’s incredibly eclectic living room if that living room also happened to serve some of the best Hungarian food in Ohio…