Toledo City Paper

Best of Toledo 2k9

   It’s easy (and sometimes entertaining) to poke fun of T-town, but  when it comes down to it, there are a lot of reasons to be proud of our fair city. That’s why, we ask you each year to tell us what you enjoy most about Toledo — the people, the food, the entertainment — and every year, we discover more and more reasons to love this place we call home. Thank you, readers and voters! Here are your favorites!

LOCAL COLOR

way to improve Toledo:
create jobs
Runner up: improve Downtown Toledo

do-gooder
Mike Bell
Runner up: Ben Konop

troublemaker
Carty Finkbeiner
Runner up: ...

‘Athena’ is no myth

Local filmmaker depicts harsh reality of Toledo sex worker

   This time, there’s no Richard Gere to save the day.
   Athena, a sobering new documentary from local filmmaker Nicole Tarver, explores the life of a former Toledo sex worker struggling to put her life back together. And it ain’t pretty.
   “This is a story that needed to be told,” said Tarver, who began her career as a social worker before pursuing filmmaking as an occupation. “As a social worker, I spent years trying to help women maneuver through the system. But I knew there were lots of women who were o...

Seoul food

Koreana provides true dining experience

   Koreana serves something you can’t order off the menu — an experience. In this hyperstimulated age where hibachi grills, Mongolian barbecues, and Medieval Knights are considered the apex of the experiential dining world, Korea Na awakens you. Eating here for the first time provides something new. Something unexpected, and very, very special.
   Founded in October of 2008 Beong-Heon Kim — also founder of Kim’s Tae Kwon Do Academy — Korea Na is currently the only Toledo restaurant devoted to Korean cuisine. It’s tough to predict if Kor...

Welcome to ToledoLand

 Sibling duo makes a fashionable statement about their hometown

   Steve Streicher believes that saving a struggling community means making sacrifices — and he intends to promote this theory by example.
   Because of the tough economic times and the dire job market, Streicher and his sister, Sarah, started ToledoLand apparel company, which aims to bring unity, aid and hope to the city they love.
   Although the two owners work to make the company profitable, they do not draw the profit themselves. Instead, profits from the clothing line is donated to local chari...