With restaurant rating websites like Urbanspoon, everyone can be a food critic. Luckily for Bar 145, the "critics" approve — the restaurant was recently named one of Urbanspoon's Most Popular Restaurant Bars. Of the 8,500 contenders, only 200 made the list. The highlight of the award for Chef Robby Lucas? Appearing on a list with one of his gastropub idols, April Bloomfield of the Spotted Pig in New York City. "That blew me away more than anything, that our little restaurant in Toledo, Ohio made the same awards list as the Spotted Pig," Lucas says. "That was very humbling." Bar 145, 5305 Monroe St. 419-593-0073. www.bar145toledo.com. —AO
The golden spoon
With restaurant rating websites like Urbanspoon, everyone can be a food critic. Luckily for Bar 145, the "critics" approve — the restaurant was recently named one of Urbanspoon's Most Popular Restaurant Bars. Of the 8,500 contenders, only 200 made the list. The highlight of the award for Chef Robby Lucas? Appearing on a list with one of his gastropub idols, April Bloomfield of the Spotted Pig in New York City. "That blew me away more than anything, that our little restaurant in Toledo, Ohio made the same awards list as the Spotted Pig," Lucas says. "That was very humbling." Bar 145, 5305 Monroe St. 419-593-0073. www.bar145toledo.com. —AO
