Berrys on Main

While passing through Norwalk, we stopped for lunch the Wednesday before Thanksgiving on our way to our families, out of town. The restaurant is beautiful inside. I don't know much about the history but it looks like it may have had a recent remodel, keeping so much of the cities history. My husband ordered the Berry burger and I got the breaded chicken sandwich. Both sandwiches came with fries. We both enjoyed our lunches. The chicken sandwich was one of the best I've ever had. We will for sure come back. The service was fast and very friendly. Added plus, the restrooms were spotless.

Hey! All you Rat Pack (and Poutine) Enthusiasts, it's time to flock to Norwalk, Ohio, because Berry's is open again on Main Street, and they're on a roll. No snake eyes here, my friends, only a string of solid sevens, and a soirée of savory side-bet winners that go on & on. The owner, Carlyn Wall, and the executive chef, Cheryl Beach, have teamed up to take everything that was always good about Berry's, and made it sooooooo much better at Berry's on Main. Everything that comprises the ambience of this hidden-in-plain-sight foodie jewel says "quality"... from the golden rehabilitation of the original, vaulted metal ceiling, to the painstakingly hand-carved, replacement tiles in the perfectly restored, and fully re-grouted mosaic flooring. Likewise, everything about both the food, and the service they purvey here also says "care" in everything they do. Tim Bryant, our cheerful, professional, and attentive server brought us spot-on Poutine for a starter that would've made our Food Truck Days friend, Tim The Canadian Wheat Truck Diver, very homesick indeed. Mom, and I both ordered the meatloaf, because it's the dish my Great Aunt Lois once almost broke a hip for in her excitement to get out of the car, and into the restaurant, on one particularly special birthday. The meatloaf did not disappoint. It was exactly what you would have expected to come from the caring hands of your grandmother, and her grandmother before her. It wasn't sauced up with some strange sauce, it had no outlandish ingredients, and it had just the right amount of ketchup on it to give it the moisture, and the tang it deserved. My Mac, and Cheese was just like what my step-mother would have made (and just like the Lemon Merengue Pie recipe plot device in the movie "Toast" her's was an ooey, gooey, chewy side dish worth stealing)... so cheesy... so good. Speaking of cheese, Mom said of the NY Cheesecake, "It tastes like something; it's got a lot of little flavors in it." And that's true of everything here. Everything tastes like something you remember eating, even if you've never eaten anything like that before... like a memory you never knew you had, but always did. Today we stopped back by for a breakfast that lived up to the ethos of the lunch & dinner menus in all respects. I had the corned beef hash & eggs, while Mom opted for the traditional eggs, meat & potatoes... we both had the sweet cream pancakes (because... pancakes made with cream... oh yeah!). As we ate, Old Blue Eyes crooned about picking a plum, just as we did when we chose to try this everything-old-is-new-again Berry's on Main. So pick yourself a plum, all you hep cats & cool cat wannabes, and hurry on down... put on your fedora & make the trip to Norwalk. Because... your tummy, your soul & your spirit will be happy you did.