Ohio Deli

Greasy Spoon

photo from singledigitdining.com

Mike and I really love to watch food TV.  I like to watch the Cooking Channel and the Food Network and Mike watches the Travel Channel.  Well, one day Mike saw an episode of Man vs. Food in Columbus and he said that he wanted to try all of those places.  If you guys haven't seen Man vs. Food, this guy (Adam Richman) travels across the nation to look for "food challenges" - the spiciest, the most outrageous, the biggest, etc.  Usually it's these enormous meals, and that was the case for the Columbus episode.  He went to Schmidt's and had a huge cream puff, Thurman's for a giant burger, and Ohio Deli for an enormous Dagwood sandwich.  We have already been to Schmidt's and Thurman's, so it was only natural for Mike to want to try Ohio Deli.

We drove 20 minutes or so to the southside of Columbus.  For those of you who haven't been there, it's not in the best part of town.  There was a trailer park across the street and it was a little sketchy, but we figured if this place was on TV, it had to be good.. right?  We would soon find out!  It turned out that Ohio Deli was more then just a Deli - more of a diner.  They had food like steak, sandwiches, fish and chips, fried chicken, etc.  As soon as we walked in, we saw a server carry one of their famous Dagwood sandwiches to someone's table.  It was HUGE.  At least 6 inches of cold cuts, a huge pile of fries, and a pickle.  We decided that it would be a little too much food for us and opted to get two smaller sandwiches.  Mike got a turkey club on a croissant and I got a monte cristo.  We also split an order of cheese fries.  The food was ok, but nothing to write home about.  My ham was really, really salty, and the food was quite greasy.  However, the price was very reasonable, and the portions were large (see picture above).  We spent less than $20, including drinks.  Overall, we decided that we wouldn't go back just because it was so far away from campus. 

So that was our adventure to Ohio Deli!  


As a side note, we don't think that we will go out of our way anymore to go to any of Adam Richman's recommendations.  Earlier this month, we went to a restaurant called Primanti Brother's in Pittsburgh.  We heard tons of good things about it on the show, but when we actually got there, the service was horrible and the food was even worse.  I think that most of the food that Adam Richman eats on his show is just massive, and not necessarily delicious.  I mean, how can you enjoy a dish if you are shoveling it down your mouth as fast as you can?  Anyways, that's my rant for the day.  I still like ya, Adam :)