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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine: American, Other
Price: $$
Rating Criteria
1. From Scratch: Serves mostly (i.e., more than half of the menu) fresh food, prepared from scratch. Does NOT rely primarily on kits or prepared/partially prepared foods from commercial food services.
Yes
Comments: The menu includes a variety of handmade gnocchi, homemade soups, and unusual salads - see the menu here https://www.toledomuseum.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/Museum_Cafe__New_Menu.pdf
2. Local/Organic: Offers at least some locally sourced and/or organically produced food and/or wild-caught seafood.
Yes
Comments: They did have a nearby garden they were getting fresh vegetables and herbs from
3. Pastured: Offers at least some pastured animal foods.
No
Comments: Will have to check on this
4. Organs: Offers some dishes made with organ meats (liver/paté, sweetbreads, heart, kidney, brains, etc.).
No
Comments: I doesn't look like there is any pate.
5. Cooking Fats: Cooks (sautés) in natural fats such as butter, lard, tallow, duck fat, coconut oil, or olive oil; uses lard, duck fat, or tallow for frying.
No
Comments: Will have to ask about this
6. Bone Broth: Makes own bone broths/stocks for use in soups, stews, gravies, and sauces (does NOT use canned broth or powdered soup bases).
Yes
Comments: I will need to ask about this
7. Seasonings: Makes most of its own seasoning mixes (does NOT use flavoring packets or MSG).
Yes
Comments: I sounds like the chefs create their own seasonings.
8. Salad oils: Makes most of its own salad dressings using olive oil or cold-pressed sesame oil.
No
Comments: Will have to ask about this.
9. Breads: Offers genuine sourdough bread.
No
10. Beverages: Offers lacto-fermented beverages (such as kombucha or kvass).
No
Comments: Maybe they will add kombucha soon.
11. Condiments: Offers lacto-fermented condiments.
No
12. Desserts: Offers desserts made with natural sweeteners (such as raw honey, maple syrup, maple sugar, molasses, date sugar, palm sugar, coconut sugar, sorghum syrup, or malt syrup).
No
Comments: The desserts are made inhouse, but with standard ingredients, I think.
Rating Created by:
Kris Johnson
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Location & Contact
Old West End, near downtown
2445 Monroe Street
Toledo, OH 43620
2445 Monroe Street
Toledo, OH 43620
Located inside the Grove Place entrance of the main Museum building, the Museum Café offers signature sandwiches, salads, soups, and desserts, including a variety of unusual offerings from the chef.
The Museum website above includes a link to their menu.
The cafe and ktichen were recently renovated, and their new offerings explained here:
https://www.toledoblade.com/Mary-Bilyeu/2016/04/24/New-menu-at-the-Toledo-Museum-of-Art.html