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Toledo Museum of Art Cafe

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Type of Business: Restaurant
Cuisine: American, Other
Price: $$
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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


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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.
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Location & Contact

Old West End, near downtown
2445 Monroe Street
Toledo, OH 43620
Toledo Museum of Art Cafe
(419) 255-8000 (Museum number)

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