Daddy Oh’s – Toledo, Ohio
January 11, 2008
Since I have family and friends living in Toledo, I’m often in the area, and up until a year or so ago, I never really knew where to get a good beer. Someone tipped me off to Daddy Oh’s, and it soon became my favorite. Daddy Oh’s is located at 4044 Monroe St. – kind of close to the Toledo Hospital. The bar is your typical Toledo bar, kind of grungy from the outside, but a very relaxing atmosphere inside. The front room has 3 flat screens hanging on the wall. The bar area is nice, my favorite is to sit across from the 20 or so taps and stare at all of them, trying to decide which beer to get next. There’s an outside patio area too, last time I was out there it was enclosed – I think that’s for smokers now.
Now, to the good part – the beer. I definitely can’t name them all, but for a small bar in Toledo, this place has got an amazing line up. On tap, just to name a few there’s Dog Fish Head 90 minute, Flying Dog Imperial Porter, Bells, Great Lakes, Arrogant Bastard, Stella, Labatts, Loose Cannon IPA (Clipper City – and my personal favorite), Mad Hatter (New Holland) among others.
The bottle selection is pretty amazing too, I’m not even going to try naming them, but there’s probably a good list of 75-100 beers listed. Last night I enjoyed a Stone IPA.
Daddy Oh’s also has a full dinner menu with a wild pizza line up (coney island hot dog pizza to name one of them) and excellent deli-style sandwiches.
If you happen to be in the Toledo area, I would strongly suggest checking out Daddy Oh’s. And when you’re finished, swing by Joseph’s Beverage Center for the best carry-out beer selection in Toledo.
(More reviews on Beer Advocate – click here)
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January 20th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I’m not a fan of Daddy Oh’s. The beer selection is great, especially for Toledo, but the prices are ridiculous ($8.00 for a glass of La Chouffe?!?) and every beer is served with a few degrees of freezing. Also, dim lighting and bright plasma screens is rough on the eyes.
In other news, a Granite City Brewery will soon be available in Maumee: http://www.gcfb.net/locations/loc_toledo.cfm
February 1st, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Stopped at Daddy-Oh’s this evening for the first time. I thought it was an interesting neighborhood bar that happened to have great beer on tap. I had a Loose Cannon on draft. Had to let it warm up a bit. While I was sipping that, I ordered a Delirium Tremens and let that sit a while. Some crazy regulars in that place. Not ANY beer geeks, but I enjoyed the scene. I’ll go back for more great beer.