We were visiting family in Toledo OH from Detroit and they take us to Josephine kitchen's to order…read moredinner the food was very tasty and next time I'm in town I'll be coming back again. Friendly and family feel.

Let me start with i am super biased I absolutely love hole in the wall restraunts. This place is a…read moreclassic hole in the wall. If you are looking for linen tables this is not your place. Now if you looking for good service and good food this is your place. Southern food cooked like it should be authentic! Stop in and give this place a try!!

Food is outstanding, the wait can take a bit sometimes but always worth it. The jerk chicken is…read moreespecially noteworthy.

I wish I could give 4.5 stars honestly because this was almost a perfect 4 meals. I ordered the…read morecurry goat (my personal favorite) with rice and peas (beans) with green beans, the oxtails with cabbage, the red snapper with cabbage, and the jerk chicken with rice and peas. Wow. I was very satisfied with all of these meals. Plenty in portions, tender meat (a couple of oxtails were majority fat) but the flavoring of the curry and sauces and seasonings were perfect (and spicy ofc!). The jerk chicken is probably the spiciest. I wouldn't say the curry goat or oxtails aren't that spicy. The red snapper had a good amount of spice. It also had a lot of bones. So prepare for that & be careful. This location only offers pick up orders inside of a carry-out so the process was efficient, organized, straightforward and easy. Amazing dinners!

The food truck was at our local farmers market. I've never had Jamaican food before but have heard…read moreof the famous jerk chicken. I ordered the small with plantains and fried cabbage. first off, it was huge!! the chicken was so tender it literally fell off the bone. The spice was no joke but I loved it! The cabbage and plantains were delicious as well . Definitely would recommend.!!

Food is "Ok"! Rice is too starchy!! Fatty cuts of meat! But what really upsets me with this place…read moreis you have to order on site! Meaning I cannot call ahead and have it ready! I have to wait at the location!! That's not acceptable! And they have lost business due to this practice! Update;: food has improved considerably!! New chef???After writing off this restaurant, the food truck made a decent impression! I even visited the store front later in the week Keep up the good work!

Stopped by for lunch with my husband. We ordered the oxtail and butter beans with rice and beans,…read moreand cabbage stir-fry, and it was amazing. The oxtail was awesome and the rice and beans were really good as well. The cabbage was good, but not my thing. We also a Ting sparkling grapefruit soda from Jamaica. Loved it! The staff were super friendly. Would definitely come back.

I was supposed to pick up an order for doordash and they had me waiting for 45minutes!!! Slow no…read morebusiness skills or time management Dont waste your time if your in a rush!!

The Customer Service is very bad it took a 1 hour&almost 30mins for our food to come than when our…read morefood came there was a strain of hair in my burger that I ordered the manger brandon though was very sweet and made me a second burger and that was a very good nice juicy soft other than that the food was amazin..

This restaurant is located on a busy street but signs fortunately lead you to the restaurant. There…read moreis a lot of parking. I had tried to make a reservation for a party of two, but was told they only take reservations for larger groups. I was advised to arrive between 5pm-5:30pm on a Saturday evening to avoid a wait. We arrived at 5:30pm and were promptly seated. The ambiance here is very casual and comfortable. Our server promptly came by to take our drink orders and give us menus. We were also provided with complimentary biscuits that were very good, though not as warm as we would have liked. I ordered the honey-BBQ salmon with green beans and mac 'n cheese. My friend ordered a burger. Food was served in an appropriate amount of time. My salmon was perfectly grilled and seasoned. The green beans were plentiful and deliciously fresh. The macaroni and cheese was a bit disappointing but not bad. It came in a small container and all I could see initially was a cream sauce; once I put my fork in, I discovered the macaroni. We had a nice evening and service was casually excellent- which is the vibe of the restaurant. I would definitely return and recommend Shorty's True American Roadhouse!

The food isn't bad... But it's also not great. It could have been bthere was just a little bit of…read moresomething off with almost everything. Damn near a hit. if they could just get the kitchen together regarding temperature and consistency. They would be slaying. Let's talk about what is good... The environment. It just feels like a place you want to sit down and eat a rack of ribs. It's clean, modern, and inviting. It is cool to see what they have done with the old black pearl. Our waitress was excellent! She was fast, attentive, and warm. I can't speak enough about the service. From the moment we sat down until the moment we left, we were truly waited on. We had drinks, we had our food extremely fast, and even when there was an issue with our meal, the manager came right over. (I didn't ask, the waitress brought her over when she noticed our untouched ribs and potato) If our food had been as warm as our staff, they would probably be sitting on closer to five stars Let's talk about the gumbo. The flavor was great! However, the rice inside of it was severely undercooked. It was crunchy in places. Some of it was cooked, however, there were multiple clumps of uncooked (I can't even call it undercooked) rice. And it wasn't hot. My husband can eat piping hot food, I am talking about tea right out of the kettle... But I am not so fortunate. I started to blow on the soup and he laughed at me and said it wouldn't be necessary. To be fair, it was his gumbo, but he was right. It wasn't hot. It was barely a notch above warm, which makes me concerned about things like foodborne illness. But because the sausage, the chicken, and the roux were so damn good. I ate around it and decided to risk it. Next out, the ribs and brisket combo and my husband's wings. The wings were great. Zero notes except they flew off the bone into my husband's mouth faster than I could even get to my food. The brisket wasn't hot, but I don't expect it to be after it's rested so I will give that a free pass. My baked potato couldn't melt the butter. I also gave that a free pass since I planned on taking it home. But when I dug into my ribs, they were cold. And I don't mean warm, I mean cold. The surface was warm but by the bone was like they were out of the refrigerator. They had a decent flavor, but when ribs are that cold, they are a bit tough. Our waitress brought out a fresh rack, but by then I had already eaten my way through half of my husband soup, part of his meal, and my brisket so I ate one knuckle and took the rest home. I would come back for the atmosphere, the wait staff, and the flavor... But I hope execution gets cleaned up because I probably wouldn't come back a third time if I had a similar experience. I love eating local, and I hope they have a better run than the black pearl. The portions are generous, the pricing is more than fair. They do a lot of daily and happy hour as well as late night specials. Also, when I go to a barbecue spot, I want a bread option. I know this is me being a spoiled carb princess... But nothing sets me up for a good meal like some cornbread or dinner rolls. Lastly, I hope they end up bottling and selling some of their sauces locally. Their Carolina mustard base barbecue was stellar and the hot barbecue just as good.

My hubby and I stopped for lunch at smokehouse 419. Our waitress Heather was very good. Friendly…read more& attentive. I ordered the soup & salad. The salad was fresh! It came with egg, bacon, cheese, tomato and cucumber Now that's a nice side salad! The tortilla soup was amazing Full of tender chicken and almost seems like a stew as it was so hearty. My hubby had the fish sandwich and mac and cheese. Plenty of fish! He loved the Mac n cheese. The ambience was very nice. Music was playing in background that was very enjoyable. Made me smile

We ate here 2x so far and will be back! I had the onion rings they were great! Had the coney dogs…read moreas well both times!!! 10/10 The service was great! The employees were very friendly!!!

In the mood for some coney dogs after an afternoon at the Toledo Botanical Garden, I decided to…read moregive McCord Coney Island a try. On entering the restaurant, the lone server invited me to sit wherever I wanted, then delivered a menu. Looking things over, I was surprised that most of the menu was dedicated to breakfast offerings or tex-mex, with just a couple of hot dog choices. Regardless, I opted for a coney dog, Chicago dog, and onion rings, with a water to drink. Before tax and tip, my bill came to $12.51, which definitely felt pricy. There were only two other tables in use when I arrived, so the kitchen had my food ready pretty quickly. Unfortunately they forgot about the onion rings, so my waitress had to re-order them. My coney dog was fine, just indistinguishable from any of its brethren I have eaten over the years. The Chicago style also tasted very average, but was at least more visually appealing. Both were over-priced at $3.57 and $4.97 respectively, especially given their sizes. At least the onion rings were hot and plentiful. However when I went to pour myself some ketchup, I discovered the lid had been put on incorrectly, as it shot as much ketchup out the side as it did the nozzle. Had the bottle been rotated 90 degrees when I squeezed it, I would have looked like a GSW victim. PROS: attentive enough service, speedy kitchen CONS: small portions of just average food at a surprisingly high price Overall I found McCord Coney Island as being OK and might or might not return.

YES!!!!! Finally,…read moreafter nearly 10 years living back in Toledo, this place has opened! Real NYC-style chicken and rice. If you ever lived in NYC you know what I'm talking about. This is the real deal. The guy who runs it used to run a deli in Brooklyn. Toledo has plenty of good Lebanese shawarma platters, but this is a different category. Nothing else scratches the itch. They upped their price to about $15, but when they did that they increased the portion size and included a drink and a bag of chips for free, so I think it's still a pretty good deal. Often they'll mix in some fries with the platter, too. As well as lettuce, tomatoes, and grilled onions and peppers. And they have Vernors, which you can't usually get at NYC halal trucks. So it's almost like NYC-Detroit fusion, the best of both worlds LOL! I haven't tried the rest of their menu much. I tried a lemon chicken sandwich once, and it was not on par with the ones that I've from the better delis in Harlem and The Bronx. It was kind of soggy and salty. I might try more of the subs at some point, but I really think of this as a one dish place for now, in spite of their long menu. I think it's hard to express just how happy I am to have this place a short drive from me. The cost to obtain one of my favorite foods from my home in Toledo went down from about $500 and several hours of travel (the price of a round-trip flight to LaGuardia plus one night in a hotel in Queens) down to about $15 and a 10 minute drive.