Category: About The Town

  • About the Town: Toscana Grill

    Walking into Toscana was a very pleasant and tasteful experience: smooth music played while soft lighting glowed gently on the white tablecloths of each table. The wait staff were dressed professionally. It was very apparent that this atmosphere was fancy enough to be considered fine dining, although not too classy to turn away the casual…

  • About the town: Old Jaol’s atmosphere proves worth the price

    In 2009, Kevin Carpenter and Kipaya Kapiga began to review non-chain restaurants in the Wooster Community. Now, in 2010, the new decade finds Carpenter and Kapiga continuing their quest for culinary perfection in their traditional, humorous bantering. This week’s adventure led them to a eatery known as Olde Jaol Tavern and Restaurant.

  • El Campesinoís proves hit or miss restaurant

    For this weekís review we journeyed to one of the hottest College locations for Mexican fare. El Campesino may be north of campus, but our taste buds traveled south of the border. KK: My first thought was of apprehension; the restaurant was packed on a Saturday night and the prospects of getting a good table…

  • Omahoma Bobís BBQ hails mixed reviews

    This weekís ìAbout the Town” restaurant excursion featured Omahoma Bobís BBQ, an eatery located in downtown Wooster. KK: At first I was really impressed. For such a small restaurant, it was very well split between the dining and kitchen areas. Its size could not hold many patrons, but they definitely went to lengths to take…

  • Matsos provides a friendly environment and great food

    Our first review was of Matsos, a small Greek restaurant on the corner of W. Liberty and S. Walnut.† Upon entering, we were immediately struck by several details: KC: I was immediately surprised by how small the interior of the restaurant was, but also how quaint. KK: But itís definitely set up to handle a…