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| - Townhall is a pretty trendy spot, and not without reason. The location is perfect, right smack in the middle of all the Ohio City 25th St happenings. The inside is beautifully done with natural wood. They have garage windows in front and back which are fantastic in the warmer months. The front has a few outdoor tables, but it's the back patio that is really set up well, and almost tricks you into thinking you're on holiday for the afternoon. This is a great place for groups, as they have long tables, and they take reservations. It gets pretty busy, so seating a large party can be a bit difficult even with all the longer tables. As for service, it's not bad, I haven't really had any rude experiences, but it's not the most attentive. They give you bottles of water to refill your glass, so that solves my biggest problem, and for that I praise them. Not bad, not remarkable.
Where Townhall falls a bit short in my opinion is their vegan meals. My meat/dairy eating friends tend to rave about the food, so I'm not going to say the food overall isn't great. They put a modern flare on just about all their dishes which is great for most people (took my mom there for Mother's Day one year, and she hated it. She's isn't very adventurous, more of a meat and potatoes and other homestyle american kind of person. If you have really boring eaters in your group, it may not be the best). Personally, I love when chefs come up with creative meals with good fresh ingredients. I just haven't yet been wowed with the food. I don't want to say there isn't a vegan meal that I would love, I just haven't found it. Next time I go to brunch I'm going to try the crepe bar, as they have quite a few vegan options, and it may end up having me rave about the place! That being said, I appreciate the effort very much, and it's great to be able to go out to a place my friends love and eat a meal consisting of something other than steamed frozen veggies, fries, and if I'm lucky, hummus.
Side note: they give you a little cup of ketchup to go with your fries. Mine was not even 1/2 full. Maybe they've found that it gets wasted because the standard fries come with Parmesan, but man if you are serious about ketchup, you may want to ask for more in advance.
Oh and YUM for the vegan salted Carmel milkshake made with the ice cream from Mitchell's next door.
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