Food this good is hard to find in a town this small. The menu is progressive and there's something for every palate. The service is good and the staff friendly. The owners source ingredients from local farmers and vendors and is of high quality. The bar is excellent and includes some great craft beers. No visit to Gambier would be complete without drinks or a meal at the VI!
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It's not an inn, but there is one next door. It's not called a pub, but its one of the best bars in Gambier. Got it? The Village Inn is perfect for Friday afternoons off of work, summer nights on the patio, or even the occasional first date inside. Their menu ranges from delicious greek salads to some of the finer foods featuring signature cheeses and sauces. It's the best place to sit outside in Gambier, but its definitely a small patio. Don't be in a hurry, it may take 30-40 minutes to get your food, but the environment is certainly not perceiving a fast-food ordeal.
Portobello Mushroom Caps are awesome, stuffed with goat cheese and roasted red peppers. Wings are standard, but a great buy for an appetizer. Their burgers are incredibly good, but I'm not a big fan of the fries that go with it.
Dinner in Gambier needs to be done here. Afterwards, you've got coffee to your left and Velvet Ice Cream to your right.
There isn't a whole lot to tiny little college town Gambier, Ohio (home to Kenyon College), but the few eateries and businesses it does offer have left me (literally) with a good taste in my mouth.
The Village Inn (which is not an inn and should not to be confused with The Kenyon Inn, which IS an inn... AND a restaurant - are you taking notes?) was our first stop after a long day of work and travel, and both J and I were starving and parched. Fortunately this joint had us covered on both counts. Comfortably crowded, the Inn's two rooms are rustic but cozy enough. With a wide and rotating range of beers on tap, the bar satisfied us both and the menu would please no less.
Not just your standard pub grub (which I suppose it what I'd expected of a campus tavern), the offerings ran the gamut from what J swears was the best burger he sunk his teeth into in quite some time, to portobello mushroom caps stuffed with fresh goat cheese and marinated roasted red peppers (this was supposed to come with mashed potatoes - which they were thankfully out of, because the substituted fries were mui tasty!). High quality food at surprisingly affordable prices. We've paid twice as much in Columbus for similar fare.
Our server was friendly and talkative and quick with the necessities, and we left sated and sleepy. The perfect beginning to a long, chill weekend in the country.
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