Lancaster, OH – What to eat

This post is sponsored by Visit Fairfield County. I received complimentary meals and lodging, but all opinions are mine alone.

Fairfield County has more than just a cute town near the Hocking Hills. And after a day of exploring there is no shortage of delicious restaurants to refuel!

I already told you everything we did during our stay in Lancaster, OH, but just as important is what we ate! We started our day at Square 7 Coffee House for an early morning pick-me-up. Bob enjoyed a coffee while I sipped on a refreshing smoothie, and we shared a muffin. Square 7 is a non-profit social purpose enterprise (located inside Art + Clay on Main) serving traditional Italian style coffee, smoothies, pastries, and sandwiches. They also have Amish-made chocolates.

After shopping around town, we enjoyed the most delicious BBQ in Lancaster at Bob’s Backyard Barbeque for lunch! We wanted to sample everything so we ordered a 3 meat platter with pork, brisket, and chicken, with sides of broccoli salad, corn casserole, and mac and cheese, smoked wings with house made potato chips, and the Ultimate Brisket Sundae which consists of corn casserole, brisket, sauteed onion, diced tomatoes, Lancaster sauce, and BBQ remoulade. While everything was mouthwatering, I think the smoked wings were my favorite, with both the flavor from being smoked and a crispy outside from finishing them in the fryer. I went ahead and signed up for their loyalty program while I was there – every adult meal purchased earns 1 point and after 10 you get one for free! If Lancaster is somehow too far for you (but seriously, it’s not) they have a food truck that you can find around Columbus!

Before heading off for a hike, we stopped for a quick cookie from Four Reasons Bakery & Deli. I don’t think I could call myself The Spiffy Cookie if I pass by a cookie bakery without at least trying one! I did spy another bakery called The Confectionery but they were so popular they sold out and were closed hours before their regular business hours. Clearly need to go there first thing next time.

After a couple easy hikes to burn off lunch, we swung by Double Edge Brewing Company located back in the heart of historic Downtown Lancaster for some pre-dinner beer flights – to no one’s surprise the raspberry sour was my favorite. This brewery is also part of the Route 33 Brew Trail which I’ve also been meaning to do (I keep saying it, but next time). While there was a food truck on site, we had other plans for dinner.

Once our mini beers were emptied, we headed to Cherry Street Pub for dinner! Between the flatbreads, pierogies, burgers, salads and more we had a very difficult time choosing what to order. They are known for their aptly named “OMG! Pecan Chicken and Waffles” so we had to order that, the “Quita Gouda” burger served over a salad, and while we were tempted to try substituting pasta in a mac and cheese with pierogi (seriously!) we kept our cool and stuck to just a side of pierogi. The manager, Gabe was also great to talk to! We learned that all of their meat for the burgers is ground fresh by an old school butcher shop in town Bay Food Market and that Buckeye Lake Brewery makes a cream ale just for them. He also made us want to come back for brunch the nest day (or if not most definitely the nest time we are in town). After learning we like to hike, he also told us we should come back for the EGGS hike in June. After a lengthy hike like that we would definitely need to come back to Cherry Street to refuel.

Even though we didn’t really save any room for dessert after the dinner, we always find room for ice cream and ended the night at Nancy’s Scoops. Nancy wasn’t around for us to thank her for making such delicious ice cream but we thoroughly enjoyed what we ordered: peanut butter cookie dough ice cream for me, and an s’mores arctic swirl for Bob.

For breakfast the next day, we took advantage of the complimentary buffet offered at our hotel, hotel but we saved room for doughnuts from Donut World. We had hoped to take advantage of their drive-thru, in order to bring them on our hike to the top of Mt. Pleasant, but the weather had other ideas as it was raining (that didn’t stop their customers as they were crazy busy). Instead they made a delicious treat to enjoy on the car ride home to Columbus!

Where are your favorite places to eat in Lancaster? Tell us because if we missed something we will be sure to hit it up next time!

For even more ideas, check out these posts from other bloggers that have visited Lancaster:

• 7 Favorites of Fairfiled County by Sweetly Cbus
• Family Weekend Getaways in Ohio – Fun Things To Do In Lancaster With Kids by Lakes and Lattes
• Donut World by Breakfast with Nick
• Quick Pint: Rockmill Brewery by Breakfast with Nick
• Things to do in Lancaster with kids – What Should We Do Today?
• Three Perfect Days Exploring Lancaster, Ohio by Columbus Date Night Guide
• Traveling the rt. 33 brew trail by Foodfest Adventures

Looking for more weekend adventures in Ohio? Check out my other OH travel posts:

• Daytrip to Athens, Ohio
• Butler County – Things to do
• Butler County – What to eat

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