Description: From a wheretogousa.com review:
Iconic foods abound throughout the United States. You have beignets in New Orleans, cheese steaks in Philly, deep-dish pizza in Chicago, crab cakes in Maryland, and of course, chili in Cincinnati. Now, if this were a radio story, at this point you would hear the ear piercing sound of a turntable needle dragging across pristine record vinyl. Yes, Cincinnati is Genesis in the book of franchise chili in America; but make no mistake, the single, Mack daddy signature food that screams “eat me” in this picturesque riverfront town is Montgomery Inn Ribs.
“The world’s greatest ribs:” Every sandwich shack that dumps a glorified bottle of ketchup over a rack of meat makes the claim. However, whether you’re at one of Montgomery Inn’s three greater Cincinnati restaurants, at its banquet center or eating a meal delivered by the catering operation, you sense the staffs’ overwhelming confidence that world rib superiority is a given, much akin to tomorrow’s sunrise.
Montgomery Inn is a 50-plus-year-old family business. Ted Gregory hung his shingle in Montgomery, Ohio in 1951 mostly peddling drinks. It was wife Matula’s delivery of meaty ribs coated in her own special sauce for her husband’s dinner that transformed this local watering hole into one of America’s most frequented and top grossing independent restaurants. Patrons couldn’t get enough and despite the phenomenal growth over the last half century, they still can’t. Today, the next generation of Gregory’s stay true to their humble origins. You are as likely to see a member of the family busing tables or working in the kitchen as counting the till from the approximately half-million meals served here every year.
Carnivores don’t amass at the Montgomery Inn because of the quaint history of the establishment; they come for the bones--tender, luscious ribs dripping with Matula’s special sauce. Ah, who knew an icon could taste so delicious?
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