Harbor Inn

Harbor Inn is a seafood restaurant in Portage Lake, OH. My mom had been talking about taking me for years, but we never seemed to make it due to other, um.. food priorities (see previous post).

But last week, we finally made a trip.

Truth be told, when we arrived I was a bit disappointed. My mom painted the place as a nice relaxing lake-side seafood restaurant, but as we walked in, it was, well... a lakeside pub, complete with plastic wine glasses (the frosted colored kind) and burgers. I guess when I hear "seafood restaurant", I don't think of fish and chips.

But, as it turns out, inside was a nice restaurant. Outside was the pub-like bars. My mom asked for the indoor menu and all was well. We got a bottle of wine and ordered our seafood dishes. I got freshwater trout with almonds and amaretto cream sauce and for dessert, I ordered a butterscotch crem brulee to share.



Both dishes were delicious. :-)

I am very happy to find a good seafood restaurant in our area of Ohio. Most restaurants around my hometown are either chains or involve burgers & chicken wings (which I do not mind. :-) Yum). There was once this nice place even closer to our home but it has unfortunately closed down due to lack of business (The food was very good and the environment really nice, but I suppose what they offered wasn't of interest to the neighboring residents because despite the good food, classy bar, and jazzy live music scene (and being the only place around like this...), they still had to close).

I do wish Harbor Inn could offer the niceties of the indoor restaurant outside as well, but due to regulations (no glass on the deck), they leave outside to the bar hoppers. But I also think this combination is what allows Harbor Inn to keep up a nice seafood place in our small town area. In either case, I really liked this place. :-)