Episode 019 — Block 7 Bar & Grill, Barberton, Ohio

Right across the street from M & M's Taphouse, which means Barberton just became a two-stop wing town.

Block 7 Bar & Grill does not advertise itself from the outside. The facade is modest in the way that certain bars have perfected over decades — small enough to walk past, big enough to surprise you once you're through the door. Past the entrance it opens up considerably, a full bar leading into a back room with pool tables and the kind of energy that exists in places that have never needed a marketing budget to stay full.

There is something about Block 7 that reads as slightly dangerous and entirely fun, which is its own particular category of bar and one that this show has a soft spot for. Classic bar-style wings, sauced correctly, served without ceremony in a room where nobody is performing for anyone. The sauce-to-wing ratio is right. The heat is honest. The setting makes them taste better than they would somewhere nicer.

This is the less-traveled road. Not every stop on this quest is going to be a boutique bar or a brewery with a view of the river. Some of them are Block 7 on a Tuesday, and those might be the ones worth remembering most.

Barberton is delivering. Two stops, zero disappointments.

Block 7 Bar & Grill — Barberton
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Host: Mike "PFFMaestro"
Co-Host: Jon "PFFNinja" or "Wingman

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