Hot and Heavy: Heavy Beer’s only sandwich is the hot beef, but it’s the only one you need
The City Paper has viewed many restaurants with diverse menus that offer new cuisine to an unfamiliar public. Heavy Beer Company is an exception with a single food item available — a hot beef sandwich — like you might find in Chicago masquerading as Italian Beef or in Philly as a cheese steak. If a menu is limited to a single item, it’s important that the item itself, or the business around it, is something special. Both the Toledo Hot Beef sandwich and the Heavy Beer Company are decidedly special. Located in the basement of the Toledo Spirits building on Summit Street, directly beneath another restaurant and bar, Heavy has competition in the area, even in its own building. The bar itself has an air of confidence and swagger. Once…