Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern

Hello again from Deeps!

This weekend was a lay-low and relax kinda weekend so we decided to travel closer to home compared to our normal one-tank adventures.  We spent most of our weekend with family beginning with a bar-b-que at my bro and sis-in-law's place followed by time with the aunt and uncle :)  After spending the early afternoon with the Aunt and Uncle we decided to turn on the GPS and find anything with an interesting name....  So, yeah, nothing sounds more mom-and-pop than the Rusty Bucket which popped up fourth closest spot on our GPS but don't let the name decieve you!!  Located in Solon, Ohio in the Borders Plaza this pub-like establishment serves lunch and dinner daily and pretty darn good eats!  I do have to admit the name sounded familiar but it did not click until we arrived @ the Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern.  Me and my female parental unit (also know as M.O.M.) had eaten at the Rusty Bucket last year and I knew that the food was decent from that experience but it's never a problem to eat at the same place more then once!

From the time we were seated to the time of paying the bill, the service was great and our waitress, Kelly was kind and pleasant.  It was also nice to have the manager, we believe it was Eric, stop over and ask how our meals were!

There was quite a few items on the menu that sound wonderful and if they had a sampler plate with a bite of everything I would've been the first to sign up for that!!  We ended up starting with the Deep-Fried Pickles, which both Dude and I agree that by far have been the best we've had.  Steaming hot with such a nice crunchy coating and ranch dressing to dip them in was a great start and we could not wait to get to our main course!!  My biggest thing lately is to try things I would normally not make at home (or rather too time consuming to make so why not let another create it for me!! LOL!)  Anywho!  I had the Pesto Chicken Pasta which is "spaghetti sauteed w/garlic, white wine, olive oil, fresh baby spinach, mushrooms & oven roasted tomatoes topped w/a pesto marinated chicken breast & served w/toasted garlic cheese bread."  OMG!  Yummmmmmmy!!!     Dude had the Sunday Blue Plate Special - Bucket Hot Brown which is "house roasted turkey breast, thinly sliced & piled high on Texas toast, covered w/a creamy parmesan sauce & topped w/sliced tomato and bacon."  I was able to get Dude to give me a taste and boy-oh-boy!  I would order it in a heartbeat if in the neighborhood on a Sunday in the future!!  Dude told me that it was just like the staple food from Kentucky, served a little differently, but pretty close to the Kentucky classic favorite!!  Dude gives it two thumbs up and will order it again!  Coming from Dude, who does not like tomatoes and this meal had two hankering slices and ate the tomatoes and liked it.... I almost wanted to take a picture of him eating them since it's so rare for him that I felt proof was needed!!

Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern
6025 Kruse Drive, Suite 148
Solon, Ohio
440-248-2300
440-248-6612 (fax)
http://www.myrustybucket.com/