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People's Choice AwardAwards

  • 2012 CHEERS Beverage Excellence Award – Best Beer Program
  • 2012 CHEERS Beverage Excellence Award – Best Staff Training Program
  • Taste of Northville - Best Restaurant, 2011
  • 2010 Be Food Safe Winner - Cuyahoga County Board of Health
  • Where the Locals Eat (A Guide to the best restaurants in America) Top 100 list, 2009  
  • QFM 96 Budweiser Wing Zing People's Choice Winner, 2008, 2009  
  • City of Norwood - 2009 Gold Plate Restaurant
    "Great Options in Low Fat Dining" 
  • Northville Chill-E Cookoff - People's Choice for Best Chili, 2009
  • Taste of New Albany - People's Choice Award, 2009
  • Taste of Upper Arlington, People's Choice Award, Appetizer, 2009
  • Taste of Upper Arlington, Celebrity Judge's Choice, Appetizer, 2nd Place 2008

 

People's Choice AwardAwards

  • 2012 CHEERS Beverage Excellence Award – Best Beer Program
  • 2012 CHEERS Beverage Excellence Award – Best Staff Training Program
  • Taste of Northville - Best Restaurant, 2011
  • 2010 Be Food Safe Winner - Cuyahoga County Board of Health
  • Where the Locals Eat (A Guide to the best restaurants in America) Top 100 list, 2009  
  • QFM 96 Budweiser Wing Zing People's Choice Winner, 2008, 2009  
  • City of Norwood - 2009 Gold Plate Restaurant
    "Great Options in Low Fat Dining" 
  • Northville Chill-E Cookoff - People's Choice for Best Chili, 2009
  • Taste of New Albany - People's Choice Award, 2009
  • Taste of Upper Arlington, People's Choice Award, Appetizer, 2009
  • Taste of Upper Arlington, Celebrity Judge's Choice, Appetizer, 2nd Place 2008

 

Reviews & Press

The 2012 Beverage Excellence Award Winners
By Todd A. Price
Cheers January 23, 2012

Best Chain Beer Program: Rusty Bucket Restaurant & Tavern Beer at the Heart of the Drinks Program With 13 locations in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana and at least two more planned for 2012, Rusty Bucket has created a chain that manages to feel like part of the community almost everywhere it’s located. “We are an upscale, casual dining restaurant that caters to affluent suburbia,” says Gary... Read More...


Pizza Quest!
By Jeff Fernengel
614 Magazine January 17, 2012

In the summer of 2010, Jeff Fernengel, Columbus’ erstwhile artist, punk rocker and provocateur, stopped me in the middle of a bar, insistent on becoming the capital city’s pre-eminent pizza journalist. Now, with our second edition of Food City, comes the perfect opportunity for “Fern” to slather his culinary knowledge far and wide. But for such an advanced and adventurous palate, we couldn’... Read More...


Family Fun: Eating Out With Kids
By Jane Hawes and Colin Hawes
Columbus Parent 7/27/2011

THE MOM SAYS It's hard to find a family-friendly patio because we just can't tolerate eating around second-hand smoke, so we were pleased to arrive at the Rusty Bucket near Worthington Hills (in the same plaza as The Hills Market) and find an outdoor patio with no smokers. Read More...


ProStart
By Ohio ProStart
July 2011

Read more about Gary Callicoat, Founder and President, and the Rusty Bucket’s involvement in ProStart here. Read More...


The Salad Days of Summer
By Kimberly Stolz
614 Magazine July 1, 2011

At this time of year, when the humid air settles on sweaty shoulders like a poncho woven of heat waves, it makes sense not to take cooking too seriously. Simple, light and flavorful are what home cooks strive for as the sun glares down from the unfazed sky. Read More...


Radio Spots
By The Rusty Bucket


Have you heard our new radio campaign? Check out our Grab Life by the Bucket radio spots! 15-second spot 30 second spot - Beer 30 second spot - Kids 60 second spot Read More...


Rusty Bucket adding space, menu options with Dublin move
By Dan Eaton
Business First 6/16/2011

It wasn’t the Rusty Bucket Restaurant and Tavern’s decision to move to the other end of the Dublin shopping center it calls home, but that doesn’t mean the new location won’t have its benefits. Read More...


Rusty Bucket plans move, fundraiser
By Jennifer Noblit
ThisWeek Community Newspapers 6/29/2011

The Rusty Bucket has a move and benefit planned for July. The restaurant will move from one end of the Perimeter Loop shopping center to the other end early next month. The Rusty Bucket currently is at 6644 Perimeter Loop Road and will open at 6726 Perimeter Loop Road on July 13. Read More...


Readers Picks
By Readers
CityBeat 03/29/2011

Rookwood voted 3rd Best Sports Bar – Reader Picks: City Beat’s Best of Cincinnati Read More...


Best Gluten Free Dinner at Cleveland area restaurant
By
Gluten Free Travel Site 2/10/2011

Best Gluten Free Dinner at Cleveland area restaurant Read More...