Daily lunch and dinner specials are available, regularly updated on Gas Light's sign out front. Most items are ordered a la carte, although burgers and sandwiches do come standard with chips and a pickle spear. It lists typical bar food: wings, nachos and potato skins along with burgers, sandwiches and soups. There was only one sticky menu at our booth to share, but given the abbreviated choices, it didn't take long to scan. A photo of Pete Rose flipping the bird was among our favorites. Hundreds of old photos lined the walls, most with sports-related themes. Several LCD TVs hung from behind the bar, offering various sports channels. Regulars at Gas Light Cafe were apparent: at one point, a man sat down and asked our server to pour him a glass of his "usual," the name of which she rattled off immediately.
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Then again, the success of TV shows like Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives proves some of the best food comes from "dives" like this, prepared with just an extra edge of care and pride. It seemed like unusually high praise for a place mostly known as a local watering hole. Like The Food Hussy, I'd read about Gas Light's burger being rated as the fourth-best in the city, as chosen by Cincinnati Magazine. At every booth were a set of four narrow mirror panels, each set into the wall at an angle, offering a different perspective of the place for each patron. There was a heavy permanence to the art deco-like, two-tone wood design of the booths, each with its own personal chrome coat rack reaching out at the ceiling like a gleaming claw. I don't know how long Gas Light's been around, but it seemed clear the building has always housed a bar. Stepping into the place was like being transported back in time. So when a co-worker suggested our three-man crew hit up the place for our weekly lunch road trip, I enthusiastically jumped at the chance. I'd been wanting to try Gas Light for quite a while it was one of the few remaining Pleasant Ridge restaurants I had yet to visit, despite being a former resident. We didn't know that at the time, instead parking at one of the metered spaces out front along Montgomery Rd. There is an ample parking lot behind the building, accessible via Orion Ave. It's next door to Everybody's Records and across the street from Molly Malone's. Gas Light Cafe is a bar and restaurant located at 6104 Montgomery Road, in the heart of gaslight-infused Pleasant Ridge.
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