Grub, beer, and fall-like weather at Mutz on Tue, Jul 15, 2014

DD and I arrived at The Oliver House around 7:40 pm. We sat outside Mutz in the small courtyard area surrounded by a four-story brick building on all sides. Irregular-shaped courtyard. Tight, cozy area. Nice. Right next to Petit Fours cafe.

It was a fall-like evening. It felt like a high school football Friday night in September. Toledo temps at about 8:00 p.m. were in the upper 60s. It was breezy at times, even down in the courtyard. Partly cloudy sky. Amazingly comfy for mid-July.

We missed the Maumee Bay Brewing Company's limited-release black raspberry Belgian wit, or something like that.

Tonight we're drinking a red saison released last night, July 14.

I ordered the Betty's Salad, an old Toledo tradition, and hand-cut fries. DD ordered the turkey burger with a side of asparagus.

I don't know who else in the area offers the Betty Salad.

From the above link:

Betty's Salad is a regional, Midwest salad created by Betty Timko and featured as a menu item at her restaurant, Timko's Soup and Such, in Toledo, Ohio. The restaurant was located in a brick building at the northwest corner of Sylvania and Douglas Roads of the Devaux Village strip mall in West Toledo. After Betty died, the restaurant closed, and her signature salad dressing is still produced and distributed at regional grocery stores.

I remember when Timko's existed at Douglas and Sylvania. For many years now, the El Camino Mexican restaurant exists at that location.

My Mutz Betty's Salad contained spinach, hard-boiled eggs, bean sprouts, and bacon. Simple but different from a typical salad that we make at home. Even though I only use olive oil and balsamic vinegar on salads at home, I like the Betty's Salad Dressing a lot.

After our meal, DD and I split an apricot wheat beer. Both beers were tasty. The wheat beer had a burnt yellow-orange color.

I needed to dress warmer. I wore jeans because of the cool weather. I should have worn a long-sleeved shirt. It was chilly, sitting outside at 9:17 pm with the occasional breeze, especially after drinking beer and a glass of water.

For the July 3 outdoor party that we attended in Maumee, it was a cool evening, so I wore a t-shirt with a flannel shirt, but this evening, July 15, was cooler.

This summer's cool weather reminds me of the summer of 1992 in the Toledo area where I wore long sleeves on many evenings outside.

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