Downtown 140

Never disappointed. Clinton, Andy, Sarah et al. continue to provide exceptional food and service.
Dishes are creative and inspiring. Service is exceptional. Environment is warm and comforting.

We did not like The Downtown 140! The dishes were expensive small and not that good. I had the Seafood combination. It was hard to find the substance through the shells and it had no taste. Before it, I had raw oysters. I asked for the small ones. They were 3 dollars each and they were so small, I could hardly find them with my fork. Don’t ask for the small ones unless you like pretty shells with hardly anything in them.
My wife, who is French, had Osso Bucco. She was disappointed. The quantity was very small and while she knew about the smoked flavor she wished she had not ordered it. The smoked flavor was not for her. For 35 dollars, there was hardly nothing there.
The gnocchi looks «dry». Our guest didn’t finish them.
The only thing I liked was the service, the ambiance (noisy, we had to scream to talk) and the Perfect Manhattan.
I got back to my hotel and was still so hungry that I ordered a pizza.
I won’t be going back!

Great food every time! Each and every time I visit downtown 140, the meal is amazing. I would highly recommend this restaurant to anyone looking for a new place to check out!

Food was excellent. We only ordered appetizers to share and between the 2 apps and a side of Brussel sprouts that was plenty for 2. Both plates were delicious. Great service at the bar and great atmosphere. Will be back.

I have been coming here for the past two years, every time I come to the area for work. Every meal that I had has been great with the company of great people who work here. Bravo Downtown 140!

Excellent dinner spot tucked away in downtown Hudson! Great menu and atmosphere. Multiple ways to approach this eclectic menu including options for tapas style small plates and traditional courses with great main dishes. Definitely recommend this cozy, quiet place for a great dinner!

Excellent establishment with a great menu and cool décor.
We came as group from work and ordered several appetizers. The oysters Rockefeller were one of the better preperations I have outside of New Orleans and were done in the traditonal method with a splash of Pernod. They also had a small, but tasty, selection of raw oysters served with a house-​made mignonette which was quite good.
We also shared the mussels which came with a rich broth spiked with slivers of jalapenos and crispy pork belly. The broth was great with all the fresh, crusty bread they served to the table.
We opted for a fantastic Burgundy from the reasonably sized and priced wine list which paired well with everyone’s entrees which included the scallops, chicken, veal ragu with bucatini, sea bass and my slection, the steak tartare.
The tartare was quite good and served with cripsy toast and a quail’s egg. I found it to be very flavorful and, depsite it being an appetizer size, quite filling.
The service was attentive and helpful without being intrusive.
A place we will certainly return to next time we are in the area.

Setting was romantic. Service was fairly good. Considering how many people were there at 630pm I’d have expected our dinner to take less than the 45 minutes it did. On the brightest note… the food was amazing. Wild Halibut with brussel spouts. Make a reservation you won’t be deserted.

This little gem is tucked away in a downstairs setting in scenic Hudson, OH, a few miles off the Ohio turnpike & well worth the side trip. We sat at the chef’s table and had great fun talking to the chef, the owner (cooking right alongside the chef) and the sous chef. The menu changes a couple times a year & we will certainly stop back to try something new next time we are en route b/​t Pittsburgh & Chicago. The butternut squash ravioli was the best we’ve had anywhere and the Brussel sprouts with candied walnuts, red grapes & blue cheese were to die for. The Chilean sea bass was seared nicely & cooked to perfection. The chef cures his own salmon & it is lovely on croustini with corn salsa & dill cheese. Relatively pricey, the portions are large enough to share or take some home for a second serving, and the staff are attentive and personable. If you’re in the area, definitely a place to try.

What a cute little speak easy style wine bar. We went on a Sunday night and enjoyed live jazz music and a friendly atmosphere. I like the comfortable seating along the walls with the couches, but I will say that the amount of tables in such a small room makes it different for larger bodies to get to the restroom. All in all, a warm and friendly experience.

We used to frequent Downtown 140 years back, but changes in management and ownership led to some questionable years and we hadn’t gone there for a while. We were looking for somewhere close to go for a nice meal for our 20^th anniversary and decided to re-​visit Downtown 140. We are so glad we did!
The new ownership and managment has gotten our old favorite back to a place we want to go back to again and again. Everything we had was amazing. We started with fresh East coast oysters then shared a crab cake, which was very large with huge chunks of King crab meat atop a fried green tomato, cauliflower purée and infused oils. Drool. We were nicely full after that, but since we had a bottle of champagne to drink, we stayed and eventually had to try something else. We shared the Halibut with potatoes and winter vegetables, and again, it was wonderful. We would go back for those 2 items anytime, but there are so many other things on the menu that are tempting, especially the pork belly.
Is it in a basement? Yes. Should that keep you from going? No. The décor is very warm and inviting, and the last time I checked, a good view isn’t an indicator of quality of food or service. Service was excellent, effecient and friendly. So glad to get this one back in the rotation.

A favorite neighborhood gem. The service is always excellent and food delicious.

Wine selection great. Pork belly is amazing. Meal was outstanding. We will be revisiting.

Just went there for appetizers and drinks. But great atmosphere! Great service — very knowledgeable about beer selection and menu. She recommended the pork belly appetizer — it was amazing! So was the shrimp appetizer. I wasn’t a fan of the grilled artichoke :/​I had 2 martinis the ‘tie me up’ and the ‘texas’ something. they were fantastic. Definitely a must try — when your pockets are full.

Dr Jekel and Mr Hyde. Not in a playful fun way either…
When I was driving to the restaurant I nearly couldn’t find the place. Very small sign and an inconspicuous door that leads you to the basement below a boutique. Then as I walked in I fell in love with the place. I felt like I was in a speak easy — this small, basement restaurant with brick and stone walls, low ceilings and dark atmosphere. It was so cool I thought this place is going to be something special.
I looked at the menu and saw the drink prices. I was taken back a bit — I mean I’ve been around the block to nice places in major city’s and downtown 140 had drinks prices that rivaled those places. No matter — if its superb food and service then its worth the price… everything has a value. So I ordered a beer mainly because I felt like one.
To the menu — also a bit pricy but again I was thinking this place was just going to be dynamite… as I said I fell in love at first sight. We ordered the calamari, the pork belly and the mussels app. To be honest all of them were very good. The calamari was basically thick cut and not hardly breaded; it was lightly sauced, perfectly cooked and well garnished. The pork belly was decadent, a little sweet and came with an interesting sauce that I really enjoyed. The mussels were also perfectly cooked and came in this white broth that was light and flavorful.
I ordered a salad and they brought the wrong one. No biggie at all — but you could tell they rushed the correct one because it was the most disheveled salad I’ve ever seen. If I got this thing at a american chain restaurant for $ 2.50 I would have laughed at them. So for $ 10 it wasn’t a joke anymore — just sad. A couple pieces of bib lettuce with some grapefruit and avocado — and I think they forgot the walnut oil as well.
Coincidently all of us at the table got pasta dishes… i guess we were all drawn to the fresh, hand made pasta. You don’t see that much anymore which is a shame, so I was able to try three of them. When they came out the portions were small for the full orders but I was ok with it. Usually there is too much pasta as it is at restaurants. The fettuccini was the best all around — it had a decent sauce and the pasta was cooked by far the best out of all of them. The cavatelli was just ok… nothing special. The wild boar ragu sounds far better than it tasted. Lastly the parpardelle was the worst… far overcooked pasta and little flavor. Also, coincidently this order was the only one that was a half order — now this was clearly a joke. The portion was the size of a small soup bowl… and I’m not kidding. This should not even be offered — how can someone order this for their meal? If you are going to charge $ 26 for pasta dishes (with very little protein mind you) they should be OUTSTANDING. This was just not the case.
Funny thing is, I will be back. I just loved the atmosphere and coziness so much. I’d come back to share an app and have a drink with my wife here… the only problem is 2 drinks and an app will set you back about $ 40. Maybe its a hudson thing, but I’m sorry hudson you are not times square.

Deeply average in a general sense, very below average given the prices.
There for a birthday dinner with my mother. I live in Hudson, and my wife and I had been there for a drink once before, but never dinner. The cheesy website had convinced us it would be typical Hudson overblown fare, but I thought I’d give it a shot.
The wait service is amateurish. The waiter seated us at a booth /​chair 2 top, but walked away rather than pulling the table out for my mother. My chair was covered with crumbs, which i brushed off. Bad start.
I ordered a Tito’s martini up, my mother a gin martini. Just like my prior experience there for drinks, it was a massive up martini, and completely watered down. Honestly, it must have been ¹⁄₃ or more water. Tasteless.
I ordered this thing called ‘burrata’ on the menu, expecting the transcendent cheese, and got some crazy confection instead. I tihnk they make it in-​house, which is supposed to connote freshness, but it just makes you wish they left cheesemaking to someone who knew how to do it. Besides the fact that they stuff the cheese with some sort of herbs and other ‘stuff’ rather than just pure cheese, but like a lot of their other food, it seems culinary school got the better of the cooks. They like to slather their food with all manner of garnishes, sauces, toppings, etc. Totally antithetical to letting simple ingredients stand on their own. This dish had splashes and smudges of unidentifiable ingredients, apparently to help the hapless cheese feel even more inauthentic.
For the main I had «crisped chicken.» The menu has this sort of embarrassing «make your own meal» optionality (again, suggesting some sort of bad menu consulting gig), so I thought chicken should be relatively unadorned. Nope. The chicken, almost sadly, was really well cooked, but again it was topped with a truly awful semi-​sweet compote and served on a bed of some sort of purée that was both sweet and tasteless at the same time. I tried to shovel it all off, but it had infused the chicken: not good at all.
The décor is mid-​70s bad, the service weak, the menu cheesy, the drinks poor. And it’s expensive. Honestly, this is the sort of place that makes one miss a big city with a real dining scene really badly. This place would stay open for 2 days in Chicago or New York.

I love this place. I might move to Ohio for it. I will take off up to 2 stars for uncomfortable seating. All the chairs are padded and I’m currently lounging on a friggin couch at my table! Anazeballs
Lamb carpaccio was great, the salmon and riesiling were delicious. I hope to come back here for work

Lunch was pricey as selections were top shelf. Service was very good for our group of 16. Portions were appropriate. Comments included the cauliflower soup was very good tho a bit salty. Salmon was also salty. Duck sausage was good. Venison tartare was excellent. Hamburger and baked chicken were tasty, too. Has a large wine selection. Nice atmosphere for a romantic occasion.

5^th sweetest day here! Always a great atmosphere, amazing service, and strong drinks.
We were seated right away even though we were late and it was sweetest days AND i turned down a table right by the door. Great!
We had the same waitress that we had from last sweetest day (we go more often, but going here each year on this «holiday» is a tradition) and she remembered us — always a great feeling!
However, as their menu has changed, there weren’t as many things that I perferred to order. Their amazing salumi plate is gone, as well as many of the small items I used to love to share. We ordered the chicken liver mouse, which was amazing and a few other small things, but wish they still had some of the old menu in place.

My wife and I have been Downtown 140 fans since 2004, following the restaurant as chefs Monday and Triskett changed over. In fact, we have dined there 26 times (thank you Quicken) and adored the place, but our most recent meal was a complete disaster.
Having a great bottle of 2004 Grgich Hills cab at home, we decided to bring our own bottle. I took the waiter up on his offer to decant. He proceeded to empty the entire bottle of wine, sediment and all, into the decanter. The better restaurants I’ve been to (with waiters that know what they are doing), will always leave the bottom half inch or so un-​poured so you do not get the sediment in your glass or decanter. Not off to a good start. Our great wine now makes your mouth feel full of grit when you take a sip.
We started off with the cheese board as an appetizer, which we have gotten there many times before. The cheese options were good, but the selection of accompaniments was terrible. It consisted of cheeses, toasts, a few grapes, and an odd jam. Strangely enough, it was missing any kind of toasted or warm nuts that I’ve had in the past at 140 and other restaurants. The toasts for the cheese were so incredibly salty and over seasoned, they were inedible. The board included no other cracker options.
My wife then ordered the squash bisque. What arrived was watery, salty, mess. Its bisque, it’s supposed to be thick and creamy, not watery. Plus I suspect the same person lacking taste buds for salting/​seasoning the toasts also prepared the soup. For the first time in 25 other past meals at 140, we sent an item back to the kitchen.
For the entrée, we both got the filet. What arrived was dry, lacking any flavor, and with nothing exciting about it. I’ve had the filet that was prepared while Don Triskett was there and it was a blow my mind experience. The complexity of flavors and texture of what Don put together was amazing (my mouth waters on just the memory). Unfortunately, their current filet lacks any complexity what so ever and it is neither a spin on elegance in simplicity, since the quality is so poor. I’d rate it in line with chain restaurant quality filet. In fact, last weekend, my wife and I were laughing at Lager & Vine because they put out a better filet than Downtown 140. It’s ridiculous.
Normally, my wife and I are big dessert fans, but our experience was so awful that we could not wait to run out the door. We paid our check and got the hell out of there. As we left, we shook our heads in disgust, because our favorite local restaurant seems to have been destroyed.
I don’t know what is going on at Downtown 140, but I do know one thing for sure; the dining landscape in Hudson has changed dramatically since 2004, with many new options opened up. I want to love Downtown 140 again since it has been our «to-​go» spot for a wonderful dinner for nearly a decade, but this last meal has drawn a line in the sand. I’m not stepping into that place until they get a new chef. Any chef or sous chef that would let that garbage go out under their watch, should be fired immediately. With the disgustingly over saltiness of the toasts and soup, it is obvious that they don’t even bother to taste the food they are putting out. It is an insult to Downtown 140’s history of great food and great chefs who have worked there and moved on.
Please Downtown 140, get your act together.