Baked to Perfection, 112 E. Fifth Street in Delphos, OH, is in an old storefront on the edge of downtown. Delphos is a fairly small town, so you could just drive around a bit once you get to the center and you'd probably find the place. We've eaten there twice now, and the sandwiches are so good and reasonably priced that even a cheapskate like me was very pleased. As we entered we could see the proprietor spreading a ridiculously thick layer of frosting on a red-velvet sheet cake. I'm not much of a cake person but that had me wanting some. I think that's kind of the philosophy of this place: it something is worth doing, it's worth OVERdoing. Last time I had the Black & Blue Burger, and it had so much good, strong-tasting blue cheese melted on it that the meat was actually a little overwhelmed, so I had to scrape some off (but of course later ate it with a fork!).
This time I had the Canal Club (the historic Miami & Erie Canal runs through Delphos) and she had the Panini Reuben. Mine was pretty much your standard club, except it was maybe 2 1/2 inches thick with only top and bottom pieces of whole wheat toast. Her Reuben, however, was a little work of art: a decent pile of delicate corned beef and sauerkraut with just the right amount of Thousand Island dressing between two pieces of marble rye, all held together by an enormous amount of melted Swiss. She added her own touch of a little mustard, and when she let me have a bite, I was in Cheeeeeeeesy Heaven! Check it out at www.bakedtoperfection.net
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