On her website, Collins writes that she wants to “challenge your expectation of suburban dining, bringing a bit of downtown Cincinnati’s gastronomy scene to Liberty Township.” The whole thing is pleasant and unpretentious, and has the air (several friends noted this) of an upscale Cracker Barrel.Ĭozy’s ambitions, though, as well as its prices, go well beyond Cracker Barrel. The food, though, with a few notable exceptions, remains proudly American-steaks and biscuits and fried chicken and hush puppies-as does the decor, which focuses on old-timey country tchotchkes. As per Collins’s original inspiration, though, the space has been portioned into small nooks and, seated in one’s own little corner, there is indeed an English gastropub sense of warmth. The cottage still serves breakfast and lunch, and the café handles the more elevated dinner fare, as well as brunch and drinks.įor a place called Cozy’s, the restaurant is actually enormous, and can probably accommodate a couple hundred people when the weather is nice. She bought two historic homes in Liberty Township, renovated the first, which became Cozy’s Cottage, then expanded to the second, Cozy’s Café and Pub. Collins, the owner of Putters Sports Grill, decided this was exactly the kind of thing we needed back home. With their strings of little rooms and tiny courtyards, the establishments created a kind of intimacy-they were, in a word, cozy. On a visit to England, Jan Collins ate at some London restaurants in historic houses.
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