St Clair Avenue between East 30th and East 40th, Cleveland's Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Cambodian commercial cluster. Asia Plaza, the Cleveland Asian Festival each May and Li Wah dim sum.
Li Wah inside Asia Plaza on Payne Avenue in AsiaTown, Cleveland's longest-running Cantonese dim sum room, runs weekend cart service and full-menu ordering.
Signature: Cart-service dim sum, Peking duck
Order: Cart-service har gow, siu mai and BBQ pork buns; order Peking duck a day ahead.
Tip: Saturday and Sunday 10:00 cart service is the move; weekday lunch runs menu only.
Superior Pho on Superior Avenue inside the Superior Square plaza in AsiaTown, an award-winning Vietnamese family restaurant, anchors Cleveland's pho and banh.
Signature: Pho tai, Banh mi
Order: Pho tai with raw beef plus a banh mi with house pate and roast pork.
Tip: Cash and card; the small dining room turns fast at lunch Booking recommended for weekends.
Li Wah inside Asia Plaza on Payne Avenue in AsiaTown, Cleveland's longest-running Cantonese dim sum room, runs weekend cart service and full week menu.
Signature: Cart-service dim sum, Peking duck
Order: Cart-service har gow, siu mai and BBQ pork buns; pre-order Peking duck a day ahead.
Tip: Saturday and Sunday cart service from 10:00 is the move; weekday lunch is menu only.
Superior Pho on Superior Avenue inside Superior Square in AsiaTown, an award-winning Vietnamese family restaurant, anchors Cleveland's pho and banh mi scene.
Signature: Pho tai, Banh mi
Order: Pho tai with raw beef plus a banh mi with house pate and roast pork.
Tip: Cash and card; the small dining room turns fast at lunch Walk-ins usually OK.
Goldhorn Brewery on East 55th Street in St Clair-Superior, the Hub 55 anchor named for the Slovenian goat, runs Slovenian-inspired ales since July 2016.
Cleveland Asian Festival in AsiaTown each May, the free pan-Asian community festival with food vendors, dance and culture, anchors the Asian food calendar.
Slyman's Restaurant on St Clair Avenue, the Slyman family corned beef counter since 1964, runs the city's defining overstuffed corned beef sandwich on rye.
Try: Overstuffed corned beef sandwich
Superior Pho inside the Cleveland AsiaTown plaza on Superior Avenue, a Vietnamese family-run noodle counter, runs heaping bowls of pho, bun and rice plates.
Try: Pho and bun bowls
Li Wah inside Asia Plaza on Payne Avenue in AsiaTown since 1991, the longest-running Cantonese dim sum room in Cleveland, runs weekend cart service alongside.
Try: Weekend dim sum cart service and Cantonese lunch plates