Slyman's Restaurant is a budget eat in St Clair Superior, Cleveland.
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 through breakfast and lunch.
Address: 3106 St Clair Ave NE, Cleveland, OH 44114
The West Side Market on West 25th Street since 1912, the 60-vendor public market in the Hubbel and Benes Hall, runs cheap-eat lunches from bratwurst, pierogi, gyros and tacos under one roof.
Try: Cheap-eat lunches from 60+ vendors: bratwurst, pierogi, gyros, tacos
Tommy's Restaurant on Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, a vegetarian-friendly institution since 1972, runs falafel sandwiches, spinach pies, hand-mixed milkshakes and a meat-eater menu.
Try: Falafel sandwich and spinach pie
Mama Santa's on Mayfield Road in Little Italy, the Sicilian-style pizzeria run by the Santa family since 1961, anchors the cheap-lunch slice scene on the Murray Hill block.
Try: Square Sicilian pizza slice and a side of meatballs
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 through lunch and dinner.
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 a full lunch menu.
Try: Weekend dim sum cart service and Cantonese lunch plates
Phnom Penh Restaurant on West 25th Street across from the West Side Market, a family-run Cambodian BYOB room, runs cheap-eat noodle bowls, curries and the city's defining Cambodian food.
Try: Cambodian noodle and rice plates
