Mama Santa's ★ 4.4
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.
Try: Square Sicilian pizza slice and a side of meatballs
Tommy's Restaurant is a vegetarian budget eat in Cleveland Heights, Cleveland.
Editorially verified June 4, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Address: 1824 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
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.
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.
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
Phnom Penh on West 25th Street across from the West Side Market, a family-run Cambodian BYOB room, runs cheap noodle bowls, curries and the city's pho.
Try: Cambodian noodle and rice plates
Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream on West 25th Street in Ohio City, the Mitchell brothers' production-and-scoop room inside a former movie theater.
Try: House-made ice cream cone or sundae
Diamond Deli on South Main Street in downtown Akron, a long-running deli counter for the University of Akron and downtown lunch crowd, runs hot fat.
Try: Hot fat sandwiches and house soups