34 cheap eats places in Cleveland, editor-picked. The best low-budget spots in Cleveland: the places editors actually return to. All Cleveland food.

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Steve's Gyros

Try Hand-shaved beef and lamb gyro, jumbo size carries two pounds of meat

Steve's Gyros inside the West Side Market on West 25th Street, the Steve Bistolarides counter since 1989, runs Cleveland's definitive gyro with daily early.

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Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream

Order Two scoops of the seasonal flavour the kitchen is leading with, plus the kitchen tour on weekends.

Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream flagship on West 25th Street, the Ohio City kitchen and shop in a restored old movie theater, hand-crafts every batch.

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Civilization

Drink Pour-over filter coffee

Civilization Coffee Bar on West 11th in Tremont, set in the restored 1881 Flandermyer Drug Building, runs filter and espresso with a small pastry counter.

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Slyman's Restaurant

Try Overstuffed corned beef sandwich

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.

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Seti's Polish Boys

Try Polish Boy: grilled kielbasa, fries, slaw and BBQ sauce on a bun

Seti's Polish Boys is Cleveland's longest-running Polish Boy food truck on the festival circuit, with the canonical kielbasa-fries-slaw-BBQ stack on a bun.

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Superior Pho

Try Pho and bun bowls

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.

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Michael Angelo's Bakery

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Order Cassata cake

Michael Angelo's Bakery on Broadview Road in Broadview Heights, an Italian-American bakery since 2000, runs cassata cake, cannoli and a 2026 spring food menu.

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Frank's Bratwurst

Try Austrian-style bratwurst sandwich with sauerkraut

Frank's Bratwurst inside the West Side Market on West 25th Street, the Ratschki family Austrian bratwurst stall since October 31 1970, runs three-generation.

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Mama Santa's

Try Square Sicilian pizza slice and a side of meatballs

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.

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Li Wah

Try Weekend dim sum cart service and Cantonese lunch plates

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.

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Diamond Deli

Try Hot fat sandwiches and house soups

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.

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Inn on Coventry

Order Lemon ricotta pancakes plus a bottomless mimosa, or the breakfast burrito on a slower day.

Inn on Coventry on Euclid Heights Boulevard in Cleveland Heights, a Coventry-adjacent breakfast and brunch diner for over 40 years, runs the bottomless.

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Mt Pleasant Bar-B-Q

Try Polish Boy and Texas-style barbecue ribs

Mt Pleasant Bar-B-Q on Kinsman Road in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood, a family-run sit-down rib house and Polish Boy counter, runs the city's archetypal.

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Crepes de Luxe

Try Parisian-style street crepes, sweet or savory built to order

Crepes de Luxe inside the West Side Market on West 25th Street, the Parisian-style street crepe counter at the market since 2007, runs sweet and savory.

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