Slyman's Restaurant
Slyman's Restaurant on St Clair Avenue is the Slyman family corned beef counter since 1964 with a busy weekday breakfast and lunch trade for downtown workers.
The places in Cleveland the guidebooks miss. locals-only counters, after-hours rooms and the spots tourists walk past.
Off the beaten plate
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Phnom Penh Restaurant
Phnom Penh Restaurant across from the West Side Market on West 25th Street, a family-run BYOB Cambodian room, runs the city's defining Southeast Asian noodle.
Tommy's Restaurant
- ★ 4.2
- Vegetarian
- $$
- Cleveland Heights
Tommy's Restaurant on Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights since 1972, a vegetarian-leaning diner that hides a meat-eater menu, anchors the Cedar-Lee east-side.
Eat your way around Ohio City
3 of the hidden gems on this list are in Ohio City. So are these tours and tastings.
Velvet Tango Room
- ★ 4.7
- Cocktail bar
- $$
- Tremont
Velvet Tango Room on Columbus Road in Tremont is Paulius Nasvytis's unmarked cocktail room since 1996, with pre-Prohibition drinks and a vintage soundtrack.
Mama Santa's
- ★ 4.0
- Sicilian
- $$
- Little Italy
Mama Santa's on Mayfield Road in Little Italy since 1961 is the Santa family Sicilian pizzeria with the block's cheapest hot lunch and family pasta dinners.
Astoria Cafe and Market
Astoria Cafe and Market on Detroit Avenue in Detroit Shoreway is a Mediterranean cafe-market with shakshuka, Greek coffee and a tinned-fish retail counter.
Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream
Mitchell's Homemade Ice Cream on West 25th Street in Ohio City, the Mitchell brothers' scoop room and production kitchen inside the former 1919 Rialto.
Larder Delicatessen and Bakery
- ★ 4.6
- Jewish deli
- $$
- Ohio City
Larder Delicatessen and Bakery in the Hingetown firehouse on West 29th Street, the Jeremy Umansky and Allie La Valle koji project, runs the most quietly.
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