This post is long overdue.
My fiancee and I were in the Parma neighborhood and were looking for a quick bite to eat for lunch. Per yelp, Grandma Helen's had good reviews and we decided to give it a gander.
The store is small and simple. Bench layout and from what I remember a few tables. We decided to share a meal that happened to be huge (and we both small). Specifically, we ordered the Chicken Paprikash which came with two sides (we ordered Kraut/Kielbasa and my partner convinced me to eat my greens).
The food was simple but FRESH. I felt as if I was getting a home-cooked polish meal! And then, a man begin to walk around and see how everyone was enjoying the food . It happened to be the owner himself. He sat and talked with us for a good ten minutes, explaining "grandma"'s techniques which made the meal even more pleasurable and afterwards just shooting the shit.
The price? Maybe $13-14 total, which filled both of us with a little leftovers to pack up. I enjoyed it so much that I left a $8-10 tip (which went to the waitress instead of the owner; but the owner said shes a hard worker and was grateful we left that tip for her).
Thank you for the talk and giving us the opportunity to enjoy a healthy, ethnic cousine for cheap. Although it's a drive from where I live, I will make an effort to drop by if in the area.