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| - Another highlight of my trip to Cleveland. Great Lakes makes some very good beer, but if you're a local you probably know that already. The two I tried--the Dortmunder and the Eliot Ness--are easy to drink without tasting like water (I'm looking at you, Bud). I'm sure there are people who can talk about beer more eloquently than I can, but I will say one thing. I had the Dortmunder for the first time on tap at the brewery and it was awesome. I noticed that it was served a little warmer than I would have expected. Not warm like British beer warm, just not super cold. The next night I had it elsewhere out of a bottle and very cold. It wasn't as good. I don't know if it was bottle or temperature, but I'm going to take a case back to Maryland with me and experiment.
On to the restaurant. I splurged (and took a risk, considering I generally don't like fish) and got the Arctic char, which came with rice, spinach, and a tomato-cream sauce. The fish was fantastic, not fishy at all, and the sauce was great. The rice and spinach, however, were extremely bland. Just a little more sauce would have saved the whole dish, but for the most part the only flavorful bites I took had some of the fish in them. I'm only docking one star here, though, because the fish really was tasty. Service was great as well. Our waitress was funny and personable and brought our food out pretty quickly. I'd definitely go back if I ever found myself in Cleveland again.
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