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| - Willeyville- surprised me up the wahoo.
I had heard of how "great" the Flats were, but as I moved into Cleveland 3 years ago, I never got to see the Flats in its greatness. Nonetheless, I'm glad to see that they're building up the area with an Aloft hotel, and some new great restaurants, like Willeyville.
I made reservations for 6 people at 8pm on a Saturday night. For a new place, I thought it would be pretty empty...but man, it was packed!
Their menu boasts "handcrafted consumables" and man, is it unique. Our friends ordered the "chicken ate my chicken"- a stuffed sausage in chicken dish- which they claimed was excellent. The menu also had an extensive cocktail list and also a lot of unique delectable dishes.
My bf and I split a few dishes to get the most bang for our buck. First, we got the mussel poutine. Yes, poutine, and yes, we are not in Canada. The mussels were great, with a slightly cheesy flavorful sauce drizzled on top of some nicely fried fries. Mmmmm. We also ordered the gnocchi, which came with summer squash as well. We were a bit surprised at how it came- we had originally thought gnocchi were little pasta balls..and was surprised when it came out as a flat folded noodle. We bit into it- and yep, it was definitely gnocchi- it was deceivingly small, but heavy and oh so good!
We also ordered their special- a beef heart chili cheese dog. As I loved the chili cheese dogs from Detroit's coney islands, I didn't think it could match. Oh, it definitely matched and was GOOD. It had that special "snap" to it that hot dogs should, when you bite into it, and the beef heart chili was so hearty (no pun intended) and savory, it was pretty amazing.
Willeyville has great food and a great atmosphere. The only downside is that the parking lot is $6- as for the area (there's like nothing around it), I didn't think was worth it. We parked on the street...but yeah, besides that, the food was excellent, and I would go back in a heartbeat.
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