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| - In Solon on business and desperate for good food, I had the good fortune to stumble upon "Harvest Kitchen and Lounge". I went back the next night. And if I hadn't flown out the next morning I'd have been back again.
On a busy stretch of road lined with muffler shops and fast food franchises (read "food like substance") it would be easy to miss Harvest Kitchen. (I did and doubled back.) You park out back and enter through the rear (that's where the hostess is). The high ceilinged dining room is decorated in soothing colors. Very airy, very well lit, and not over-chilled - no sweater needed. It's a handsomely appointed establishment
Harvest Kitchen has fish, foul and red meat; pasta and vegetarian selections, a long list of enticing appetizers and a above average wine list. I would say the menu's organizing principle is something like "north Ohio locavore". They collect as many ingredients locally as possible, they even found an Ohio made pasta. It shows in the taste. I had the saffron angel hair pasta with shrimp, chorizo and vegetables the first night; the tomatoes, spinach and shallots really dressed it up. The ginger shrimp and sesame noodles (with peas, tomatoes, basic and curry) was equally enticing.
Harvest Kitchen and Lounge is Hands down the best restaurant in Solon Ohio. That's not saying much, but Harvest Kitchen would generate positive notice anywhere - in Solon (an unexceptional, distinction free suburb southeast of Cleveland) it's a real stand-out. Next time I'm in Solon I'll eat there every night - no point in looking further afield.
Harvest Kitchen would rate at least four stars in any urban center. But it a distant suburb like Solon it's five stars for sure.
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