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| - Wow, I don't even recall writing a review for them but, sure enough, one of my first Yelp reviews 4 years ago. Still, after the all the traveling and beer exploration since, including moving to Indiana and closer to their home territory (although I still have to drive to Ohio to get their beer), Great Lakes is still one of my national favorites.
My now annual summer trip to Cleveland is one of the highlights of my year. It's hard to get past the drinking and eating, since it's all so good, but I also keep coming back to Cleveland for other reasons, and Great Lakes almost embodies all of it: friendly, salt-of-the-earth sort of place that merges modernity with historical preservation. The bar at the brewpub is reminiscent of an Irish pub, and the basement bar just works to extend that.
One thing I should say that I haven't said already: in all my annual pilgrimages to this place, it's ALWAYS crowded. I mean, I just stopped there at 3pm on a Monday, and there were two seats at the bar when I came in, with people starting to stand as I hung around. But they lure me back with small batch, brewpub-only selections, like the milk stout that I had today. Wonderful. There are a lot of great bars in Cleveland, but I keep coming back here because I know they'll have something I cannot get at any of those great bars.
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