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| - To sum up my experience - I was disappointed.
I'd been excited to try Katz Club Diner since I'd heard about its opening. The menu sounded interesting. And any place that offers vegan grub here in the CLE will get my business at least once.
My mom, boyfriend, and I were seated at the counter on a late Sunday afternoon. The restaurant was pretty full, but the counter was empty. Our server - in her retro black waitress getup - was nice but inexperienced. I asked her about upgrading the vegan dog to "the works" and asked her what "the works" was. She had no idea. Good thing I pressed her to ask because "the works" includes non-vegan cheese and sour cream. My mom asked her about the eggplant Reuben. Again, she had limited knowledge of what was on the sandwich. I get that this is diner dining, but the wait staff should have some idea of what's being served. Right?
We waited for what seemed like an unusually long time for our food, watching delicious looking plates of food coming out of the kitchen. When the food arrived, only 2 of our 3 orders arrived - my vegan dog with fries and my mom's eggplant Reuben with fries. Apparently they'd run out of fries, so my boyfriend had to wait another 10 minutes for them to make another batch. And so, my mom and I had to wait another 10 minutes to eat our meals. Honestly, we would have been happier if they'd left our food under a warmer, because it was pretty awkward for us to be sitting there, waiting for my boyfriend to get his food.
Once everyone had a meal in front of them, we dug in. My vegan dog was good...but not worth the price tag. $8 for a Field Roast sausage that I can buy at Whole Foods with the saltiest fries I've ever eaten? Meh. (and I'll add a disclaimer here - I love salt more than anyone I know and I still thought the fries were too salty) My mom's Reuben was equally underwhelming. When I think Reuben, I think overflowing sandwich. Her sandwich had a cutlet of eggplant with a dab - literally - of Thousand Island dressing - and a minuscule amount of sauerkraut.
My boyfriend's burger wasn't much better. He thought it was ok, but like the fries, he thought it was too salty. Not sure why someone in the kitchen was being so heavy handed with the salt that day, but...it kind of ruined our meal.
So overall, we had a pretty "meh" experience. The food was ok, but nothing special. Unless you consider "overly salted" to be special. I had hoped to frequent this diner since I live relatively close, but after my experience there, I'm honestly in no rush to go back.
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