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| - This is NOT where you would take someone on a first date. Here is why. You are on E. 30th and you know that your date told you that Tastebuds is between Superior and St. Clair. You park inside a pothole as big as your car on the side of the nearly deserted road. On one side of the street are a bunch of semi abandoned homes, on the other some old relics that appear to have been office buildings at one time, but are now crumbling into dust. Your date steps out of the shadows and beckons you toward a dark entrance and up an uneven set of stairs. You say to yourself "This is where I die. Please make it quick dear Lord". He reaches out a hand and pushes open the door to your tomb......and then light floods out at you and you step into a surprisingly beautiful space. The walls are Ochre and Auburn and adorned with original pieces of art. Light pours in from the windows facing the street. And the smell, oh the wonderfully beautiful smell of lemon and garlic, roasted meats and grilled vegetables, and Fresh bread and just baked cookies.
Tastebuds is a cafeteria style restaurant and is open only for lunch. But what a lunch it is. The Greek Pasta is a favorite. Penne with roasted tomatoes, feta cheese, chicken strips, olives and pine nuts in an alioli sauce. Individual meatloafs bathed in garlic. Salmon, lemon pepper chicken, and grilled Portobello Sandwiches. Homeade cookies and the nicest staff you could ask for. Some people just enjoy what they do and the people that work here are just fabulous. I know that at least one person who waited on us was an owner. It is a credit to the whole staff that I really don't know which one it was. Every single person we spoke to was so upbeat that it could have been any one of them.
This is the type of restaurant that you want to linger at. Not only is the space beautiful, but the patrons are as diverse a crowd as you will see. From construction workers, to lawyers, to hospital staff. Once you come here you will want to come back. The fact that it is so hard to find just adds to its mystique. This is where you take someone you want to impress. Whether it is a date, your boss, or a visitor from out of town you will win huge points for being "in the know". And even more points because it really is that good. A hidden location, amazing ambience, and fantastic food. There really isn't any place in Cleveland quite like it. Go once and you will want to come back again and again. If nothing else you will want to work your way through the daily specials. Each one is as good as the next. Skip the Nantucket Nectar...61 grams of sugar. That's like half a cup of sugar! That's just crazy.
The road is under construction right now, but there is a parking lot a half a block from the resaturant.
Stop reading and go!
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