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| - The Washington Street Diner was among those listed in Cleveland Magazine's "Diners of Cleveland" edition from late 2010. We have been trying to make the rounds of the restaurants in that article, and one Sunday in February, we made it there.
I suppose if you live in the neighborhood, there's no reason not to go there. They did standard breakfast fare at a very reasonable price, but there's also nothing great about it; I believe we got out of there for about $20 including a 15% tip. I'm not giving it two stars because it's horrible food, but like Yelp says, "Meh, I've had better."
The interior is rather stark, with almost no wall decor or art. The service was relatively slow, and it seemed like they might have been understaffed.
I got the corned beef hash, which they said was made on site. It was perfectly fine, but nothing out of the ordinary. My partner had the French toast, and that was rather disappointing. Firstly it looked like it might have come out of an industrial sized case of pre-frozen French toast ... it appeared tobe a perfectly sliced piece of extra thick Wonder Bread that was just too perfectly, cleanly battered. And it came to the table barely warm; the butter on the table wouldn't even melt on it.
Another complaint of mine is that there was no real cream on the table. They had little pre-packaged blister-packs of something like Coffee Mate or some other non-dairy creamer. I did find out that they have real cream available in the back if you ask for it, so remember that.
I want to say more, but the restaurant was so plain and the food was so minimally impressive, that it's only been a few days since that meal, and I can barely remember anything more than a vague sense of disappointment.
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