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| - I've eaten here a few times. Somer's is near a strip of hotels/motels close to, but not that close to, CLE Airport. It is also across the parking lot and a block away from the RTA Red Line's Puritas - W. 150th station.
I seriously don't know what people are looking for. A standard Denny's gets a standard 3 stars from me and, depending on what goes down, could get bumped up a little. This place is better than a Denny's where all the dishes have that uniform, reliable taste across the board. Not only that, Somer's is less expensive.
Being fairly tasty, I stuck to the farmer's omelette - eggs, cheese, ham, bacon, mushrooms, onions, and green peppers. It also comes with a starch and bread. The starch consisted of hash browns and the bread was sliced wheat bread and, thankfully, they do have strawberry jam packets. To that, I added decaf. The breakfast platter cost $ 6.49 and the coffee was $ 1.89.
The omelette was very tasty but then I love omelettes with these ingredients. The potatoes weren't as crispy as I would have liked but the toast was fine. House coffee is house coffee.
The service at Somer's is amicable and informal. Many customers appear to be neighborhood or local employee type regulars. The servers don't mess around ... they answer your questions, take your order, let you customize it to some degree, give the order to the kitchen, and out comes the food.
This place is funky and could just as well be on a lonely stretch of highway. It has dated decor that is endearing in its own weird way, a gumball machine, and throw away newspapers for local goings-on and, of course, local area used cars for sale. They have ample parking for their customer load. Keep in mind that Somer's is a breakfast and lunch joint. They close in the early afternoon after a ~ 6 a.m. opening for early birds. It's a good value and you support a local small business. Don't expect to be too, too impressed, but go for it.
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