8 years ago I fell in love with South Side. Back then the menu was 1 page but I still kept on coming back for more. BEST TUNA IN TOWN. Then I moved to Chicago but I still would be in the CLE area at least 4 times a year. I always made sure to visit South Side. 4 years ago I got my purse stolen so I didnt have a driver's license, therefore I traveled with my passport. The peachy part was that my passport happened to be anything but American. Well the bartender refused to serve me and said that they dont take passports as a form of ID. She gave me this story how the CLE police deprtment instructed them that passports shouldnt be used in bars. Sounded like BS. I was infuriated. I bartend for a living. A passport is the lamborgini of IDs. After a smartass comment that sounded like: "Really, foreigners are not allowed to drink in your bar?" The bartender retracted and goes well that's the OH law, but you look old enough so I will serve you, just make sure to have your license with you next time. Well, by then my thirst had gone away and my hate for SS knew no bounds. So I left and visited my other beloved joint "the treehouse".
After a lot of requests from my friends, last year I decided to give the place a break and came back. The menu was on steroids and the mean bartender was no longer there. I still like the place. They have good food and a great partio. The staff I have encountered these past few times has been great too but I still have hard feelings about this place so I tend to think twice about visiting them.