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| - Came here on my visit to Cleveland and had some high expectations after reading about it on Yelp. The tavern is located in the middle of the gastropub area between E 3rd and E4th Streets. On the Friday night I was there, it was quite crowded in the area as you can imagine.
The restaurant is multi-floored so is very spacious. We ended up sitting on the 2nd floor, which overlooks the 1st floor via a balcony. The 2nd floor is actually small compared to the 1st floor, but just as noisy. We were pretty much starving when we got here, so cutting straight to the point we ordered the following for dinner:
Animal Style Frites - We ended up subbing the frites that came with our burgers with the animal style version instead of getting it as a separate order. According to many reviews this was a MUST and I second that now! If you have ever tried Poutine and love it, well this is basically the same concept. There's bacon bits, 2 fried eggs, mustard, mozzarella cheese curd and gravy layered on top of frites and all of that mixed together equals fried gravy frites goodness!
Ohio Beef Burger - Burger was very juicy, cooked perfectly medium rare to my liking and the bread was unusually puffy and soft (not like your everyday sesame bun). The bread definitely stuck out because of its uniqueness. Look out for that if you get the Beef or Lamb Burger.
Pan Fried Pork Chop Saltimbocca - I had a chance to try a piece of this from a friend. The meat was tender and I loved the red eye gravy that was mixed in with it. They puree'd the mashed potatoes, which was not to my friend's liking, but to me it was a nice idea.
Another one of my friends ordered the Lamb Burger and he thoroughly devoured it, enjoying it in the process. Unfortunately, I never had a chance to try a piece as I busy with my Beef Burger.
Overall, Greenhouse Tavern had a typical gastropub atmosphere, but there were some kids there too. The lighting was dim and the crowd noise was high, but most importantly the food was really good!
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