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| - it's rare that i would give anything five stars because i'm a perfectionist and you know nothing is ever perfect, but this would be difficult to top.
we sat outside to get a beautiful view of downtown cleveland (haha) and listen to a jackhammer all evening. oops. anyway, it didn't really matter because it was a nice night. originally we had attempted to go to sushi rock but it was crowded, loud, full of d-bags and had an hour wait. no thanks. we walked down the street and ended up at crop.
i had the arnold palmer cocktail which is my dream summer libation - lemonade, iced tea, fresh mint, citrus vodka and grand marnier. it was so good, i am going to try and copy it on my own time.
the cornbread and cracked pepper honey butter was very good, though i'm more of a dry cornbread fan than a spongy tiramisu ladyfinger type, but hey, it was free. i ate it regardless so i don't know what i'm really complaining about.
entree wise i had the chicken fried chicken, string beans, bacon and waffle as a tribute to one of my favorite restaurants in atlanta, gladys knight's. this was definitely its high end cousin, but it was very very good. it was an excellent combination of sweet and savory - not too heavy, and the right portion (even though i ended taking some of it home to enjoy it again the next day.) my mom had the summer tart which she raved about the entire time.
not somewhere i'll be often because i can't break the bank, but it is definitely one of the best restaurants i've been to in cleveland and i will be back for more.
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