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| - I've actually had my eye on this place for a while and had even considered using the place for our wedding reception. The only issue was that the restaurant doesn't allow more than 50 people per floor which would be difficult for a large reception. The restaurant is 3 floors with bars on the ground floor and rooftop. The rooftop bar is pretty cool on a fri or sat night for people watching.
Anyway, to the restaurant. It's located on the busy 4th St in downtown Cleveland. If you dine at the restaurant, easiest place to park is at the valet parking on 4th. You prepay whatever price and then the restaurant validates the ticket for you, bringing the price down to $8 so you'll get some money back.
We made a reservation for 5(a must for fri or sat night) and were promptly seated at a table on the 2nd floor overlooking the promenade. We had heard amazing things about the pig face so we ordered that and the beef short ribs first as they take 45 min to prepare. To tide us over, we ordered 4 appetizers (cabbage salad, animal style fries, chicken wing confit and fried brussel sprouts). All of the food was really good and excellently prepared. The chicken wings and brussel sprouts were surprisingly on the sour side, a bit too much for my liking, but still excellently tasting. My favorite ended up being the brussel sprouts. The animal style fries covered in curds, gravy, bacon and a fried egg were really good too. Definitely something to try if you've never had poutine.
The short ribs and pig face arrived promptly and wow was it a site to behold. Half a roasted pig face with some vegetables and bread. And then 5 lbs of beef short rib in all its glory. The pig face was tender with some crispy skin. The meat and fat just came right off of the face. If you're squeamish about meat with faces, then you should stay away. If you're a brave soul, definitely try it as it was amazing.
The short ribs were also really good, fall-off-the-bone meat with lovely roasted vegetables. It was really good although I've had similar flavors before so this wasn't too special to me. Just really well prepared. Ordering both may have been overkill for 5 people. Probably should have gone with just one and then ordered another appetizer. But having too much good food is a pretty good problem to have.
I definitely need to come back for the Tabasco fried chicken, which looked amazing.
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