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| - Been to the Tick Tock a couple of times while in C-town visiting the parents. It's got a nice, neighborhood cafe feel to it. The menu is a carnivore's delight (they rotisserie cook many of their own meats), but there are enough seafood options to keep mammal-averse diners like me happy as well. Pretty much everything I've had on the (fairly huge) menu is good, and, because it's the Midwest, huge portions and low prices are the norm. Also, how many places specialize in barbecue and pierogies at the same time? This is why I love the 'Land.
So why three stars? Somehow, every time I'm in here, the service is like glacially slow. Like geological epoch slow. It takes a while for someone to recognize that you're there, and then another while to get your drink, and so on, until the intervals add up to an hour plus for lunch. Sure, last visit was on Labor Day, and so maybe I should have expected a crowd with everyone off work, but than again, maybe the Tick Tock should have scheduled more than one server for the whole place. Sure, she was a wonderful Cleveland original, with that gruff-but-sweet Polish thing that you can really only get here and in Milwaukee, but c'mon--try staffing adequately for holidays.
In any case, get some crab stuffed mushrooms and a catfish, or a slab of ribs and fires, depending on what tasty version of 3,000 calories suits your fancy. It's a dive with character. Full bar available.
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