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| - Nate's was recommended to me by a friend. I had already eaten but went there for a bite to eat and I'm glad I did.
I only knew one Nate, or Nathaniel, while growing up and he was an acquaintance. What I do know is that, when I was a kid, Nate, and Nates in general, automatically became "Nate the Skate." "Nate the Skate" is a real person. What I also recall is that if a Greek guy was named Nick, he seemingly became "Nick the Greek, the t***y freak." I didn't make that up. That is older than the hills. But here, we are talking about Middle Eastern food, and not necessarily Greek food, though they are sort of joined at the hip.
Nate's is located in Ohio City, which is not a separate city, but a Cleveland neighborhood west of downtown, south of the lake, and accessible by several freeways from the exits for West 25th Avenue. It is near, but not in the West Side Market. Either way, both the market and this restaurant are served by the RTA Red Line through its Ohio City-W 25th Ave. station.
Nate's is a small restaurant that you'd see in the downtown area of a smaller city or in an established and/or gentrifying neighborhood. In this case, it's in the latter.
I had hummus and hot tea. The hummus was appropriately priced and delicious. I'd sure like to try some other things at Nate's, given that all these wonderful scents were tantalizing to my olfactory nerve.
The service was very friendly and I was able to survey some photos of Lebanon on the wall. The store also has these small wings up front made by the recessed front door that allowed them to have placed a few two tops in them. That's where I sat, eating my food and looking at the street life.
If you like Middle Eastern food, and/or Greek food and the foods of the eastern Mediterranean in general, then try Nate's. If doing so in conjunction with a trip to the West Side Market, leave some room in your stomach. Many people seem to like Nate's as well and, as the saying goes, 20,000 Frenchmen can't be wrong.
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