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| - Don't get me wrong. You should go... especially if you're a huge fan of pastrami. The meat is stacked high, and the sandwich hits the spot. It's no Katz Deli, but it's probably the closest thing to it without hopping a flight to NYC. I had the pastrami and my companion had the reuben. The coffee is standard diner quality, but you didn't come here for gourmet coffee. I can't recall what other beverage options they even had... I think soda.
No frills interior, but you didn't go there for the decor either. I hear that sometimes there's a line to get in.. .I wouldn't wait in line for it. We went towards the end of their day.. it was sometime early afternoon on a weekend. There was no line, there was no crowd, we sat and were served right away.
If you're dying for a good pastrami/reuben and you're in Cleveland, I would recommend this place. If I loved this kind of food more, I would have considered bumping it to 4*. It's really a 3.5 *... but just can't give it the bump to the 4, because it's unlikely I'll go back. Just made me wish I were back in NYC and made me miss Katz.
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Explanation of my rating system -
5*: Epitome of something, the best I've had, would LOVE to go back
4*: Great food and happy to go back regularly, but not the best of the category
3*: Food is fine. I may spontaneously decide to go there based on convenience. But no need to go back either.
2*: If you insist. I guess I'll come along if someone wants to go. But I wouldn't have picked it.
1*: No plans to come back. I'll try to talk companions out of going. If they insist, I may come and not eat, or may just see them some other time.
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