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| - A fairy tale for you:
Once, there was a restaurant called Max's Deli. Max's Deli was, like Tommy's, a decent restaurant that had a following that bordered on the cultish. Max's won tons of annual "Best of" awards from the local magazines, mainly on the basis of the fact that it had a) frickin' awesome sweet potato fries, and b) the best dessert case in all of Cleveland. If you wanted sugar, Max's was your sugar daddy.
Then Max's closed its doors unexpectedly, saying they'd move to a new location. They didn't. Lord knows what happened, it's a mystery. Instead, Sweet Melissa's opened in the same location, with pretty much the same food, and a slightly revamped (though thankfully not too much) dessert case.
I've spoken to the people who work here. They seem to think it's an entirely different dining experience, and... well, it isn't. It's overpriced deli food that'd probably be ranked four stars IF all the food was two bucks less, but it is good and filling stuff that you won't regret eating.
The sad bit is that it stands in the shadow of Max's Deli, when really, it's just as good as Max's ever was - it just lost that weird cachet that frankly, Max's probably didn't deserve. It's definitely a solid place to go for lunch, and I still get a hankerin' for their sandwiches.
BUT their dessert case is still filled with delightful wonderments - rich cakes, wonderful cookies, and a delectable S'mores style creation where I walked back after I was done and ordered another two to go. They use a blowtorch to melt the marshmallows. And how cool is that?
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