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| - I go to Lolita pretty regularly, usually for happy hour on Fridays. Their happy hour cannot be beat, and apparently everyone knows it, because you have to show up at 4:45 or else you're not sitting at the bar. You must sit at the bar to get the happy hour specials, and you may have to fight a few people off for it. I can attribute this to the Lolita burger, my #1 favorite burger of all time- a juicy burg on a toasted English muffin, cheese, bacon, a fried egg and pickled red onion to top it off. You will not find a better burger in Cleveland, and at $5, I feel like I'm stealing from them. Get the roasted eggplant dip and some fried (in anchovy oil!) Brussels sprouts, and you've got yourself a meal.
Aside from the happy hour menu, I like to get one of the charcuterie boards for a snack, the roasted bone marrow for an appetizer, and the duck prosciutto pizza and duck confit are amazing entrees. The cocktails are delicious and creative. The service is always fantastic, especially if you are sitting at the bar. The bar manager somehow balances keeping everything clean, every drink refreshed, and is a super nice guy to boot. The location is excellent, you can almost always find street parking, and if not, valet is available. The decor inside is very home-y, very chic and somehow timelessly trendy.
If you are vegan or veg, I would not recommend any Michael Symon restaurant. Most of his dishes are meat-centric, you will find very few things on the menu to accommodate you. But let's be serious here, he's the Iron Chef of Cleveland. He can get away with a lack of salad on his menu.
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