What a gem! We were driving through Cleveland on a cross country trip and found this spot through yelp. Ahh, so happy we did!
Came through on a Wednesday night and grab two seats at the downstairs bar. We were greeted by an incredibly friendly, personable and knowledgeable bartender. Keith is awesome! The menu has a lot of traditional items but the approach on them here is so unique. Keith took us through the menu and shared chef and guest favorites. The chef (and owner) came out and introduced himself and recommended some of his personal favorites as well. We went with all of their combined reccos and man did we feast. Everything was amazing. We had:
Reuben ribs (best dish I had on our 17 day road trip). Just get this.
French onion egg rolls - another awesome dish, the roll itself was so tender and fresh tasting.
I had the shepherds pie. Never had one like it. The spuds were on the bottom and the flavor was semi sweet combined along with savory from the braised lamb that fell apart all over the dish. It was amazing.
Hubs had the chicken parm and he thoroughly enjoyed it, despite being not at all what he expected from chicken parm (your catching my drift overall on the interesting take on standard dishes, right?).
Great beer selection of local and regional brews, decent wine selection and a well stocked bar.
The staff was very friendly to everyone. Seems like they have a great customer base of locals. Just what any place would want.
If I ever make it back to Cleveland I wouldn't miss this place.