I have spent almost a year writing my own yelp* reviews and reading those of others. I have learned a lot from my fellows. I learned that I am an old person, a cotton head and I go to dull places that use no seasoning that are well suited to us dull poorly seasoned old people. I have learned that many of the restaurants that serve Cleveland style stuffed cabbage or chicken paprikash are unhealthy and again filled with old people. I learned Melt and B Spot serve food that may be a bit unhealthy but Oh so worth it and are filled with the young hip beer drinking crowd. From yelp* I found that Cleveland lacks places on the lake.
I could care less about opinions about my age or stereotypes concerning my age group. I take great pride in my generation's accomplishments. I find the excuses for eating or not eating healthy food more revealing of the writer's inconsistencies than the restaurant's cooking abilities. However, I puzzle over most lake front eateries struggling when East 4th Street or West 25th Street win accolades.
I simply loved sitting by the fire drinking coffee looking at the frozen lake at Boardwalk Cafe. In summer sitting at an outdoor table eating a chicken salad sandwich with the lake surrounding me made me smile. Boardwalk has gone out of business.
I frequent Lake House Cafe. The bright small restaurant sits on the waterfront with a menu as good as most but with an incomparable view. Yet it is rarely crowded. Today I had breakfast at the Cafe with a close friend. We sat for three hours catching up. The server kept our coffee cups filled. No one waited for our table. There were lines in Tremont waiting for tables.
Lake House Cafe on any given day is far more stunning than most any other place I patronize. Our lake died years ago and now it lives again but in loneliness.