Went to Jack's on the recommendation of a friend who grew up in Cleveland Heights, and the homegirl was right--the food was good and so satisfying. Had a trio of sliders with corned beef, pastrami, and chopped liver. The serving was so big, I took it home for dinner shared with dear husband ( I noticed everyone at the checkout ahead of me had a take-home box, too.) The meats were lean, tender, sliced authentically thin, and the pastrami had just the right amount of spice. Maybe the best pastrami this side of Katz's in NYC. The chicken liver could have used more diced onion and chicken fat. And the borscht is rich with cabbage, but as sweet as cotton candy. Their grill is not just an afterthought, as son had a well-cooked burger.
My only complaint was the service. Once we were seated, the waitress was right there, took our order, and the kitchen was reasonably fast. But when we arrived, there was a line out the door to be seated. We waited for 40 minutes behind 3 parties of 6 (hey, they gotta eat, too), but when we got to the dining room, there were at least 10 empty 2-top to 4-top tables and booths. They could have easily seated the small parties, instead of making us wait in line behind the large parties. What's up with that? I thought maybe they were short staffed on wait help, but there were bussers and waitresses standing around, waiting for tables to fill up.Not the way to turn your tables! I'll go back to Jack's, but maybe not on a family-brunch Saturday.