This list is more for me than anything, because I have to search the archives sometimes. If you like a quick list, here are all of the restaurants I have written about in an alphabetical list. I did not include posts like listening to the Cleveland Orchestra at Blossom, the Stouffer’s Thrift Store, my posts on fish fries and clambakes or a couple random musings, since they aren’t restaurant reviews per se. I hope you enjoy this feature.
#1 Pho 808 Shave Ice (only open in the summer) A Cookie & A Cupcake Abo’s Grill Aladdin’s Eatery
Alfredo’s at the Inn Algebra Tea House
Amp 150 Anatolia Cafe Angie’s Soul Cafe Arthur Treacher’s (now open in Cleveland Heights, Garfield Heights and Cuyahoga Falls) Astoria Au Jus Austin’s Smokin Steakhouse A&W Drive-In in Kent (only open in the summer) b.a. Sweetie Candy Company Balaton (now open in Chagrin Falls) Baraona’s Bakery Batuqui Bearden’s Bialy’s Bagels Big Al’s Diner Big Met (Fish Fry) Biga Wood Fired Pizzeria Black Box Fix Blue Canyon – also serves a great monthly brunch The Blue Door Cafe & Bakery Blue Habanero Blue Heron Brewpub Bo Loong Bombay Chaat Bonchon Boss ChickNBeer Bourbon Street Barrel Room Bowl of Pho Bruno’s Ristorante Buckeye Beer Engine The Buckeye Room at Lorain County JVS Byte Cafe Cafe Avalaun Cafe Tandoor Carrie Cerino’s Campus Grille Cavotta’s Garden Center Cedar-Lee District (NEO Food Tour – Lopez, Abrash Gallery/Rockefeller’s, The Wine Spot, Phoenix Coffee, and Taste – with take-home treats from Coquette Patisserie) Charlie’s Dog House Diner Chelo’s Kitchen
Chez Francois
Chicken Ranch Choolaah Indian BBQ
Choukouya Resto-Bar
Cibrèo Italian Kitchen Citizen Pie Cleveland Bagel Company Cleveland Jam Congin’s
Corky & Lenny’s
Corner 11 and Poke and Ramen Cozumel Creekside Restaurant and Bar in Brecksville (formerly Eddie’s Creekside) Crepes n Crisps
The Crispy Chick Crostata’s Pizzeria Crust Danny Boy’s Pizza Dave’s Cosmic Subs Davis Bakery Der Braumeister Dim Sum Crawl Part One (Emperor’s Palace, Li Wah and Koko Bakery) and Part Two (E. 30th Street Cafe – now Szechuan Cafe, Bo Loong, Asia Tea House (inside Asia Food Company) and Koko Bakery) Diner on 55th Doink’s Burger Joint Don’s Pomeroy House Eat at Joe’s Eddie’s Pizzeria Cerino EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute (I also wrote about the tableside service ) EDWINS Butcher Shop El Carnicero El Rinconcito Chapin Emperor’s Palace Empress Taytu Euro Wafel Bar Express Deli Ferrara’s Imported Foods Fire Food and Drink – Dinner and Brunch Fiyah Korean BBQ and Hot Pot Fluffy Duck Cafe Flying Cranes Cafe Fragapane’s Bakery & Deli Frederick’s Wine and Dine Fredibertos
The Friars’ Table
Gallucci’s Italian Foods Geraci’s Geraci’s Pepper Pike Gigi’s Gourmand’s Deli & Coffee Greenbridge Tea House (limited hours) Grum’s Guarino’s Gus’s Diner 185 Ha Ahn Korean Restaurant Han Chinese Kabob & Grill Hansa Import Haus Happy Dog Himalayan Restaurant Hofbräuhaus The HoneyBirch Bakehouse Hot Sauce Williams Hunan of Solon I Heart Mac n Cheese Ice or Rice Cafe In Forno Inn on Coventry Issho Ni Ramen, Sushi and Hibachi Jack Frost Donuts Jack’s Deli & Restaurant Joe’s Deli Kifaya’s Kitchen Kintaro Sushi & Hot Pot Koko Bakery (now on Payne Avenue and Coventry Road as well)Kuhar’s Arabica L’Albatros La Vera Party Center Landmark Restaurant on St. Clair (not the BBQ place in Lakewood) Le Bistro du Beaujolais
Le Petit Triangle Cafe Leavened Bakery
Lee’s Seafood Boil/Boiling Seafood Crawfish Levant Shawarma Li Wah – dim sum and celebrating Chinese New Year Little Italy (NEO Food Tour – La Dolce Vita, Murray Hill Market, Michaelangelo’s, and Trattoria on the Hill with cannolis from Corbo’s) LJ Shanghai The Lobster Pot Los Arcos Lox, Stock and Brisket (now at Van Aken District) Lucky’s Cafe Lucy Ethiopian Restaurant Luigi’s Luna Bakery Luxe Kitchen & Lounge Malley’s Chocolates & Ice Cream Parlors Mama Catena Vino e Cucina Mama D’s Diner
Mama Maria’s Ukrainian Kitchen
Mama Mary’s Gas Station Hummus (Sunoco gas station in Olmsted Falls) Mango Mango Map of Thailand Marie’s Mary Yoder’s Amish Kitchen Mason’s Creamery and Ramen Shop
Matteo’s Melt Bar and Grilled – Part 1 and Part 2 Merwin’s Wharf
Michael Angelo’s Bakery
Michaelangelo’s Miega Korean BBQ Mike’s Place in KentMinh Ahn
Miss Hickory’s Tea Room
Miss Molly’s Tea Room Mister Brisket Mitchell’s Ice Cream
Mochinut
Momo’s Kebab Mr. Chicken My Thai Nam Wah Nautica Queen Night Market Cleveland Nighttown Old Brooklyn Cheese Company
Olesia’s Taverne of Richfield
Omizu Sushi
On The Rise Bakery Original Pancake House Original Steaks and Hoagies Otani Noodle Pacific East Patterson Fruit Farm Pho & Rice
Pho Sunshine Phusion Cafe – now at 16111 Euclid Avenue in UptownPiccadilly Artisan Creamery Pickle Bill’s Pier W Poké Fresh Porco Lounge and Tiki Room
Prosperity Social Club
Pupuseria Katarina Quintealia’s Tea Parlor in Burton
Quisqueya
Red Maple Inn in BurtonThe Red Chimney (temporarily closed due to a fire) Ridgewood Inn The Rowley Inn Rumi’s Market & Deli – now Cleaveland Grill Russo’s Kitchen Sabor Miami Cafe Sanctuary in the DoubleTree Sanctuary on Green
Sand Pebbles in Aurora and Pinecrest
Sangria y Tapas SASA Saucisson
Savour (and Indulge Bakery) at Polaris
Sawyer’s Das Schnitzel Haus
Scotti’s Italian Eatery
Seoul Garden Sérénite Restaurant & Culinary Institute Seti’s Polish Boys Seven Roses Shaker Square (NEO Food Tour – Sergio’s Sarava, SASA, Fire Food & Drink and Grotto Wine Bar) Shooters on the Water Siam Cafe Sichuan Hot Pot Slyman’s Smokehouse 91 Sokolowski’s University Inn Spudnuts Donuts in Berea Stone Mad Pub
Superior Pho
Sweet Pork Wilson’s Swensons
Szalay’s Corn Farm & Market
Taj India Palace Tartine Bistro Taste
Tita Flores
Tommy’s
Tous les Jours Tree Country Bistro Tremont Tap House & Grill Ushabu (now Bar Oni) Urban Kitchen & Deli V’s Gourmet Chicken The Velvet Tango Room Vero Pizza Napoletana
Vienna Distributing (not a restaurant but awesome place to get corned beef for Reubens)
Villa y Zapata
The Village Butcher
Voodoo Brewing Company Wasabi Steak and Sushi Watami Revolving Sushi Bar – conveyor belt sushi in Ohio! White Oaks
Winking Lizard/Lizardville Wonton Gourmet Xinji Noodle Bar Yonder Brunch & Vibes
YYTime
Zanzibar Soul Fusion
Zhug
Zoma Ethiopian Restaurant