Entertaining and delicious...what a great combination. Huron Square Deli at 1150 Huron Road, downtown Cleveland, Ohio is simply a trip back in a time machine! huronsquaredeli@sbcglobal.net
I love this place. An old school diner set up where the patrons can sit for a quick breakfast or lunch either at the lunch counter or in small groups at pub height tables. I HIGHLY recommend sitting at the counter so that you can watch all the action. The waitresses, cooks and other staff appear to be one big happy family (as I think they are mostly relatives) and don't seem to have ever met a stranger in their lives.
Rick is usually on grill and he and his partner really sling the hash, so to speak. Every time I go there I love to watch these guys making the food. French fries (they have the best, by the way) are flying, pancakes are flipping, waitresses scurrying, diner talk is wailed back and forth: 'I need 8 fries all day!'
The prices are EXTREMELY reasonable for a downtown eatery! (like a time machine trip to an earlier decade). A hearty lunch is well under $10 and the menu is substantial. Omelets, club sandwiches, salads, deli wraps and floats along with breakfast combinations and soups are served to the guests almost as quick as you order them.
The place seems to do a good business of carry out orders at lunch time as there is a flow of customers stepping up to the pick-up window before they hurry out "the tunnel" back to the office with fare for everyone...I can tell this place is a 'best kept secret' for downtown offices. The tunnel, by the way, is a unique feature. It is actually a pathway (underground) from the office building across the street so that guests can avoid traffic and rain! What a unique feature.
Travel safe and eat well!
Allan
