Food and Wine Across America: Cleveland
One might be surprised that Cleveland has some great cuisine, much of it inspired by a population with Eastern European Heritage.Lola is a restaurant owned and operated by a previous winner of Food & Wine’s Best New Chef, Michael Symon:
He recently moved his flagship restaurant, Lola, to a larger space in downtown Cleveland where he continues to prepare the ambitious, playful food that made his name, tucking meat from tender beef cheeks into pierogi and using foie gras as a filling for bratwurst. He also turned Lola’s former location into the more casual Lolita, serving excellent European-inspired comfort food like house-smoked seafood and gnocchi Bolognese.
One of Symon’s recipes, Herb-Crusted Walleye with Lobster Pierogi sounds delicious and is pictured above.
Babushka’s Kitchen has more traditional fare:
Cleveland has plenty of restaurants that reflect Ohio’s Eastern European heritage, but this tiny place, about 20 minutes outside the city, stands out for its perfect pierogi and sauerkraut. No one should leave without downing a plate of those delicate half-moons, a heap of buttery cabbage-laden noodles and half a dozen log-like cookies with fruit-filling called kolachky.
When you make those travel plans to visit the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame take a look at the other Food & Wine picks for great food, markets and hotels in Cleveland.
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