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Dixitque dc699@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Earl K. Miller) in cle.general:
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>I will be visiting Cleveland soon and would like suggestions for fine dining.

Rather odd -- you're posting from a Cleveland Freenet address. Is this 
a troll? But what the heck, I like food and restaurants so here goes.

Narrow it down a bit -- what do you like to eat, and which section of 
town will you be visiting?

If you're in town for any extended period, pick up the book /Cleveland 
Ethnic Eats/ by Laura Taxel, which lists all sorts of restaurants and 
gives plenty of comments to help you make a decision. Be sure to get the 
second edition -- unless the third edition is out already.

Here are some of my personal favorites. I am not saying these are 
necessarily the best in their category in Cleveland, but they are my 
personal favorites from among the ones I know.

For very, very good steaks, I like Hyde Park Grille on Coventry Road in 
Cleveland Heights. (They also have a location further east, which I've 
never visited.) The prices are about like Ruth's Chris, but at Hyde Park 
I felt that I got what I paid for and I did not feel that way at Ruth's 
Chris. When I want to put on a suit and eat some very good (and rich) 
food at a nice place, I think of Hyde Park. (You don't actually have to 
wear a suit there.)

For innovative Italian, Porcelli's on Mayfield Road in Little Italy, near 
the eastern border of Cleveland proper. Actually, there are a LOT of good 
Italian restaurants within about a two-block strip: just walk along and 
look at the menus in the windows.

For pizza, Pizzazz on SOM Center Road in Mayfield Village, also near 
Fairmount & Warrensville in University Heights. A close second would be 
Captain Tony's in Shaker Square. (I'm not sure the atmosphere at Captain 
Tony's would qualify as "fine dining".)

For Szechuan, you have lots of good choices. My favorite is Hunan 
Coventry, on Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights. The atmosphere there is 
a cut above the typical Chinese restaurant, and you did specify "fine 
dining".

You can put together a very nice picnic from the deli counter at the Food 
Co-op, also on Coventry in Cleveland Heights. Many items are vegetarian, 
but they also have stuff with meat. The Co-op also sells wine, breads, 
cheeses, and pastries.

For fish, I like the venerable Don's Lighthouse at the west end of the 
Shoreway (where route 2 changes from a freeway to a surface street).

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