These are a few of my Favorite things (in Cleveland)
In no particular order, category or preference:
The Harp Restaurant on a summer’s eve, on the deck
Sheehan’s Pub when Big Sexy and Sheila ran the joint
the Valley, especially on hot days
Nuevo Aculpulco – Amazing Mexican Rest.
Nitetown – Great music, great food class act
Survivor’s Party at the Public House
Sullivan’s – Great food, waitresses (ok, one in particular), mugs and Black Pudding
Borders Crocker Park – great selection, great sales and an expanding Irish section
Green Island Restaurant – the owner’s a class act, the food is great, fast, and always hot and the staff are friendly and fun. My favorite Cleveland Restaurant
Danta’s Pizza (on R.River Drive) Best Pizza in the city
Red Robin Chicken Burger & Salad – UNBEATABLE
Kathleen’s Kitchen
The Goodtime III
Stampers’s with the Barleycorn on the 3rd Thursday and awesome oven baked turkey and swiss sub
Peggy Goonin Baker singing There Were Roses
Alec DeGabriele singing Patriot Games or The Rhonda
Lisa Spicer singing sea songs
Paul singing Fiddle in the Band
Sean Moore singing Gentle Annie
John Delaney doing Roisin Dubh
Marty Kelly singing any Saw Drs song
Ritchie doing 12
Wally singing Ireland
Callahan & O’Connor / Barleycorn / Brace Yourself Bridget / Brigid’s Cross / Wally Franz / the Kilroys / Morrison & McCarthy / Mossy Moran / Pitch the Peat /Lisa Spicer /
A club sandwich at Red Lantern
Festival afters parties at Cleveland’s Irish Cultural Festival
The Fish Frys at the West Side Irish-American Club and the gang McDonough’s Brigade
Kevin McDonough smoking a cigar and singing a great song
Kevin Kelly playing the pipes
Marching in the St. Patrick’s Day Parade, after the mass at St. Coleman’s and before B.G.’s bash
Carole W and her van
Tom & Tom – playing and laughing, entertaining and teaching – a Cleveland treasure
The Browns
Breakfast with Mike Mazur at Joe’s – a funny funny good man The Irish Barber – get the news and a haircut
Casey’s irish Imports – Vera and Tom and the kids are always so nice, the stock is the best and you can always get a Flake bar there.
GPS Sports – great Cleveland high school, college and pro collectibles and a place to see the sports stars once in a while
How easy it is to exit downtown – traffic is rarely a big delay