Mar 08 2010
I’ve Created More Cleveland Foodies: My Parents
I know I’ve written about The Greenhouse Tavern before and tweeted about them PLENTY, but I just can’t help myself. It’s truly one of my top 5 restaurants in Cleveland…and pretty much my foodie obsession the past year.
Months back, I decided that a perfect Christmas gift for my parents would be a gift certificate to my new favorite CLE restaurant. I wanted to share with them the wonderful experience that Jason and myself had already had in the Fall. Well, I don’t know if they were saving it for some particular reason, but this past weekend they finally got around to using it!
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Needless to say, they were VERY happy with even happier bellies. And I was right! Even though they hadn’t used it until March, it was still the perfect gift! What’s even cooler was that they got to see The Greenhouse Tavern featured on “The Best Thing I Ever Ate” (Food Network) for their gravy frites just the night before they visited the restaurant! That really bumped up the excitement level (not that they really needed it) and gave them an idea of what they wanted to try.
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So, instead of going overboard and writing yet ANOTHER post about my opinion of The Greenhouse, I asked my Mom to guest post her own little review! Here’s what she had to say:
Kudo’s to our wonderful and smart daughter Cara for her great taste!
This last Christmas she gave us a gift certificate to The Greenhouse Tavern on East 4th St. Needless to say my husband and I were pretty excited to go, especially when just this last Friday the restaurant was featured on the Food Network channel.
We met up with some friends at The Greenhouse bar on Saturday night. We were brought upstairs through the back of the restaurant to a wonderful table on the balcony overlooking everything. Really cozy. Our waiter was extremely knowledgeable about the menu items and answered all of our questions. My friends Linda, Barb and I ordered the hanger steak which came with the pommes frites. Linda’s husband John and my husband Steve ordered the freshly ground Ohio beef burger which included preserved tomato, raclette cheese, and the famous fries with homemade beer vinegar. John ordered the “famous” gravy frites with the cheese and gravy. Ron ordered the pork chops. He had already made up his mind while waiting at the bar after seeing the guy next to him get them.
Well, I would have to agree with the show on Food Network, those frites were the best thing I have ever ate. Everyone at the table felt the same way. I don’t know if it’s because they are fried twice or because of the duck fat. John let all of us taste the fries with the gravy and cheese. Yum ! My hanger steak was juicy, tender and done to perfection. The other ladies were pretty pleased too. John and my husband loved the burgers and Ron was pretty quiet as he enjoyed his chops!
Now I’m not one to pass on dessert and thank god this crowd doesn’t either. Nothing worse than eating dessert by yourself. Barbara ordered the chocolate tart, while Linda, John and I ordered the chocolate Pot de crème. I reluctantly shared this heavenly concoction with my husband. One was definitely not enough. We joked that we could eat about five of these and the funny thing was, I wasn’t joking!
We are looking forward to another visit to try another wonderful creation on the menu.
So there you have it! Yet again, The Greenhouse Tavern ceases to impress and makes us all VERY #HappyinCLE. I also think I may have created a couple of Greenhouse monsters! (AKA, my parents!)
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It’s hard not to become a “Greenhouse Monster” after dining there. We ate there two weeks ago, and when we were waiting in the valet parking booth some older woman was trash talking the quality and quantity of the food at GHT. Is it normal that I wanted to interrupt and tell her how wrong she was?!?!
Not at all! I mean, I probably would have yelled at her! Hahaha! God, she must have ZERO taste. I’d hate to be her!
So cool that Carol (Caror) did a guest post! I’m glad they had fun, then again, your folks have great taste!
Need to get over there together and have din-din with them sometime.
Parent’s are hilarious.
Each mother’s day, we try a new Cleveland restaurant and for the past two we’ve ended up at Lolita. My mom loves it but I introduced her to the Flying Fig last Easter and they liked that as well.
Pommes Frites fried in duck fat; perfectly cooked hanger steak; pot de creme sprinkled with Fleur de sel; Great atmosphere, Great friends – Heaven on Earth!
The aforementioned friend