Lola Bistro & Wine Bar
Cleveland, OH 44115
Phone: (216) 621-5652
04/23/2008 Posted by wackjagner
Owner/chef Michael Symon has made a name and a fantastic career for himself, but seems to have, perhaps, lost his way in all the hype - you can't go a day in the local media without hearing/reading his name. Unfortunately, the great food that made the classic Lola (now Lolita, its sister restaurant) SO great, seems to have been put on a "back burner": meals are tasty enough yet uninspired, recipes are relatively standard (see: pasta dishes), for such prices. It seems he's actually a very nice and is clearly a charming man, plus it's always nice to have national attention focus on Cleveland (he's the reigning Iron Chef, in case you live in a cave), but there are HUNDREDS of as-good-as-or-way-better eateries in town, and I wish that the local media would stop kissing his bu*t long enough to acknowledge them.
Pros: a place to go for a crowd, or to be seen, or before a concert, or to hob-nob with its famous Iron Chef
Cons: food is average, can be noisy, prices are high if you're budgeting
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