# What to do in Cleveland?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [September 10, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961 "2008-09-10T16:37:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/1 "2008-09-10T16:37:35Z")
Headed there next weekend. Already have plans to hit up the art museum and Rock and Roll HOF. I’ve been before and have been to the major sports stadiums and all of the good beer places (Great Lakes, Buckeye, Brew Kettle, etc…). I’m planning on dinner at La Cave du Vin–but haven’t been there before.
So, any thoughts on La Cave du Vin?
Also–what are some other places I should try to visit. The Arcade?
I’m not necessarily looking for landmarks, but would love some good local spots to visit/eat at while I’m there.
Thanks!
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### Author:  [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/2 "2008-09-10T17:23:08Z")
Never heard of it. La what du what?
Go to [Sokolowski’s](http://www.sokolowskis.com/) University Inn and get some real food in ya. Go to the [West Side Market](http://www.westsidemarket.com/). Have a hamburger at [Heck’s](http://www.heckscafe.com/) in Ohio City.
Come to the [zoo](http://www.clemetzoo.com/). Visit [Lake View Cemetery](http://www.lakeviewcemetery.com/)and ogle the last resting places of J.D. Rockefeller, Eliot Ness, and James A. Garfield, and see the chapel designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany. Tour the [USS Cod](http://www.usscod.org/), a submarine docked downtown, and its neighbor, the [William G. Mather](http://wgmather.nhlink.net/)steamship.
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### Author:  [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/3 "2008-09-10T17:57:32Z")
While you are at the Art Museum, check out the other museums and the Botanical Garden, all withing walking distance.
Some restaurants to consider:
[Lola & Lolita](http://www.lolabistro.com/) - Fancy dining, Chef Symon’s joints.
[Slyman’s Deli](http://www.slymans.com/) - Like corned beef sandwiches? Get them here.
[Superior Pho](http://www.pluggedincleveland.com/restaurants/1462+pho+hoa+superior+pho.html) - Excellent Vietnamese. Don’t get it confused with #1 Pho across the street, this one is much better.
[Anatolia Cafe](http://www.anatoliacafe.com/index.php) - Turkish, a bit of a hike from downtown (It’s in Cleveland Heights), but well worth the drive.
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### Author:  [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RancidYakButterTeaParty)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/4 "2008-09-10T18:41:03Z")
Great suggestions so far! Any thoughts on a good place to get sushi if I’m in the mood?
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### Author:  [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/5 "2008-09-10T19:14:35Z")
Good: [Tree Country](http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1218616430241131.xml&coll=2)
Better: [Pacific East](http://pacificeastcoventry.com/)
Best: [Sushi Rock](http://www.sushirockohio.com/)
The first two are both on Coventry, a cool little street in Cleveland Heights. If you go there, also check out the coolest store on the block:
[Big Fun](http://cleveland.citysearch.com/profile/7997236/cleveland_oh/big_fun.html)
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### Author:  [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2008, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/6 "2008-09-10T19:21:26Z")
> [@RancidYakButterTeaParty](#):
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> So, any thoughts on La Cave du Vin?
It’s not really a dinner place; they have a very limited menu. If you want specialty Belgian beer or out-of-the-ordinary wine, it’s s good place to throw back a few. Dinner, not so. After 9:00 PM or so on weekends, hipsters fill up the joint and the music is cranked up.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/7 "2008-09-11T00:08:05Z")
Yeah I don’t see the Wine Cave as a dinner place…it does have a rockin’ fruit and cheese platter tho!
But, it’s on Coventry if you want to go to one of the sushi places mentioned. You can also try out Tommy’s on Coventry which is a really great lunch place with vegetarian and non-vegetarian food.
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### Author:  [@Apocalypso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apocalypso)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/8 "2008-09-11T15:15:25Z")
If you smoke, watch your cigarettes around the river…
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### Author:  [@MeanJoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanJoe)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/9 "2008-09-11T15:24:57Z")
What to do in Cleveland? Leave, quickly. 😉
MeanJoe
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### Author:  [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)
#### Post date: [September 11, 2008, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/10 "2008-09-11T19:23:03Z")
Go to Lola or Lolita then get out of town as quickly as possible.
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### Author:  [@Hyperelastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hyperelastic)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/11 "2008-09-12T01:56:40Z")
Check out Little Italy (Murray Hill). Lots to eat and see, and it’s near the museums. It is right around the corner from Coventry should you venture there.
I wouldn’t bother with the Arcade unless you have an interest in architectural history.
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### Author:  [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-in-cleveland/462961/12 "2008-09-12T02:01:33Z")
I hear Bahb Evans is good.