![]() I hadn’t seen her since we graduated in 1992. I was thrilled when she sat down at our table with her husband and mother. Her best friend was my residence hall adviser and an all-around cool chick. Not only did I run into someone I knew from Meetup in the lobby as she and her family were leaving, but I ran into a friend from my undergraduate days at BGSU. The thing I love about Cleveland and local fish fries is sometimes you run into people you know. The shrimp and sweet potato convinced her to join us, and I’m fairly certain she had a good time. One of my friends had never been to a fish fry before because she doesn’t like fish and has a food intolerance to potatoes. Not too many fish fries offer sweet potato. The coleslaw was definitely homemade and was nice. My fries were very crunchy, which is not my preference, so I ended up leaving most of them on my plate at the end of my meal. The fish had a crispy, golden-brown exterior and soft, moist interior (as you can see below). We also enjoyed the musical stylings of a high school barbershop quartet that was entertaining the room. My friends and I tucked into our meals and chatted for a bit. I suspect Zoss the Swiss Baker had a hand in the bread offerings. I had a Vollkornbrotchen, my friend directly to my right had a round Austrian Semmel, and my third friend had a German Brotchen. I was totally tickled when I noticed that the bread rolls were German bread rolls. One of my other friends grabbed some tea from the tea and coffee table (it came with the dinner). I set my food down and headed to the beverage table. She explained that the condiments and plastic ware were on the table. ![]() The efficient person behind the window organized my food and I was on my way. I chose the (food service) eclairs, because I love a good cream puff with custard. A table was set up in front of it with dessert choices. We queued for our food and grabbed a cafeteria tray in the cafeteria window decorated with fancy fish made of hearts, markers and glitter. We stood for about 5 minutes chatting until someone realized we were holding dine-in receipts and directed us from the take-out line to the dine-in line. Once our third friend arrived and the fourth texted back saying she was still waiting for her daughter, we got into what we thought was the food line. My friend and I waited in the lobby for our other friends (resisting the siren calls of the Girl Scout cookie table – a valiant effort if you ask me). The man who waited on me was running out of ones, but I happily gave him a twenty, a five and three ones in exchange for a ten. My meal totaled $18 – $12 for the dinner, $4 for clam chowder and $2 for 2 cans of soda. ![]() ![]() They have a table to the left for credit cards and to the right for cash payments. I had to disappoint him and he probably also ended up parking on the street. As I was walking up to the church a car slowed down next to me asking if I was walking to my car. So I pulled out and circled back around and parked in one of the snowed-over RTA parking lots on the other side of the street. I pulled into the parking lot, but was unable to find a spot. It was a whopping 15 minute drive from my home, so a little snow did not scare me off. ![]() That said, it was not crowded like some of the more popular fish fries I’ve been to, and we easily found seats together. They offer 36 tables as well as a private dining room for groups looking to enjoy a more intimate dining experience. Dominic also accepts reservations for parties of 10 or more. It has a good reputation, apparently being voted by Sun News readers to be “the best in the Heights and Hillcrest areas in an online poll that saw the parish receiving 44 percent of the roughly 400 ballots cast.” Unlike other fish fries, St. Several of my friends were feeling under the weather today, so instead of six we were three. I was very tempted to blow it off and stay in tonight, but I am so glad I didn’t. When it is snowing I really have to motivate myself to venture out. ![]()
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