The Cleveland suburb of Parma is a bright star in northern Ohio’s firmament of Eastern European food. In the neighborhood known as Ukrainian Village, Perla Homemade Delights mostly sells prepared meals to take home and heat – the pierogies are legendary, always winning #1 at the local pierogie festival – but for those of us passing through and demanding instant gratification, there are a couple of tables and an enthralling pastry case. Have a lady lock (a cream-filled puff pastry horn), a piece of strudel or nut roll or, best of all, an individual slice of supremely refined dobos torte, a twelve-layer sponge cake ribboned with chocolate buttercream and capped with caramel.
Other Nearby Restaurants
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Taggarts Ice Cream
Canton, Ohio90+ years-old Taggarts of Canton offers superb soda fountain ice cream concoctions, but there’s also a full menu of sandwiches, burgers, soups and salad.
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Whitehouse Chicken
Barberton, OhioBarberton, Ohio’s unique style of fried chicken (and all the proper fixin’s, including the city’s unique tomato-rice hot sauce) is in full cry at Whitehouse.
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State Meats
Parma, OhioState Meats is a butcher shop and smoke house specializing in all things central European, including a beautiful kielbasa sandwich, served warm, ready to eat.
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Kennedy’s B.B.Q.
Canton, OhioKennedy’s is a tiny eat-shack in Ohio with a short sandwich menu of BBQ ham, pork, turkey, & beef topped with famous proprietary relish.
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Strickland’s
Akron, OhioStrickland’s custard is dense, thick and full-flavored, a Midwest best in Akron, Ohio. Plain chocolate and vanilla are both superb, as is the turtle sundae.
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Al’s Corner Restaurant
Barberton, OhioRoadfood paydirt in Barberton, Ohio. Al’s is a hospitable restaurant serving from-scratch Hungarian plate lunch at low prices. Service is cafeteria style.