Creekside Pot Roast
Creekside Restaurant & Bar $8.95
The building blocks of your mom’s pot roast are all here, just rearranged. The traditional hunks of spud are reinterpreted as a potato pancake. The roast, once the star of the show, is now thin strips of meat hidden beneath a hearty helping of thick pan gravy (no watery, weak-sister stuff here) and onion strings. It’s listed under “sandwich” on the menu, but there’s not a slice of bread to be found. It would only get in the way of this deliciously constructed family classic. The bonus is you also get to choose from a comfort-laden selection of sides too. Aunt Sharon’s Baked Beans sounded like a spoonful of family reunion to us. We were happy to discover Aunt Sharon’s secret ingredient must be barbecue sauce. 8803 Brecksville Road, Brecksville, (440) 546-0555,
www.creeksiderestaurant.com
COMFORT LEVEL
Licking the cake batter off the beaters of mom’s electric mixer