Hansa Brewery
This was an excellent find! Being big fans of Eastern European cuisine, we were thrilled to stumble upon this very cool place on Lorain and W. 28th. The owner, Boris, was very sociable and engaging, and visited with all of the patrons, spending a good bit of time at each table. One very funny thing occurred – upon finding that we weren’t well versed with craft beers; he suggested several and continued to bring samples to the table until we weren’t sure we were going to be able to read the rest of the menu. All were quite good, but the Black Flag Schwarzbier (I think that’s the one – it was a black bier) was unbelievable. I’d go back again just for that and the potato pancakes! The potato pancakes (with housemade sour cream and some of the best applesauce ever) were outstanding….probably the best we’d ever tasted. In addition, I had the sausage platter which was fabulous. Mr. Z had the Turkey Schnitzel and while he said it was very good; he said he regretted that he didn’t order something a bit less ‘ordinary’.
Our server, Leslie, was great as well. She was attentive and had a really good sense of humor. Overall, we are anxious to revisit Hansa and highly recommend it.
Hansa Brewery is located at:
2717 Lorain Avenue
Cleveland, OH
(216) 631-6585