50 Things Every Clevelander Must Do - Model Citizen - 30 - Sterle's Slovenian Country House

listen to polka at Sterle's Slovenian Country House

We wouldn't be a polka town without Slovenian immigrants such as Frank Sterle importing the ethnic genre. They paved the way for "America's Polka King" Frank Yankovic to translate the classics into English and add the button box accordion and banjo to create the folksier Cleveland-style polka. So as you watch the jovial Polka Pirates fan their accordions during frequent weekend gigs, join the twirling couples on the dance floor and embrace our indigenous sound in a place that helped elevate polka to national prominence.  1401 E. 55th St., Cleveland, 216-881-4181, sterlescountryhouse.com