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Cleveland's Best Bars: Little Rose Tavern

Stop, drop and roll over to this funky dive bar famous for its flaming, tongue-in-cheek shot.

by Dillon Stewart | Jan. 27, 2022 | 1:00 PM

Erin Stinard

Erin Stinard

Little Rose Tavern owner Roseanna Safos describes her West Park spot as a young person’s old man bar. Opened in June of 2019, the wood-panel dive slings vegan grub and cheap beer to weekday regulars and punk rockers during weekend shows. Slow day experiments and the hipster urge to disdain created the bar’s famous Fireclaw shot ($6).

The Little Rose Tavern

Safos sets aflame a Fireball shot topped with a floater of Wild Turkey 101. Drop that into a glass of watermelon or grapefruit White Claw and chug. Singed eyebrows? Don’t worry about it. “You can rub it off,” says Safos. “One time a guy had his finger on fire and didn't even know it.”14206 Lorain Ave, Cleveland, 216-331-1441, instagram.com/the_little_rose_tavern

Fireclaw Ingredients:
-1 ounce of Fireball
-splash of Wild Turkey 101
-8 ounces White Claw

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Dillon Stewart

Dillon Stewart is the editor of Cleveland Magazine. He studied web and magazine writing at Ohio University's E.W. Scripps School of Journalism and got his start as a Cleveland Magazine intern. His mission is to bring the storytelling, voice, beauty and quality of legacy print magazines into the digital age. He's always hungry for a great story about life in Northeast Ohio and beyond.

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