Make an early morning visit to the West Side Market
It's a rude 6 a.m. awakening but you soon forget as the more-than-a-century old landmark transports you to a place where food — in its purest form — brings diverse Clevelanders with storied pasts together. Thinner crowds mean easy conversation with vendors about how they picked jewel lettuce from a hydroponic greenhouse that morning or just pulled nut rolls — that'll sell out in an hour — from the oven. Bonus: Take in the grand second-floor balcony view with a sweet $3 City Roast Coffee and Tea cafe mocha and savory $6 Crepes de Luxe snack. 1979 W. 25th St., Cleveland, 216-664-3387, westsidemarket.org
