John S.

My friend got married last weekend, and this is where the reception was. At first, I was puzzled by the fact that the ceremony was in the early afternoon and the reception wasn't until six, but that gave me the opportunity to see the entire first half of the Michigan State-Notre Dame game, so I was a happy camper. This place teaches you not to judge a venue by its exterior. OK, so the architect's son part of me absolutely judges a venue by its exterior, but the me part of me was pleasantly surprised and even kind of excited that this place looks so much better inside than it does outside. It's in a random, industrial-looking part of Euclid. The building itself is just a gigantic cinder-block rectangle, and the parking lot looks like millions of other beat-up parking lots in snowbelt cities around the Great Lakes. Walking from the parking lot to the entrance, you won't be impressed. Even when you enter, you're kind of expecting the worst. But when you get inside, it's nice. It's not gaudy and tacky, which is what many wedding places are like, but it's not as bare bones as the exterior would lead you to believe either. I really enjoyed the wedding, but that had a lot more to do with the fact that my friend was marrying a wonderful guy, I was sitting at a fun table, Notre Dame had won, and USC had lost. Overall, it was a basically perfect September Saturday. The icing on the (wedding) cake, though, was that I found a Where's George bill in one of the tip baskets at the bar. I promptly bought this bill so that I could enter it. The next day, I proceeded to leave my backpack at the home of the friend of a friend I was staying with, so I didn't get to enter the bill until my backpack was shipped all the way back to San Francisco. Oh right, Tizzano's. It's a cool place. If you're trying to impress people when they drive up, you can do much better. If you don't care about that, then this place will do.