Harvard Deli
14716 Harvard Ave
Cleveland, OH 44128
216-295-0270

Is there anything better on a cold winter day than biting into a big, hot corned beef sandwich? Ok, maybe getting on a plane to go to the Caribbean, but that’s for sissies.  You can take your soups, stews, and chilis, I want a corned beef sandwich to warm me up.  Although there is a lot of great corned beef in Cleveland, there is one place that doesn’t get much attention but might be the best of all.

 
I was tempted never to write this post to protect my little low-key wonder, but that would be selfish of me and I couldn’t ever stand to be selfish. (No, I can say that without worry.  My wife never reads this garbage.)  The best place to get corned beef in all of Cleveland is….the Harvard Deli.  Yes, on the outside it may look like a ghetto liquor store, but venturing inside will afford you corned beef enlightenment.

*Please note: The Harvard Deli is essentially a ghetto liquor store, so visiting during the day is recommended.

The Harvard Deli turns out a perfect corned beef sandwich with thick corned beef, piled high on rye bread.  And when I say high, I mean high, take a look at the size of this sandwich:

And that was after it had been put in the fridge over night and compacted a bit.

That is a mountain of corned beef folks!  You can’t possible fit your mouth around it (insert Paris Hilton joke here).  The mammoth size of this corned beef sandwich got me to wondering how much it might weigh, so I threw that badboy up on a scale:

I defy anyone to show me another corned beef sandwich in Cleveland that big.

The Harvard Deli’s corned beef sandwich was easily two full meals for me and I’m what you might call a big eater.  In my book, you can’t go wrong with Cleveland’s best and biggest corned beef sandwich.

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