CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Happy Hour is just the beginning at Astoria Café & Market in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. Once you’re settled in – glass in hand, sunlight (hopefully) streaming through the window – you’ll probably end up staying for dinner or, at the very least, plotting your return.

Open for nearly a decade, Astoria has built its reputation on beautiful charcuterie and cheese boards, plus a menu of Mediterranean-inspired small and large plates. The Happy Hour lineup, offered from 3 to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, is a tempting introduction to the kitchen’s full potential. It’s just enough to make you want more.

Happy Hour extends beyond the bar to the high-tops in the dining room, which starts to fill with people as dinnertime arrives. It’s important to note that As

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