Bar Cento - Ohio City Hot Spot

So I headed out to Bar Cento on Friday. Located on W25th Street, right across from the West Side Market in Ohio City, this is one of Cleveland's hot spots. The decor is nice, casual but relatively simple, with the restaurant fairly dark and the table set with a bottle of water, a bag of bread, some little plates and a small bucket with the silverware and some paper towels. The menu is also casual and relatively simple but very good Italian. We started with a Margherita pizza that was excellent. A very thin and crisp square crust is topped with fresh tomatos, fresh mozzeralla and basil leaves. The combination of flavors was bright and nicely balanced. We then shared an order of the pomme frites. A big order of twice fried potatoes was served with 3 different mayonnaises and ketchup. The fries were crisp, although I would have like a slightly smaller cut on the potato. The mayonnaise dipping sauces were good, although it started to become hard to tell one from the other. Finally I had an order of the Mussels. A nice portion of good sized mussels came out in an very zippy broth with a couple of long crutton like breads for soaking. The mussels were very good and well balanced, surprisingly once the mussels were gone, the broth was a bit overpowering to be sopped up with the bread. Overall a very good meal at a really fun place. I would strongly recommend the pizza and everything else was good. There is a happy hour with reduced prices on selected items from 5-7 on weekdays.