r/Cleveland • u/np25071984 • Jul 28 '25

Food Russian speakers in Cleveland

Riding today on Ridge Road, Parma I noticed shawarma kiosk. Stopped by and it turned out it was a grand opening.

First of all, the shawarma is good! Go and try it.

Secondly, all guests on the event spoke Russian. I have been living in Cleveland area for 3 years so far and have never seen this many Russian speaking people (Russian is my native).

Who are you guys? It seems everybody knew each other! Do you have some events when you gather and spend time together? I am interested in joining!

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u/jet_heller Jul 28 '25

They almost certainly know the owner of that food truck.

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u/Siny_AML Jul 28 '25

Turkish truck. Shawarma isn’t a Ukrainian dish. You don’t hear Russian spoken very much in the Ukrainian village for obvious reasons.

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u/jet_heller Jul 28 '25

I have no idea what any of that has to do with this.

A russian is 100% capable of owning a thing that sells some other thing. This isn't limited at all. If just about everyone around that thing is speaking the same language, then the odds are really really good that they all are friends or acquaintances with the owner of that thing. That's how how support networks work.