CLEVELAND — At Corner 11, the menu is stacked with favorites: poke bowls with unlimited toppings, bowls of ramen, and even a 5% discount if you pay in cash on Thursdays and Fridays.

Owner Thiwaporn Sirisuwan has run the shop since 2018, weathering COVID-19, inflation, and even this year’s egg shortage, a key ingredient in ramen. She admits keeping prices steady hasn’t been easy.

“You know right now the worker wage higher. Everything higher. Expense when you go to Walmart or grocery store. It’s higher. But we are still not increasing the price here,” she said.

One way she makes it work is by encouraging customers to pay in cash. By skipping credit card processing fees, she says both the business and the diners save.

“The credit card processor fee is about 3%. And it’s convenient for us

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