On the east side of the square in downtown Canton is one of those places you can eat at, all the time.
Ari's Place is a classic all American Greek Diner morning, noon and night.
Just ask Ron and Sheri Wildebour. These married lovebirds spend the end of each workweek together.
Tonight they even order the same thing: 21–piece shrimp dinner with soup and salad.

"There is good service. Good food. It comes fast and we have date night usually on Friday nights. And sometimes we end up here on Saturday mornings for breakfast, too," said customer Sheri Wildebour.

Owner Ari Lleshi and his brother are now expanding their culinary Canton empire.
They've renovated the building they own next door to be a steakhouse.
A pressed tin ceiling is overhead.

"We know Canton really needs a nice steak house. This is a place where you can have a nice affordable dinner with a glass of wine or beer or mixed cocktail. Breakfast and lunch will be served mostly in the other dinning room. And dinner will be served on this side. And any overflow for dinner will go to the other dinning room," said Lleshi.

Ari started us with specially coated deep–fried onion rings and Southwest egg rolls.
The egg rolls are wrapped around corn salsa, black beans, seasonings and chicken.
I had starved myself before showing up for dinner and admit to being a cranky crabby fool at first.

Eating onion rings made me feel better.

Let's take you back to the kitchen for some even better vibes. My Atlantic seared salmon just getting underway.
As it cooks, Ari starts to heat up a green vegetable medley. One flaming pan is cooking green beans in olive oil, another pan is full of peas.
Ari adds blue cheese and melds them all together.
Back at the table, I start into a nice leafy green salad with feta cheese and walnuts.
Back in the kitchen, further down the stove, Ari creates a cabernet reduction sauce to go on my fish.
He creates a plateau of rice and then pours the red sauce around the plate.
The salmon is laid to rest and then finely cooked asparagus spears are set into place with the grace of a ballerina.
Dubbs get deep fried tilapia and the same veggies.
Each morsel of Ari's meal is something special to savor.
He again shows his mastery of presentation with desert... it is artwork on a plate.
My Chocolate lava cake is served warm with ice cream and chocolate sauce.
Dubbs has peach cobbler, served with cinnamon ice cream and caramel sauce.
Weight watchers are not welcome, at least at this table.

If you need to gain weight, come here because I just put on six pounds.

Our bill with a drinks, which included my fabulous raspberry tea, 29–dollars plus tip.
Ari's will please the armature and advanced palate equally.
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Ari's Place is on the east side of the Square in downtown Canton.
They are open seven days a week starting seven in the morning.
He's open until ten Monday through Friday... closing at two on Sunday afternoons.