Its maker, the Pilsener Brewing Company, occupied an enormous complex at the corner of West 65th Street and Clark Avenue, fondly known as "Pilsener Square." Although most of the brewery still survives, it stands quietly in decay and gives little sense of the high regard in which Clevelanders once held the beer brewed within its walls. Dubbed "Pride Of Cleveland" (not by the brewery, but by its patrons), the venerable brand was the city's top selling beer at various points in its history. Beer still lingers in the memories of Clevelanders. Even today, many years after its disappearance from bar tops and beer stores, P.O.C. ![]() The phrase "P.O.C." was a cornerstone in Cleveland's brewing industry for more than a half-century. ![]() ![]() Pilsener Brewing Company, Cleveland, OhioĮxcerpt from the book, Breweries of Cleveland, by Carl H.
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