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Don't know if this belongs here, but thought it was kinda funny...I bought a case over Thanksgiving weekend to bring back with me :-D Searching for Great Lakes ale? Keep looking Posted by Scott Stephens November 29, 2007 09:48AM Categories: Food news There's no problem finding chestnuts to roast on the open fire this holiday season. But Great Lakes Brewing Co.'s Christmas Ale? Good luck with that. More at cleveland.com http://blog.cleveland.com/lifestyles/2007/11/searching_for_great_lakes_ale.html

Don't know if it's been mentioned, but Michael Symon is going to be on The View on Friday. http://abc.go.com/daytime/theview/schedule Friday, Nov. 23 Musical guest Celine Dion; Michael Symon (The Next Iron Chef)

That's great to hear! Seems like there are a lot of "decks, porches, patios", etc as well!

Any updates on the renovation of this building? I stumbled across what appears to be the website for the Gospel Press apartments (Tremont Place Lofts): http://www.tremontplacelofts.com/floorplans.htm I assume the images on this page are just stock images? http://www.tremontplacelofts.com/apartments.htm

Tower City curfew got mentioned on Consumerist.com today: http://consumerist.com/consumer/malls/strict-curfews-snap-shut-on-teen-mallrats-319273.php

Be on alert when visiting Tremont and Ohio City Danielle Fink Created: 10/23/2007 10:34:11 PM Updated:10/24/2007 7:59:52 AM CLEVELAND -- The same charm and appeal that draws folks to the Tremont/Ohio City areas has caught the eye of local criminals. This month alone, Tremont and Ohio City have experienced nine robberies. ... http://www.wkyc.com/news/rss_article.aspx?ref=RSS&storyid=76655 Couple help police catch robbers before wedding Wednesday, October 24, 2007 Gabriel Baird Plain Dealer Reporter Cleveland police and a couple teamed up hours before their wedding Saturday to catch a group of armed robbers. Hannah Fritzman and Mike Belsito came to the city's trendy Tremont neighborhood Friday - the night before tying the knot - and had a sawed-off shotgun pointed at them by men demanding their cash and cell phones. ... http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1193215124203730.xml&coll=2

I also worked for a bank at the corporate level in Cleveland, and MayDay sums up my thoughts exactly. It really wasn't an awful place to work, but it seemed like everybody wanted to have meetings for the sole purpose of having meetings. I'm not really sure how anything was ever accomplished.

I'm confused, is that correct? I could be wrong, but it sounds like they are calling Stonebridge Plaza phase 5 and the cantina building phase 6.

Here in Charleston, we had a Cereality open in July/August-ish by the college campus, and it unfortunately has already closed down earlier this month. I was excited about the concept, so hopefully the Cereal Central does better

That would be the Chagrin River Walk by Vintage (Marous): http://www.chagrinriverwalk.com/ Zaremba Group had also planned Newell Creek Town Center in Mentor, but it sounds like that is going to be a no-go : http://www.zarembagroup.com/shopping_newell.html Regardless, I can't imagine anything unique going into any of these "lifestyle centers". I certainly hope that none of these have any type of impact on the warehouse district.

Thanks for posting that. There's some good looking stuff there. Am definitely curious about: World Restaurant: Talented restaurateur Ricardo Sandoval (Fat Cats, Lava Lounge, Halite) is partnering with Raj Singh to transform the Wine Room on Lee Rd. into a sleek lounge and restaurant. A Michelin-star chef will prepare French-Vietnamese-style foods with a global reach. According to Sandoval, one side of the space will be "loungy," the other a 65-seat dining room. 2317 Lee Rd. November. I'm curious about this too. It seems like a strange connection. Has Raj Singh done anything else besides Spy Bar?

I wasn't really sure where this article should go... Key could bolt May Co. location A move by the banking giant may trigger the Public Square structure’s transformation RELATED LINKS KeyCorp By STAN BULLARD 4:30 am, September 10, 2007 In a move with massive implications for Public Square’s future, KeyCorp is conducting a search for alternative locations for its 1,000-employee operations and technology center housed in the former May Co. building in downtown Cleveland. While observers expect the building’s owner, a group led by New York real estate investor David Warner, to fight to keep the prized tenant in half of the otherwise empty former department store, Key’s exit could clear the way for an aggressive renovation of the 1 million-square-foot structure on Public Square. More at http://www.crainscleveland.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070910/SUB1/70907021/1071&Profile=1071

This sounds pretty cool. I love the Liberty Bridge in Greenville.

Oooh, ok, thanks. Now I remember reading about District Park on UO, but did not even catch that on the map. You guys have some good eyes!

Sorry if this has been answered, but is that residential north of Lakeside? Is that district park that you guys mentioned?

When I was living in Stonebridge, I never really thought of Constantino's as a grocery store. I thought of it more as a high end convenience store. I would grocery shop at Dave's, but regularly buy prepared food/beer/wine/etc from Constantino's. If I needed just an item or 2 I would run over there. Had there been a Heinen's, I still would have gone to Constantino's for the same reason. My friend that lives in Bingham is the same way. It seemed that everytime I was over there, there was a steady flow of people between Bingham and Constantino's.

Cleveland Braces For Census' Latest Poverty Rankings 9:30 pm EDT August 26, 2007 NEWSNET5 CLEVELAND -- Almost hidden within the city that last year ranked as the nation's most impoverished is a village of 1,400 people, where incomes of $100,000 or more are common and homes are occasionally placed on the market for millions. The three mile-long, half mile-wide Bratenahl is incorporated, with its own mayor and police force. So, it's demographic data aren't included in the Census Bureau's poverty rankings for big cities, which for two of the past three years, including last year, pegged Cleveland as number one nationally in poverty rankings among large cities... http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13979598/detail.html?rss=nn5&psp=news

Huge Banners Will Promote 'Cleveland +' POSTED: 6:36 am EDT August 27, 2007 UPDATED: 10:51 am EDT August 27, 2007 CLEVELAND -- Huge banners and bumper stickers about "Cleveland +" will start popping up around Cleveland. It's a new campaign aimed a putting Cleveland and all of northeast Ohio in the national spotlight, NewsChannel5 reported... http://www.newsnet5.com/news/13980811/detail.html

Nice to see that they wrote about it in the PD...but as one of the comments on cleveland.com mentioned, this is not "the first -- and, to date, only -- of several planned large-scale, for-sale housing developments to break ground near downtown Cleveland" (Stonebridge) A bird? A plane? A tower crane? Work advances on Avenue condos Posted by Henry J. Gomez August 23, 2007 09:35AM Categories: Breaking News, Economic development Next week, a tower crane will rise in downtown Cleveland to begin superstructure and core work on a 58-unit condominium complex at the northeast corner of East 12th Street and St. Clair Avenue. The building is going up on site one of the Avenue District, a planned $250 million residential and light-retail development from Cleveland's Zaremba Inc. More at http://blog.cleveland.com/business/2007/08/a_bird_a_plane_a_tower_crane_c.html

Just say no to Cleveland panhandlers Thursday, August 16, 2007 Patrick O'Donnell Plain Dealer Reporter Say no and walk away. If a panhandler holds out his hand for help, walk on by. Yes, it sounds cold. But the Downtown Cleveland Alliance, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving Cleveland's downtown, is passing out fliers to downtown businesses and apartment residents with the message "Don't Give Where It Can't Help." ... http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/cuyahoga/1187254832252820.xml&coll=2

Actor Rainn Wilson in town shooting movie Posted by Julie Washington August 02, 2007 13:07PM Categories: Movies Visitors to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum Thursday morning got an extra treat -- watching Rainn Wilson, chief geek from "The Office," shoot scenes for his upcoming movie "The Rocker." ........ http://blog.cleveland.com/entertainment/2007/08/actor_rainn_wilson_in_town_sho.html

The outlet mall is up in North Charleston (yuck!). Meritage is good for tapas, but my favorite is Social on East Bay.

Cleveland bar owner tapes police warning Thursday, July 26, 2007 Jesse Tinsley and Gabriel Baird Plain Dealer Reporters In a secretly recorded video, a Cleveland police sergeant threatened to unleash the city's wrath on a downtown bar owner in an expletive-laced tirade, calling the night club's patrons pigeons and rats. Sgt. Terry Shoulders, head of the 3rd District vice unit, delivered this stern warning to Spy Bar owner Raj K. Singh early July 6, the day after a shooting in a parking lot near the bar. Four people were shot. One died. ... www.cleveland.com

It does seem like Spy Bar has been attracting a much rougher crowd in the past couple years, a la Moda. This is not the first time there has been a shooting outside that place.

this map goes with this story: http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/wide/index.ssf?gordonsquaremap.html Energizing Detroit-Shoreway Sunday, June 24, 2007 Steven Litt Plain Dealer Architecture Critic Matthew Wiederhold, economic development director of the Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization, had a nagging question about historic preservation on his mind. To find the answer, he climbed a 20-foot ladder inside the long-vacant Capitol Theatre on Cleveland's West Side, aimed a flashlight at a 6-foot-high decorative plaster panel of a gazelle leaping through a forest, and started tapping on it gently with his fingertips... For More: http://www.cleveland.com/printer/printer.ssf?/base/entertainment-0/1182588585172430.xml&coll=2