April 9, 20214 yr Edwins too in Shaker Square to become a culinary innovation hub The incubator is intended to ease the talent shortage and lack of financial resources for restaurant professionals. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2021/04/09/edwins-too-to-become-culinary-innovation-hub.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
April 9, 20214 yr Ohio City is Just the Start of Choolaah's Ambitious Expansion Plans, Which Will Include Boardman and Westlake https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/04/09/ohio-city-is-just-the-start-of-choolaahs-ambitious-expansion-plans-which-will-include-boardman-and-westlake Great news for this awesome fast-casual restaurant. The article does not say where specifically in Westlake or Boardman, but it does say the latter will open before the Ohio City one. “Last year was a challenging one for all restaurants, Choolaah included. The pandemic delayed the Indian eatery’s planned expansion into Ohio City, which was originally slated for a 2020 opening. Now, not only is Ohio City back on track, but the Cleveland-based company also is revealing ambitious plans for growth. “Choolaah launched its fast-casual Indian BBQ concept six years ago in Orange Village (27100 Chagrin Blvd., 216-350-3136). Since then, the company has gone on to open shops in Pittsburgh, King of Prussia, and Sterling, Virginia. Next up, says CEO Randhir Sethi, is to open multiple stores in the markets in which they already have a presence. “ When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
April 9, 20214 yr Coming Soon: Acqua di Luca, a Seafood-Focused Italian Eatery from the Owners of Luca and Luca West https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/04/05/coming-soon-acqua-di-luca-a-seafood-focused-italian-eatery-from-the-owners-of-luca-and-luca-west I can’t wait until this place opens.
April 9, 20214 yr https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/04/greek-village-grille-to-open-second-location-in-ohio-city.html Exciting!
April 13, 20214 yr On 3/12/2021 at 4:27 PM, freefourur said: That didn't take long. I walked past the old Pour space yesterday and the new fixtures and furnishings were going in. A little further down the street, it also looked like something was going on in the old Pizza Fire space. I hope that gets a new tenant soon, as it’s got to be 2+ years sat empty now. My hovercraft is full of eels
April 20, 20214 yr Sauce the City Cleveland food hall takes mentoring approach in former Ohio City Galley space [West 25th and Detroit] https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/04/sauce-the-city-cleveland-food-hall-takes-mentoring-approach-in-former-ohio-city-galley-space.html?outputType=amp&__twitter_impression=true ... What Searcy is promoting is an incubator-style approach with an initial quartet of businesses, similar to the genesis of Pittsburgh-based Galley Group’s former Ohio City Galley. That rotational restaurant space, at 1400 W. 25th St., closed at the tail end of February 2020, weeks before the stay-at-home pandemic orders took effect. Searcy was an original tenant in the concept and wound up staying the full three years. This month, he opened Sauce the City Cleveland and is wearing multiple hats of chef, business owner and mentor. Searcy controls the restaurant side of the space; the bar side is available. Parking has been improved through a shared lot with tenants. “We’ve been trying to build this place since Ohio City Galley closed,” Searcy said. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
April 26, 20214 yr On 3/30/2021 at 6:52 PM, roman totale XVII said: Urgh, @mjarboehas it right. I’m sighing heavily here too. Hands down the best restaurant in Cleveland. Good luck to the family in NE and I hope something good comes in to replace it. FWIW, Black Pig is being replaced by a wedding boutique. Also, the building transferred hands for $925,000 a week ago. http://harperandivory.com/ https://www.instagram.com/p/CNpwjwxHrll/ Edited April 26, 20214 yr by downtownjoe
April 27, 20214 yr The old Crop space will transform into a "modern supper club". https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/04/27/new-owner-to-transform-former-crop-space-in-ohio-city-to-modern-supper-club
April 28, 20214 yr https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/04/28/zdenko-zovkic-reveals-his-plans-for-jade-an-asian-fusion-eatery-coming-to-the-flats-east-bank The energy from the restaurants in the next phase should be awesome.
April 28, 20214 yr ayyy papis -- get your pr food on -- and more -- a review of this nice, speakeasy type restuarant in downtown lorain -- wepaaa!: Posted in Cleveland April 27, 2021 by Nikki Rhoades Borikén Juke Joint Near Cleveland Has A Neighborhood Vibe With Big City Flavors more: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/ohio/cleveland/boriken-juke-joint-cle/
May 6, 20214 yr It sounds like a new Italian restaurant named Tripi Italian Specialties is going into the building next to the new apartments going up at 41st and Lorain. https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/05/05/chef-anthony-zappola-will-revive-the-rice-shop-at-van-aken-district-announces-plans-for-new-ohio-city-italian-restaurant
May 6, 20214 yr In case people hadn’t seen the last B spot at Eton in Woodmere, Except for the stand one at first energy stadium, Closed May 2 and Michael Symon will re-open it this summer as his Mabel’s BBQ
May 14, 20214 yr Downtown restaurant and bar Filter aims to open in July For the past year, local entrepreneur Kyler Smith has been working on a new concept in downtown Cleveland’s Warehouse District: Filter, a restaurant and bar, which takes over the former Take 5 Rhythm & Jazz space at 740 W. Superior Ave. “It’s going to be pretty big for hospitality in Cleveland, Ohio,” Smith said in a phone interview with cleveland.com. “We’re getting that out-of-town, L.A., Miami type of vibe to the restaurant, is what people should expect.” More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2021/05/13/new-downtown-cleveland-restaurant-filter.html & https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/05/downtown-restaurant-and-bar-filter-aims-to-open-in-july.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
May 14, 20214 yr 12 minutes ago, ColDayMan said: “It’s going to be pretty big for hospitality in Cleveland, Ohio,” Smith said in a phone interview with cleveland.com. “We’re getting that out-of-town, L.A., Miami type of vibe to the restaurant, is what people should expect.” Good God--this guy sounds so full of himself. Who in Cleveland says "Cleveland OHIO"? He talks so condescendingly as if he's from some really really great city somewhere--I can't even think of an example city that would fit here.
May 14, 20214 yr 1 hour ago, Pugu said: Good God--this guy sounds so full of himself. Who in Cleveland says "Cleveland OHIO"? He talks so condescendingly as if he's from some really really great city somewhere--I can't even think of an example city that would fit here. #southbeachflair
May 25, 20214 yr Cents Pizza & Goods is opening for dining in July. They're currently doing takeout every weekend but it has been selling out. Highly anticipated restaurant to say the least. Lorain has so much potential and this right off of W 52nd and Lorain. Keep it going Ohio City / Detroit Shoreway! https://clevelandmagazine.com/food-drink/articles/cents-pizza-goods-opens-for-takeout-dine-in-coming-in-july
May 25, 20214 yr ^ Dang...was really hoping for a Pizza Hut there. OHC/DS won't feel like home to me until it looks like Avon Commons. Edited May 25, 20214 yr by Clefan98
May 26, 20214 yr https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/05/18/browns-dj-teams-up-with-darnell-superchef-ferguson-to-open-haunted-house-themed-restaurant-in-former-cleveland-heights-melt-space Never heard of the chef, but I love this concept.
June 4, 20214 yr Adega at The 9 got a facelift (not the greatest pic - it's subway tile pretty much all around - I didn't want valet folks thinking I was some UO weirdo :P) Edited June 4, 20214 yr by GISguy
June 4, 20214 yr Aviator Event Center: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/06/aviator-event-center-and-pub-to-open-this-year-offering-one-stop-wedding-planning-services.html
June 11, 20214 yr Cocky’s Bagels to open second location in Flats East Bank Cocky’s Bagels recently celebrated the second anniversary of its North Olmsted location and now will move forward with its second restaurant, set to open this August at Flats East Bank. The new restaurant will be located at 1127 Old River Road, where a Rascal Flatts-themed restaurant was previously slated to open. (The Rascal Flatts spot fell through in early 2019.) More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2021/06/11/cockys-bagels-second-location-flats-east-bank.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 15, 20213 yr End of an era: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/06/arthur-treachers-fish-and-chips-in-garfield-heights-has-closed.html
June 17, 20213 yr On 6/15/2021 at 1:22 PM, skiwest said: End of an era: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/06/arthur-treachers-fish-and-chips-in-garfield-heights-has-closed.html Lest us not forget the rare positive Scene Magazine article from all the way back on June 10 of this year: "Arthur Treacher's Fish and Chips is Alive and Well in Cleveland." https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/06/10/arthur-treachers-fish-and-chips-is-alive-and-well-in-cleveland
June 17, 20213 yr On 6/15/2021 at 1:22 PM, skiwest said: End of an era: https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/06/arthur-treachers-fish-and-chips-in-garfield-heights-has-closed.html Not yet--there's one left acc to the article---in Cuyahoga Hts: "The closing leaves the Arthur Treacher’s at 1833 State Road in Cuyahoga Falls as the nostalgic brand’s last remaining brick-and-mortar restaurant in the country serving the original menu. "
June 23, 20213 yr Milk and Honey (Downtown in the Oswald Building) is such a great new spot. All of the food and drinks are delicious, plus the whole aesthetic and atmosphere is really cool.
June 24, 20213 yr Dante Boccuzzi’s new Cleveland restaurant Goma nears opening date After more than two years of planning, development and delays, Cleveland chef Dante Boccuzzi’s latest restaurant Goma is nearing an opening, set for July 1. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2021/06/23/dante-boccuzzi-cleveland-goma-restaurant-food.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
June 29, 20213 yr A new haunt at the old Melt eatery in the Cedar-Taylor District. https://www.cleveland.com/community/2021/06/scary-good-cleveland-heights-new-haunted-house-restaurant-opening-in-old-melt-space.html
July 7, 20213 yr Scary good: Cleveland Heights’ new The Haunted House restaurant opening in old Melt space https://www-cleveland-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.cleveland.com/community/2021/06/scary-good-cleveland-heights-new-haunted-house-restaurant-opening-in-old-melt-space.html "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 8, 20213 yr Over at Pinecrest it seems that finally well over a year after it closed they finally have take down the signage of Next Door Eatery
July 12, 20213 yr I was never a fan, as the service was usually dodgy and food meh, but sorry to see another downtown spot close.
July 15, 20213 yr What a garbage lawsuit: City Barbeque chain sues locally owned Ohio City BBQ in Cleveland to force name change, take profits https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2021/07/city-barbeque-chain-sues-locally-owned-ohio-city-bbq-in-cleveland-to-force-name-change-take-profits.html Summary: generically named bbq restaurant chain sues a local restaurant with a somewhat similar sounding name that existed prior to the chain expanding into the local market for supposed trademark infringement. Does include this FANTASTIC response to dumb legal threats [holding is mine]: “Lawyers for City Barbeque began contacting Ohio City BBQ in 2017, trying to get its leaders to change its name, citing the future “inevitable confusion” of customers who will see Ohio City BBQ and think the popular chain in Columbus was opening its first Cleveland-area restaurant. The outreach continued into February 2019, when the lawyers sent Ohio City BBQ co-owner Chris Abatsas a letter and a draft agreement in which Ohio City BBQ agreed to change its name, the lawsuit said. A few days later, the lawyers received the agreement back in the mail. Someone ripped the pages in half and wrote on the back of a page in all capital letters, “stop f-----g sending me this s--t or I’ll sue for harassment,” the lawsuit said.” I do like how the article points out that Ohio City BBQ has a much higher Yelp rating than the local City Barbeque locations. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
July 16, 20213 yr I think that the fact that "Ohio City" is a particular place will be salient to any defense they may have to mount in court.
July 16, 20213 yr City Barbecue's Yelp reviews are not good. Sounds like the place is trying to make a little money by fleecing the locals, since they don't know how to run their own business.
July 17, 20213 yr This whole story hurts City Barbecue a lot more than the name similarity . I frequented City Barbecue in beachwood quite a bit, and I liked it. By they seem like jerks and I won’t be buying bbq form them anymore
July 17, 20213 yr 13 minutes ago, BelievelandD1 said: This whole story hurts City Barbecue a lot more than the name similarity . I frequented City Barbecue in beachwood quite a bit, and I liked it. By they seem like jerks and I won’t be buying bbq form them anymore Agree Believeland. I went to City in Beachwood semi regularly, but will now avoid them as I don't feel they deserve my business.
July 17, 20213 yr 17 hours ago, X said: City Barbecue's Yelp reviews are not good. Sounds like the place is trying to make a little money by fleecing the locals, since they don't know how to run their own business. My brother, who lives in Upper Arlington, LOVES City Barbecue and gets it all the time. When I have it at his place it’s usually pretty good, so was excited to find out they are opening in Solon (where I live - we really don’t have many good eating options in this corner of the county). But I haven’t tried the local locations - sounds like the quality control in this area isn’t as good. When is the last time I-71 turned a profit?
July 21, 20213 yr Also posted in the Van Aken thread, but Northstar Cafe is coming in 2022: https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2021/07/21/popular-columbus-based-restaurant-northstar-cafe-coming-to-van-aken-district
July 27, 20213 yr Former Buffalo chef is giving the restaurant biz another try — in Cleveland Chef Kevin O’Connell Jr., who recently closed a restaurant near Buffalo, New York, because it lost an appeal for a liquor license, is giving the restaurant business another try — but this time he’s doing it in Cleveland. According to a July 13 Facebook post, O’Connell’s newest venture is a sandwich and catering joint in downtown Cleveland. Cleveland Sandwich Co. will bring “chef-inspired, local, artisan sandwiches, soups and salads” to the city’s Superior Building, offering breakfast and lunch service. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2021/07/27/former-buffalo-chef-opening-cleveland-restaurant.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 27, 20213 yr 1 hour ago, ColDayMan said: Former Buffalo chef is giving the restaurant biz another try — in Cleveland Chef Kevin O’Connell Jr., who recently closed a restaurant near Buffalo, New York, because it lost an appeal for a liquor license, is giving the restaurant business another try — but this time he’s doing it in Cleveland. According to a July 13 Facebook post, O’Connell’s newest venture is a sandwich and catering joint in downtown Cleveland. Cleveland Sandwich Co. will bring “chef-inspired, local, artisan sandwiches, soups and salads” to the city’s Superior Building, offering breakfast and lunch service. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2021/07/27/former-buffalo-chef-opening-cleveland-restaurant.html That photo in that article/post makes it look like the Vietnamese restaurant is gone and its space is up for lease. The Vietnamese restaurant is still open and the new sandwich place will use a different space. That signage seen in the photo makes it look like the Vietnamese place is gone.....must be bad for business. It's a good restaurant!
July 29, 20213 yr On 7/27/2021 at 4:47 PM, ColDayMan said: Former Buffalo chef is giving the restaurant biz another try — in Cleveland Chef Kevin O’Connell Jr., who recently closed a restaurant near Buffalo, New York, because it lost an appeal for a liquor license, is giving the restaurant business another try — but this time he’s doing it in Cleveland. According to a July 13 Facebook post, O’Connell’s newest venture is a sandwich and catering joint in downtown Cleveland. Cleveland Sandwich Co. will bring “chef-inspired, local, artisan sandwiches, soups and salads” to the city’s Superior Building, offering breakfast and lunch service. More below: https://www.bizjournals.com/cleveland/news/2021/07/27/former-buffalo-chef-opening-cleveland-restaurant.html Okay, some more nitpicking...from the article: The new location in Cleveland offers high visibility: At 22 stories, the Superior Building is among the city’s tallest and stands at the intersection of Superior Avenue and East Ninth Street in the central business district. Wikipedia lists the Superior building as the 30th tallest in Cleveland...
July 29, 20213 yr 52 minutes ago, cle25 said: Okay, some more nitpicking...from the article: The new location in Cleveland offers high visibility: At 22 stories, the Superior Building is among the city’s tallest and stands at the intersection of Superior Avenue and East Ninth Street in the central business district. Wikipedia lists the Superior building as the 30th tallest in Cleveland... "among the city's tallest" yeah, that's just lazy journalism. But the "biz journals" is owned by Advance isn't it, which destroyed the Plain Dealer, and once very respected paper across the country? So I wouldn't take anything they say too seriously. I had only responded above to say that the Vietnamese restaurant is indeed open so they don't lose even more business (the pandemic) due to bad signage and bad journalism propagating that bad signage.
August 6, 20213 yr Generically, have people noticed that it's much harder to walk in and/or get a reservation at bars and restaurants lately? I remember pre-2020 just about any place you could walk in and get a table at any time. Lately you need reservations days in advance to get a table at all and sometimes a week in advance for popular times. I wonder if it's people going out more (after not eating out a lot during 2020), more population growth, or something else driving the change. Edited August 7, 20213 yr by dastler
August 6, 20213 yr Just now, dastler said: Generically, have people noticed that it's much harder to walk in and/or get a reservation at bars and restaurants lately? I remember pre-2020 just about any place you could walk in and get a table at any time. Lately you need reservations days in advance to get a table in advance and sometimes a week in advance for popular times. I wonder if it's people going out more (after not eating out a lot during 2020), more population growth, or something else driving the change. More people going out, lack of staffing.
August 7, 20213 yr 23 hours ago, KFM44107 said: More people going out, lack of staffing. Lack of staffing I can see, but restaurants have been back to full capacity for a while now. In some cases, there is more seating because of the outdoor spaces that were added. I'm really looking forward to the census results next week. I feel like population growth for the region is a legitimate possibility.
August 8, 20213 yr They might be just out of certain food items and drinks. Went to a place in Chicago recently out of chicken, Pizza dough and half of the beer taps were tapped out. They don't have the stock, and can't get it due to supply logistics. Probably uncertainty on even how much stock to order as well. Weekends of rain followed by beautiful unexpected weather...plus not enough staff.
August 8, 20213 yr 19 hours ago, dastler said: Lack of staffing I can see, but restaurants have been back to full capacity for a while now. In some cases, there is more seating because of the outdoor spaces that were added. I'm really looking forward to the census results next week. I feel like population growth for the region is a legitimate possibility. It's definitely lack of staffing.
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