Where to find Northeast Ohio clambakes: Prices, menus and locations In the “old’ days you had to wait until October, when leaves were changing color and crisp fall air was legit, to find clambakes steaming up Northeast Ohio. They started in early September this year and will roll into the first weekend in November. That’s plenty of time to add several bakes to your calendar and enjoy a variety of experiences. Cleveland.com's Paris Wolfe has your ultimate guide. You’ll find a breadth of prices and varied menu offerings. You’ll find multi-course menus, classic menus and buffets. You can eat them outdoors under a tent or indoors with the luxury of fine dining. Add-ons, for those hungry enough, include everything from extra clams or steak to salmon or lobster. Dessert may be optional. READ MORE Top 3 Best Breakfast spots in Greater Cleveland: We profile the winners in our ‘Best of Cleveland’ readers’ poll If you lost track of the winners and their stories in our Best Breakfast Restaurant in Cleveland contest, or need a convenient bookmark to get to them, this is for you. We again congratulate all three winners -- The City Diner in Old Brooklyn, the Sleepy Rooster in Chagrin Falls and Chelo's Kitchen in South Euclid -- along with the remaining Top 25 finishers. If breakfast is your most important meal of the day or simply a pastime you thoroughly enjoy, we've got you covered. READ MORE Cleveland Pickle Fest makes a big dill out of 2024 event Cleveland Pickle Fest is returning downtown this month for pickle fanatics to relish in their love for the tangy food group. Food vendors, contests, live music and more are in store for the annual Cleveland Pickle Fest at Mall C on September 21. Proceeds from Pickle Fest benefit the Greater Cleveland Volunteers, which organizes the event. READ MORE The Friars’ Table going into downtown Cleveland In a unique collaboration, The Friars’ Table is going into downtown Cleveland. The restaurant aims to feature monastic cuisine and hopefully slow down diners to appreciate what is on their plate and their surroundings. The Friars’ Table is going into the former Cowell & Hubbard and is a joint venture involving Playhouse Square, Capuchin Ministries LLC and Brandon Chrostowski. READ MORE Doughnuts and beer pairing set at Great Lakes Brewing Co. Great Lakes Brewing Co.’s upcoming Hop College class will feature a beer and doughnut pairing with Brewnuts. Two 90-minute sessions are available, at 6 and 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26. Brewnuts co-ownerJohn Pippin and Great Lakes Brewing’s cicerone Michael Williams will guide the tasting, which includes four 5-ounce beers paired with four mini doughnuts from Brewnuts. READ MORE |
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Melt reopens in Lakewood Melt Bar and Grilled has reopened in Lakewood, its sole location, after an intensive renovation. The physical space is touched up, repainted and has new flooring, and the menu has been overhauled. The menu has been elevated and honed to feature some tasty dishes that include shareables like whipped ricotta with honey, pistachio and grilled bread as well as smoked onion hummus. READ MORE DineDrinkCLE talks Lakewood's new Artis steakhouse, best Cleveland Browns bars, Oktoberfest beers, more In the latest episode DineDrinkCLE: The Podcast, hosts Josh Duke and Alex Darus talk about the opening of the new Artis steakhouse in Lakewood. Plus, they chat about some of their favorite bars in town to cheer on the Cleveland Browns ahead of the 2024 NFL season. Marc Bona stops by the show to talk about judging the microbrew competition at the 2024 Cleveland Oktoberfest celebration. Finally, Peter Charkerian shares about his recent visits to the top three restaurants that won cleveland.com's best breakfasts contest. READ MORE Little Italy Meatball Crawl and Wine Tasting set for September 29 The Taste in Little Italy Meatball Crawl and Wine Tasting is set for Sunday, September 29 in Cleveland. Taste in Little Italy, local businesses and the Cleveland Montessori organize the annual event, which serves as a fundraiser for the school at Alta House. It’s set for noon to 4 p.m. throughout the entire neighborhood, with the event headquarters at 12510 Mayfield Road in Cleveland. READ MORE LBM in Lakewood combining American barbecue with Chinese flavors for JP’s BBQ pop-up LBM is transforming into a Chinese BBQ restaurant for just one night in September to celebrate the end of the summer season. Eric Ho, one of the owners of the cocktail bar and restaurant at 12301 Madison Avenue, and his crew will open LBM on September 22 for JP’s BBQ. LBM is typically closed on Sundays, so it’s opening just for the event from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., or until sellout. READ MORE Wines, wine, more wine This month, our review of wines covers 10 intriguing sippers all priced $25 and less. They come from a diverse group of places, from Turkey to New York’s Finger Lakes region. There was one dog in the bunch, but for the most part there were some educational wines for taste and value. READ MORE |
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OPENINGS/CLOSINGS Via Roma now open Carrie Cerino’s was around for decades, hosting parties and serving diners in North Royalton. It closed a few years ago, and several owners came and went. Now the team behind The Aviator Event Center and Pub has purchased it. It’s been completely renovated. We’ve got the story and photos of the revamped space, which has a lot of history behind it. READ MORE Chopt Creative Salad Co. chooses NE Ohio as first location in state Chopt Creative Salad Co., a fast-casual eatery, is slated to go into Eton Chagrin Blvd next year. It will be the company’s first location in Ohio. Chopt offers customizable menu options for salads, warm grain bowls, wraps and its signature lineup of dressings. The Eton Chagrin Blvd location will include a spacious dining area with indoor and outdoor seating, as well as digital ordering via the Chopt app and website for pickup and delivery. READ MORE |
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EVENTS/TASTINGS Crocker Park Wine Festival Enjoy more than 150 wines from local, national and international producers. Festival will also include live music, craft beer and spirits options, food and more. Tickets $30-$35 per day, for 10 tastings and souvenir wine glass. Tickets $35 in advance, $40 day of event. 4-10 p.m., September 13 and 2-10 p.m., September 14. 177 Crocker Park Blvd., Westlake. DETAILS Cleveland Home Brew Shop Oktoberfest set The Cleveland Home Brew Shop, a staple in the city's Ohio City neighborhood, is holding an Oktoberfest party, complete with tastes of award-winning home brews, entertainment, games, stein-holding contests and more. The party is Saturday, Sept. 14. READ MORE Food truck music festival is set A food truck music festival is coming to Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds. More than 20 food trucks will be serving, and five musical acts are scheduled to perform. It’s Saturday, Sept. 14. Beer, wine and tequila tasting tents also will be set up. READ MORE Online auction open for Taste of the Browns Even if you don't have tickets for the annual Taste of the Browns, you can still participate in the online auction. Bidding is open for a ton of cool items, like tickets to Ohio State, Browns, Guardians and Cavaliers games and several experiences. The annual event - which is Monday, Sept. 16 – benefits the Greater Cleveland Food Bank. READ MORE Corleone’s to host boxing legend Ray “Boom Boom” Mancini is scheduled to appear at Corleone’s Ristorante Tuesday, Sept. 17. Ticket holders get a glass of Mancini’s signature Boom Boom Bourbon Reserve, food from Corleone’s and a cigar. Autographed bottles will be available for sale. Corleone’s is at 5669 Broadview Road, Parma. READ MORE StrongFest is coming up StrongFest, a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Strongsville, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 28. It includes beer, wine and other beverages, with breweries, cideries, distilleries and others serving drinks. The indoor-outdoor event includes games, music and entertainment. READ MORE Angel’s Envy Whiskey dinner coming up at The Aviator The Aviator Event Center and Pub is holding a multi-course dinner paired with drinks from Angel’s Envy. The dinner - which is Thursday, Sept. 26 – has pricing options with or without Bourbon. It’s themed “A Toast to the Trees,” referring to the Kentucky company’s initiative to replace trees used in the whiskey-making process. READ MORE 111 Bistro dinner features Italian wines 111 Bistro in Medina has scheduled a dinner featuring wines from the Veneto region of Italy. The dinner is Thursday, Oct. 3. 111 Bistro is at 2736 Medina Road, Medina. The restaurant also is in the midst of shifting some of its space for retail wines sales. READ MORE |
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PICKS OF THE WEEK Bar Amazonia Bar Amazonia in Lakewood recently debuted a new menu featuring wood-fired entrees and a brand-new batch of inventive cocktails. Stand-out dishes include ribeye burger sliders with crushed potato chips and chorizo with patatas bravas. The cocktail menu gets super creative, including the Jungle Guardian drink that features Illegal mezcal infused with chicharrónes. Amazonia is at 1640 Hopkins Avenue in Lakewood. DETAILS Blue Habanero Blue Habanero in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood has “snacky” bites like Mexican street corn and chicharrónes as well as a strong street taco and entrée list. Sometimes it’s fun to step outside the familiar with a squash blossom taco or even the tacos huitlacoche. While the menu aptly calls it a Mexican truffle, huitlacoche is an ugly corn fungus with a deceptively luxury taste. Expand with adventure with a margarita flight of three. Or get smokey with mezcal in a mojito, paloma or mezcalrita. Save room for flan. Blue Habanero is at 6416 Detroit Avenue, Cleveland. DETAILS Strip Steaks are having a moment in the Cleveland ether. We’re not about to suggest this Avon oasis – which nestled into the old Henry’s at the Barn a long while ago – has done yeoman’s work on prime cuts of beef for 15 years. Or maybe we just did. In any event, this cozy upscale joint has it all where it counts and a great patio with firepit for weekend diner overflow. Our last Boilermaker ribeye and Waygu filets were melt-in-your-mouth amazing. Strip is located at 36840 Detroit Rd., Avon. READ MORE Yum Village The same dining spots can get old, but the flavors of Yum Village really pop. And it doesn’t matter if you don’t know anything about Afro-Caribbean food. From jerk chicken to jollof rice, the casual eatery serves lunch and dinner. It’s open 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday to Saturday at 2215 Chester Ave., near Cleveland State University. READ MORE |
SPOTLIGHT 17 bars in Northeast Ohio to cheer on the Cleveland Browns While nearly any and every bar in Northeast Ohio will likely be airing the Browns games during the season, a few establishments stand out for their over-the-top fandom. In case you need some inspiration for the next several Sundays, here are 17 bars and restaurants in Greater Cleveland perfect for watching Browns games. A few go a bit more above and beyond than most, but all of them are great options for watching the game somewhere that isn’t on your couch or downtown at the stadium. READ MORE |
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