17 Greater Cleveland restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day in 2024 Not everyone is into or is capable of cooking a huge meal at home for Thanksgiving. For those still in need of a Thanksgiving day meal plan, check out 17 Greater Cleveland restaurants that will be open for dine-in service on Nov. 28. READ MORE Options for Thanksgiving takeout from Greater Cleveland restaurants Interested in placing to-go orders ahead of Thanksgiving Day? Here’s a list of restaurants offering pick-up options for Thanksgiving dinner. READ MORE Mealsgiving aims to turn the Tuesday before Thanksgiving into a holiday about feeding others A local comedian is teaming up with Greater Cleveland restaurants to help transform the Tuesday before Thanksgiving into a new kind of holiday all about giving back. Ricky Smith, the founder of the RAKE (Random Acts of Kindness Everywhere) nonprofit, has declared that the Tuesday before Thanksgiving as Mealsgiving. The idea is to get everyone, from restaurants to individual families, to come together in the spirit of giving food. READ MORE DineDrinkCLE podcast talks pasture-raised turkeys, Mealsgiving In the latest episode of “DineDrinkCLE: The Podcast,” hosts Alex Darus and Josh Duke are joined by guests Paris Wolfe and Peter Chakerian to discuss Mealsgiving, the benefits of pasture-raised turkeys for Thanksgiving and Ohio's beloved chocolate and peanut butter treat, buckeyes. READ MORE Cleveland Beerfest scheduled for 2025 The 2025 Cleveland Beerfest, the annual two-day large-scale tasting fest, is set for 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 21-22, at Huntington Convention Center. Hundreds of beers from a variety of local and out-of-region breweries will be poured. READ MORE |
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West Side Market receives $3.6 million from Gund Foundation The George Gund Foundation is pledging $3.6 million to the Cleveland Public Market Corporation, operator of the West Side Market. The money will support the market’s renovation masterplan which includes facilities improvements and enhancements, new public gathering spaces, and outreach efforts to attract a mix of visitors and vendors that more closely reflects the diversity of Northeast Ohio. READ MORE West Side Market gets festive for holidays The West Side Market is getting dressed up for the winter holiday season. Decorations are going up this week and the official Holiday Kick-Off Festival is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23. It includes 19 pop-up vendors who will fill the produce arcade’s empty spaces. They will offer a variety of gift-worthy merchandise, including plants, jams, dog treats, skin care, greeting cards, pottery and more. Various other food-and-drink fun will continue throughout the holidays. The decorated facility will host holiday festivals, popup markets and special events to enhance the seasonal experience. Paris Wolfe has the story. READ MORE Swensons Drive-In offering seasonal menus Swensons, the classic drive-in restaurant company based in Northeast Ohio, is offering several seasonal items, including a Thanksgiving burger and a pair of milkshakes like a peppermint shake made with crushed candy canes. READ MORE Saucy Brew Works brings back Stealing Signs For the second year, Saucy Brew Works has made Stealing Signs, a beer that the Cleveland-based brewery released a year ago and which sold out very quickly. It’s a playful poke at the sign-stealing scandal associated with the University of Michigan’s football program. The beer is a Double Dry-Hopped Hazy Pale Ale. READ MORE |
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OPENINGS/CLOSINGS Abundance Culinary in Cleveland Heights reveals expansion plans Abundance Culinary has announced plans for its expansion now that former in-house neighbor Rising Star Roasters is moving to a standalone space in town. The modern Chinese restaurant run by chef Liu Fang, has had a permanent home in the Cleveland Heights diner car at 1975 Lee Road since last year. Now, Rising Star is moving across the neighborhood to a new space at 2148 S. Taylor Road, so Abundance Culinary has more room to expand its tasty efforts. READ MORE Female-owned The W Sports bar in the works for Cleveland It’s been a winning year for much of Cleveland’s sports scene. The Cavs opened the season 15-0. The Guardians won the American League Central and advanced to the AL Championship series. The city hosted an exciting women’s Final Four that rode the sport’s wave of popularity. Now, you can chalk up another W – as in The W Sports Bar, a female-owned sports bar coming to Cleveland’s West Side and owned by women. Marc Bona has the story., READ MORE New chicken finger restaurant coming to Parma Layne’s Chicken Fingers plans to open its first store in Parma by the end of the year. The shop will occupy a former Boston Market at 1350 Pleasant Valley Road. The menu is, of course, chicken fingers with a signature sauce as well as crinkle-cut fries, Texas toast, sandwiches and milkshakes. The signature sauce can be swapped for one of five sauces - honey mustard, jalapeno ranch, buttermilk ranch, BBQ and gravy. READ MORE |
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EVENTS/TASTINGS Cheese, Wine & Chocolate Fest Cleveland The fest covers three favorites – cheese, wine and chocolate with more than 50 wines and 50 cheeses. It brings together food connoisseurs, wine enthusiasts and cheese lovers for nibbles and drinks. A marketplace will sell wines from the event. Prices vary. 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23. 6111 Landerhaven Dr., Mayfield Heights. DETAILS Cleveland Restaurant Week The promotional week ends its run this week, with almost 30 restaurants offering deals – mostly $39 prix fixe specials. The annual promotion helps kick off the holiday season for member restaurants. Dine-in and carryout options vary. The promotion serves as a way to draw diners to restaurants often during slower sales times. Final days are Thursday, Nov. 21, and Friday, Nov. 22. Multiple locations. DETAILS Cooking Demo: Stroopwafel with Annie’s Signature Sweets Hudson Library and Historical Society presents a cooking demonstration with Ann LoParo of Annie’s Signature Sweets. LoParo, former pastry chef at the Cleveland Museum of Art, will guide attendees on making stroopwafel, a traditional Dutch dessert. Registration is required. Email askus@hudson.lib.oh.us or call 330-653-6658, ext. 1010 if spots are available. 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23. 96 Library St., Hudson. DETAILS Hot chocolate trail launched at 11 NE Ohio locations The inaugural Tour Lake County Hot Chocolate Trail is under way. The digital-passport tour allows participants to explore cafes and businesses across the county, comparing decadent hot chocolates. Participants can download a free passport, and those who check in and try hot chocolates at eight of 11 featured locations will earn a limited-edition #TourLakeCOcoa mug. The trail runs through Tuesday, Dec. 31. READ MORE M Cellars to hold 4-course wine and food pairing dinner M Cellars is having a four-course wine and food pairing dinner featuring chef Zachary Bond from The Spot on Lakeshore. Check-in is 6 p.m. Dinner is 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 22. M Cellars is at 6193 S. River Road W, Geneva. READ MORE |
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PICKS OF THE WEEK La Ville Lumiere La Ville Lumiere is one of the buzziest new restaurants in Greater Cleveland for a restaurant. It brings the elevated French brassiere experience to Clifton Boulevard. From prime steak cuts to French classics like escargot and moules frites, La Vielle Lumiere has something for everyone on its menu. Its upscale wine list and craft cocktails provide an ideal complement to any meal. Plus, the kitchen is open late with a late-night happy hour menu. La Ville Lumiere is at 10427 Clifton Boulevard in Cleveland. - Alex Darus DETAILS YY Time, Asiatown As the weather gets colder (or does it), YY Time in Cleveland’s Asiatown has rice noodle soups that are both comforting and bring interest to the palate. Consider rice noodle soup with braised beef brisket or rice noodle soup with coconut red curry chicken. Both come with plenty of noodles and meat. Those not used to real Asian food will find both unfamiliar flavors and textures in dishes like duck head, duck tongue, pig feet and pig intestine. The large restaurant has a comfortable Asian vibe. DETAILS – Paris Wolfe Biggby Coffee Everyone thinks of Starbucks when it comes to drive-through coffee, but Biggby is a solid choice. Great coffee to be sure, friendly service and, for such a tiny place, a menu chock full of items including the hearty “Bragel” - a bagel of your choice (asiago cheese is a good one) along with turkey and havarti is our favorite. Multiple locations. -- Marc Bona READ MORE |
SPOTLIGHT If it’s time for a beer, it must be Midnight in India Beer drinkers have been wild about IPAs (India Pale Ales) for many years now, and Northeast Ohio offers many wonderful renditions of them. But there’s one darkly intriguing brew that doesn’t get mentioned with those the way that it should. Missing Falls Brewery in Akron makes a black IPA called Midnight in India, a smooth Cascadian dark ale brewed with Earl Grey tea – which lends a bergamot aroma to the beer’s citrusy hop character. It surely doesn’t taste like a typical IPA, but it allows more than enough of what makes that style great. Classic CLE Eats & Drinks columnist Peter Chakerian has the scoop. READ MORE Family-owned Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard franchise celebrates its first birthday Rita’s Italian Ice & Frozen Custard is coming up on its one-year anniversary. It's truly a family affair. Here’s how the business is doing and how the family operation works. Jim Myers of the Streetsboro eatery talks about his experience in the restaurant business. READ MORE |
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