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coming soon: willeyville

May 2, 2013

You could say that John Willey was the founder of the Flats (though I’m fairly certain Fagan’s, River’s Edge and Rum Runners weren’t part of his original plans). As the first mayor of Cleveland – and real estate maven – Willey bought a section of the east bank turning it into a business and residential [...]

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coming soon: el carnicero

April 29, 2013

A little late to the party, but as they say… better late than never! Congrats to one of my favorites chefs, Eric Williams, who announced the opening of his second restaurant: El Carnicero. Momocho is easily one of my favorites in town. So of course this news has me grinning ear to ear. El Carnicero [...]

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let’s go hodge!

April 22, 2013

This is getting to be fun! It’s time once again to rally behind chef Chris Hodgson. This June, he’ll be competing for a coveted spot on The Food Network and the show searches for its next star.Learn more and follow along here. Good luck, Chris! You can count on us to be cheering along side [...]

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rock the vote, cleveland…now

March 11, 2013

Food & Wine has wisely selected our very own, chef Chris Hodgson, as one of 100 nominees for its annual The People’s Best New Chef award. The program, now in its third year, is an extension of the Food & Wine Best New Chefs program which honors talented up-and-coming innovators who have run their own kitchens for five [...]

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an evening with the barefoot contessa

March 6, 2013

Thanks to Ina, I discovered the joy of lentils. She also helped me get over my aversion to cooking salmon (that’s another post, but let’s just say I took a three-year hiatus, which seems so silly now). Needless to say, we’re big Barefoot Contessa fans in this household. There isn’t a dish of hers we [...]

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happening now: restaurant week (+ giveaway & recipe)

February 23, 2013

Downtown Cleveland Alliance kicked off its sixth annual Downtown Restaurant Week yesterday. This event, which runs runs through March 3, features more than 40 downtown restaurants offering lunch and dinner specials. Each restaurant will offer $30 three-course menus for one or two diners, and a $15 lunch option at select restaurants. A full list of [...]

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zack bruell restaurant week

January 10, 2013

Zack Bruell Restaurant Week starts this Sunday, Jan 13, and runs through Jan 26. Zack is offering three-course dinner menus at each of his five restaurants (Parallax, Table 45, L’Albatros, Chinato and Cowell & Hubbard) for only $30 for 3 courses. Menu options are below for each restaurant: Parallax First Course Salmon roll with Japanese [...]

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with thanks and gratitude

January 7, 2013

Happy New Year! Hope you are recovering from all your holiday festivities and that 2013 is off to one hell of a start. Apologies for the delay in posting this, but the 2012 Veggie U numbers are in: we (YOU) raised $3,520 bringing our grand total to $15,270! That is amazing! Thank you all for [...]

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do good, eat good | take 4

November 27, 2012

If you’re a regular reader, you may have noticed that I don’t post much these days. As we can all relate – life gets crazy, and something has to give… While I don’t necessarily write as much as I once did, my commitment to our great city, supporting local – and especially giving back – [...]

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honoring the late sergio

November 13, 2012
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