Tag Archives: Chagrin Falls

welcome to “my” neighborhood

May 18, 2011 – 9:27 am

Ok, it’s not really my neighborhood. But it might as well be. I grew up right around the corner from the Falls and my husband and I pretend to live there practically ever weekend – from taking Natalie to the park, to keeping Umami in business (you can find him there at least twice a [...]

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burntwood tavern

October 20, 2010 – 3:24 pm

We all have restaurants that are our restaurants. The go-to places. Places where we can sit back, relax, have a good meal and see a few familiar smiling faces. Growing up in Solon, The American Tavern was that place for me (still like to go there for lunch from time to time). These places may [...]

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a conversation with scott kuhn (washington place bistro & bar and the spillway)

October 1, 2010 – 9:40 pm

We’re all thinking it. A non-Italian restaurant in Little Italy? Little Italy. Home of The Feast, cannoli’s and one Italian restaurant after another. Until mid November that is, when Washington Place Bistro & Inn will take over the space that once house the beloved Baricelli Inn. Well, I’ve been thinking it at least and that’s [...]

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umami revisited

May 1, 2010 – 10:19 pm

My experience with Umami goes a little something like this: I loved Umami. Then I didn’t. And now I’m on the bandwagon once again. Umami is the ultra tiny restaurant in the heart of Chagrin Falls. I first wrote about them last June when Michael Longo was chef. It’s close to my house and office, so we [...]

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