Category Archives: Cleveland

Duck-Rabbit Coffee, Cleveland OH

Duck-Rabbit Coffee Single Origin Pour Over Proving that great Coffee can now even be found in ‘fly-over country’ Cleveland’s Duck-Rabbit Coffee takes the “do one thing, do it well” concept to a Brooklyn or Portland-esque level by house roasting every … Continue reading

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Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream University Circle, Cleveland OH

Mitchell’s Homemade Ice Cream University Circle Samples: Key Lime, Banana Cream Pie, Turtle Brownie, Coffee Chocolate Chunk   Butter Pecan, Pralines and Cream, Caramel Fudge Brownie on a Housemade Waffle Cone Caramel Sea Salt, Bing Cherry Chocolate Chunk, Coffee / … Continue reading

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El Carnicero, Lakewood OH

El Carnicero Guacamole Sampler – Goat Cheese + Tomato + Chile Poblano / Smoked Trout + Bacon + Chile Poblano / Pickled Corn + Crab + Chile Chipotle Chorizo Tamale – Pork Sausage + Spinach + Hominy + Masa + … Continue reading

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Corbo’s Bakery, Cleveland OH

Corbo’s Bakery Cassata Cake Filled to Order Cannoli Sfogliatelle Apricot Kolachy, Cream Cheese Kolachy, Butterballs with Walnuts, Fig and Date Cucadati, Buckeyes Rainbow Cookies, Birthday Cookies One of many family-owned spots amidst Cleveland’s compact and oft-overlooked Little Italy, Corbo’s Bakery … Continue reading

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Stan’s Northfield Bakery, Nortfield OH

Stan’s Northfield Bakery “Big Dupa” – Vanilla Meringue Paczki Mixed Nut Paczki Pumpkin Spice Frycake Dutch Apple Fritter Autumn Spice Butter Drop, Snickerdoodle, Peanut Butter Cookie, Oatmeal Craisin Cookie Located in the suburb of Northfield, a thirty minute drive from … Continue reading

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Jack Frost Donuts, Cleveland OH

Jack Frost Donuts Salty Caramel S’mores Maple Bacon Red Velvet Cream Cheese Blueberry German Chocolate Fritter Located south of the City, a neighborhood spot serving Northeast Ohioans since 1937, it was straight off the plane that the GPS was pointed … Continue reading

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The Greenhouse Tavern and White Flower Cupcakes, Cleveland OH

Following our fantastic brunch at Melt our sites were turned on shopping – a visit to Beachwood and Legacy, The West Side Market, and some of the shops surrounding the ever impressive revamped 4th Street area. The Cavs were in … Continue reading

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Melt Bar and Grilled, Lakewood OH

According to their website, “Melt opened in September 2006 with one goal: To provide gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches and as many beers as possible in a cool and comfortable environment. No bar food. No boring choices on tap. And something … Continue reading

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Crop Bistro, Cleveland OH

What happens when a self-taught chef (and interesting entrepreneur in the areas of sweeteners and butters) opens a brilliant restaurant in an “average mid-western town” that best known for cursed sports teams, a lake that caught on fire, and a … Continue reading

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Bar Cento, Cleveland OH

I’m not a drinker and as such I don’t go to bars – ever. After a long day checking out the CIA’s BFA exhibit with my little sister we decided to hit the West Side Market and after picking up … Continue reading

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Grandma Freda’s Cupcakes, Cleveland OH

My sister completed her BFA and the exhibit was awesome. After a long afternoon of browsing the exhibit and hanging out we decided to head to the West Side Market for some shopping – little did I know that in … Continue reading

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Lola, Cleveland Ohio

I’ve enjoyed Flay and been blown away by Batali, thus when Clevelander Michael Symon was named the new Iron Chef I knew it was only a matter of time before I made the trip to Lola. Having seen Chef Symon … Continue reading

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