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I've been to Cleveland a lot, in fact I lived outside of it with a band I was in for about three months between high-school and college. I am usually there for sales meetings and turn right around and go, and the months I spent there were kind of a couple of days rehearsing before we went back out on the road again. We are taking advantage of the holiday and spending a couple of days there, anything we should check out?
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berdawn
near that stretch of N. High Street in the Short North
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If you've never been to the lakeview cemetery, it is definitely worth doing!!!! The Wade Chapel is amazing. Also see what's up at the museum. They're doing a massive renovation, but they also have been hosting shorter term special exhibits that are fab.
There is a great mexican restaurant in Tremont: La Feliz Tortilla. Best ceviche ever. the great lakes brewery is there, too, but I'm not sure what the deal is with tours.
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turbo ninja
Formerly Crumb Bus, Oh. Now Durm, NC.
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Tigertree wrote >>
I've been to Cleveland a lot, in fact I lived outside of it with a band I was in for about three months between high-school and college. I am usually there for sales meetings and turn right around and go, and the months I spent there were kind of a couple of days rehearsing before we went back out on the road again. We are taking advantage of the holiday and spending a couple of days there, anything we should check out?The rock hall is worth a visit, even if you have different ideas about what rock and roll is or is not.
Coventry in Cleveland Heights is a good place to spend an afternoon. If the Wine Cave (La Cave du Vin) next to the new Grog Shop is open, check out their selection of boozes. Lots of fun.
You're a jerk if you don't go to Ohio City and make an attempt at the West Side Market. While you're in the OC, you can visit the Great Lakes brewpub if they're generous enough to be open.Watch a train taking jobs out of the city. Use a payphone. Conspicuously read a Detroit guidebook near the baseball stadium.
Oh, about the stadium: Go to a game if the Tribe is in town. Sit in the bleachers if you can.
Little Italy has some good restaurants. The Crawford Car Museum is worth a visit if you like old cars. Cleveland Museum of Art is worth a visit.
SKIP THE FLATS. It is like going to a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
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Motorist
The Trots
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I had a bunch of shit typed up with links for you but then the screen refreshed so you'll have to do the googling yourself.
Great Lakes Brewery tour
Ohio City (Great Lakes, West Side Market, Bier Market)
Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum
Historical Society (same building as the Auto Museum)
Garfields Tomb/Lakeview Cemetary
Little Italy (no joke, fat Italian guys wearing track suits)Posted 4 years ago # -
lifeliberty
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Motorist wrote
Little Italy (no joke, fat Italian guys wearing track suits)LOL
Does anyone go to Coventry anymore?
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Motorist
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lifeliberty wrote >>
Motorist wrote
Little Italy (no joke, fat Italian guys wearing track suits)LOL
Does anyone go to Coventry anymore?I had breakfast at the Inn on Coventry recently. And Tommy's has the best milkshakes! The rest of their food was only okay. I've heard that La Cave is great but I've not been yet.
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Columbusite
Minneapolis
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The Wayfarer
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If you're looking for fine dining, check out Lola and Flying Fig. Flying Fig is in Ohio City right across from the Great Lakes Brewpub, so that'd be a good opportunity to try both.
I'm a big fan of Tremont. Chef Michael Symon's other restaurant, Lolita, is located there. Fat Cats is good for casual dining.
Definitely check out Little Italy. Presti's is a nice and super cheap cafe. Their pepperoni bread (also available w/just spinach) is delicious and only like, $2. If you like cannolis, nearby Corbo's has my favorite.
As far as bars go, La Cave du Vin in Coventry is cool. I also like the Bier Markt (also right next to Great Lakes in Ohio City). If you can find it, I'd highly recommend Velvet Tango Room. It's in the Ohio City area and just a classy place all around. They do classic cocktails better than anyone else.
My girlfriend is originally from Cleveland, so I'm very familiar with the city. I used to hate it until we went there together and she showed me around from a local's perspective. Now I really quite enjoy it.
Oh, and I second the shakes at Tommy's. The chocolate malt is nothing short of amazing. Not big on their food, though.
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Manatee
Granville
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+1 Tommy's shakes. In Coventry, check out the Cedar Lee Theater as well, for weird movies if you're in the mood.
I heard there's like, a big lake up there or something :) I always make a point to find a relatively clean beach and hang out for a while.
Lakewood is a cute area, lots of gay folks and fun resale shops. My favorite is Deja Vu. The best thrifting, IMO, is Unique Thrift (assorted locations). The best Unique ever used to be across from the old Euclid Beach Amusement Park entrance (both now closed). It was a magical, unbelievable place, full of really amazing clothes from all the elderly African-Americans in the neighborhood.
+1000 the art museum. I know it's cliched to say, but it really is a great one. I still haven't seen the new addition, and I am jonesing to go. Plus the Botanical Gardens are right next door, as well as CIA which might have a sweet movie program going on or something more indie. The Natural History Museum is near that too.
A lot of it is hard to describe--- "go check out that one thing up behind the Rini's, make a left after 3 trees", you know.
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mitchellosu
Merion Village
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University Circle. Beautiful, park-like setting of 19th and early 20th century gorgeous and imposing institutional architecture and places like the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Severance Hall (home of the Cleveland Orchestra), and a ton of smaller museums like the Children's Museum of Cleveland (I've always loved children's museums as a place to spend time).
And if you think you might have a heart attack from all of the enjoyment, the Cleveland Clinic is around the corner.
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BreakfastwithNick
Clintonville
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+1 on Great Lakes - excellent beer and fantastic food. Try their Old World Burger. And, yes, take the tour. If you can, tour it during the week, while they're actually in production.
And GLBC is right across the street from the West Side Market, which is great.
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michaelcoyote
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Hotel:
I stay at the Renaissance cos it's awesome.. even if you don't stay here, stop by and have a drink or three in the lobby bar.. Well worn posh..Ohio City:
West Side MarketMarket Ave. Wine Bar (next to the Great Lakes Brewing pub. if possible drink on the patio before dinner. good for wasting time and watching people be drunk idiots at GLBC)
Flying Fig (very nice dinner across the street from the wine bar)
Velvet Tango Room (excellent cocktails close to the RTA station)and/or
Johnny Mango (for margaritas and casual lunch/dinner on the patio)
Old Angle Pub (for beerz)Love Great Lakes, but can't say I'm a fan of the bar though they do have a shuttle if you're going to an Indians game.
Coventry:
Tommy's (for breakfast)
Big Fun (or whatever the toystore is called now.. awesome though, and check out the photo booth)Little Italy:
Forget the place I always end up here, but it's on the South side of the street and takes up two storefronts w/ large windows in the corner spot and on the weekend evenings they sometimes have a string quartet. (anyone know?)Posted 4 years ago # -
joev
Merion Village
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michaelcoyote wrote >>
Forget the place I always end up here, but it's on the South side of the street and takes up two storefronts w/ large windows in the corner spot and on the weekend evenings they sometimes have a string quartet. (anyone know?)Is that La Dolce Vita? If so, I second the nomination - great food, wonderful atmosphere and the most friendly servers I've ever met.
Also, in Little Italy, Presti's! For Italian and sometimes E. European style pastries and sweets. So good. Donuts if you're there earlier in the day. Take away your treats and eat them by pond behind the Wade chapel at Lakeview Cemetery (about 1/2 mile away.)
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michaelcoyote
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joev wrote >>
michaelcoyote wrote >>
Forget the place I always end up here, but it's on the South side of the street and takes up two storefronts w/ large windows in the corner spot and on the weekend evenings they sometimes have a string quartet. (anyone know?)Is that La Dolce Vita? If so, I second the nomination - great food, wonderful atmosphere and the most friendly servers I've ever met.
Yep, that's the place. been here a number of times.. always a hit..
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