Cleveland, Ohio – To Do List

MUST LISTEN

Cleveland is a much stronger music town. Consider:
Pere Ubu
Rocket From The Tombs
Dead Boys
The Mice
Bill Fox

And if you include Akron (which is 45 minutes south of Cleveland) you can add The Black Keys, Devo and Chrissie Hynde. Good stuff.

MUST EAT
Cleveland is a great place for food. It’s hard to pass up a bowl of pho [...]

Cleveland, Ohio

The Velvet Tango Room

This is the place to go if you want a proper cocktail. The Tango Room is one of a handful of bars in the country that makes honest, old-fashioned drinks – the juice is fresh-squeezed, the syrups, bitters and sodas are house-brewed, everything is shaken by hand, and even the ice is [...]

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Room Service
This store in the Gordon Square Arts District of the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood has a little bit of everything – it’s like an extremely well-curated miniature general store with a  whimsical, modern aesthetic. In addition to a variety of unusual homegoods and stationary, I keep an eye out for photographs and prints by local artists and [...]

Cleveland, Ohio – Must Read

American Splendor – by Harvey Pekar.
This series is incredibly well known, and well worth reading (if you haven’t already). Harvey Pekar is the probably the most famous file clerk/jazz conniusseur/comic book writer in the world, and he is Cleveland’s curmudgeon laureate.

d.a.levy & the mimeograph revolution – Ingrid Swanberg & Larry Smith.
d.a. levy was born and [...]

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Lolita
Michael Symon is a local hero. He runs two restaurants in the city – Lola and Lolita -  and while both are stellar, Lolita is my favorite. It has a cozy, neighborhood vibe and the kind of dark, dusky light that makes everyone look glamorous. I’m lucky enough to live right around the corner, so [...]

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University Circle
Located on the east side of the city, University Circle is Cleveland’s cultural hub. It’s anchored by our two civic buildings, the Cleveland Museum of Art and Severance Hall (home of the world-famous Cleveland Orchestra) – both are mandatory stops, but once those obligations are fulfilled, try some mid-day stargazing at the Nathan and [...]

Cleveland, Ohio

Glendennis House
If you like your vacation spots homey and cozy, this is the place for you. Located in a National Historic Landmark home in Ohio City, a neighborhood on Cleveland’s near-west side, Glendennis House offers a private four-room suite for one group of guests at a time. They offer parking on site, and an organic [...]

Cleveland, Ohio

Thank you so much Karin for showing has around Stockholm last week. We are stopping off in Cleveland, Ohio with Stephanie from Even Cleveland who has discovered some fantastic places to see if you are passing through this find Ohio City.

Meet Stephanie:
My name is Stephanie Madewell and I am a freelance writer and maker [...]