Category: Local

Fishermen’s dilemma

Katie O’Donnell tells me that fishermen have as many weather and climate related challenges as farmers, when it comes to their catch. “Seasons around the world impact restaurants here,” she told me...

Previewing new Mentor Melt

I’m pretty sure the crowds won’t allow me to get near the new Melt Bar & Grilled after it opens Friday. So I’m glad I was invited to a preview of the...

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Johnnycake baking skills sought

The original johnnycake helped settlers survive, but today it’s a road and a race. Scouts and others who cook outdoors may wish to polish up their johnnycake making skills and enter a...

Orgasms on every page, she writes

John Palmer’s Bistro 44 has a new take on book talk. It’s a party at 8 p.m. Wednesday to discuss Fifty Shades of Grey, the runaway best seller by first time author...

Wine tasting in gardens

Bouquets, the exquisite wine tasting amid Holden Arboretum‘s gardens, sells out almost as soon as it’s announced to members each year. To keep the event intimate,  the arboretum limits the number of...

Skye opens for breakfast; dinner to follow

The sign for Skye has tantalized passersby of the Lawnfield Inn in Mentor, near Mentor Avenue and Center Street. The restaurant, named after Scotland’s Isle of Skye is now open for breakfast...