Guidebook for Cleveland

Margaret
Guidebook for Cleveland

Entertainment & Activities

great green space one block from our house - free arts performances and concerts on most weekends in August every year (bring a lawn chair and picnic)
28 locals recommend
Lincoln Park
1200 Starkweather Ave
28 locals recommend
great green space one block from our house - free arts performances and concerts on most weekends in August every year (bring a lawn chair and picnic)

Food Scene

Iron Chef Michael Symon's less expensive bistro. Hip and affordable
19 locals recommend
Lolita
900 Literary Road
19 locals recommend
Iron Chef Michael Symon's less expensive bistro. Hip and affordable
Rocco Whalen's iconic restaurant - see and be seen!
27 locals recommend
Fahrenheit
55 Professor Ave
27 locals recommend
Rocco Whalen's iconic restaurant - see and be seen!
Best coffee shop in Cleveland!
34 locals recommend
Civilization
2366 W 11th St
34 locals recommend
Best coffee shop in Cleveland!
our favorite breakfast spot. Unpretentious, quick good food and friendliest owner !
43 locals recommend
Grumpy's Cafe
2621 W 14th St
43 locals recommend
our favorite breakfast spot. Unpretentious, quick good food and friendliest owner !
Bonnie owns this place and her smile lights up the room. Old school cool. Comfort food (burgers, perigees) live music on weekends, patio in back, a real neighborhood spot
34 locals recommend
Prosperity Social Club
1109 Starkweather Ave
34 locals recommend
Bonnie owns this place and her smile lights up the room. Old school cool. Comfort food (burgers, perigees) live music on weekends, patio in back, a real neighborhood spot
We met here in 1999 and so it holds a special place in our hearts. Ricardo runs a great restaurant with a darling patio that overlooks the Cleve skyline
44 locals recommend
Fat Cats
2061 W 10th St
44 locals recommend
We met here in 1999 and so it holds a special place in our hearts. Ricardo runs a great restaurant with a darling patio that overlooks the Cleve skyline
Moscow mules in copper cups, the best small plates in the city (ohmigosh, you have to get the pasta sampler as the carbonarra is to die for). And downstairs is best sushi spot in Cleveland (Ginko)
41 locals recommend
Dante
2247 Professor Ave
41 locals recommend
Moscow mules in copper cups, the best small plates in the city (ohmigosh, you have to get the pasta sampler as the carbonarra is to die for). And downstairs is best sushi spot in Cleveland (Ginko)
fabulous space - an old bank building now a super trendy restaurant
106 locals recommend
Ohio City
106 locals recommend
fabulous space - an old bank building now a super trendy restaurant

Arts & Culture

Who hasn't seen this movie 100 X? The house used for the outside scenes in this cult classic is on our street just a 10 minute walk
92 locals recommend
A Christmas Story House
3159 W 11th St
92 locals recommend
Who hasn't seen this movie 100 X? The house used for the outside scenes in this cult classic is on our street just a 10 minute walk

Essentials

100 year old public market (Cleveland's Pike Place Market). Great mix of every ethnic cuisine and is open M/W/F/Sat - both prepared foods and raw ingredients to cook on your own
366 locals recommend
West Side Market
1979 W 25th St
366 locals recommend
100 year old public market (Cleveland's Pike Place Market). Great mix of every ethnic cuisine and is open M/W/F/Sat - both prepared foods and raw ingredients to cook on your own

Everything Else

small but great selection
Cleveland Public Library - Jefferson Branch
850 Jefferson Ave
small but great selection
walk or bike towpath along Cuyahoga River
11 locals recommend
Towpath Trail
Towpath Trail
11 locals recommend
walk or bike towpath along Cuyahoga River
darling shop with clothes, jewelry, home decor and gifts
27 locals recommend
Banyan Tree
2242 Professor Ave
27 locals recommend
darling shop with clothes, jewelry, home decor and gifts
only one in the world, and its 10 min from our house
10 locals recommend
Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame station
1100 E 9th St
10 locals recommend
only one in the world, and its 10 min from our house
a dozen museums and attractions in one square mile (orchestra, art museum, natural history, botanical gardens, museum of contemporary art, western reserve history center)
61 locals recommend
University Circle
61 locals recommend
a dozen museums and attractions in one square mile (orchestra, art museum, natural history, botanical gardens, museum of contemporary art, western reserve history center)
they repurposed one of our former department stores and turned it into a beautiful casino right on Public Square
150 locals recommend
JACK Cleveland Casino
100 Public Square
150 locals recommend
they repurposed one of our former department stores and turned it into a beautiful casino right on Public Square
if you are attending a convention
23 locals recommend
Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland
300 Lakeside Ave E
23 locals recommend
if you are attending a convention
open air concert venue on the Cuyahoga River
16 locals recommend
Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
2014 Sycamore St
16 locals recommend
open air concert venue on the Cuyahoga River
NASA Glenn Visitors Center, a 600' ore boat turned into a museum, interactive stuff...it's for kids and kids at heart
126 locals recommend
Great Lakes Science Center
601 Erieside Ave
126 locals recommend
NASA Glenn Visitors Center, a 600' ore boat turned into a museum, interactive stuff...it's for kids and kids at heart
pedestrian only one block of great restaurants in downtown
50 locals recommend
East 4th Street
East 4th Street
50 locals recommend
pedestrian only one block of great restaurants in downtown
Observation Deck (open weekends in summer) gives you bird's eye view of our city
8 locals recommend
Brookfield Properties
127 Public Square
8 locals recommend
Observation Deck (open weekends in summer) gives you bird's eye view of our city
2nd largest theater district in the US outside of NYC. One million visitors a year for shows ranging from Broadway road shows to comedians and dance troupes
169 locals recommend
PlayhouseSquare
1501 Euclid Ave
169 locals recommend
2nd largest theater district in the US outside of NYC. One million visitors a year for shows ranging from Broadway road shows to comedians and dance troupes
several blocks of restaurants and nightlife on ground floor and condos and apartments up above
Historic Warehouse District
1010 Euclid Ave
several blocks of restaurants and nightlife on ground floor and condos and apartments up above
small, but well done
79 locals recommend
Greater Cleveland Aquarium
2000 Sycamore St
79 locals recommend
small, but well done
Cleveland Cavaliers basketball, Lake Erie Monsters hockey, large venue for the big shows (Bon Jovi, Neil Diamond, Bruce)
16 locals recommend
Ontario St & Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse station
16 locals recommend
Cleveland Cavaliers basketball, Lake Erie Monsters hockey, large venue for the big shows (Bon Jovi, Neil Diamond, Bruce)
Cleveland Indians ballpark - same designer as Camden Yards in Baltimore - beautifully tucked right into the middle of the city
186 locals recommend
Progressive Field
2401 Ontario St
186 locals recommend
Cleveland Indians ballpark - same designer as Camden Yards in Baltimore - beautifully tucked right into the middle of the city

Drinks & Nightlife

dark wood, black & white classic movies on the tv screens, all cocktails created from scratch and was the site of our very first date
42 locals recommend
The Velvet Tango Room
2095 Columbus Rd
42 locals recommend
dark wood, black & white classic movies on the tv screens, all cocktails created from scratch and was the site of our very first date

Shopping

artist owned gallery with lots of choices from photos and water colors to stone sculptures
The Paul Duda Gallery
2342 Professor Ave
artist owned gallery with lots of choices from photos and water colors to stone sculptures