Good pierogi from Happy Dog. I assume there will something similar at the St. Vladimir celebration.

August 29th, 2009 Ukrainian Festival at Saint Vladimir Cathedral

Last year, Parma designated a neighborhood Ukrainian Village and this year they renamed part of Marioncliffe Drive to St. Vladimir Drive. It coincides with the 85th anniversary of the founding [...]]]>

Good pierogi from Happy Dog. I assume there will something similar at the St. Vladimir celebration.

August 29th, 2009 Ukrainian Festival at Saint Vladimir Cathedral

Last year, Parma designated a neighborhood Ukrainian Village and this year they renamed part of Marioncliffe Drive to St. Vladimir Drive. It coincides with the 85th anniversary of the founding of St. Vladimir Cathedral in its original Tremont location. The church and the neighborhood are celebrating with a weekend of observations and festivities. The food appears to be concentrated on August 29. August 29 should also see Ukrainian dancing, polka music and tours of the cathedral. (via)

fire roasts a mean beet. All three courses sound like perfect dishes to highlight fire's strengths.

A Special Menu at fire

fire recently introduced a three-course menu that highlights local products. Of course, they do as much as any area restaurant to highlight local products on their local menu, but all three courses look wonderful so I’m not going to ask any questions.

bowl of heirloom tomatoes
ricotta salata, sweet basil, extra virgin olive oil

tandoor roasted hanger steak
beet and raclette cheese gratin, baby vegetables

peach cobbler
vanilla ice cream, sage honey

I searched my flickr archive for "chicken wings" and got 31 results. I don't think that's enough. Too bad I think I'll have to miss this event.

August 22, 2009 1 � 7pm : Lakewood Wing Crawl

$15 gets you 66 wings – 6 at each of 11 participating restaurants: Around the Corner, Harry Buffalo, Geppetto’s/Johnny Malloy’s, Kenilworth, Mars Bar, Merry Arts, Put In Bay Lakewood, Pug Mahone’s, Riverwood Cafe, Rush Inn and Screaming Rooster

fire's pork hushpuppy: Fantastic. I'm going to ask them how they make the chili sauce. The hush puppy was wonderfully light and tasty.

According to Cleveland Independents, Moxie has added a bar menu (really? I thought they already had one… If so,  it’s been changed):

Stop by the bar Moxie between [...]]]>

fire's pork hushpuppy: Fantastic. I'm going to ask them how they make the chili sauce. The hush puppy was wonderfully light and tasty.

Bar menu at Moxie

According to Cleveland Independents, Moxie has added a bar menu (really? I thought they already had one… If so,  it’s been changed):

Stop by the bar Moxie between 2:30 p.m. an 6:30 p.m. from Monday through Friday and enjoy wings, lump crab cakes, calamari, cheese, oysters, tuna tartar, moxie frites and more.  $5 martini specials.  $6 wine specials and $2 draft beer.

Judging from my flickr photostream, I’ve been on a wing kick recently. I’m looking forward to seeing what Moxie does with a chicken wing.

Bar menu at fire

Bar menus seem to be popping up all over recently. fire has been serving their bar menu for a couple weeks. I’ve had the pork hushpuppy and the braised short rib/tater tot. They were both wonderful. I also noticed that they made a change to the bar menu between my first and second visit. They added a mushroom sandwich. I love mushrooms so I think I’ll give it a try on a future visit. After that, I think it’s back to the main dining room. The new spring menu has lots of spring produce that I’m sure you’ve all been craving over those long winter months.

Boulevard Blue wings

Bar menu at Boulevard Blue

Boulevard Blue has their own new bar menu. I’ve already had the wings (also offered in the main dining room) and they were very good.  Boulevard Blue also earns points for having an up-to-date web site. Of the four restaurants discussed in this post, they’re the only one.  Go check out a complete list of their new items.  Several of them sound very interesting.

Brunches at fire and Felice

In addition to new bar menus, I’ve got a backlog of new brunches, too (Flying Fig and Buckeye Beer Engine mainly). Now, I’ve got to re-add fire to that list as they recently revamped their brunch menu. There are a few new items, a few modified items and several holdovers. I’m particularly looking forward to the pastry bag and the shrimp fried rice.

Felice also added a brunch menu. I think every restaurant in that neighborhood should have a Saturday brunch. The farmers market brings in a tremendous amount of foot traffic. I’m sure Dewey’s and Yours Truly benefit significantly. fire should think about extending their hours to include a Saturday brunch in addition to their Sunday brunch. I’ve been to Felice for dinner a couple times and while the food didn’t earn them a spot in my regular dining rotation, it was good enough that I’m still interested in checking out their new brunch menu. Some of the items sound like they could be delicious:

• Burrito – chorizo, rice, eggs, scallion, pommes frites, tomato jam
• steak and eggs – parsley sauce
• omelet – spanish onion, chorizo, smoked paprika chimichurri
• garlic shrimp – roasted garlic, mango, chili oil