The Best Bars and Clubs in Cleveland in 2023, According to Scene Readers

Welcome, all, to the best slice of the calendar — that time of the year where we turn over the issue to…

By Scene Staff

 Best Bar or Club for Underground Music
Winner: The Foundry Concert Club 

Runners-Up:   The Grog Shop, No Class
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The Best Restaurants and Food in Cleveland in 2023, According to Scene Readers

There are few things Cleveland loves more than food, and we're downright spoiled. No matter the budget, neighborhood, or cuisine, Cleveland is…

By Scene Staff

  Best New Restaurant  
Winner: Boom’s Pizza  

Runners-Up: Jaja, Poppy
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26 Pick-Your-Own Apple Orchards Near Cleveland to Check Out This Fall

It's that time of the year again! It's time to bust out that scarf, a nice flannel, and head to your favorite…

By Scene Staff

 Hillside Orchard
     2397 Center Road, Hinckley
    
    Hillside has 19 varieties of apples, and you can pick your own (depending on what's ripe) for the first two weekends of October. You can also pick your own pumpkins at this pet-friendly farm. They also have hard-dipped ice cream, famous fruit pies, frozen apple cider and many more goodies. Fall Festival is the second weekend of October.
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Photos: CMA's Annual Chalk Festival Showcases the Creativity of Hundreds of Artists

The Cleveland Museum of Art's Chalk Festival is one of the last outdoor events of the summer. This year's edition featured music,…

By Emanuel Wallace

Chalk Festival at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Concert Photos: Jason Aldean at Blossom

Jason Aldean was supposed to make his first concert appearance after the initial "Try This In a Small Town" controversy in Cleveland,…

By Scene Staff

Concert Photos: Jason Aldean at Blossom
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Concert Photos: Brandi Carlile Brings Joy to a Blossom Crowd Ready to Do Its Part

Remarking early and often over the impressive and energetic crowd that filled Blossom Saturday night, Brandi Carlile's two-hour, career-spanning set showed off…

By Joe Kleon

Concert Photos: Brandi Carlile Brings Joy to a Blossom Crowd Ready to Do Its Part
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Photos From the 2023 Crocker Park Wine Festival

One of the region's late-summer staples is the Crocker Park Wine Festival, which transforms the bustling marketplace into a wine oasis. The…

By Emanuel Wallace

2023 Crocker Park Wine Festival
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35 Ways to Tell Whether Someone's Actually From Cleveland

Reddit user Alexander_The_What recently posed the question, "If someone was pretending to be from Cleveland, what is something they would do that…

By Scene Staff

  Blank stare when you say in the voice “My names Mark, and you can count on it!”
“If you cant get credit in my store……………… you cant get credit anywhere!”


Via AGollinibobeanie/Reddit
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Photos From the 12th Annual Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival Opening Night

The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival kicked off it's 12th year with the world premiere screening of Mississippi Christmas and an afterparty…

By Emanuel Wallace

12th Annual Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival Opening Night
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"Fairytale Creekside" Bath Mansion Hits the Market for $2.4 Million

Out in Bath, just outside of Akron, this mansion (2514 Yellow Creek Rd.) just hit the market. Listed at $2,349,000, the grand…

By Scene Staff

This Bath Mansion Just Hit The Market For $2.4 Million
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Concert Photos: George Thorogood Brought Blue-Collar Rock to MGM Northfield Center Stage

George Thorogood brought his blue-collar brand of boogie-woogie blues rock to the MGM Northfield Center Stage Tuesday night. His feel-good drinking buddy…

By Brian Lumley

New Slideshow
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Concert Photos: Duran Duran Shows Why They're Rock Hall-Worthy at Blossom Show

You couldn't have asked for a more perfect night for a late-summer concert. When the operative word for outdoor concerts this season…

By Brian Lumley

Concert Photos: Duran Duran Shows Why They're Rock Hall-Worthy at Blossom Show
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Say Goodbye to These Annoying Things About Cleveland Summer

Yeah, summer coming to an end sucks. The cold is coming and it'll be here before we know it. But summer being…

By Scene Staff

Walking slowly through a crowded festival where everyone smells like sweat
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Photos From the Muni Lot Before the Browns Won Their 2023 Home Opener Against the Bengals

Another season of Cleveland Browns football is now upon us and win or lose, the Muni Lot is the place to be…

By Emanuel Wallace

2023 Browns Season Opener in the Muni Lot
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Photos: Cleveland Public Theatre's Pandemonium Fundraiser Kicks Off the 2023-24 Season of Programming

Pandemonium, Cleveland Public Theatre's largest fundraising event of the year, is always one of the best parties in town. The 2023 theme…

By Emanuel Wallace

Pandemonium 2023 at Cleveland Public Theatre
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Photos: Tastemakers United's For the Culture Mixer at Worthington Yards

Tastemakers United's For The Culture Mixer celebrated the region's top artists at Yard Projects' opening night gallery and served as a predecessor…

By Emanuel Wallace

Tastemakers United's For the Culture Mixer
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22 Northeast Ohio Restaurants With Cult-Like Followings

What does it take for a restaurant to go from simply popular to the sort of place that makes its loyal, repeat…

By Scene Staff

 Swensons
Multiple Locations 

Swensons. Few other words can stir the appetites of an entire region like this one. Nostalgia runs deep when it comes to the first Swensons experience, but it's more than fond memories that keep people pulling up and flipping their headlights on for a Galley Boy and potato teezers. It's why Swensons is a Northeast Ohio tradition unlike any other.
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Vintage Photos: What Cleveland Looked Like in the 1800s

In the 1800s, Cleveland was developing from a farm town with not much in it to a major American city by the…

By Scene Staff

Medical college, located at Erie (East Ninth) Street and St. Clair until moving to the Western Reserve College (CWRU) campus in 1893, 1853
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Concert Photos: The Breeders Delight at the Rock Hall Pre and Post Rainstorm

The Breeders swung through Cleveland for an outdoor show as part of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "Rock Hall Live"…

By Brian Lumley

Concert Photos: The Breeders Delight at the Rock Hall Pre and Post Rainstorm
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All the Restaurants Where You Can Score $7 Wing Deals During Cleveland Wing Week (Sept. 11-17) and What They're Serving

Seven days of $7 wing deals. Who says no to that? Cleveland Wing Week, which runs September 11th through the 17th, is…

By Scene Staff

 Crowley’s Dive
36547 Vine St., Eastlake

 Crowley’s is offering six traditional bone-in wings for Wing Week, in their Nashville hot honey flavor with dill pickle ranch. An order of wings and a Miller Lite available for $10.00
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Photos: A Preview of Cleveland Museum of Art's "China's Southern Paradise" Exhibition, Opening September 10

The Cleveland Museum of Art's latest exhibition, "China's Southern Paradise: Treasures From the Lower Yangzi Delta," is set to open this Sunday…

By Emanuel Wallace

China's Southern Paradise, opens September 10 at the Cleveland Museum of Art
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Akron Mansion Fit for a King Hits the Market for $3.5 Million

Out in Akron (970 Top Of The Hill Rd.), this mansion just hit the market for $3,450,000. In the tony Top of…

By Scene Staff

Akron Mansion Fit for a King Hits the Market for $3.5 Million
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Concert Photos: Chloe Bailey at the House of Blues

Chloe Bailey brought her tour to a packed House of Blues over Labor Day weekend. Here's all the action we caught.

By Marissa McDowell

Concert Photos: Chloe Bailey at the House of Blues
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Photos: Flying High With the US Army Golden Knights at the 2023 Cleveland Air Show

The US Army Parachute Team, better known as the Golden Knights, is a highly specialized team of performers that has conducted more…

By Emanuel Wallace

US Army Golden Knights Black Team
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Photos From the Final Day Light Rooftop Party of the Season at Garden City

The limited run summer Day Light Rooftop Party at Garden City came to a close with its third installment which featured the…

By Emanuel Wallace

Day Light Rooftop Party at Garden City
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Photos: South Asian Music, Dance, Art and Cuisine Was Celebrated at MIX at CMA - Raja

The latest edition of the Cleveland Museum of Art's MIX at CMA series featured Rajasthani dancers from Mandala Arts in Chicago and…

By Emanuel Wallace

MIX at CMA: Raja
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Photos From the 2023 Cleveland National Air Show at Burke Lakefront Airport

The Cleveland National Air Show is a long standing Labor Day Weekend tradition. This year's show was headlined by United States Air…

By Emanuel Wallace

The 2023 Cleveland National Air Show
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Things '80s and '90s Kids in Cleveland Can't Forget

There are some things about Cleveland in the 1980s and 1990s that anyone who was a kid during that time just can't…

By Brett Zelman

Getting a Trick Toy and some Cards at Big Fun
A trip to Big Fun in Cleveland Heights was the pinnacle of any childhood in the ‘80s and ‘90s. Whether you were getting a gag gift, a couple wrestling figures, some candy cigarettes or some other cool toy or collectible, nothing was cooler and more specific to the era than this novelty toy shop.
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This Million Dollar Log Cabin Just Hit The Market In Medina

Out in Medina (3407 Cook Rd.) , this luxurious log cabin just hit the market. It's listed at $1,099,000 and sits on just…

By Brett Zelman

This Million Dollar Log Cabin Just Hit The Market In Medina
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Concert Photos: Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, and Jinjer at Blossom

A big triple-bill featuring Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin and Jinjer brought the noise to Blossom on Sunday night. Here's all the action we…

By Joe Kleon

Concert Photos: Disturbed, Breaking Benjamin, and Jinjer at Blossom
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