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4-Time NY Times Best Selling Cookbook Author, Dining Editor at Cleveland Scene, WKYC TV correspondent (former Public Defender)
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Widespread Holiday Weekend Power Outages Deal Financial Blow to Cleveland Restaurants

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By Douglas Trattner Verified
| Cleveland Scene Verified
“It’s Friday night and we’re slammed,” says Nolan Konkoski, chef and owner of Soho in Ohio City. “You have a rail full of tickets in the kitchen to deal with and the power goes out. The cooking equipment still works because it’s all gas, but the hoods stopped working, the AC stops working and suddenly it’s 90 degrees inside. Diners are asking for their checks, everybody’s miserable.
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The Crispy Chick is Expanding to Parma Heights

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By Douglas Trattner Verified
| Cleveland Scene Verified
Senayt Fekadu, an Eritrean immigrant, opened The Crispy Chick (5618 Woodland Ave., 216-331-4700) in the Central neighborhood back in 2019. From the start, she focused on doing a few things and doing them as well or better than anyone. Diners come to The Crispy Chick for golden brown fried chicken tenders that arrive in the form of sandwiches or platters with crinkle-cut fries, toasted garlic bread and coleslaw.
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Shooters Version 2.0 Is a Waterfront Glow Up

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By Douglas Trattner Verified
| Cleveland Scene Verified
For a group of weather nerds like us, there was no better place to be than the sweeping riverside patio at Shooters in the Flats. We watched flashes of lightning skip across the watery horizon, making an already dramatic setting even more so. As tugs nudged massive freighters down the narrow tributary, the skies darkened, storm clouds approached and staffers moved diners into the dry embrace of the atrium-style dining room, where the views were nearly as good.
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