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Friday, April 12, 2013

Humble Wine Bar to Open by June

The folks who brought the successful “gastropub” concept — pairing high-end beer and quality food — to Lakewood are opening a second business in the city.

The lease is signed. The architectural plans are in the works. The concept for a wine bar in the newly renovated Lakewood Plaza now has a name: Humble Wine Bar. It's expected to open its doors by June. The owners of Deagan’s — who brought the successful “gastropub” concept (high-end beer and quality food) to Lakewood — are opening a second business in the city. This one will offer wine and some wood-fired-oven pizza. The exterior plans — including a spacious outdoor patio — were expected to be unveiled at the city’s architectural board of review on Thursday, however the item was deferred until next month’s meeting. But the work on the interior of the 2,000-square-foot space is under way. The 60- to 70-person seating area will face the …

Thursday, January 17, 2013

Only One Vacancy Remains in Drug Mart Plaza

News of a wine bar opening in the renovated plaza means that the building is almost full.

After the owners of Deagan’s signed a lease to open a wine bar in the renovated Lakewood Plaza, only one storefront remains vacant. And the property owners say that won’t last long. David Berkovitz, the project manager for the Levey and Company, said negations are under way with “a regional tenant,” but declined to comment further on the proposal. “We’re just waiting for the word,” he said. During the past several months, tenants have been filling up the plaza, which has gone a multi-million-dollar renovation during the past year. With potentially eight spaces available, the newly renovated plaza is almost full. In August, pizzaBOGO announced plans to move into the space just to the west of Radio Shack. The build-out of that space …

ian king

1:38 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013

How about getting a PEI WEI restaurant in this space - a great, healthy alternative to all the beer hall food, chicken wings, fried food, hamburgers, salty deli food that seem to dominate the "cuisine" choices of downtown Lakewood these days! Columbus has 3 Pei Wei (owned by PF Chang) restaurants and they are doing great - why can't NE Ohio support just one?   more ›

Friday, March 2, 2012

Best Burger in Lakewood: Jammy Buggars

The contest is over. Jammy Buggars ran away with it.

It’s official: Jammy Buggars has the best burgers in Lakewood.  That’s according to you.  That’s right, this week Patch readers posted dozens of reviews to the directory listing of their favorite burger joints in town. Jammy Buggars was the clear favorite. Here are a few of the reviews:  “JB's Burgers are the best. Top shelf restaurant.” - Larry Wilkins “I recently had the BBB blackened, bacon and blue cheese burger. It was juicy, mouth watering and spectacular!” - Karen DeLaney Gerard “Jammy Buggar burgers are great! Even had a waiter at another restaurant recommend them.” - Eileen Ptacek But, in Lakewood — the land of good burgers — Jammy Buggars had some good competition. Starting Monday, the nominations flooded the Lakewood Patch inbox…

Monday, February 27, 2012

My Favorite... Place to Grab a Burger

Tell us where the best place in Lakewood is to grab a burger.

You really can’t beat a big, juicy burger. Fortunately, we’ve got plenty of ‘em to choose from in Lakewood. It seems only fitting that our inaugural "My Favorite" contest would kick off by asking you where to grab the best hamburger (sorry, vegetarians) in town. So here's how it works: We'll list some of the nominations we received last week below. Click on the link (which takes you to our Patch Places directory) and write a review of your favorite burger. If your best burger isn't listed, shoot Lakewood Patch editor Colin McEwen an email to nominate it. Here are the nominees for best burger in Lakewood: Make sure to vote by writing a review by 9 a.m. Friday. McEwen (that’s me) will decide the winner by the number and quality of reviews on…

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