I refuse to believe anyone other than the city officials and Wolstein deserve the blame. Well, then, hats off to the Parma Cafe for managing to make what feels like the past current again. The name reflects its low-lying topography on the banks of the Cuyahoga River. By the mid-90's it was already starting to show signs that the party was dying out as the WHD started to become a new destination for older folks. Forcing is the correct word. This circa-1936 space just keeps jamming away first as a machine shop, then as Vic's Tavern and, yes, as Cebar's going on four decades. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. I'm talking booze. It located in a house and has a worn-but-vintage look and feel, from the molded zinc ceiling to the long wooden bar. The Cleveland Memory Project's Clay Herrick Slide Collection, donated by Clay Herrick, author of "Cleveland Landmarks," consists of 100 pamphlets, brochures, books, and photographs. It certainly was not the only factor, or even the biggest factor, but it was a factor. Over the second half of the 20th century, much of the industry and manufacturing in the Flats closed, leaving decaying buildings and persistent pollution. 1988 Noble Rd, Cleveland, 216-761-3569: The needle in my head plays a Delfonics song every time Ive been in this spot. You're correct 327. ), 3840 St. Clair Ave.; 216-361-8771: Fans of the Old School spilled their drinks in excitement when they heard that this circa-1908 legend reopened this year. When the bar Good Night John Boy opened in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic last year, Forward Hospitality Group CEO Michael Schwartz was hoping that Cleveland's Flats would be accepting to the . 31635 Lorain Rd, North Olmsted, 440-777-4917: The woodwork summons you to another century, er, make that two centuries. 1219 Main Ave. The Flats destroyed itself through over-indulgence, neglect, greed and corruption. "Light of Day" was filmed here. In 1796, Moses Cleaveland and his survey party landed on the banks of the Cuyahoga upon their arrival from Connecticut. The mills were the pillar of the city's economy and the largest consumer of water and electricity. Try booze in a bar. Indeed, thanks for that writeup KJP. Every morning Sheila Hotz walks into her bar on the corner of Starkweather and West 10th Street and blows a salutary kiss to a trio of portraits. There were still good things happening in the East Bank, including the belovedOdeon which brought in stellar local and touring acts from the early 1990s until 2006 - and reopened in 2014 - but the Flats was on a steady decline. 1201 Clark Ave., Cleveland, 216-344-9999, tinyurl.com/nfynwxs: Some say this joint dates back 80 years. Address: 1250 Old River Rd, Cleveland, OH 44113 | Video Tour. The space now houses Wonder Bar. It became a family-friendly place with Sohio's Riverfest in the 1980s. Does anyone have any? ft. office tower is all Class A office space and features a green, open-air rooftop terrace. With the highest concentration of bars in the Midwest, the Flats quickly achieved a party-animal status. 7. Don't underestimate the emergence of the WHD as at least a factor in the Flats' demise. The Cove opened in the early 1970s in a former warehouse that housed the first business John D. Rockefeller started. You'll feel those real connections from head to toe - on the boardwalk sidling on the Cuyahoga River, along bike paths adorned with public art, as you guise skyward at majestic bridges, and while filling your belly and brain with good food and great conversation. Its one of less than a dozen lanes in America that still uses manual pin setters. Farther north you'll find party-centric Shooters on the Water, the Cleveland Improv comedy club, and the Music Box Supper Club, an indie music venue with an eclectic music lineup, killer views and contemporary dining. Several Restaurants (Alley Cat, Crop East Bank), bars (Beerheads, Punch Bowl Social), 1200-foot boardwalk, and 243 Apartments opened as a part of Phase 2 in 2015. Ah, but Heck's has been in the heart of Ohio City since 1974 -- amid the houses and in a house that dates back 120 years. 13200 Madison Ave., Lakewood; 216-521-3280; mahalls20lanes.com: If bowling is a retro blast, then this circa-1924 alley and bar is a prehistoric hoot. No, bro, not tacos. And for many long time Clevelanders I know, it was the last straw. It might seem crazy to think that far into the future, especially in a business thats so topsy-turvy, where places come and go all the time. For decades, the land's proximity to the Cuyahoga River, Lake Erie and railroad . (The sewer work was mandated by the feds before the redevelopment project was even announced.). In the latter years of the Voinovich administration, there were plans for offices, hotels and more housing to mix things up and dilute the Flats' wildness. The Flats was a wonderful ride and will probably never be what it was again. Yeah, the pink flamingo on the glass says Parma, but this circa-1934 place resides in another time back when neighborhood saloons in the inner-ring suburbs became regular stops after work. Eventually the club caught on and became one of the most important in Cleveland rock history, booking both touring and local bands. Rosemary, a close confidant of disgraced Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, was found dead (ruled as non-suspicious!) I think there was a Shooters there as well, with Rockin on the River festivals every Friday on the Promenade. No digital detox needed. The Wolstiens letting any club that would pay the rent in. Photo courtesy of Cleveland State University. Not only was Pirate's Cove significant in the development of Cleveland as a rock 'n' roll hotspot, it was the club that helped put groups like Dead Boys, Pere Ubu and the Pagans on the national map. 2529 West 10 th Street. "When they decided to turn that into an entertainment destination with the Improv and Windows and Howl at the Moon it was little classier than the East Bank. Ah, I see. Anyway, much thanks for the thoughtful and thorough retrospective KJP. But this old haunt and classic bar recalls a more recent time the 1970s, when people would stop down en route to the Richfield Coliseum. (National Archives). Opened in 1964, the deli-bar was forced to move to Hamilton in 1972 when its original location was given a death sentence due to construction of the Justice Center. Shooters meanwhile, a powerhouse since 1987, still parties on - as do two of the Flats very original bars, the Harbor Inn and Flat Iron Cafe on the West Bank. The ghost of its original owner came a little later. It was also the kickstarter to the rise of the East Bank. I remember hanging out with the Cramps and Dead Boys and doing this. Check out the bar of this 1949 gem. Meanwhile, across the river, the last two years have seen the East Bank come back full force with the $750 million Flats East Bank, a co-project of Fairmount Properties and the Wolstein Group. 2927 Bridge Avenue, Cleveland; 216-861-5464;heckscafe.com: 1974 It's easy to take this homey spot for granted with all these new places popping up all around. Settler's Landing Park marks the point where the first Clevelanders arrived. It also holds the record for longest-running fish fry in the area. Well, then, hats off to the Parma Cafe for managing to make what feels like the past current again. However, My favorites were in either 95 or 97 when they were televising World Series Games from Nautica on the Big Screen. Upscale restaurants the Watermark and Sammy's also joined the 'hood, taking advantage of the gorgeous riverfront location to become to of the top fine-dining establishments of the era. Before long, anyone over the age of twenty five and with money starting to go the Warehouse District instead of the Flats. But even there, you'll see shots from the 1930s on wall. Official Ugly Sweater Bar Crawl. New restaurants on the East bank, Cleveland Aquarium, Music Box performance venue/bar on the West Bank, along with a piano bar, 2 breweries, a Water Taxi between the East Bank and the West Bank and many other upscale amenities have changed what was as recently as 2010 a ghost town. Hang out with a few mob guys for a while. The artwork depicts scenes of Cleveland's settlement and the evolution of transportation.[5]. But the WHD offered a much calmer, more relaxed atmosphere. Developer Scott Wolstein announced last fall that he would stall his $400 million mixed-use redevelopment here until the economy improved, but that didnt stop the flow of public money to start getting all the infrastructure work out of the way. The Flats were always packed, the crowd was always having a blast, it was just so much fun. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Perhaps a few more like Shooters. 36,966 were here. Two Waterfront Line Cleveland RTA stations, Settlers Landing station and Main Avenue station received $375,000 upgrades. "I'm so glad I did.". Start with the investigation of the murder of one of the club owners around 2002 and work the story to the days of the longshoreman's bars. Michael Schwartz Library. Best Bars in the Cleveland Flats: Where to Go Out for a . Michael Schwartz Library. The city is littered with areas like this due to cancerous business practices like this. These days, there aren't as many working guys coming in and "back in the day" can mean any number of things, like when the White Stripes played their first show outside of Detroit. The Warehouse district can't even come close to comparing to the old Flats. Mon-Thurs: 3pm-10pm Fri: 12pm-2am Sat: 11am-2am Sun: 11am-10pm Dine in, carry out, mobile order, curbside pick up, delivery available. The nautical name came from its location near the river and the passing ships that carried cargo from the nearby steel mills and other factories down the Cuyahoga. Includes the menu, user reviews, photos, and highest-rated dishes from Dick's Last Resort. But it still feels like a neighborhood joint and a home for tunes. 3960 Broadview Road, Richfield; 330-659-0610; taverneofrichfield.com: The building is from 1886. CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Flats East Bank will soon be home to the XMAS Bar, just in time for the holidays! Transportation Committee Cleveland Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee. There were always a few shady characters down there, including among the owners of bars. You'd be able to watch the ships coming up the river. (Photo courtesy of Gunselman's). The Flats East Bank literally began to stink. Not a few years ago when the area had descended into an urban wasteland before the massive redevelopment that has led to more than a dozen venues opening in the last two years. DePompei's, you see, dates back to 1934 and little has changed ever since from the fabulous rectangular bar to the woodwork. "It seemed the bar was three deep every night. Anything would be better than this. It features a vintage bar from yesteryear and a totally fab mural of burlesque queen Lili St. Cyr on the wall behind it that was painted in 53. While this may sound like a strange first suggestion, Hofbrauhaus is one of the best downtown Cleveland spots with a patio. : This storied old spot claims to be a Cleveland tradition since the 1800s and the oldest saloon in the area. Special Collections). Moby, Progeny, Shamen spin at Empire Pickle Bills, meanwhile, served seafood and drinks in an old Quonset Hut. town literacy rate is 70.8% and the Female Literacy rate is 30.6%. Nobody did any real security outside their own doors. So is White Oaks, a vintage gem of a joint that's been open since 1928 and looks like something out an old black-and-white movie. 2233 West Third St., Cleveland, 216-621-8044;patsintheflats.com: "The Working Man's Bar" has been a bastion of saloon stability in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood since the 1940s - even as Tremont has changed. That would have been the second part of the answer if I wasn't being lazy. The new bridge diverted the produce trade from the West Side Market to the new Central Market. Shooter's, Fagans, D'Poo's, Peabody's, Harbor Inn, RumRunners and the Flat Iron Cafe are among the many memorable places that gave . This is the view from the West Bank today, all this splendor just a water-taxi-to-hell away. The summer of 2015 has been the pinnacle of the Flats revival with the opening of nine new restaurants, bars and clubs. The Flats' industrial legacy, however, would be defined by its steel mills, located along the river south of the Tremont neighborhood and west of the Slavic Village. Moses Cleaveland might have founded the city, but he high-tailed it out of here three months after landing on the banks of the Cuyahoga River, 1796. Whoa, is that Mildred Pierce at the bar? It also makes for a great view (Shreyas Banerjee/The Observer) The defining feature of the Flats is the river itself, with the entire area built around it. By 1930 Cleveland had 1,073 restaurants with 5,959 full-time employees, doing $27,084,127 worth of business. $115. These days, if you're looking for real-life connections, the East Bank is the place. Come visit the Flats. People said it was because these drunk college kids were falling into the river and yuppie bars were worried about liability but what's the point of being next to the river if you don't see it?". I can't get on board with the "easy way out" approach but I think it's important to understand how it came to that. You have a great start to a lightly fictionalize murder-crime mystery. Now I want to look for them. In the mid-1980s, the Flats saw a resurgence as an entertainment destination. In July 1928, 681 Cleveland restaurants were feeding an average of 300,000 people daily. Glad to see Wolstein finally delivering after killing our tourist destination! Subscribe. But even on the West Bank there were troubles, with more than 250 reported incidents of crime like assaults, gunfire, riots, and armed robberies between 2004-06. 1261 West 58th St., Cleveland, 216-961-1341; parkviewniteclub.com: "The joint at the end of 58th Street," as the Parkview calls itself, could just as well be located in the middle of 1958. For other uses, see, "Irishtown Bend Archeological District: Ohio and Erie Canal National Heritage Corridor: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary", "RTA's Waterfront Line stations will get repairs with Flats East Bank on the way", https://www.clevescene.com/media/pdf/thunderbird.pdf, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Flats&oldid=1135401257, Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in the United States, All articles with bare URLs for citations, Articles with bare URLs for citations from March 2022, Articles with PDF format bare URLs for citations, Articles with unsourced statements from February 2012, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 24 January 2023, at 12:59. I sorta view Wolstein as the Art Modell of the East Bank. Perhaps the only place that might come close again is the part of the Flats under the Detroit-Superior and RTA bridges. [4] The initial opening restaurants and bars included Ken Stewart's, Lago, Flip Side and Wileyville. But we were pretty encouraged. We've detected that you may be using an ad blocker while visiting our site. Now today thanks to a multi million dollar makeover the Flats have come back to life. You see, Otto Moser's -- the name if not the location -- is most likely the oldest in town. All walks of life.". But all that is dead.time to see if we can get this place into something more respectable now than a pile of dirt. Now, granted, places like Fagans had more than others, but the vast majority were minor infractions that could have been corrected. The Flats began attracting downtown workers for lunch to watch the boats go by and became a more accepted place to a larger audience. Their business vision does not extend past their current scam. Due to a decline in 2000 a lot of the bars closed. The Flats have come back to life thanks to a multi-million-dollar makeover. Here at Rum. Either way, it looks like a roadhouse in some western where you shoot pool, do shots and wait for Clint Eastwood to walk in and say, "Hey, fella, you know if the popcorn over there is free?". Sengaon Local Language is Marathi. Cleveland Taco Week returns on Monday, April 10th. It rose to national prominence as a trendy bar and nightclub scene in the late 1980s and 1990s. Cleveland Flats, Ohio 1156 W. 11th Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 (216) 621-2000 contact.cle.oh@beerheadbar.com Hours We Are Open! "The Flats began as crazy and gritty but they kind of opened up a place for Clevelanders to hang out," says Larry Collins, who booked shows at Peabody's DownUnder in the Flats for several years in the 1980s. In other words, the circa-1909 joint has seen a lot and is still going. "The Cove fit about 350 people and for a big show you could sell it out, like when Devo or the Dead Boys did a homecoming. And, that's just what happened. Not true. The FLATS are located along the CUYAHOGA RIVER within the City of Cleveland where the river pursues a sinuous course through a valley about one-half mi. On top of that, the rich history of the Flats was inspiring many, including private developers. Prost! If you are trying to fight this is the spot. The vintage vibes make still worth the trek, even if the Ted Stepien-era Cavs and that Muhammad Ali-Chuck Wepner bout are a distant memory. While this was a boon for the redevelopment for the Warehouse District, the area just up the hill from the East Bank, it sent shock waves through the Flats' redevelopment from which it has never fully recovered. The Columbo looks and feels like its been untouched since opening in 1969 and, yes, it blows my mind to see it. Collision Bend Brewing Company/Google Images. This, my friend, is the Flats. In the 1980s, the West Bank of the Flats was an industrial wasteland of derelict warehouses and salt mines. The old Riverfest, later Flatsfest, was canceled. Cleveland was booming. We combine live music, comedy, and audience engagement to . Plans were first unveiled in the summer of 2005 include leveling most of buildings in the East Bank and creating a new "neighborhood" that included mixed use live/work spaces, a movie theatre, shopping, a grocery store and riverwalk. This place feels like a world away from South Park. Of this we are certain: This joint has vintage vibes and look of an old-timer Oh yeah, there are also a bunch of stuffed monkeys on the wall. Raise a glass to Lorenzo Carter,the first permanent settler in Cleveland. :-D. ^That's right, I should have stated it was 19 for regular beerand 21 for everything else. CLEVELAND. A former Christmas-themed pop-up bar in the Flats East Bank reopened Friday as CLover Bar. "I thought I-Tal was the greatest band in existence then, and Cleveland was an hour away from my hometown but it seemed like a world away. You'd see open flames from gas runoff and these ear pinging sounds from the factories across the river.". Informacin detallada del sitio web y la empresa: travelingcaddy.com, +18445334653 Golf club rentals - phoenix / scottsdale, arizona | traveling caddy My guess is that you're thinking of the Harbor Inn on Elm St. in the West Flats. 18500 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, 216) 521-9999; barslakewood.com: The circa-1930s joint became the Riverwood in 1982. Moser opened the joint in 1893, back when the strip was called Sheriff Street and it was a popular hang out for actors and vaudevillians. Situated in the Historic Warehouse District, the Cleveland Chop is located at 824 West St Clair between W 6th and W 9th street. "When Monday Night Football came to Cleveland, they would always get that aerial shot of the Flats, to show how great the Flats were," remembers Joe Mastro, who says he helped manage the kitchen at Shooters on the West Bank in the late 80s. 5759 Ridge Road, Parma, 440-884-0310; ridgewoodinn.com: New places would kill for this kind of real-deal vibe. Scripts Nite Club. He pissed off too many legitimate developers so they went elsewhere, including up the hill to the Warehouse District. That's because the Flats are a low-lying plain for which the wide and crooked Cuyahoga River flows through. I am ready for something different near there. like combining elements of parks, museums, aquarium, galleries and a few quality restaurants/watering holesand maybe a dance place or two interspersed here and there. (Bonus: Check out the shrine to John Wayne behind the bar.) Patrons becoming scared off due to safety concerns led to a sharp decrease in business. But, in 1969, the Flats would pay the ultimate price. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. The club also expanded bookings, adding in reggae and local pop-rock bands like Beau Coup to appeal to wider audiences. In the 1980s and 1990s, as manufacturing slowly dissipated throughout the United States, the Flats transformed itself into an entertainment destination. It still has a workingman'svibe, and not just because of the partyers it attracts. But help is on the way, at least the first trickles. But then three high-profile drowning deaths went down in a month, and it wasn't long before most of the East Bank would go dark, food for the wrecking ball. 5. "People told me this was a bad location, it was too risky, but I really wanted to be on the river, in the Flats," says owner Colleen Miller. I remember hearing the complaints at City Hall and among business owners that the Flats didn't offer enough mixed uses to tame the bar scene down there. The Flats East Bank would be Party Central seven days a week. This takes place on December 17, 2022 from 2-9 p.m. By Frank Lewis on Tue, May 19, 2009 at 10:45 am. 16 2nd St N, St. Petersburg, FL 33701 At a converted ex-workhouse in Cleveland Street, W1, owners of private flats will enter at the front, while owners of affordable homes will have a "poor door" round the back. Margaritaville Cleveland Restaurant East Bank Flats 1150 Front Ave. Cleveland, OH 44113 (216) 615-8855 Sunday - Thursday: 11:00am - 9:00pm Friday & Saturday: 11:00am - 10:00Pm Shipmen would find services at establishments like the "Flat Iron", the oldest Irish Bar in the Flats, which was originally a four-story cafeteria and inn. Wow, GREAT GREAT videos. We offer dinner, lunch, and our award winning Sunday brunch menu. Mike White may have did what he did, but I think that the Campbell Administration were the one's who were in a position to resurect the Flats but they neglected it leading to the eastbanks death. Yards away, a small plaque nestled alongside the river marks the northern terminus of the Ohio-Erie Canal.Although settlers landed in the Flats forty years earlier, the area only began to prosper and grow with the creation of the Ohio-Erie Canal, which first connected Cleveland with the city of Akron in 1827. Otherwise, we build new.people get tired of the old, abandon itfrequent the newand the process/cycle continues, always leaving us with some empty hole somewhere. This website relies on ads for operating costs and new features. "It was one of the first (entertainment districts). Rosemary, a close confidant of disgraced Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, was found dead (ruled as non-suspicious!) There's Room for You at The Flats at East Bank Book Your Tour Apply Today The Flats at East Bank 1055 Old River Road Cleveland, OH 44113 (216) 677-2062 When council wasn't as helpful as George wanted, he sponsored an effort to reduce the size of council. Burn it all down and start over. Throughout the West Bank, you'll also find a little piece of paradise known as Rivergate Park. It started as a speakeasy, then a men's-only bar, then Herzog's and finally the DB where the 100-plus beers, old-world menu and cases of nutcrackers remind me of a beer-hall hop in Deutschland. By the early '80s, the Flats was changing, especially the East Bank. I think the last draw was when they found a pretty young girl murdered. The courts ultimately forced Cleveland to rebuild its half of the Main Street Bridge, but the damage had been done, and Ohio City soon became the first area to be annexed by the larger city. These include renowned chef Zack Bruell's Alley Cat oyster bar - not far from where Fagan's once lorded over the Flats; the 27,000 square footPunch Bowl Social eatertainment complex;Flip Side burger bar; chef Steve Schimoler Crop Rocks music themed eatery and other ventures; FWD Day + Nightclub, the most "Old Flats" like venue, a Vegas style dance club for twentysomethings; and theBig Bang dueling piano bar. Stay at this 3.5-star business-friendly hotel in Cleveland. I read the article someone posted above "Who Killed The Flats" and if it is all true about what M. White was doing to harass the independentsand bully the place into hiring blacks, then by all means a lot of the decline was inevitable. The entertainment Mecca in Cleveland in the 1980's was the Flats. Guest TBideon, Another mixed use development, Thunderbird, was announced for Scranton Peninsula, in June, 2018. I don't think this city is too small to have two very different types of entertainment and restaurant districts. I was not down there for New Years 2000, in fact I think I was at Spy bar. Lumberyards lined the river with freshly cut wood waiting to be shipped. And not just because the cast in the 1983 movie drank here in between shoots. 5400 Herman Ave., Cleveland, 216-651-8057: Some joints are old-style. There are so many roads into the Flats, but only one direction down. I think we have some threads in UrbanBar about the flats. OK, lets do a shot of plum brandy to timelessness, Thetop cop of Cleveland in the 1930s is remembered by many as the sworn enemy of saloons, due to his high-profile stints as a crime fighter in Chicago. And the entire sewer system is being overhauled, as well, complete with a new pump station to service the entire area, including the Warehouse District, said Nancy Lesic, Wolsteins spokeswoman. (Ken Stewart's has announced that it will close on Saturday; it will be replaced by Bold Food and Drink.). That is one reason people are worried about the warehouse district going down the same path. . The Flats Oxbow Association was formed to help redevelop the Flats, and housing development soon followed on both sides of the river, with new construction and warehouses being converted into condominiums and apartments. "Before the Cove there were some drinking bars like the Anchor bar and Jicky's After Dark," a disco on Columbus Avenue, says Hudson. The water quality of the river has also improved since 1970, with fish populations returning increasingly each year. Lobby Court at Renaissance Cleveland Hotel, 24 Public Square, 216-696-5600: Tarzan made his silver screen debut when this swinging spot opened in 1918. The last three times I went to the Flats I got into some altercation and I'm not a fighter at all. He is also considered by most to haveopened the first jointintown-- Carter Tavern, in 1802 --whichbecame a commonmeeting place and playeda vital role in the city's early days. The cities' poor Irish lived along the West Bank in the "Irish Ghetto" near the intersection of Columbus, Carter, Franklin, and Riverbed Roads. Thanks for the account. 777 Cahoon Road, Westlake; 440-835-3090; white-oaks.com: That photo of Eliot Ness over the bar stared at me as I sipped my Manhattan. 651 Huron Rd E, Cleveland, OH, 44115. Find on the map and call to book a table. Opened in 1933 soon after the repeal of Prohibition, it has remained in the DiCillo family ever since. The Flats' 20th century heyday as an entertainment destination was short-lived. I didn't mean to imply he city was too small. A multiphase, $500 million mixed-use redevelopment along the East Bank of the Flats is being developed and financed by the Wolstein Group and Fairmount Properties. The people that wanted the rowdiness stayed down in the Flats. 1204 Old River Rd. More recently, the Happy Dog took over. On that noteToledo's Portside Market place was aslo very popular in the late 80's. Cleveland developed slowly until the arrival of the Ohio and Erie Canal, which brought a trade route from the Ohio River and other southern Ohio cities. Night Clubs. 2205 St Clair Ave NE, Cleveland, 216-589-8588; leatherstallion.com: The longest-running Cleveland gay club used to let in only leather boys and bikers when it opened in 1970. If developed properly this will be more than just restaurants but a true neighborhood benefiting all of downtown and near downtown. CLEVELAND St. Patrick's Day is making an early debut in Cleveland this year. At least it feels like some place in a '50s movie. 12387 Cedar Road, Cleveland Heights, 216-795-0550;nighttowncleveland.com: These days, "jazz club" is shorthand for all sorts of things: "upscale," "serious," a place where you come to hear, uh, Kenny G. In other words, more show than go. Email Us > 595 East 185th St., Cleveland, 216-481-9509, cebars.com: Most bars are hung over on Sundays. Truly the most depressing thing to think about. 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