Feb 8th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is adding to its existing portfolio of 50+ hotels across with plans to expand into Cleveland, Ohio. The brand announced their plans to launch a 161-room hotel in the city's historic downtown Schofield Building. The hotel will open in 2013.
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Kimpton helps foster boutique hotel expansion in midwest with planned Cleveland entry
Feb 8th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants is adding to its existing portfolio of 50+ hotels across with plans to expand into Cleveland, Ohio. The brand announced their plans to launch a 161-room hotel in the city's historic downtown Schofield Building. The hotel will open in 2013.
"For us, it's especially exciting to see the demand for the boutique concept in general spreading to more mainstream ...Turkish tea truck offers Istanbul version of food truck trend
Jul 22nd, 2011 at 9:00AM: The food truck craze is nothing new to many Americans. Long a popular foodie option in New York, Los Angeles, and even Cleveland, it's a food trend that's constantly evolving to bring new ideas and tastes to the, er, table. The Turkish food blog Istanbul Eats, who launched a book version last year and now offer food tours of the city, spotted a very local version of the mobile eatery trend along ...Cleveland's food trucks driving dining innovation
Jun 16th, 2011 at 2:00PM:
A group of pioneering Cleveland cooks is taking advantage of a new government policy initiative to spur the growth of their small businesses. As of this summer, food trucks will be allowed into downtown Cleveland, thanks to a temporary ordinance that lets them serve curbside in a part of the city previously closed to them.
Credit for Cleveland's rapidly growing truck scene is due to Chris ...25 newly-discovered travel destinations from Wanderfly.com
Apr 1st, 2011 at 12:30PM: If you've checked out Wanderfly, the new travel planning and booking service that suggests destinations and activities based on your interests, you know they've come up with some unique and untouristy destinations. Now they've gone beyond the beaten tourist track with 25 newly-discovered travel destinations. Why just see the Great Wall of China when you could see a whole city full of kittens in ...A guide to America's most "offal" restaurants
Mar 11th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Even when I was a finicky kid subsisting on Kraft Macaroni & Cheese, I was intrigued by offal. No way in hell would I have eaten what are politely known in the food industry as "variety meats," but they sure looked intriguing.
As with most of my weird habits, I blame my dad for my fascination with animal guts. Growing up the daughter of a large animal vet, I spent most of my formative years ...Aloft Hotels to open in Cleveland
Aug 24th, 2010 at 1:00PM: Starwood Hotels is branching out its boutique brand to Cleveland, Ohio. Aloft Cleveland Downtown is scheduled to open in early 2013 as part of the Flats East Bank development, which is being touted as Cleveland's newest, upscale mixed-use complex.
The new Aloft Cleveland will offer 150 guest rooms, all featuring the typical tech amenities and including a social environment for guests to mix and ...Need summer year-round? Check-in to one of these indoor water parks in Ohio
Jul 4th, 2010 at 2:00PM: What do you do in Ohio when you're hot and bored? Good news summer lovers: Ohio has some of the best indoor water parks in the country! Grab your suit, gas up the car and head to one of these hot spots to cool off any time of year:
Kalahari Resort boasts Ohio's largest indoor water park as well as a new, thrilling safari outdoor adventure park. This African themed resort offers private indoor ...A taste of Cleveland: Shopping the historic West Side Market
May 11th, 2010 at 10:00AM: I did not have any idea what I was going to find when I hopped a cab in downtown Cleveland one morning last week and headed to the West Side Market. Sure, the folks charged with marketing Cleveland as a vacation destination said the market was great, but that's their job.
So, I had low expectations. All I was hoping for, frankly, was to find a vendor who was selling a muffin and perhaps some ...Dream bachelor party trip: Watch Major League Baseball from the FanCave
May 10th, 2010 at 5:30PM:
The Cleveland Indians have introduced "the ultimate sports suite" at Progressive Field this baseball season. They call it the FanCave.
The suite above first base offers a pool and ping-pong table, sports-themed furniture, arcade games and six HDTVs.
The best part just might be the private restroom. The Indians change out the toilet paper before each game, ensuring that the roll features ...Last minute shopping gifts? Here are 10 ideas
Dec 24th, 2009 at 1:00PM: If you're stuck with a last minute present to buy. Here are 10 gift ideas. Most are quick and easy. Some of them don't require that you leave your house.
Two suggestions can be found at your local grocery store. No, you don't have to cook.
For a couple of them, all you need is a phone, the internet to find telephone numbers and your credit card.
...Great Lakes Brewing: Saving the planet one beer at a time
Aug 27th, 2009 at 10:00AM:
At a recent farm dinner I attended, a multi-course meal of farm-fresh, organic ingredients was paired with beers from Great Lakes Brewing. As we dined and drank, we were treated to an informal lesson on brewing from owner Pat Conway, who also gave us the lowdown on the many greet initiatives that Great Lakes has undertaken in an effort to be environmentally responsible while producing top-notch ...Human Rights International Film Festival
Jun 13th, 2009 at 3:30PM: A few years ago, in the audience of the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center watching A Closer Walk, a wonderful documentary about the global struggle caused by AIDS, I felt tuned into something bigger than myself. Reading New York Times film critic Steven Holden's article about the Human Rights International Film Festival going on at the Walter Reade Theater through June 25, reminded me about ...JetAmerica, new Ohio-based budget airline launched today
May 27th, 2009 at 8:00PM: When Skybus folded last year, there were rumblings that it might resurrect but in another form. JetAmerica, a new budget airlines has just launched in Toledo. Is Skybus rising like a phoenix from the ashes? Like Skybus, JetAmerica is borrowing some of Ryanair's strategies but unlike Columbus's defunct airline that left behind a hole in airline service and oodles of bills is hoping to avoid ...Warhol comes to Cleveland
May 1st, 2009 at 1:00PM: So, you know Andy Warhol is in Paris right now. Of course, even the best travel deals can still leave Europe's cultural capital out of reach. Fortunately, you now have a backup plan: Cleveland.
The Cleaveland Institute of Art will be hosting a series of prints created by Warhol from 1974 to 1986 (from the Cochran Collection). Uncle Sam, Superman and Mickey Mouse will be in attendance – a ...Fun times in Cleveland today!
Apr 22nd, 2009 at 11:00AM: Every town has a tourism bureau or chamber of commerce that is entrusted with the responsibility of selling the city to prospective visitors. Well, one comedy troupe in Cleveland took it upon themselves to make a promotional video for their hometown. It is, admittedly, hastily thrown together. But, it highlights all of Cleveland's go-to destinations: the place where there used to be industry, the ...
Sokolowskis University Inn, a Cleveland eatery that wowed Bourdain
Jan 27th, 2009 at 3:00PM: Recently, when I was relishing my meatloaf with a side order of pierogis and sauerkraut in between bites of my daughter's stuffed cabbage rolls and my husband's coconut cake, I didn't know that I was having an Anthony Bourdain experience in Cleveland--kind of. I didn't eat the head cheese or the chicken paprikash, two of the dishes Bourdain also ate when he made his Sokolwski's University Inn stop ...Dining with Iron Chef Michael Symon at Lolita in Cleveland
Nov 23rd, 2008 at 2:30PM: Until last Sunday, I wasn't sure who Iron Chef Michael Symon is. Now, I do. My first introduction came with tickets to the Fabulous Food Show in Cleveland--my friend's pick.
Symon, who is from Cleveland, was one of the featured chefs who put on a show to an audience filled with foodies. While we stood in line like some sort of sheep waiting to claim our reserved seats, I still wasn't clear about ...Airplane alternative: Amtrak train travel is a hit with this Gadling blogger
Sep 9th, 2008 at 9:00AM: When searching out the means to go to New York City with my six year-old son from Columbus, Ohio, the $340 sticker price of an airline ticket seemed hefty. Plus, there's the cost of getting from the airport into Manhattan.
Toss in flight delay possibilities, airport security issues, and other unforeseeable problems like lost luggage, and, frankly, airline travel seemed like too much trouble. ...
American Eagle pilot tries to amuse his passengers and fails
Aug 24th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Passengers on American Eagle flight 4891 from New York's La Guardia airport en route to Cleveland were already running 2 hours late when the pilot asked the flight attendant to advise the passengers that the aircraft would be diverted to Toledo. The reason given was "an emergency has shutdown Cleveland Hopkins Airport". Once the plane landed, passengers whipped out their mobile phones, expecting ...Ohio's cinematic spots: An Intelligent Travel report
Jul 14th, 2008 at 2:30PM: Every time John Ur covers a state via its cinematic hot spots in his series "Cinematic Road Trip" for Intelligent Travel, I look to see which movies I've seen and what spots I know. It's always a pleasure.
This week Ur hit Ohio. Ohio, as he found, is diverse. He did skip over Columbus. I'll have to think about a movie that may have been filmed there. Columbus is not dull, but can slide under ...
