Amazon Expansion, La Cave du Vin's New Menu, Lake Erie Scoops Closes: CLE Daily

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🏆 Time To Party: 2026 Best of the West party is today from 6-9 p.m. at the LaCentre Conference and Event Center in Westlake.

🎤 R&B Tour: Chris Brown and Usher to headline a concert at Huntington Bank Field on July 7.

⚡️ Charge Up: Eight Northeast Ohio communities are adding electric vehicle charging stations.

ICYMI: Founded on a patriarch’s belief in “milk as nature intended,” Hartzler Dairy has spent three decades turning old-school processing into a thriving Northeast Ohio brand.

Today's Trivia

Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli was the given name of what Clevelander who reigned as light heavyweight boxing champion from 1950 to 1952?

Amazon is pushing a major project near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.

Development | By Ken Prendergast, NEOTrans

A proposed light-industrial/warehouse development in Cleveland, off Rocky River Drive near Hopkins International Airport, has advanced quickly toward final approval by the city.

The Big Guy: The prospective tenant, according to two sources, is the e-commerce giant Amazon, which plans to lease a 234,000-square-foot structure.

On The Hunt: Locally, Amazon has been looking for a long time for a large facility, be it existing or new, near Hopkins Airport.

• The lack of available large sites near the airport has complicated that search.

• One site Amazon looked at was the former Ford auto plant on Snow Road that the Haslam Sports Group acquired last year for the new Cleveland Browns stadium.

• Another location it looked at was the I-X Center, which was also to include a data center.

The Need: Nationally, Amazon has been working in recent years to establish a hierarchical network of air cargo distribution centers near commercial airports, serving as gateways to cities and regions.

Read more on the warehouse development.

Talk of the Town

Birdtown Brewing in Lakewood opens today. The brewery is located in a 100-year-old church building and will feature a pizza menu by Geraci's.

Sushi by Bou in Downtown Cleveland opens today. The concept is an Omakase sushi bar located inside the Ritz-Carlton Cleveland.

Bill Patmon, a former Ohio House Representative and Cleveland City Councilman, died this past Sunday. Patmon, 80, served on Cleveland's city council for over a decade from 1990 to 2001. In 2009, he lost the mayorship to Frank Jackson.

The City Planning Commission will hold a vote on Friday to decide if the former Martin Luther King Jr. Library Branch will be demolished. The new MLK Branch is a mixed-use development that has a 207-unit apartment complex above it. The library was voted best mixed-use library branch in Cleveland Magazine's September 2025 issue.

Lake Erie Scoops in Gordon Square is planning to close for good on April 30. Scoops has been in business for almost four years. The owner Jennifer Taggart says that her baked goods will find their way to other neighborhood shops.

Ohio U.S. Rep. Greg Landsman has filed legislation that would require data centers to pay for the impact on the national power grid, reports Ohio Capital Journal. The Ohio House is also pursuing similar legislation for data centers.

Jill Vedaa creates a new food menu for La Cave du Vin.

Food & Drink | By Christina Rufo

At La Cave du Vin, the focus has long been on what’s in the glass. Now, with a new menu from Jill Vedaa, the food is taking center stage.

Debuting April 16, the rollout marks Vedaa’s first project since stepping into a leadership role with Buildings and Food, bringing one of the region’s most seasoned culinary voices into a space historically defined by wine.

A three-time James Beard Award semifinalist and former Salt+ chef-owner, Vedaa brings more than 30 years of experience shaping Cleveland’s dining scene. Since joining the group in December 2025, she’s introduced a more cohesive, chef-driven approach, transforming the food from a supporting player into an extension of the wine program.

Menu highlights include Vedaa’s signatures:

• White bean puree with olives and toast;

• Bacon-wrapped dates with goat cheese and spicy maple glaze; and

• Crab roll with brown butter aioli, chive and tobiko.

The shift is subtle but significant, giving La Cave a clearer identity, one where the kitchen finally holds its own alongside the cellar.

Yesterday's Trivia Answer

What government agency started in the Williamson building in 1914 before getting its own Walker & Weeks-designed pink marble home on East Sixth Street in 1923?

Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Check back tomorrow for the answer to today's question.

From the Editor

I recently read a piece in the Wall Street Journal about how Cleveland's growing population is being housed in former department stores converted into apartments.

Funny enough, I live in one; the former W.T. Grant Building has been an apartment building for years now. I enjoy it more than normal apartment designs. I have high ceilings and giant windows that give me a great view of storms running off the lake into the city.