Not that we need another reason to look forward to harvest season, but the Cleveland Botanical Garden is providing one. It is playing host to local restaurants, farmers markets and gardening pros for the RIPE! Food and Garden Festival Sept. 24-26. "It's not just like going to one farmers market; it's like going to the best of all the farmers markets," says festival co-chair and Fire Food & Drink chef Douglas Katz. In celebration of all things local and edible, restaurants such as The Greenhouse Tavern and Crop Bistro will prepare street-fair food, and farmers from Tremont and Kamm's Corners markets will sell produce, honey, fruits, cheese and canned goods.
Owner Issa Elkhatib says the new Detroit Avenue shop will ease growing pains, expand catering and allow Battr to serve an even wider audience. By Douglas Trattner
The Lyndhurst location of Wild Mango will close at the end of this month, as Saffron Patch prepares to open its third Northeast Ohio restaurant this fall. By Douglas Trattner
