Thursday, December 20, 2012
The furnishings store will is expected to open some time in the summer
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
The former Borders bookstore in Mentor has been empty since April 2011 -- but not for much longer. HomeGoods, a home furnishings store, is moving into the 22,000-square-foot space in the Creekside Common Shopping Plaza near the border of Mentor and Painesville Township. They will be retrofitting the building and hope to open by the summer of 2013, said Mentor Economic and Community Development Director Ron Traub. "HomeGoods is a new national retailer and we're pleased that they have chosen to come to Mentor," Traub said. HomeGoods, a TJX Company, was introduced in 1992 and operates more than 300 stores across the country. It sells name-brand home décor, bedding, cookware, furniture and seasonal gifts at 20 to 60 percent off specialty and …
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Owner Michael DuBois wanted to transport his perfect pizza from Florida to Ohio
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Michael DuBois found his perfect pizza in Naples. Naples, Florida, to be specific. DuBois and his girlfriend were on vacation when they went to Tony Sacco's Coal Oven Pizza for dinner. "We had an amazing experience with the food," DuBois said. "Three days later, we came back and had another amazing experience with the food." Dubois's initial reaction to their pizza, which is cooked in the titular coal oven? "There's nothing like this in Ohio," he said. Well, thanks to DuBois, now there is. He is the owner of the first Tony Sacco's franchise in the state and it opens today at noon in the Great Lakes Mall next to the Dillard’s South building. (DuBois deliberately timed the opening to be at 12 p.m. on 12-12-12.) DuBois sees in Tony Sacco's …
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The restaurant that specializes in soups is slated to open its doors Oct. 4
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Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Mentor's Zoup! location has an opening date -- October 4. But if you can't wait until then, there's a way to snag an early bowl of soup and support a local school. As part of its grand opening celebration, Zoup will host a pre-opening fundraising event from 5 to 8 p.m. on Oct. 3 to benefit St. Mary of the Assumption Elementary School. For a $5 donation, guests can enjoy a bowl of soup, a big hunk of bread and a fountain drink with all of the proceeds going to the school. Zoup's newest location will be 7327 Mentor Ave., the former home of Dots in the Points East shopping complex. The Mentor location will be run by franchisees Jamie and Kathy Buzzanca. "We are excited to bring the Zoup! brand and culture to the Mentor area," said Jamie …
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Zoup! will be joining Melt in the Points East shopping complex this autumn
The Points East shopping complex in Mentor already got it's sandwich when Melt announced that it would be opening a location there this October. Now it will be getting its soup, as well, because Zoup! is coming to town. Franchisees Jamie and Kathy Buzzanca signed a lease to open the first Zoup! restaurant in Lake County. It will be at 7327 Mentor Ave., the former home of Dots, and is slated to open this fall. "We are excited to bring the Zoup! brand and culture to the Mentor area," said Jamie Buzzanca in a statement. "Zoup! is a unique concept, and we are anxious to offer local residents hundreds of soups as well as delicious sandwiches and salads." As one can presume from its name, Zoup! specializes in soups. It offers hundreds of …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
The "Willy Wonkas of burgercraft" will be plying their trade by the intersection of Route 306 and Tyler Road
Five Guys Burgers and Fries specializes in customization The restaurant offers more than a dozen different free toppings that people can mix and match on their burgers, hot dogs and grilled sandwiches. But soon Five Guys enthusiasts will have one more option -- buying one in Mentor. The city of Mentor announced via its Facebook page that Five Guys would be opening a location near the intersection of Route 306 and Tyler. "Mentor, more and more, is becoming a destination location," City Manager Kenneth Filipiak said. He noted that prestigious chains like Melt, Brown Derby and BurgerFi have all opened or announced their intention to open a location in Mentor in the last year. "The more diversity we have, the more people are going to come to …
Saturday, June 2, 2012
The new fashion shop offers affordable, unique and contemporary clothing for women from all walks of life
Attar Massary Muhammed's career in fashion began with a song he recorded called "Yo Habibe." (Habibe -- pronounced ha-bee-bee -- is Arabic for "my love.") Muhammed made T-shirts to promote the song and they sold well. Always a fan of fashion, Muhammed decided that the clothing appealed to him more than the music. "It was always my dream to have a clothing shop when I got out of music," he said, adding that the two art forms have a lot in common. "They're similar in what it takes to make it -- that is, dedication and a lot of patience," he said. Muhammed started a Habibe clothing line and opened a shop three years ago in Cleveland. However, he has since decided to relocate to Mentor. "We had more customers from this part of Ohio than we did…
Monday, May 21, 2012
Ambika Bridgemohan will forgo a four-year education to help her family operate a Caribbean restaurant to open on Mentor Avenue.
The Bridgemohan family had two choices regarding 18-year-old Ambika's future. "Either she goes to college and she's in $100,000 in debt after four years, or we take that money now and open a business for her and she can learn it from the ground up," her mother Deborah said. The family decided on the latter and, on July 7, they will open Maracas, a Caribbean-flavored restaurant to be located at 7597 Mentor Ave. Instead of enrolling at a four-year university, Ambika, who will soon graduate from Mentor High School, will be the restaurant's vice president. Allowing a daughter to forgo college in favor of a startup would be tough for many families, but Ambika believes her Trinidadian roots played a role in taking the calculated risk. "We're the…
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Tuesday, April 3, 2012
A new chain, Frozen Oasis, has opened in the region and it has plans to expand
Tony Humbert -- the owner of the Frozen Oasis shops in Solon and Mentor -- said he first saw frozen yogurt shops while traveling a few years back. "We had looked at this a few years ago," he said. "We saw it out west." When Humbert first saw the shop -- with its self-serve flavors and toppings -- there was nothing like it in Ohio. However, in the interim, another frozen yogurt shop opened in Mentor and another is coming later this year. But Humbert thinks there is still plenty of clientele to go around for everybody. Consequently, he opened a shop two weeks ago at 8445 Market Street in Mentor, which is next door to the TNT Tanning Salon that he also owns. Then he opened a second shop last weekend in the Solon Square Shopping Center. "We …
Friday, March 16, 2012
Owner won't say when, but Brown Derby will soon open in former site of Damon's Grill & Sports Bar
Residents and visitors should expect a taste of nostalgia when a new restaurant opens in Mentor. Restaurateur Parris Girves twice declined to reveal an opening date, but said he will soon open a Brown Derby location on Diamond Centre Drive. The restaurant will be housed at the former site of Damon’s Grill & Sports Bar, which closed last fall. Girves’ father, Gus, birthed the Brown Derby concept in 1941. Since then, the family chain branded many locations as Brown Derby Roadhouse. However, the Mentor eatery will open as a Girves Brown Derby, signaling a return to the white-tablecloth, modestly priced dining experience that popularized the restaurant throughout Northeast Ohio. “It’s somewhat nostalgic, in the sense that here’s something very…
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
The clothing and fashion store will open March 15 in the Great Lakes Plaza
Cato -- a clothing and fashion store that caters to women -- is opening March 15 in Mentor. It sells jewelry, shoes and accessories, as well as women's clothing in sizes six to 26 and girls' sizes seven to 16. Cato will occupy 7900 Plaza Blvd. in Great Lakes Plaza, which has been empty since World Market closed in 2009. “With exclusive styles, on-trend fashions and low prices every day, our customers can always find their statement of style while enjoying their shopping experience at Cato. We are excited about the opening of our new store in Mentor,” said John Cato, the CEO of his namesake store, in a statement. Tanya Meade will manage the new store. Before coming to Mentor, Meade worked at the Cato store in Madison for three years. There …
Linda Gamiere
2:04 pm on Thursday, April 25, 2013
Very excited for HG to be in Mentor! Now let's work on getting a Trader Joe's more ›