Ordered sandwiches, cheese board and dessert tray from Gingham Market for a gathering at my home…read more Absolutely delicious. Carefully packaged and labeled- so cute! Highly recommend this place- will frequent again soon!

Absolutely the BEST fresh prepared food in Lakewood! All the…read moresandwiches are fabulous, yummy salads and a "do not miss" is the chocolate pecan cookie!

Did a cooking class this morning here with a friend, and it was absolutely amazing! Casey is a…read moregreat chef and was very helpful throughout the entire class! We were so excited to make macarons. They even give you coffee or cappuccino for the morning class! It is a great experience to celebrate a special event!

This is the best place for a cooking class. I've taken many classes here in the past and they were…read moreall great.

The food is fresh and very good seasoning the people behind the counter was very nice even tho I…read morehad to wait they were still nice I get my dinners from Boston Market when I no I am going to be busy and want a home cooked meal

Went here w/ a group from work. Bob and Faye facilitated a super fun night of cooking and wine. As…read morea group, we made apple sausage stuffed turkey, green beans w/ pancetta and wild mushrooms, and cranberry apple crisp. Amazing doesn't even begin to describe how good the food was and the fun teamwork! Great idea for work outings, girl's night out, etc.

Writing this review months later so can't recall all the details. However, this is an underrated…read morepatio location that is popular with locals but is somewhere you can easily get seated and not have to fight for patio seating. The menu is unique and has many vegetarian options which can be appreciated

Stopped at Cork and Barrel in Avon for dinner on a Friday night. We had reservations for 5:30'but…read morereally didn't need them. There is a bar area with seating at the bar and several tables too. The wine menu was very extensive with a few beers, 2 draft beers and several cocktails. We were seated in the dining area which had several tables with chairs. Service was quick and friendly. We started with the stuffed dates and white chicken chili, Flatbread with pepperoni, side salad and pasta with meatballs. All were served hot. Menu was limited to sandwiches and several entrees and some daily specials. Prices were average. We were looking forward to more draft/craft beer selections but were able to settle for a wine.

Grazie Mario per un altro pasto fantastico!…read more This is my second time dining in Mario's "Penthouse". This is an open kitchen dining room where Mario hosts a private dining experience. He also offers cooking classes and leads tours to Italy. For our antipasti we enjoyed a cheese board with figs, then some mixed bruschette, and a small plate of grilled sausage and breaded cauliflower. On to our primo: homemade fettuccine in light vodka sauce. For our secondo: my wife had cioppino and I had lamb chops with rosemary and grilled vegetables. For our dolci: fresh fruit and a blueberry mascarpone torta. Mario has no liquor license and so we brought a Prosecco and a bottle of white and also a bottle of red. Like in Italy, we dined for hours and enjoyed the company of our friends and Mario. Grazie mille!

I was introduced to Mario this evening. Superb is not a grand enough word to describe this Chef's…read moreservings. It was one of the top 3 dining experiences this ol' guy has experienced in his lifetime. How can you beat a meal where the 230 grams of porcini mushrooms were flown in this morning? Course after course a home run. Subtle flavors, melded and molded together... what a fascinating meal. Mario's interacting with guests is stellar. You will not be disappointed. Looking forward to returning to this special experience, and taking one of Mario's cooking classes.

I came here for two things today…read more #1: I got a haircut in Today's Image Salon. I explained the cut I wanted and showed my stylist/student some pictures. She discussed it with the instructor, who gave her some tips, they we got started. She first washed and conditioned my hair (my favorite part of going to the salon). She took her time with the cut and the instructor stopped by a few times to check her work along the way. She also dried and styled my hair. Not gonna lie, I was a little nervous with a student doing a type of cut she's never done before (a choppy layered complex cut) but the finished product exceeded my expectations! Everyone there was very professional and the salon was clean and organized. The instructor was very knowledgeable and helpful to all the students. I'll definitely be going back for more services! See the attached pic for hours and services :) #2: I ordered take out from the Center Cafe Restaurant (to pick up after my haircut, because the restaurant is only open til 1). All the food is prepped and made by the students. This is not my first time eating here and let me tell you, these young adults know what they're doing! I got the Chicken Bacon Pasta which was beyond pleasing to the tastebuds. Excellent mix of flavors that compliment each other. I also got the churros which they serve with a chocolate sauce...you can never go wrong with churros! Everything was delicious and I recommend anyone in the area to stop in sometime. You will not be disappointed! They are open for lunch (dine in or carry out) from 10:30a-1p most months during the school year.

This review is for the MCCC Cafe only…read more I have never been a student at this school, but I do have friends who have gone here or are attending currently and they quite like it. The cafe is where I was most impressed today. Tucked away in the corner of the main floor student common area, the cafe is easy to miss. But when you find it, you will be so glad. The restaurant is run by the culinary students who learn front of house skills, serving skills and, of course, cooking. From what I'm told, the menu changes seasonally and is prepared by the students. My friend Amanda and I enjoyed lunch there this afternoon. I started with a cup of the butternut squash soup, and my entree was the skirt steak BLT with fries. Amanda had the fiesta chicken, which came with a dessert that we shared: a trio of cupcakes and homemade vanilla bean ice cream. Our server, Hannah, was delightful and friendly, and shared with us that she was the one who made the ice cream today. Everything was so good that I spoke with one of the lead culinary instructors and told her how impressed I was. No offense, but I was expecting second rate food prepared by beginner students. What we received was better than most of the corporate diners in town! The only disappointing thing is that they are closed during the summer months. However, if they sold their key lime cupcake frosting by the vat, it would surely keep me happy 'til October.

They are currently closed until the 6th of January, fyi! (2020) in case you were making a stop…read moreexclusively there. Excited to schedule a class, soon! I've heard great things.

You don't have to know me that well to get a sense that I'm no artist. I had trouble with…read morepaint-by-number, for the love of Dali. I do, though, have lots of great, artistic friends, and they took me to the Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. What a delight. It is in the old First Akron Bank building, right on the mall on the north end, just before it becomes a street again. Chock full of student-created work, there is a huge gallery, several class rooms, studios, a kitchen, on and on and on, all for the local artist. It reminds me exactly of my college campus art building, but with way more people of other ages, from teens to near hundred-and-teens. Two other great reasons to love this place. It is non-profit. AND it is self-sustaining, through membership and their classes and workshops. When I hear discussions of what it takes to revitalize a downtown, I imagine a bunch of places just like this one: using an older building (you kids would know it as "re-purposing") for a newer idea, in this case art, but also music, and library, and metal shop and... oh, sorry. I went back to high school for a minute, there. Keep our downtowns from falling into ruin. Consider enrolling in a class here, but at least visit the place for a tour or an exhibition. (Oh, and there are a few off-street parking spaces in back, along the river, if you can find them.) Ars longa, vita brevis.

Amazing fresh guac!!! customer service is amazing Jordan went above and beyond, delicious food and…read moregreat environment

Located inside the CentroVilla25 Building, had a delicious Birria Quesadilla, that I would…read moreabsolutely order again. But the place could do with better staffing support and consistency (there was always a different person.) They also can ran out of things or be closed early.