CLEVELAND, Ohio For Cleveland’s music venues, it’s been more than a month since applying for the Small Business Administration’s Shuttered Venue Operator’s Grant. As of Thursday, June 10, those funds still haven’t arrived. It follows a lengthy lobbying push from organizations like the National Independent Venue Association , arriving after the pandemic caused closures and financial strain on .
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DeWine’s ease of COVID restrictions brings out range of emotions in restaurant, entertainment industries
Updated May 12, 2021;
Posted May 12, 2021
Performance venues and restaurants reacted to Mike DeWine’s announcement that he would lift Ohio public health orders on June 2. Credit: Photos by Dale Omori, The Plain Dealer; Marc Bona, cleveland.com; Grog Shop
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CLEVELAND, Ohio – With the exception of “The Cleveland Browns have won the Super Bowl!” there probably won’t be eight words more pleasing to the ears of Ohio’s restaurant operators, entertainment-venue directors and patrons than “It is time to end the health orders.”
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine uttered those words Wednesday, offering a clearer view of the light at the end of the coronavirus pandemic tunnel. Beginning Tuesday, June 2, with the exception of nursing homes and assisted living facilities, the state’s health orders that were put in place to combat the spread of coronavirus will be li
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Coventry Village, a neighborhood lined with vintage shops, restaurants and bars was once the hippest area in the city. Located in leafy Cleveland Heights on the city’s east side, the once-bustling area has been quiet since the pandemic hit. Few more so than one of the area’s few constants: independent music venue The Grog Shop.
Nestled between a movie theater and coffee shop, The Grog Shop’s exterior makes you think you’re entering a restaurant or café, not one of the best concert venues in the Midwest. It can go toe-to-toe with such other regional tastemaking venues as the Empty Bottle in Chicago and Magic Stick in Detroit. Yet once the door swings open and you pass security, it just feels like a music oasis. Dimly lit with sticky floors and a barely-above-ground stage, The Grog Shop captures the essence of what a great music venue should be.
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A mix of clouds and sun this morning followed by increasing clouds with showers developing this afternoon. Near record high temperatures. High 78F. Winds SE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%..
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Cloudy with periods of rain. Thunder is possible early. Low 56F. Winds SSE at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 80%. Updated: April 8, 2021 @ 8:08 am