Iron Chef and Clevelander, Michael Symon announced his plans to open 2 new restaurants.
These will be a different fare than his 3 current places. "Lola", on downtown Cleveland's East Fourth Street, and its casual sister restaurant "Lolita", in the city's Tremont neighborhood. He also has a place in Detroit called "Roast".
The new "Bar Symon", an American bar and brasserie, will occupy the site of Swingos Grand Tavern, which closed suddenly in February. The restaurant, at 32858 Walker Road, is scheduled to open in June.
These will be a different fare than his 3 current places. "Lola", on downtown Cleveland's East Fourth Street, and its casual sister restaurant "Lolita", in the city's Tremont neighborhood. He also has a place in Detroit called "Roast".
The new "Bar Symon", an American bar and brasserie, will occupy the site of Swingos Grand Tavern, which closed suddenly in February. The restaurant, at 32858 Walker Road, is scheduled to open in June.
Once the doors open at Bar Symon, the partners will kick into overdrive to open the other restaurant."Everything on the menu will range from $9 to $18," said Symon, adding that "most of the menu will be built around live fire cooking" and may feature custom-built rotisseries similar to the ones boldly displayed at his most recent restaurant, Roast, in Detroit.
Chef Michael Symon plans two new restaurants dishing up simpler fare and beer -"The B Spot" -- "pretty much just great burgers and beer," Symon said -- will bring upscale casual fare to the Eton Chagrin Boulevard shopping center. It replaces a bakery concept he originally envisioned.
"We just wanted great, simple food," Symon said of a menu that will feature "maybe 10 burgers plus fries, milkshakes, a couple of salads and around 20 beers on tap."