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Corbo's Bakery partnership on the Marc
Blog entry: March 15, 2010, 10:53 am | Author: KATHY CARR
For the last year, Corbo's Bakery has been rolling in some more dough.The bakery in Little Italy began last April a partnership with Marc's grocery stores that has become so successful, co-owner Selena Corbo said the shop is looking to expand its distribution business. “We've had other local vendors calling, and we're looking to distribute to local restaurants as well,” Ms. Corbo said.
The partnership began because Marc's wanted to be a full-service grocery but didn't have a fresh bakery, Ms. Corbo said. So the bakery began supplying the Eastgate store in Mayfield Heights with fresh bread and cookies. Nearly one year later, anything from fresh pizza dough to cookies, cakes, pastries and pasta sauces can be found in 14 Marc's stores throughout Northeast Ohio.
“We deliver fresh products to Marc's seven days a week,” she said.
Corbo's previously had supplied products to two Rego's grocery stores that shut down. Pierre's also distributes Corbo's Italian Lemon Ice to Heinen's, and Corbo's supplies Sidari's Italian Foods in Cleveland with coconut bars and Italian cookies.
The bakery moved two years ago into a larger space from its previous home next door, in which it had been located since it opened in 1958. Corbo's is in the middle of a “huge transition,” with adding cold and hot food to its menu, Ms. Corbo said.
Growing up
Constantino's Market has begun construction for an expansion that should be complete by early June and increase the downtown Cleveland grocery store's space by 45%.
The expansion will increase the store's real estate by about 4,400 square feet, from 9,600 square feet to about 14,000 square feet, said owner Constantine “Costas” Mavromichalis.
When construction is complete, the store will have a salad bar, a larger deli with more prepared foods and cheese, a larger bakery, an expanded produce section, a flower case, a beer and soda cave, a larger frozen foods area and a gourmet pizza kitchen.
The store also will feature more café seating.
The expansion utilizes vacant space in the back of the store, and one nearby apartment in the Bingham Apartment complex for storage and office space.
“We think enhancing the area and the services we provide will be good for our customers and increase sales,” Mr. Mavromichalis said.
Constantino's opened in 2005. There also is a smaller store in Lakewood.
Tables for a bunch of renegades
Magnolia Clubhouse was the first beneficiary of this year's Cleveland Renegade Lunch Project, held last Tuesday, March 9, inside Tower City in front of the water fountain.
The lunch project is a pseudo-underground initiative presented once a month by Marigold Catering and Spice of Life Catering.
Magnolia Clubhouse, a Cleveland nonprofit that provides services for adults with mental illness, received $400, said Joan Rosenthal, founder and owner of Marigold Catering. For smaller nonprofits, the extra cash is a big help.
The Cleveland Renegade Lunch Project each month brings a free two-course gourmet lunch for the first 20 to 25 passersby at a location that is kept secret until the day the lunch is announced.
Patrons, in turn, have the opportunity at the end of the lunch to donate money for that day's designated charity.
The Cleveland catering companies launched the lunch project in 2009 and held 10 renegades that raised several thousand dollars for selected nonprofits.
Dig this
This Northern Ohio Tourism web site notes the Northeast Ohio digs that Guy Fieri has visited for the Food Network's “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” Among them are Melt Bar and Grilled in Lakewood and Lucky's Café in Tremont.
The most important meal of the day
Tommy's in Cleveland Heights was recognized by Esquire as one of the best restaurants in the U.S. to have breakfast (the link will take you to a slideshow. Tommy's is No. 36 of 53).
“As much a block club as it is a restaurant, Tommy's has a reputation among locals as a hipster hangout. Pity. Look past the graybeard Wobblies still waiting for Lefty and the occasional Harvey Pekar sighting and you've got genuine diner chops,” according to the magazine. “Much of the menu is mournfully macrobiotic, but tempeh tomorrow: For now try some hotcakes topped with strawberries and a Matterhorn of whipped or sour cream.”
Openings
A new upscale 150-seat restaurant that specializes in Mediterranean, Asian and French cuisine opened Feb. 27 at 75 Public Square in Cleveland. Prime 75 has a fine dining area, full-service bar and a cocktail room, 75 After Dark, with expanded hours and late-night food service.
The restaurant once a week features a live jazz band or pianist.
The average lunch is $10, and average dinner is $15. The restaurant's menu includes seafood specialties, flavored butters and sweet-potato crusted sea-bass.
Hours of operation: 11 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 4 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 75 After Dark: 10:30 p.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday through Sunday.
Prime 75's Chef James A. Thomas is a graduate from Loretta Paganini School of Cooking in Chesterland Ohio.
Imperial Wok left its home of 30 years in January and moved into a larger new space that features its Moon Gate design, which the Asian restaurant describes as a circular opening in a garden wall that acts as a pedestrian passageway.
The Asian restaurant formerly was located in the Solon Square Shopping Center and relocated to a 6,860-square-foot space that accommodates 160 patrons in what had been Rocknie's Pub at 33825 Aurora Road.
The restaurant's owners are Shirley and Chee Chang.
Imperial Wok has been on Fox 8's hot list of best Chinese in Cleveland three years in a row.
What local chefs and other foodies have been saying lately on Twitter
@Reddstone (Cleveland pub): aint no thing but a chicken wing
@LaBellaCupcakes (Cleveland-based online cupcake shop): Already getting orders for the Guiness Trifecta. Dark choc stout cake. Soaked in Irish Whiskey, topped with Bailey's buttercream
@dougtrattner (Cleveland writer): Great lunch w/wife @chinato. Nothing lifts a Monday like white wine in the middle of the day.
@OhioFoodService: Twelve reasons why Guinness is good for you
@bacTremont (Tremont bistro):Last name: EVER. First name: GREATEST.
@AMP150Cleveland (Cleveland restaurant): RT @DirJournal: @AMP150Cleveland Goat cheese brownie with goat cheese ice cream? Okay, that definitely sounds worth a try! But NOT low cal!
@phireman (Chef/owner of Fire restaurant in Cleveland): You know I believe in local sustainable farming practices, last night my passion for Miller Farm grass fed beef was reinforced.
@DeliverMeFood (Little Italy ordering service): Just had a corned beef sandwich from The Barley House. It was OUTSTANDING!!!
To submit business news about Northeast Ohio restaurants, breweries or wineries, please e-mail me. You also can follow me on Twitter.
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