The Observer

Best of…. restaurants for a date

Isabel Torres-Padin, Staff Reporter • September 9, 2016

With summer coming to a close, those fun—and usually cheap—outdoor dates to concerts, gardens and romantic walks we have all come to know and love will also come to end. With fall and winter comes...

Mod Coffee

Enio Chinca, Staff Reporter • October 16, 2014

Little Italy's Rising Star Coffee is a great place to get your caffeine fix.

Toasting Toast

Teddy Eisenberg, Staff Reporter • May 30, 2014

Toast provides zesty food in an easily accessible by Red Line location.

West Side Market Celebrates Centennial

Grace Francisco, Food Reporter • October 14, 2012

“Wake up to life!” a vendor snaps. The pace inside the West Side Market on the intersection of Lorain Road and West 25thStreet does not slow for anyone. Packed wall-to-wall are over 100 vendors in...

From Hodge Podge to Hodge’s

Grace Francisco and Katy Witkowski • August 31, 2012

Squeezed along the busy side street of Euclid Avenue lies Hodge’s, an eatery that just opened this past spring, serving elevated comfort food to the masses. When coming to Hodge’s, expect the unexpected. At...

Hungry for so me real food? Ditch the dining hall and go get something worth eating

Katy Witkowski and Grace Francisco • August 24, 2012

Little Italy Right up Mayfield Road (an easy walk from North Residential Village) is Little Italy, a hub of pasta and pizza. Many of the restaurants offer favorites like ravioli and manicotti,...