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Just three months after opening its doors in Ohio City, Pasta and Pastry (3800 Whitman Ave.) has shut them for good.

“After storm damage on Wednesday forced us to close the restaurant, it was our final straw,” explains owner Diane Miller. “I decided to close the restaurant for good.”

The weather damage was just the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back, Miller makes clear. Miller, owner of the J. Palen House Bed and Breakfast, is an admitted novice when it comes to running a restaurant. She left all operation details to her partner, Ron Heinbaugh.

“I needed to be an active manager and I couldn’t devote full time to this project,” she says, adding, “my interests needed to be focused on my other businesses.”

As for what’s next for the locale, which is a charming brick building on a quiet residential street in Ohio City, Miller is banking on the prime restaurant market in the area to take care of that. “I am an entrepreneur by nature and I’m confident there will be opportunities for a new concept to flourish,” says Miller.

Heinbaugh refused to comment about the situation.

This article appears in May 14-20, 2014.

Jason Beudert has had a dynamic career as a leader with The Walt Disney Company, ESPNZone, The Cleveland Indians, and as a restaurant entrepreneur. He is utilizing his twenty years of hospitality experience along with his love for the Cleveland food scene to contribute exciting and insightful food pieces for Scene. Along with being one of our food writers, Jason is also the food critic for WOIO 19 Action News, and makes a weekly appearance on Q104's Fee's Kompany radio show to promote food and the Scene. Jason is also a contributing writer for Travel + Leisure Magazine.

8 replies on “Pasta and Pastry Abruptly Closes After Just Three Months”

  1. The future is healthy foods! More raw and vegan places! Everyone knows pasta and pastries are bad for them.

  3. Isn’t this the place that tried to convince us that “cash only is the new big trend?” With business acumen like that, I’m not surprised they’re going under.

  6. I’m sorry it closed. Our son took my husband and me for brunch on Mother’s Day, and we all enjoyed our meals. My mac and cheese with sun dried tomatoes and artichokes was delicious! Although it was rich, I ate it for 3 meals and could have stretched it to four. A few more less rich choices would have been better, but I was pleased with what I ate. It’s a shame. Try again!

  8. Blame the closing on whatever you want, but in reality the business was failing and losing money. Unless served with an entire lobster’s worth of meat, I would tend to agree that $18 for mac and cheese is just a bit ridiculous.

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