Following on the heels of the recent shuttering of Crop Kitchen at Uptown in University Circle, Scene just learned that Crop Rocks and Crop Sticks in Flats East Bank will close on September 11. This is according to an employee that works there and wishes to remain anonymous. Staffers were informed of the decision earlier today.

Chef Steve Schimoler is on a six-month sabbatical in Italy. 

We’ll update this story as details unfold, including plans for the soon-to-be vacant spaces. 

According to Denny Young, President of The Elevation Group, the event company that books shows, On Air Studio will continue to present shows in the adjacent space.

This article appears in Aug 10-16, 2016.

For 25 years, Douglas Trattner has worked as a full-time freelance writer, editor and author. His work as co-author on Michael Symon's cookbooks have earned him four New York Times Best-Selling Author honors, while his longstanding role as Scene dining editor has garnered awards of its own.

10 replies on “Crop Rocks and Crop Sticks to Close in September”

  2. It was sad how mediocre Crop Kitchen and Crop Rocks were. Not sure what happened but this was Applebee’s on a bad day.

  5. I simply loved crop stix (meatloaf with kimchee YUM) and I’m not sure why these two locations are closing with the amount of foot traffic that’s in the flats what the heck is going on there must be more to the story than meets the eye

  7. the $27 falafel sandwich with beer i had was shit. all of the uncrustables in the world can’t save crop.

  8. The main restaurant on W25th is great, I can understand why the University Circle place closed (HORRIBLE location), but these two closing is kind of baffling. Gotta be the menu, right? You couldn’t have a better location…..

  9. When will The Cleveland flats learn..it’s not NY ..if you want to get folks with $$ to come get drunk and eat $30 falafels ..with overpriced parking .redo the whole damn neighborhood with affordable rent for artisans and LOCAL.. NOT CORPORATE COOKIE CUTTER COOL BUSINESSES .you need better public transit HUBS with SAFE ample parking for us inner ring folks….or make a realistically priced offering and reasonable parking with shuttles. It’s NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.. Lived her 38 yrs..seen the flats rise ..fall..rise ..fall..and try to rise again..now well.. Yeah…

  10. The reviews on Yelp are sufficient to warrant a closure as the owners did not manage their customer service very well. The bar tender was very rude and and lacked customer service skills. The hostess expected customers in the empty place to have reservations. Instead of asking if you have reservations right away, a better greeting would have been: “where would you like to be seated” this would have been more appropriate and friendly!

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