Oak and Embers Tavern to Close Pinecrest Location in Early March

By Douglas Trattner on Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 6:27 pm

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Oak and Embers Tavern to Close Pinecrest Location in Early March

Owners Marc and Gretchen Garofoli have announced that they will be closing the Pinecrest location of Oak & Embers Tavern on March 3. The location — the Garofoli's third — opened in late 2019.

Marc said that the location at Pinecrest was not a great fit to begin with, a situation made all the worse thanks to Covid.

"We never closed," Marc says. "There was a point when I stayed open as the only store in the plaza. I have great BBQ and most of the time the customers were great. But when you're mom and pop and a small chain it’s just to hard to recover from Covid. To go food doesn’t cut it."

The good news for barbecue fans is that the locations in Chesterland (8009 Mayfield Rd., 440-729-4030) and Hudson (7774 Darrow Rd., 234-602-1056) both are doing "incredible" and will continue selling the same great mix of smoked meats, Southern comfort foods, bourbon and craft beer.

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