It’s Restaurant Week in downtown Cleveland, and unless you’ve already snagged your seats at chichi joints like Lola and Crop Bistro, you can probably cross them off your list.
Which makes this a fine weekend for a drive out of town and into historic Hudson, that picturesque stronghold of the Western Reserve, where you’ll find lovely architecture, a pretty village green, and plenty of stroll-worthy stores and boutiques.
Shop, then drop by Leo’s Reserve Inn, Diane Topper-Wagner and Dennis Wagner’s newly remodeled restaurant at 30 West Streetsboro Street, where you’ll find lunch, dinner, and reasonably priced cocktails poured in a handsome lounge. …
This article appears in Feb 27 – Mar 4, 2008.
I read this article and just can’t help but comment on the delicious new menu. My favorites are the “Mushroom Ragu” which is a pasta dish with mushrooms and asparagus and the “Cioppino” a red stew of seafood. Words can’t describe how scrumptious they both are. I am a product of the generation of “chain” restaurants but the new trendy decor of restaurant has really put Leo’s on the map. It gives the young professionals raising families a chance to get out and enjoy themselves while the kids get crayons and can color on the paper provided at each table. (I also have seen a few new parents bring in their portable DVD player.) Now that’s creative thinking!!
Wow! What a make over to a Hudson tradition. Same confortable atmosphere in all new style – outside and in. New menu full of great new favorites. Nice to see “an old friend” get back to the top of the town.
Bob & Mary