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Vine & Bean (12706 Larchmere Blvd.), Heather Haviland’s sister restaurant to Lucky’s Café (777 Starkweather Ave., 216-622-7773), will close on Monday, October 31. Sunday will be the café’s last day of service.

“I’ve been battling with this call for at least six months, and I know heading into winter we’d be taking another hit,” Haviland says.

The restaurant has been a favorite destination for weekend brunch since it opened in June of 2008, but weekday business has never followed suit.

“I’ve been so grateful for our regular customers,” Haviland adds.

This article appears in Oct 19-25, 2011.

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.

One reply on “Haviland of Lucky’s Fame to Shutter East Side Vine & Bean”

  1. First off, never understood why Vine and Bean didn’t become “Lucky’s Cafe” east – to play off the national exposure that has gotten (since menu was similar…). And despite comments above, even weekends weren’t very crowded from our 10-12 visits.

    Not noted above but noted on Lucky’s Cafe Facebook page is that they are hoping to find a new location… wonder if that means a more traveled east side locale (Cedar-Lee, Coventry, etc…?) Let’s hope so…

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