Joeys Italian Restaurant Coming to Cleveland Hts.

  • Joey’s Italian Restaurant Coming to Cleveland Hts.

Joey’s Restaurant to open in Cleveland Heights. The new location is in the space formerly known as Jimmy O’Neill’s Tavern at 2195-2197 Lee Rd., in the Cedar-Lee area.

Not sure if this is meant as a tip of the hat to O’Neill’s, but the tentative opening is set for March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. Should they luck into good weather that day, the glass facade planned for the front of the building will be open onto the outdoor eating area. City Council approved a $50,000 loan to the building’s owners for kitchen equipment and buildout.

The original Joey’s Restaurant owned by the Leonetti’s opened in Chagrin Falls in 1981. The restaurant was gutted by a fire in Nov. 30, 2011. They planned to reopen but had their lease terminated. The family proceeded with plans to open a Solon location, which opened in December 2011. The Leonetti’s also announced in August, they had signed a five-year lease to reopen in Chagrin Falls on West Orange Street. Plans are to have the Chagrin Falls location open in May.

http://www.joeyschagrin.com/location

This article appears in Jan 23-29, 2013.

5 replies on “Joey’s Restaurant Coming to Cleveland Heights”

  2. I think there are few good Italian restaurants around. Don’t know why. There is more to Italian food than just grabbing a jar of sauce and mixing it with pasta. I’d like to know where there is a good, authentic, classic one which bakes its own bread. Lived in a neighborhood with 2 Italian bakeries on the short street (W.69 off Detroit Ave) and the smell of the yeasty breads baking were out of this world. Isabella’s and Fiocca’s were awsome, and you don’t find that anymore.

  4. Yeah, I’m not much of a visitor to Cleveland Heights, I don’t make it out that way all that often. If I’m around there, though, you can bet your ass I’ll be stopping at this place

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