📰 Cleveland Patio Season Has Arrived

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John Petkovic & Jude Perez

Raise a glass to the golden days of summer. Who knows how long they’ll last – so enjoy them while you can

It’s the 2026 Cleveland Patio Guide.

Some spots offer a secluded getaway from the world. Others boast stellar views of the skyline, lake, river, street. Others are an outdoor party stage.

Meteorological mayhem makes us cherish the sunny days, on a patio, with friends, over drinks and food and conversation.

Here are our top five:

Guarino's: Dean Martin loved this spot. After all, the patio of this 1918 institution is a deal you can't refuse… an immaculate garden with lights, greenery, flowers and statues.

Bar 32: The views stir the drink on the 32nd floor of the downtown Hilton -- with stellar shots of the skyline, Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River.

Vosh/Georgetown: You’ll think you’re lounging around in a lush, leafy park with all the tall trees and brick walls blocking out the noise of Detroit Avenue and the world.

Shooters on the Water: Since opening in 1987, the West Bank institution captured the joy of a lazy summer day on the river. A recent renovation has brought a lot more energy (and DJs) to the patio – which is still a fine vantage point for the lake, river and downtown.

Olesia’s Taverne of Richfield: The patio of this circa-1886 building boasts iron gates, greenery, a spacious layout – along with a superb Continental menu and the vibes of a 19^th-century novel.

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It’s become short-hand for money, greed, glitz, pizzazz and jazz – not to mention a popular party theme because, well, we’re living through another ‘Roaring’ Twenties.

On Tuesday, the party hits Playhouse Square.

That’s when the first North American tour of the Tony Award-winning musical “The Great Gatsby” opens in Connor Palace. It runs through June 28. Info.

Based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic 1925 novel, it follows the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby’s obsessive pursuit of his lost love, Daisy Buchanan, as narrated by the hopeful Midwesterner Nick Carraway amid the lavish parties and emptiness of high society.

After the whole shebang and left disgusted by the East Coast, Nick moves back home.

Ah, like so many Americans now ditching the coasts to scoop up cheap Midwest real estate – prescient!

‘Gatsby’ closes out Playhouse Square ’25-’26 Broadway Series – in which nation’s second-largest performing arts center premiered two shows "The Notebook" and “Hell’s Kitchen” and co-produced the Tony-winning “The Outsiders.”

Go ahead, hate the Yankees. Everyone does it, even the team’s front office when it sees this:

Yankees 2026 team salary: $336,560,197.

After seeing this:

Guardians 2026 team salary: $87,732,387.

Despite making no big moves in the offseason, the Guardians are in first place of their division with the sixth best record in baseball – and right behind the Yankees, who hit Progressive Field tonight for a three-game series..

Internal development has been key:

The old hulk that huffed and puffed as it helped build America is back on rails.

The Big Boy No. 4014 -- the world's largest operating steam locomotive – will ride through the Cleveland area today as part of Union Pacific's coast-to-coast tour celebrating America's 250th anniversary.

Built in 1941 and restored in 2019, it will travel east from Bellevue, Ohio along the historic route of the Nickel Plate – the old Cleveland railroad that operated from 1881 to 1964.

The 1.2-million-pound, 132-foot-long locomotive will make whistle stops in:

Lorain: Near W. 11th St. and Reid Ave., 11:15 -11:30 a.m.

Euclid: Chardon Road crossing, north of Euclid Ave., 1:30–2:00 p.m. Info.

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President Trump loves using social media to pump markets – and stepped up again Friday.

“With a great Jobs Report, like just announced, stocks should go up, not down,” he posted at 10:33 a.m. on Truth Social to try and stem a 2% loss in the Nasdaq.

It bounced to recovered 1/5 of its losses in a minutes – until Cleveland Federal Reserve president Beth Hammack hit send on her LinkedIn post:

“The unemployment rate remaining stable at 4.3 percent is right around my definition of full employment. By contrast, inflation is telling a different story. It’s high, moving higher, and I believe persistently high inflation is the bigger concern.”

Translation: If jobs and inflation are rising, the Fed must raise rates.

Down, down, down went the indices, led by a 4.8% drop in the Nasdaq.

Trump tried to pump twice more on the socials -- at 11:37 a.m. and 7:37 p.m.  – but the swoon continued even after the 4 p.m. close.

Appointed just two years ago, Hammack is already an influential voice whose hawkish inflation stance puts her at odds with Trump.

Postcard for the Great Lakes Exposition, which in ran in the summers of 136 and 1937. It drew seven million visitors who came to see a variety of attractions: synchronized swimming, blimp rides, Billy Rose’s Aquacade, a Hall of Progress, rides and theaters.

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86 °F 🌡️ 71 °F | 🌤️➡️☁️ (Increasing Clouds) | 10% | 💨 ↑ ≈ 9 mph ESE (≈ 8 knots)

86 °F 🌡️ 72 °F | ⛅➡️⛈️ (Scattered Thunderstorms) | 60% | 💨 ↑ ≈ 13 mph S (≈ 11 knots)

89 °F 🌡️ 74 °F | ⛅➡️⛈️ (Isolated Thunderstorms) | 30% | 💨 ↑ ≈ 11 mph SW (≈ 10 knots)

_{Please note that weather conditions can change rapidly. For the most up-to-date information, consider checking a reliable local weather service.}

Home vs. Yankees, 6:40 PM June 8 (Monday)

Home vs. Yankees, 6:40 PM June 9 (Tuesday)

Home vs. Yankees, 1:10 PM June 10 (Wednesday)

Home vs. Tigers, 7:10 PM June 12 (Friday)

Home vs. Tigers, 4:10 PM June 13 (Saturday)

Home vs. Tigers, 1:40 PM June 14 (Sunday)

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