📰 Cleveland's Restaurant Batuqui Goes Big! ⛪️

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Since she was 12, Carla Batista loved cooking alongside her mother for friends and family in Brazil.

She was reminded of those days when she came to America in 2000, and again when she opened Batuqui 10 years ago with her partner, Gustavo Nogueira.

After all, the beloved Brazilian eatery is in an old Victorian house that seats 38 and boasts an intimate, cozy feel and a charming patio that runs from porch to the sidewalk.

On Friday, Batuqui will celebrate its 10^th anniversary with food and drink specials, live music and a party that marks the past  and looks ahead to a new era.

In a matter of weeks, Batista and Nogueira will move Batuqui to the former St. Paul’s Evangelical Church – located a one-minute walk away in Larchmere.

“We’ve grown so much,” says Batista. “We had seven employees when we started and now have 48. We served 30,000 fish stews last year from this tiny 90-square-foot kitchen – it’s crazy.”

The 1922 Craftsman-style church is rich with arched ceilings, rustic beams and stained-glass windows. It offers enough space for 160 seats, two bars and a 1,100-square-foot kitchen.

“We’ll be able to do lunch buffets and brunches and parties and will have a supermarket that features frozen items that people can take home,” she says. “So many people tell me that they’ve fallen in love with our food and try to cook it at home or have traveled to Brazil to experience the culture.”

The market will feature popular stews -- moqueca, feijoada, xim xim. Batista will look to add fusion-style items for brunches and parties.

But the church offers more than more dining choices.

“I love history and old buildings and the feeling you get when you walk into them,” says Batista. “The house was great, but now we’ll have a beautiful old church and the space to do cool, new things.”

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The world will get more superhero shots of Cleveland when the full ‘Superman’ trailer is released today.

Yesterday, the film’s director James Gunn took to social media to hype the clip: “I've been waiting too long to share this with you all!”

Ah, but that’s not all.

Krypto is also getting in on the action. Superman’s super-pooch has scored an ad with Milk-Bone that shows him playing on Superior Avenue with Mister Terrific (played by Edi Gathegi), the genius inventor who appears in the film.  Krypto is also seen chowing on biscuits in front of a pet score by Public Square.

The ad is part of a tie-in that includes limited-edition biscuits and a comic book inspired by the rambunctious pup.

“With the ‘Superman’ partnership, Milk-Bone is honoring the strength, loyalty and love that our four-legged companions show us every day,” said Gail Hollander, of Milk-Bone, which is owned by Orrville, Ohio-based J.M. Smucker.

“Superman” opens July 11. Check out the Krypto clip here.

The Cavs picked a bad time to play their worst basketball of the season.

They were outworked and outsmarted for much of the series by Indiana -- including last night’s 114-105 loss that eliminated Cleveland in the second round of the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

Injuries to Evan Mobley, Darius Garland, DeAndre Hunter and Donovan Mitchell played a factor. But ultimately, the Cavs couldn’t get a basket or prevent the Pacers from scoring one when they had two.

Autopsy of a disastrous end to the season:

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Kiss concluded its “End of the Road World Tour” in December 2023 and Gene Simmons was, like, “What the hell am I gonna do know?” He opted for the thing he knows best. “I tried to stay away from being on stage, but it’s too much fun,” he said before embarking on a solo tour that brings him to MGM Northfield Park – 7:30 tonight. He’ll be playing a mix of Kiss classics, solo material and covers by bands like Van Halen, Motörhead, Thin Lizzy, and The Beatles. But more importantly, will he wag that tongue? More info here.

Comedian Pete Correale has performed with Dave Chappelle, been a late-night regular on David Letterman, Conan and the Tonight Show and teamed up with Sebastian Maniscalco for one of comedy’s most popular podcasts, yes, The Pete and Sebastian Show. At 7 p.m. Thursday, he’ll bring his life-experience comedy to Frolic Cabaret Room at Hilarities. It’s the first night of two-night, three-show stand. More info here.

Over 11 albums, Detroit duo has mixed and mined synth-pop, industrial, punk, noise and techno to create odes to alienation that are danceable, hypnotic and engaging. Nicola Kuperus and Adam Lee Miller, both visual artists, have explore dark sides of sounds in the same way they approach dystopian art concepts – which has made them cult darlings in the electronic underground. At 8 tonight, the band hits the Grog Shop. Also on the bill is Plack Blague and Slugg. More info here.

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The future is now. The city has broken ground on the much-anticipated West Side Market revitalization project.

“This is not just Cleveland’s market, not just the region’s market, this is the state’s market," said Mayor Justin M. Bibb at the groundbreaking event.

The beloved institution is one of the city’s biggest tourist destinations -- attracting 800,000 visitors annually, one-third of them tourists from outside of Northeast Ohio.

The first phase of the $68 million dollar makeover starts with the largely vacant produce hall between the market and parking lot and will deal with structural issues.

Future phases include:

A 1915 postcard of Euclid Beach Amusement Park. The legendary park operated from 1895 to 1969 and featured popular attractions like the Derby Racer, the Pier, German Village, Theater, Dance Pavilion, and Bath House. 

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