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WELCOME to the CLE! Non Official SOTC community events/activities will populate here as the summer progresses. 

Transportation

• Circlelink Shuttle

• Parking and Transportation

• Campus Shuttles

• Public Transportation 

• CWRU Safe Ride

  • Safe evening transportation option

  • The service is an after-hours addition to public transportation. It runs seven days a week, between 6 p.m. and 3 a.m. Security officers drive all Safe Ride vehicles.

  • 216.368.3000

• RTA station by Little Italy 

• RTA Bus Stops are on either side of Euclid at/near East 115th and Euclid 

• http://www.riderta.com

  • RTA website that shows routes

• Google maps 

  • Put in the address and select the bus and it tells you which bus to take, where to get it, what stop to get off at, etc.

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Food

• Lots of great restaurants up on Coventry 

• Great restaurants on Euclid or nearby

  • Chipotle

  • Panera

  • Indian Flame

  • Potbelly Sandwich Shop

  • BurgerIM Uptown Cleveland

  • Tacologist

  • Jimmy John’s

  • Inchin’s Bamboo Garden

  • Falafel Cafe

    • A community favorite! Lots of options and reasonably priced!

  • ABC Tavern

  • Aladdin's Eatery (Halal)

  • Bibibop

  • Bruegger's

  • Buffalo Wild Wings

  • Chapati Indian Grill

  • Euro Wafel

    • I would highly recommend for a treat!

  • Inchin's Bamboo Garden

  • Indian Flame Restaurant

  • Kantina (Kosher)

  • La Pizzeria

  • Mitchell's Ice Cream

    • Really good ice cream!

  • Murray Hill Market

  • Rascal House Pizza

  • Subway

  • Check out Little Italy restaurants (Mayfield Rd)

    • Tons of restaurants and bakeries with tables outside 

  • Rosso Gelato 

    • Very good gelato! 

  • Mama Santa’s 

    • Good food and pizza 

    • Reasonably priced

Shopping including Groceries 

• Walmart

  • 3400 Steelyard Dr, Cleveland, OH 44109

• Kohl’s 

  • 6245 Wilson Mills Rd, Highland Heights, OH 44143

• Target 

  • 14070 Cedar Rd, University Heights, OH 44118

  • 3535 Steelyard Dr, Cleveland, OH 44109

• ALDI (like Trader Joe’s but less expensive with good food)

  • 7500 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103

  • 3586 Steelyard Dr, Cleveland, OH 44109

• Plum Market (higher end quick-mart/boutique grocery)

  • https://www.plummarket.com/cle/

  • 11473 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44106

  • Monday – Friday: 8am – 9pm, Saturday: 9am – 9pm, Sunday: 9am – 8pm

• Marc’s (discount grocery and non grocery items)

  • 1833 Coventry Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

• Dave’s Supermarket (10 min drive each way; 20 min each way RTA bus ride)

  • 1929 E 61st St, Cleveland, OH 44103 

• Whole Foods 

  • 13998 Cedar Rd, University Heights, OH 44118

• Heinen’s (Fancy)

  • 900 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44115 (park in parking garage across 9th/take parking ticket with you for validation)

• CVS Pharmacy 

  • 8000 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH 44103

• Walgreens

  • 3020 Mayfield Rd, Cleveland Heights, OH 44118

• Malls - Treat Yourself Shopping 

  • Beachwood Place Mall 26300 Cedar Rd, Beachwood, OH 44122

  • Legacy Village 25001 Cedar Rd, Lyndhurst, OH 44124

  • Southpark 500 Southpark Center, Strongsville, OH 44136

  • Crocker Park 177 Market St, Westlake, OH 44145 

Events/Activities/Things to Check Out

• Work downtown? Downtown's Walnut Wednesday food trucks. Visit Perk Plaza (1717 E. 12th) every Wednesday beginning June 2nd - Sept. 1st. Enjoy a variety of food & music from 11 am - 1:30 pm.

• Take a walk around University Circle

  • Wade Lagoon and The Thinker statue

• Western Reserve Historical Society

  • https://www.wrhs.org

  • See the website for more information

• Greater Cleveland Aquarium 

  • $20 tickets

• The Flats (East bank or West bank)

  • Restaurants and bars 

• West Side Market (FRESH veggies, meats, cheeses, bakery)

  • Look up hours (they’re a little weird)

  • http://westsidemarket.org

  • Look at website for more info

  • You can either drive or take the RTA

• Cedar Point and Kalahari parks

  • Not super close but would make a good day trip

• Put-in-Bay

  • Requires ferry ticket 

  • About a little over an hour ride to the ferry but makes for a fun day trip.

• Ohio City, Shaker Square, Little Italy, Larchmere

  • Check out these neighborhoods around Cleveland

  • Felice Urban Cafe is an excellent place to eat 

• Cleveland Public Theater outdoor summer plays - TBD 

Other Resources

• Virtual Workspace 

  • Sears think[box] at CWRU - Students working remotely can use the think[box] space to do their work. It is open from 9am-7pm M-F. Please see Anthony for more information or show up!

  • Additional workspaces include The Coffeehouse on Juniper, CWRU library, The Cleveland Museum of Art atrium (free entry), first floor workspaces at House 5 and there are a few more in the area that you can find with some research. 

FISHING & Other Outdoor Activities (provided by husband of the local UChicago Alumni Club President (Joan)

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From: Ken Sakaie

Please encourage others to come along! Part of the fun of being in a new place is to try new things. For a lot of your colleagues, hiking and fishing will be new experiences. Many of these sites are part of the Cleveland Metroparks, which I encourage you to explore (https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/).

Here are a few spots along Lake Erie with access (Google-plus codes in parentheses, just copy these into google maps to get the destination). For all of these spots, you’ll see people fishing. Just ask them about tackle and the sorts of fish they’re going after. My son caught a huge sheepshead with a spinner near the Rock Hall of Fame. I usually target areas inside the breakwater. Just be on the lookout for “no fishing” signs near the docks. Fishing can be hit or miss, but it’s nice to be near the lake on a hot day. There are bait shops here, too.

• Lakefront Reservation E 72nd Fishing Area (G9Q6+P6 Cleveland, Ohio). This is about a 5 minute drive from your dorm. Nearby is the Lakefront Nature Preserve (G9RC+5R Cleveland, Ohio), which has a few short trails.

• E 55th street Marina (G9P2+7G Cleveland, Ohio). There’s a bait shop here. Call 216.431.3349 to find out if they are open.

• Edgewater Park (F7Q6+FQ Cleveland, Ohio) also has a bait shop. Call 216.651.5591 to find out when they are open. There’s a beach here, too.

• Emerald Necklace Marina (F5J9+FG Lakewood, Ohio). You can get nightcrawlers here. Call 216.226.3030 to find out when they are open. This is a the mouth of the Rocky River. If you head south along Valley Parkway, you will come across a number of fishing spots along the river. This is prime steelhead territory. Unfortunately, the fishing is slow in the summer. There is a really long hiking/biking trail that goes along the Parkway.

• Euclid Beach Park/Wildwood marina (HCPP+WM Cleveland, Ohio). The Linda Mae head boat (https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Sports---Recreation/Linda-Mae-Fishing-Charters-Sightseeing-Tours-204813753003020/) docks near here. It’s not cheap ($85 per person, the last I checked) but a lot cheaper than regular charter. Mostly perch. They rent gear.

• Lake Erie Bluffs (QRP9+H3 Painesville, Ohio). This is a little further out and is near a nuclear power plant, which might be unsettling. The fishing is kind of tough here. It has some really nice hiking trails, one along the beach. There is a good chance of spotting bald eagles here.

Take a look at the latest Rocky River Fishing report at

https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/parks/recreation/fishing-report/2021/june-2021/june-2021

Mike Durcalec, the fisheries manager for the metroparks, lists a number of spots that were recently stocked and will be stocked pretty soon. You can find their locations at the Cleveland Metroparks website. If just want to catch a fish, these places are your best bet. These aren’t the most scenic spots, but there are short hiking trails nearby. Also check the outdoors page at https://www.cleveland.com/outdoors/ for news about where the fish are biting.

Hinckley Lake has kayaks and standup paddleboards you can rent for about $20 per hour (https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/parks/visit/parks/hinckley-reservation/hinckley-lake-boathouse-store). With a kayak, you can access some hard-to-reach fishing spots. There are some really nice trails here, too. This is a nice choice for fun overall, and I would recommend this for bringing friends along. Some can just paddleboard or kayak for fun while you fish.

Another nice place to visit is Punderson Lake (https://ohiodnr.gov/wps/portal/gov/odnr/go-and-do/plan-a-visit/find-a-property/punderson-state-park). You should call to figure out if they are renting boats. A friend of mine who is a big bass fisherman likes to fish off the beach here, and there are a couple of fishing piers. There are some nice trails and a cool mansion which has been converted into a hotel. There’s a great disc golf course, so bring some frisbees and some friends.

Hogback ridge is a really nice park (http://www.lakemetroparks.com/parks-trails/hogback-ridge-park) that’s a little farther away. Fishing is on the river, which is slow in the summer. The trails are quite nice.

Cuyahoga Valley National park has a few fishing ponds (https://www.nps.gov/cuva/planyourvisit/fishing-in-cuyahoga-valley.htm). I honestly don’t know how good the fishing is at these ponds because I usually go here to hike. Two easy and nice hikes are Ledges and Brandywine (https://www.nps.gov/cuva/planyourvisit/recommended-hikes.htm)

Eric and Tanya are Cleveland experts. If you are looking for anything else, ask either of them!! 

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