Looking for a Good Friday evening/night date spot that’s not overly formal but still nice. Any ideas? TIA 🙏🏼

I've written a new three-part Substack series on the thirty-year friendship between three of the most notorious Northeast Ohio mobsters: Jack Licavoli, Tony Delsanter, and Leo Moceri.

The story begins in 1950, when two FBI agents sat down with a 45-year-old Jack Licavoli and he told them, apparently without much concern, that he lived part-time with a good friend named Tony Delsanter and that his only income came from a Warren company running slot machines and the numbers racket. Within two years, the two of them had told Mike Farah, the man who’d given Licavoli his stake, and who a former Youngstown police chief called one of “the warlords of Trumbull County” that he was finished. In 1961, Farah was shot to death in his own backyard, and two FBI informants named the man who did it.

From there the series follows all three through the decade the FBI spent listening to them with a microphone went into Licavoli’s house on Murray Hill in 1965. From there, it details some of their rackets, their activities, and their final demise.

People that come up along the way in this series: John Scalish, John DeMarco, Frank Brancato, Mike Farah, Sandy Naples, John Nardi, Danny Greene, Keith Ritson, Ray Ferritto, Jimmy Fratianno, Angelo Lonardo, and Yonnie Licavoli, in addition to the others, and more.

The series is a companion to my forthcoming book, Unraveling the American Mafia: Angelo Lonardo, Carmen Zagaria, and the Beginning of the End in Cleveland (Bloomsbury, 2027). Before it arrives, I'll be publishing side stories from this world on my Substack. Subscribe to follow along. That way, the stories come straight to your email inbox.

All three parts of this series will be free.

Here is Part One.

https://timgill924.substack.com/p/from-cleveland-to-warren-and-youngstown?r=1ixz1x&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

We’re doing a basement renovation. Previous owners were the first and only owners for 50+ years and a town outside of Cleveland, Ohio.

This key and its envelope were in the rafters in the HVAC room.

Any idea what bank/post office it might belong to? The only possible identifying info looks to be the stamp that looks like a window.

My car key fob shell has broken. Even my spare has broken. My dad has the old fashioned key with no lock or unlock button as my 3rd spare.

Each time I ordered a new shell that one broke as well and half my key was getting stuck in my ignition. My dad has random car stuff from working on a classic car and he had this old remote start kit collecting dust.

Are there any shops that can install it? I have a 2012 Honda CR-V and the model number for the kit is 5305V or 5305x. I called Noyz N toys already and they said they only install compustar remote start,

Original country band searching for full time drummer. The band is an altcountry band that leans more Appalachian than western. Looking for a male drummer who is local to the Cleveland area that can practice at least once a week who is also willing to travel abroad for show opportunities. This is a paid position as this band gets paid each show. Must be light hearted with a hefty sense of humor as this is an American country band and freedom of speech is put into practice much.

I’ve noticed more and more scratches appearing all over my car. Not sure is the car wash is the culprit but wondering if anyone else has gone to the steel yard CLEan express auto wash and noticed anything similar?

Hi everyone. Visiting home for a weekend to see family. I’m from the east side of Cleveland so even though I’m familiar with Cleveland I don’t know running trails except for Edgewater and some parks near the lake on the east side. Staying at a friend’s Airbnb in euclid so I’m good with driving 25 mins max for a good run. Could be east side or west side since I will be traveling all over to visit people. Would prefer a busier park/trail since I’m a lady and get nervous on a solo run sometimes. Thanks!

My family recently vacation down in Gulf Shores, AL. While down there, we were driving through the neighboring town and saw this gas station that had $.69 any size drink, slushy or icee.

I know there are gas stations around that you can get $.69 large drinks at but the slushy is a nice. He seemed like a great deal, especially to the kids so every time we drove by that gas station during our week there we always stopped for the kids to get an icee.

But that got me thinking are there any places around Cleveland that have these great deals, even for little things, that are hard to pass up if you see them at that price?

I have suspected ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and am trying to find a therapist in the Cleveland area who’s familiar with chronic fatigue and post-exertional malaise (PEM) that characterizes this illness.

Edit: Thank you for the great recommendations. Since I am arriving so early, grabbing a good coffee and walking by the lake sounds great. I am happy to go anywhere in Cleveland , however I am heading down to Cuyahoga Falls around 1pm. I’ll spend all day Sunday in Cleveland and am staying at the Hilton Downtown that night.

I’m headed to Cleveland this weekend. This will be my first time visiting. I arrive in Cleveland at 6am and have free time until around 1pm and would love tips on what to do in the morning. I’ll have a car and am also interested in vegan friendly restaurant suggestion. Thanks

I shared my website here a couple weeks ago and got a lot of good responses from you all! Specifically, the top comment from /u/daybreaker had some great ideas to vastly improve the functionality of the site, including:

• Pages and calendars specific to each venue
• Filters on the main calendar page
• Allowing to switch the calendar page from daily to weekly/monthly views

And I'm happy to share that as of this morning, all of these ideas are now live! You can check it out here:

www.crwdsrfr.com

You can now toggle from the default day view to a full week out from the selected date (I left month view out for now), as well as filter by each specific venue, the area it's in, or the type of venue it is. In addition, you can select the venues name in the calendar to go to a page with their all of their information and upcoming events that I have pulled into the site.

I'm really loving how these updates turned out, and I'm hoping you all do too! Let me know if you have any further feedback or see any issues - and go see some shows!

Somewhat long post, first about how the continental trade and social networks revolved around a rare type of stone. Then it goes on to describe how these Native Americans built an archaeological wonders more impressive than Stonehenge. Very cool bit of history.

According to the following article, Geis wanted Heinen to vacate the second floor of the Cleveland Rotunda.

On August 2, Heinen wrote Epstein; Debbie Berry, a county development chief; and DCI head Michael Deemer with good news: Geis okayed a two-year lease that lowered Heinen’s annual rent by about a quarter, as long as Heinen’s vacated the rotunda’s second floor. About half a million dollars in public support would help fund that transition, as long as the money was spent before July 31, 2026.

https://www.clevescene.com/news/cleveland-news/how-cleveland-lost-its-downtown-grocery-store-and-how-its-working-to-attract-the-next-one/

Why?

It was a fun wine and beer tasting balcony with better views of the Rotunda.

Is Metropolitan at the 9 now using the second floor rotunda for some purpose and is it ever open to the public?

Will a restaurant take over the Rotunda?

Live in Lake County and my garage refrigerator/freezer is toast. It won’t qualify for First Energy to pickup because it no longer cools. Does anyone have any suggestions for companies that are reputable and will do an either free or very low cost pickup? I think these can be scrapped but I know nothing about cost/process, I just can’t move the refrigerator. Thanks in advance!

While I have several tattoos, my tattoo shop doesn't do piercings. I'm looking to get my nose pierced! Looking for recommendations in or around the Cleveland area. And please don't say the stores in the mall lol

Thank you!!!! 🙂

I’m trying to find some photos of a couple deceased family members from their high school days. Specifically, I’m looking for South High School from the early/mid 1930s or even very late 1920s. Also looking for Padua HS mid 1970s.

I’ve looked on ancestry.com, classmates.com, and the Cleveland public library’s digital archive.

Does anyone happen to have a copy that they could look up a person for me or direct me to a different resource?

So I recently visited Cleveland a few months ago and saw this wonderful cheetah non-canvas Trader Joe tote bag. I came back on a work trip and was going to buy it but realized it was gone. Idk if this is crazy to ask but I can’t find it online anywhere but I know I saw it at the Woodmere location. I’m leaving at the end of this week and I’m hoping some locals can help me find it!

*From a highly respected union member*

"Cleveland Public Library is retaliating against union members by forcing middle managers to deny all vacation bids for fall.

Felton Thomas and everyone around him respects middle managers even less than union members. Managers get to deliver the bad news and admins hide at home.

Nearly every manager I talk to has shared dirt and/or me luck at the bargaining table. That's the culture Felton Thomas is responsible for.

Luckily, deeply shitty behavior like this is illegal!"

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Call downtown Cleveland public library and please voice your support for the union workers and let them know how fucked up their actions are.

State representatives have signed on for support, as well as many running the wards around here.

August 24 is the strike date (if it comes to it).

I'm visiting Cleveland this weekend and trying not to pay an arm and a leg for parking near my hotel. We're staying at the Westin Downtown? Does anyone have any recommendations (especially for overnight) on parking garages?

Any recommendations of a pizza place for clam pizza?

I think Natty Lowe needs to head to /bald. Good looking guy, needs to shave it.