Destination: Onions

This marks the spot. Find this place in Cleveland and you are in striking distance of fine design, wine, chocolate, more wine, and fiery food, all within a few steps of each other. Take a walk along Starkweather Avenue, starting at:
733 Not far south of the city center, the Tremont area is home to St. Theodosius Russian Orthodox Cathedral and its onion domes, a textbook example of Byzantine-style church architecture, according to cleveland.com, which adds "St. Theodosius is just one of 25 churches in a one-square-mile area, proving once again that God has you surrounded."
A reflection of another immigrant tidal wave, Eastern Europeans in the late 19th century, the cathedral is now surrounded by signs of urban renewal. New apartments and stores coexist with vacant lots and abandoned or restored older structures.
751 One new resident: Wine&Design (web site under construction as of this writing). The sleek, modern candle holders, trays, lamps and tables look like they could be one-of-a-kind, which might also describe a bottle on the wall of wines in the same shop.
761 When you think of chocolate confections, you probably don't think of the Chomp Monster or Terrapin Slider, but these are some of the delights to be had at Lilly Handmade Chocolates. And on one wall, specialty wine and beer from all over the world. Lilly conveniently provides suggested pairings of of wine or beer with many of the confections.
777 Do you like gingerbread? waffles? caramel? Then you'd love the waffles at Lucky's Cafe : from the menu "Gingerbread Waffle topped with warm maple apples, honey whipped cream and striped with house-made caramel sauce." Or try something that Food Network's Guy Fieri ate when he was here. Probably nothing the church-building immigrants ever imagined!
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