Midway Mall: A Place to Breathe

“When gone I am, the last of the malls in Elyria will I be.”-Midway Mall *in Yoda voice Intro: Well that was actually a dumb quote because this is the only mall that Elyria has ever had, but knowing me you know I had to throw a Star Wars quote into this. Nonetheless, Midway Mall […]

Union Street Diner: The Best Restaurant in Ohio University (Athens, OH)

It’s unfair how good Union Street Diner is. I almost feel bad for every other restaurant in the area that has to compete with them. If Thomas Rarden and Daniel Boone were still alive today you can just about guarantee they’d agree with me when I say that Union Street Diner (or Union for short) […]

Great Northern Mall: A Surprise to be Sure, but a Welcome One

“A wise mall once said nothing.”- Mall God Backstory: To be honest, I had no idea what I was going to see when I went to this mall. I looked up a few pictures online and a little bit off of Wikipedia but this was by far the most blind experience I had this day. […]

South Park Mall: Full Review

“Wait a minute, Cleveland. Are you telling me you built a shopping mall… on the site of what was going to be the Browns new stadium?!”- Marty McFly The quote above is actually true. This land was purchased originally by Cleveland Browns’ former owner Art Modell in the ’80s with a secret plan to build […]

Mall Maniac: A 3 Stop Trek Through Northeast Ohio

“That’s no towne center. It’s a shopping mall.” -Obi Wan Kenobi Backstory: As you probably saw from my last post, I’ll take a mall over a towne center any day of the week. The fact that a new mall being built nowadays is almost unheard of is where I find the charm in them. Some […]

Kingmakers Board Game Parlour (Columbus, OH)

Are you Board? Scramble for Scrabble and Brews at Kingmakers Board Game Parlour By: Sheriff of Rarden Secret Hitler. Beer. Need I say more? …I do? Well damn, I guess I have to write a whole post now. Kingmakers Board Game Parlour, located in the Short North district of Columbus, serves up board games, brewskis, […]

Tri-County Mall: What’s left?

Main entrance of the mall (pic definitely not taken from google maps street view). Backstory: Opened in 1960, Tri-County Mall was the first enclosed shopping center in the Cincinnati area. The mall is still the second largest mall in all of greater Cincinnati with 3 anchors (2 vacant) and a whopping 1,300,000 square feet of […]

I’m not Dead, I just went to Ireland

Holy Mother of Bod it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything. Sure, part of it is laziness but I have a pretty good excuse: I was in Ireland visiting a family friend for a while. And I gotta say, I highly recommend visiting Ireland if the opportunity ever arises. The food and beer alone […]