Restaurants and Attractions
Restaurants | Attractions | Entertainment
Nearly 8 million people visit the City of Cleveland each year, making it the nation's second leading destination for recreation according to Places Rated Almanac. In fact, a vital part of Cleveland's economy is through the travel and tourism business, which accounts for more than 55,000 jobs in this field.
From the world's only Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum to the world-renowned Cleveland Museum of Art and Cleveland Orchestra, the City of Cleveland will ROCK YOU!
Restaurants
Everything's on the menu at more than 1,000 restaurants in Greater Cleveland. The city's sizzling restaurant scene is burgeoning with stylish, new restaurants, bistros and microbreweries featuring eclectic menus with the latest food trends and savory ethnic cuisine. Casual or classy, you'll find the right atmosphere to suit your dining mood, and no matter what you're craving or how deep your pockets, you're sure to be satisfied.
Downtown Cleveland's Historic Warehouse District boasts some of the hottest, chic restaurants in town, offering an assortment of dining options from seafood and sushi, to steaks and tapas. Enjoy food and the atmosphere outside on the boardwalks and patios of the Cuyahoga River in the Flats. Cleveland's four diamond restaurants, including Sans Souci and Century, offer a classy, elegant dining experience. From Little Italy to Shaker Square, from Tremont to Ohio City, Cleveland's neighborhood restaurants feature a vast wealth of ethnic specialties literally spanning the globe. To search Cleveland restaurants go to http://www.positivelycleveland.com/visiting/restaurants/.
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Attractions
Cleveland features some of the country's premier attractions and museums. Visit the house that Rock built and experience the music and stories of inducted rock and roll legends at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. The Great Lakes Science Center gets fun down to a science with interactive exhibits and a six-story OMNIMAX Theater, or visit the NASA Glenn Visitor Center. There's also Lake Farmpark, an open-air science and cultural center.
Feeling adventurous? Take a walk on the wild side at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and RainForest, or satisfy your thrills with some of the world's tallest and fastest roller coasters at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure and Cedar Point.
Arts and culture aficionados will not want to miss University Circle, home to various museums and cultural institutions, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland Botanical Garden and the world-renowned Cleveland Orchestra.
Seafaring people will not want to miss the U.S.S. Cod World War II submarine and the Steamship William G. Mather Museum.
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Entertainment
The excitement and energy of Cleveland's entertainment scene is an experience in itself! The options are endless - experience first-class performing arts with Broadway productions and opera at Playhouse Square Center or a show at the Cleveland Play House or Carousel Dinner Theatre.
Laugh it up at a comedy club, from the Improv in the Flats to Pickwick & Frolic/Hilarities 4th Street Theatre in the Gateway District.
If music strikes a chord, there are more than 300 nightclubs and concert venues for live jazz, blues and good ol' rock and roll. Dance the night away in one of downtown Cleveland's thriving entertainment districts where you'll find a wide range of clubs ranging from trendy, pulsing atmospheres that appeal to the young, hip crowd, to more elegant and cozy specialty spots that appeal to the baby-boomers. Whatever you like, there's a place that fits your style.
Or cheer on our professional sports teams in new, state-of-the-art arenas and stadiums with MLB Cleveland Indians baseball, NBA Cleveland Cavaliers and WNBA Cleveland Rockers basketball, AHL Cleveland Barons hockey.
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