🌱 Patch AM: How Melt’s Lakewood closure fits into a year of restaurant losses

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• How Melt’s Lakewood closure fits into a year of restaurant losses

Today's riddle: I quit my job as a banker. 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Friday: A little snow in the morning, with a high of 27 and low of 21 degrees.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy and chilly, temps: high: 27, low: 25.
• Sunday: A.M. flurries; cloudy, chilly, with a high of 27 and low of 23 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Costs, customers, change: Northeast Ohio lost dozens of restaurants in 2025 (news5cleveland.com) — Lakewood diners are still feeling the loss of Melt Bar and Grilled’s longtime local mainstay, which closed and liquidated its memorabilia in early 2025. The story puts that closure in context of dozens of other Northeast Ohio restaurants that shut down last year, while industry leaders explain why some spots failed and why they’re still cautiously optimistic for 2026.
   

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Wednesday January 7

• Board of Control
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🗞 Nearby News

Rocky River

• 'We will forever remember': Loved ones of CPD officer killed in 2021 New Year's Eve carjacking still grieving (news5cleveland.com)

Fairview Park

• Fairview Park sixth-grader promotes kindness in the community (cleveland.com)

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