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Chef Karen Small talks with The Landscape about why Ohio City is the right spot for Juneberry, her recently opened breakfast/lunch spot. She also shared what diners and wine lovers can expect from the soon-to-open Pearl Street Market and Cafe.

Who have we here? >> i dont know. >> "moonlighting" was a really experimental show. they had a shakespeare episode, they had a black and white episode. they did a musical episode. they tried a lot of different stuff. >> i dont give a flying fig about the lines in my face, the crows feet by my eyes, or the altitude of my caboose. >> well, im at a loss. i dont know what a flying fig is. >> thats okay. they do. >> theres no trouble on the set. there is no trouble on the set. >> well, we have a very...

>> hello. >> were looking a little pale today, arent we? who have we here? >> i dont know. >> "moonlighting" was a really experimental show. they had a shakespeare episode, they had a black and white episode. they did a musical episode. they tried a lot of different stuff. >> i dont give a flying fig about the lines in my face, the crows feet by my eyes, or the altitude of my caboose. >> well, im at a loss. i dont know what a flying fig is. >> thats okay. they do. >> theres no trouble on the set...

The chef also touched on the growth of Ohio City and the future of The Flying Fig.

The new breakfast and lunch spot on Lorain Avenue has a menu that reflects regional influences rooted in Small's experiences in southern Ohio. Small and partner Jill Davis also are remaking the Flying Fig space on Market Avenue with a new concept they will announce in May. Plus, Citymark Capital makes an investment in San Francisco, Akron is a focal point in a Washington Post article about Gannett cutting back on printed newspapers, and more.

>> im doing what i should have done all along. what i wanted to do originally. what i should have done last night. stop that, david. im calling the police, david. hello, police? >> the networks realized there was an audience looking for something less predictable than traditional primetime fare. >> "moonlighting" was another of those shows that said, okay, ive seen the formulas that weve had up to here, lets do different things. >> hello. >> hello. >> were looking a little pale today, arent we? ...

I dont know what a flying fig is. >> thats okay. they do. >> theres no trouble on the set. there is no trouble on the set. >> well, we have a very volatile relationship. there is a hate/love element to it. >> the flirtations were great and bruce and cybill were great. glenn caron kept them apart for a long time, and bravo to him. >> what they did is they took the sam and diane dynamic from "cheers" and escalated it. "cheers" was will they, wont they? "moonlighting" was, do they even want to? >> ...

The popular Ohio City restaurant is undergoing a transformation led by Karen Small, its owner and executive chef, and Jill Davis, a restaurateur who owns Toast, a hot spot in the Gordon Square neighborhood on Cleveland's West Side. Plus, metro markets including Cleveland are benefiting from 'a marked shift in the geography of talent over the past decade,' according to a new report from nonprofit organization Heartland Forward.

“The one silver lining, I suppose, is that we've done this before. So, we dusted off the old playbook and everything that we found that works."

Im calling the police, david. hello, police? >> the networks realized there was an audience looking for something less predictable than traditional primetime fare. >> "moonlighting" was another of those shows that said, okay, ive seen the formulas that weve had up to here, lets do different things. >> hello. >> hello. >> were looking a little pale today, arent we? who have we here? >> i dont know. >> "moonlighting" was a really experimental show. they had a shakespeare episode, they had a black ...