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Three local bartenders will go head to head to head Jan. 17, according to Kurt Hernon, co-owner of Speak of the Devil, 201 W. Fifth St. in downtown Lorain. But only one can take the grand prize: a spot on the bar’s next menu of specialty cocktails to debut later this year, Hernon said. The […]

Three local bartenders will go head to head to head Jan. 17, according to Kurt Hernon, co-owner of Speak of the Devil, 201 W. Fifth St. in downtown Lorain. But only one can take the grand prize: a spot on the bar’s next menu of specialty cocktails to debut later this year, Hernon said. The […]

A round of signature cocktails is coming to downtown Lorain for the first full week of February. Max Schaefer, executive director of Main Street Lorain, officially announced Jan. 7 that Lorain Cocktail Week will take place and about 10 restaurants and bars around the downtown area will participate. This year will mark Main Street Lorain’s […]

Speak of the Devil in Lorain hosted its annual National Repeal Day event Dec. 5 which celebrates the end of prohibition that happened Dec. 5, 1933.

Speak of the Devil staff will send the Lorain bar back in time once more Dec. 5 for a celebration of the end of the Prohibition era.

Kurt Hernon, owner of landmark Lorain cocktail bar Speak of the Devil, 201 W. Fifth St., said there is perhaps no spirit more misunderstood than absinthe.