And im gonna visit a guy i havent seen in over 12 years. Hes got a beautiful italian bakery and a delicatessen. Its a fun place, but i think were gonna start right here at Mapleside Farms. Love this place. Mapleside fruit farms, a lot of apples here, a lot of great stuff, were gonna learn a whole lot more because im gonna go talk to josh. Ok. upbeat guitar music [david] ok, i found josh over here. Were at Mapleside Farms, and were sorta behind the store right now, huh . Yes, yeah. So what happens this is the packing room. All of our apples are picked and theyre brought up here in giant bins and then they go through the apple grader. This is where theyre cleaned. So this is the big bin over here, huh . Correct. [david] i like this guy. Whos johnny juice . [josh] laughs thats our cider, thats our brand of our cider. Thats great. So i can buy that anywhere, or just here at the farm . You can buy our cider here at the farm. Which is terrific, i mean, you come up in the store, youve got all kinds of great stuff up there. I saw the ladies making caramel apples, you got the apples with the candied apples, right . Yep, we have candy apples. Ple red. laughs right. So what kind of apples are you guys workin with here now . [josh] these are our melrose. We actually invented this apple. Its a cross between the jonathan and the red delicious. The name in latin means paradise, so this is one of our biggest sellers is the melrose. [david] this is my favorite apple. Like when you make an apple pie, this thing works the best, its the sweetest but its still sorta, its got a firmness to it like those granny smith apples, a little hard like that. [josh] yeah, theyre crisp and theyre very versatile. You can cook with em, you can put em in salad. [david] i love when you come up here. So were in brunswick, were doin this whole show on brunswick, and this is sort of like, to me, the feature place in brunswick, its to die for to pull in the parking lot and look out across the valley here. Sure, everyone loves our view. Even when were not having a festival, at night we have people pull in just to see the sunset. The reason we have that view is because its actually the beginning of the appalachian foothills, so you can see for 200 miles. It makes for some really awesome sunsets. . He could have. [david] he may have. We actually have two trees on the property that are Second GenerationJohnny Appleseed planted trees. We grafted from another farm in ohio. Thats fantastic, and also i noticed you have a big parking lot across the street, so when you have these festivals like the big slide in the fall, and all these Different Things, people come out here in droves. [josh] they do, from all over the place. We have 16 acres of parking across the street, so it fills up. I remember halloween, too, didnt you have somethin with zombies . Yeah, we have our zombie paintball, zombie apocalypse. david laughs [david] that was pretty good, i loved that a lot. So what happens to the apples in these machines . This is where theyre graded into different sizes by weight. So you have three different sizes here. We have our large, medium, and then the little ones are we call our lunchbox apples cause you can put em right in the lunchbox. Oh, yeah. Yeah, thats great. Somebody was tellin me, too, that you have apples here that if you peel em they dont discolor right away. Yes, thats the cortland apple. The cortland apple. It stays white, usually they turn brown if you leave em out, but the cortland stays white. We caramel those a lot ramelized apples, the candy apples, but in the bakery, what do ya do with the apples in the bakery . [josh] oh, well, we have our classic apple pies, our dutch apple pies, our apple fritters, dumplings, so pretty much everything apple. [david] yeah, its a cozy spot, too, when you come in. If you happen to come in in the cooler months, you got a fire in the fireplace goin, got some chairs, and a lot of space, too. I mean, the kids probably go crazy when they come here, huh . [josh] yeah, they do, they love it. [david] so how long have you been here . Ive been here for about six years. I came in with the new owners. Its the third family that has owned mapleside. Out 100 years. You know, usually when i go place, the general managers always older than me, but somethins been changing lately. josh laughs like now the general managers are all younger than me. Theyre getting younger, im getting older, maybe, huh . No comment there. No, no comment there. Hey, so what about the wine . I saw a whole bunch of wine here, too, and its a different kind, a different style of wine here. [josh] yeah, we have our blueberry wine, we have raspberry wine, watermelon wine also, its really good, of dried fruits and pretzels and all that kind of stuff. So, when you come out here, its one of those places where youre coming for the apples, youre coming for a good time and fun, but you find Little Things that you dont find in other stores, and i think thats sorta unique about it, isnt it . Yeah, thats what we try to do, we try to make a unique experience for all the people who come to visit us. Yeah, and i know later on in the show, were gonna get a chance to go to the barn because the barn is a place where you house an area for special events. Correct, yeah, we do weddings, but we also do concerts and murder mystery dinners, lots of fun stuff daughter comes home, she goes, dad, im gettin married, but i wanna do it at Mapleside Farms. Oh yeah, yeah, we do a lot of weddings here. People love to get married out on the view, and we just built that big, beautiful barn, so its a big venue. Ok, and you guys have the cider here. Whats your favorite apple . My favorite is the melrose. You invented it, you might as well like it, right . josh laughs there you go, its a beautiful place. How many acres here . 127 acres. So you can get out and Wander Around outside a little bit, an activity or something good to do. Fun to do also. Hey, speaking of fun, i think thats what natalie is doing now, she is sorta like down on the farm and it has something to do with a camel. Ok, yeah. gentle guitar music if you have the little ones with you when youre making your trip to brunswick, this would be a must stop. Were here at spring mist farms. No stranger to fox8, we love howard and the gang. I know youve been up a couple of times few times, yeah. Brought the animals with you. And its because im holding these in my hands. Thats charlie, folks. Hi, charlie, look at him, how cute is he . So, here at the farm, people can come here, pretty much a good bit of the year, and see the animals. We are open to the public june, july, and august, every wednesday. You can come in, see the animals, pet and feed stuff. We have a couple different rides going. Then in the fall time in october, we have an event we have rides going. This year we have something new, we have a corn bin. The kids can climb in it and play in the corn, like a sandbox but with corn. [natalie] ah, fun. [harold] we have something at christmas times, the big guy is here making toys with the kids ah. [harold] we set up the barn as a live nativity. Santa is here . Santas here, yep, and the kids can sit right on his lap, build a toy with him, take an actual toy home with em, a wooden toy. See, thats so much fun, so there really is a lot to do here depending on what time of year youre coming, but the animals, of course, always the biggest attraction. This guy is not only chomping at the bit, hes rubbing his paws onto the ground here. I know this is what you want, so im gonna give you what you want, ok . Here you go, buddy. They love it, this is their treats. Right, right. They love these. And this is what we sell when the petting farms open. Its just an Ice Cream Cone full of cracked corn, and all the animals love it. [natalie] oh, look, hes like, hes one of the friendliest animals. I know youre getting upset, charlie, but were gonna walk around here because i know aww, heres what you dont know is that i already fed him like three of these before we started. [harold] i dont think charlie can fill. [natalie] i dont think he can either. But these animals, you guys treat them like royalty here. Theyre family. Ive seen it. [harold] theyre family, theyre taken care of pretty darn well. [natalie] i know you have a lot of them in the barn right now, but you brought them into the barn because were here. Normally, theyre out right, right. Normally theyre outside. In the wintertime, they come in this barn, and in this large area, we split the barn in half, kind of, in the summertime, we believe animals need to be out in pastures, not cooped up in a barn. So what are all these little guys . You have different types of horses, ponies i should say here. Right, these are actually ponies, we have the larger pony, which is a halflinger. [natalie] sorry were showin you their backsides. Smaller ponies are shetland ponies. [natalie] thats because theyre eating, right . [harold] right, right, theyve gave em some oats. Oh, oh, oh, oh, here comes smokey. And now they all see, ok, now im in trouble here. Absolutely love this. Im giving you a little. Look, youre right, he says that they really love the corn, really love the corn. More so than they like the cake cone. Some of the animals, theyre pretty smart, if theres no corn in it, theyll take the cone and just drop it on the floor. Really . Yep. Theyll just drop it right on the floor . Drop it right on the floor. Forget you, i dont want that. Now i see you have a covered wagon, too . Correct, thats another ride that we offer. We do it here on location or actually off location, also. [natalie] i know there are a few that around wintertime, there could be some reindeer around the farm. And i hear theres some new little babies. Three babies this year. So, we cant leave without seeing them, right . Will you go take me over there, is that okay . Absolutely. Ok, ill try to get out without them attacking at this cone. So im really glad that i decided to come over here because i know these guys, especially around the holidays, are definitely something that is a fan favorite. They sure are. Hi, so this is one of the mommies . Yep, this is joy. Mother of tinsel. Ok, so we see the little babies in there now. [harold] right, this is actually tinsel right here at the gate. [natalie] and the one thats making so much noise over there, thats frost. Thats the daddyo . [harold] thats the daddy, yep. [natalie] so frost, hes back there, he would love to come out, but he has to kinda keep his space from us. This time of season, we keep our space back a little bit. [natalie] which is whats called mating season. We can say that, right . But hes great with all of the other reindeer. Oh, absolutely, at night, theyre outside. And as you can see, its just to keep the fans on em so the flies arent bothering em, and on a hot it keeps em a little bit cooler. And then in the evening, theyre back out in the field, and they come back in the following morning, and eat again. Well, i know they help santa get from place to place, so its good that we have them here. And its so cute to see them. So they can come down to spring mist farms, right on pearl road here in brunswick. [harold] big sign out front that has the farm name. [natalie] its a great place to bring the kids. I enjoy feeding these animals, so i know the kids would absolutely love it. I feel like a kid sometimes. Alright, say bye, this is joy, right . This is joy, yep. Say bye joy. When we come back, we are taking you to an italian bakery with some of the best pastries, including cannoli, that i can almost guarantee are bigger than you have ever seen. [jim] its a great centerpiece for any party, its a great conversation piece. Its in a large shell, and we stuff it with about three dozen of these smaller shells. Honest ingredients. Like real delicious honey, and real oats. Ok thats still honey. Ahhh, there we go. Were back to honey again. Whos directing this . That guy, figures. Introducing tiny toast. The tiny cereal with the big taste of real fruit. Today, you can click in walk in or call in to the number one care in ohio. Cleveland clinic is here for you, anytime, anywhere. Welcome back to new day cleveland. Its a road trip. We are in brunswick, and were on route 42, pearl road at the intersection of 303, talking to jim rito from ritos italian bakery and deli, right . Thats right. Those are a lot of things to get in order. Yeah, i know. I got em all right . You did it very well. We go way back, this man and i. Yeah, 15 years ago, he was here when we opened. Oh my goodness, i tell ya, i walk in the front door, big, beautiful bakery, i forgot how beautiful it is, theres a picture of you and me sitting there, big ol mustache. Is that a freaky picture or what . [jim] we were a little darker, you still have your hair, i dont have mine. There you go, well, you got the hat to cover it up. But i tell ya what, the place has grown, its still fantastic. So were in the back right now, checking out whats going on, and this is like getting ready for the weekend . Right, yeah, we have some wedding cakes. These are just a few samples of em. Different styles, we specialize in cassata cake. Oh, yeah, cassata cake, is that the one t, sponge cake with strawberry and custard. [david] i forgot to put one in the refrigerator once, and it collapsed on me. You gotta refrigerate those, right . Right, right. [jim] there you go, i learned that. So what kinda wedding is it, is it like a seafood wedding or what . [jim] no, those are for an under the sea birthday cake thats on order. Those are fondant pieces that we sculpt for that purpose. This is the helmet from a former Cleveland Browns quarterback . Thats actually a grooms cake. I guess he was an iowa hawk guy at one time, all the specialty stuff, so its a lot of fun to come back here and see all the colors. This is something i sorta recognize from the old days. Yeah, well, thats gonna be A Jack Daniels bottle, its another grooms cake. So i saw you have all the elves back here working. What kinda cookies you got going . These are our lemon biscotti. Thats a very popular cookie for us. You can also find these at heinens, we do a little wholesaling with heinens. Well you do a lot of stuff here, bakery, its a big building cause you got a lot going on here. [jim] absolutely, absolutely. [david] i walk over on the other side, a ladys putting together a big, beautiful deli tray, so when were talking about italian bakery and deli, the delis a big part of the business, isnt it . [jim] yes, we do sandwiches, we do catering as well, from lobster to a party tray or a large sub, we do it all. Yeah, i got a kick outta that. But heres one of the reasons i wanted to come back here. When i saw this out at the front counter, amongst all your beautiful cookies and cakes, this is huge. Yes, our gigantic cannoli. At that thing. We were actually on the Food Networks guilty pleasures this past year. It looks like a weapon, like something you fire a cannon ball out of. [jim] its a great centerpiece for any party, its a conversation piece. Its in a large shell, and we stuff it with about three dozen of these smaller shells. And you stuff those with like a . Cannoli filling, its ricotta cheese and chocolate chip. And people always wonder why theyre empty they know if you put the cream in too soon, what happens . Absolutely, they get soggy. So the authentic, we try to sell our customers, take the filling home separately and fill em right before you use em, thats the best way to eat em. And what could be worse than a soggy cannoli . I dont know, thats pretty bad. Hey, so you guys do a lunch business here, too . Yes we do, we do sandwiches and corned beef, the regular deli items. And i like the idea, too, i saw all those beautiful cakes out there in the case, and some of em look like you could ed when you come in. [jim] absolutely, we have some cakes in the case that are ready, we can write birthday wishes on em, but we advise people to call ahead of time if they really want something custom. We do custom cakes like you saw with the fondant pieces, and thats the best way to do it. You look better than the last time i saw ya, how long ago was that . About 15 years. 15 years, a lot of fun. We saw some italian stuff here. Lets gonna a little more Eastern European. upbeat polka music here at the european Specialty Food mart, you can find imported foods from europe, lots of different countries, croatia, serbia, bosnia, ukraine, russia, romania, hungary, austria, germany, some french, too, and you can find, we have very good pierogies, eight kinds of smoked or fresh sausages, polish of course, lots of cold cut meats, groceries, noodles, wafers, feta cheese few kinds, even ice cream, russian ice cream. We sell the most sausages, hungarian, serbian, slovenian, polish, smokies too, pierogies, strudels of course, these are our top sellers in this store. And dont forget about feta cheese, that sells very, very good. We open like six years ago, and in this area, there is no imported food store. Since then, lots of people come in and theyre telling me that, hey, were moving from cleveland, or from parma, were new in the city of brunswick. We like it, the schools are very good, lower property taxes, sale tax is lower, too, and theres no store, its only you, so thats why we come over. Actually my wife makes the strudel. She makes apple strudel which we use fresh apples. I peel them, i help too. She uses peach, cherry, cheese and raisin strudels, so four kinds. When we moved in this area, there wasnt any store like this and we said, you know, for people that live in this area to drive all the way so there we are, we are here for six years already. Everybodys busy these days. I mean driving and taking care of the kids at home, and homework, and were just five minutes away from everybody in this area. Its pretty much easy. Gotta love that Eastern European strudel, love it indeed. Ace called hollos papercraft. [irene] we do a lot of wedding business. You can come here and do weddings three ways. You can make your own, and we help you design that. Two, you can just get it print and cut and you put em together, saves you money. Irene, your store here, hollos papercraft, is by far, i think, one of the coolest places to come. Well, thank you. If you are into the craftier side of things, scrapbooking yes, cardmaking, wedding invitation making, girls come all over because it saves them so much money to make their own wedding invitations these days. And when you see the products they have here, youll understand why people come here. Blown away when they walk in. I know that you probably just get so excited faces when they come into the store for the first time [irene] oh, yeah, they come in groups, they drive miles to come here. Its just a fun day for a group of ladies. [natalie] so lets talk about the Different Things that are in here. I wanna start with, we are in the cardstock room cardstock room where we sell p