Monarca Cantina, Kitchen Social, Wine Spectator awards make our WTAM 5-minute food-drinks chat

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Monarca Cantina, Kitchen Social and Wine Spectator awards for local restaurants make our 5-minute food-drinks chat with WTAM’s Bill Wills.

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Monarca Cantina open in Medina

Medina has welcomed an upscale Mexican restaurant to its square – Monarca Cantina. The menu is based on regional choices, and more than 70 tequilas are offered. Décor is tasteful with cool artistic pieces throughout: About Monarca Cantina – story, photos

Kitchen Social open in Pinecrest development

The owners of Kitchen Social, which opened this month in the Pinecrest development in Orange Village, have redesigned the previous space into an open restaurant. The restaurant – formerly Next Door – has huge garage doors, open kitchen and a curvy bar. It’s the first Kitchen Social outside of Columbus. About Kitchen Social – story, photos

NE Ohio restaurants honored with Wine Spectator awards

Twenty Northeast Ohio restaurants earned honors from Wine Spectator, which annually ranks restaurants based on three levels of excellence for wine lists. It’s a good gauge of quality lists and the types of wine service you can except when dining out: About the local restaurants on Wine Spectator’s list

Bon appetit and cheers!

I am on cleveland.com’s life and culture team and cover food, beer, wine and sports-related topics. If you want to see my stories, here’s a directory on cleveland.com. On the air: Bill Wills of WTAM-1100 and I talk food and drink usually at 8:20 a.m. Thursday morning. Twitter: @mbona30.

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