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  • Mizu Sushi Coventry to Open Nov. 3rd – Cleveland Scene

    Mizu Japanese Restaurant will open in the Cleveland Heights space that long housed Hunan Coventry (1800 Coventry Rd.) on Monday, November 3rd. Hunan closed earlier this summer after a remarkable 38-year run.

    Lily Li opened the original Mizu (10219 Brookpark Rd., 216-898-0098) in Parma 15 years ago. That eatery has earned a loyal following thanks to its extensive menu of sushi, bento boxes, hot pots, noodles bowls and Japanese entrees.

    When it opens its doors, Mizu will join a host of other Asian restaurants and shops on the street, including Pacific East, One Pot, Soba, Tree Country, Pho & Rice, High Thai’d, Seafood Shake and Koko Bakery. It’s no wonder why some in the neighborhood have come to call Coventry “Asiatown East.”

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  • First Look: One Pot Hot Pot & BBQ, Opening on Coventry May 15

    First Look: One Pot Hot Pot & BBQ, Opening on Coventry May 15

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    One Pot Hot Pot and BBQ opens May 15 on Coventry.

    Korean food fans owe Hang Zheng a debt of gratitude for building one of the hippest barbecue and hot pot spots in the region. Upon their first visit to One Pot (1825 Coventry Rd., 216-673-3888), guests will be blown away by the sleek, futuristic vibe and attention to detail.

    Last summer, Zheng shuttered Taco Roosters to ready the space for something better. Working with designers, the team generated detailed renderings of the future restaurant, which were sent to a manufacturer in China. The resulting pieces and parts are then shipped halfway across the world and assembled on site. The space has come a long way from its old Hyde Park Grille days.

    One Pot seats 100 guests, who are seated at tables with built-in grills for barbecue and burners for hot pot. Tables can elect to order BBQ, hot pot, or both. There is a large central grill station and individual hot pot spots for each diner. The table also can elect to swap the main BBQ grill for a hot pot if the whole table chooses to go that route.

    If you’ve dined at a Korean BBQ joint that smells like an indoor backyard barbecue, take comfort in the high-tech systems installed here. Every grill and hot pot station employs a downdraft system that whisks away smoke, grease and odors, says Zheng.

    One Pot is all-you-can-eat, with different prices for lunch, dinner and children. Diners going the BBQ route can choose between 20 different meats like bulgogi, spicy pork belly, garlic chicken and tongue. Seafood choices like jumbo shrimp and salmon join veggies like mushrooms, sweet potato, onion and zucchini.

    Hot pot fans have eight different broths to choose from, including spicy Szechuan, kimchi, tomato and Thai tom yum. The meats range from thin-sliced pork belly and ribeye to beef brisket. In the seafood department there is squid, baby octopus, shrimp, crawfish and fish filet. But that’s just the start: there are multiple tofu choices, crab sticks, fish balls, beef tripe, Spam and more. Another two dozen veggie choices and seven different rice and noodle choices round out the options.

    Diners can order through servers and/or use their phones to summon additional ingredients as desired. A buffet area will be set up with dozens of sauces, sides and condiments.

    One Pot has a full liquor license, so diners can expect a roster of colorful cocktails, beer, sake, soju and soju bombs.

    Zheng is hitting this trend at its zenith, he feels. But rather than being a short-lived fad, KBBQ and hot pot continues to attract new fans, who might have been intimidated by the concept a few short years ago.

    “Now, with TikTok and Instagram, people are more adventurous – they watch videos from different parts of the world and say, Oh, I want to try that. And if you are familiar with BBQ and hot pot places, they can come here to show their friends,” he says.

    One Pot opens on May 15.

    Soon, a patio will offer the same hot pot and BBQ experience outdoors.

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  • Terry Hall, singer with ska icons The Specials, dies at 63

    Terry Hall, singer with ska icons The Specials, dies at 63

    LONDON — Musician Terry Hall, who helped create some of the defining sounds of post-punk Britain as lead singer of The Specials, has died. He was 63.

    The band announced late Monday that Hall had died after a brief illness. It called him “our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced.”

    Hall joined the band that would become The Specials in the English Midlands city of Coventry in the late 1970s, a time of racial tension, economic gloom and urban unrest. With its mix of Black and white members and Jamaica-influenced style of sharp suits and porkpie hats, the band became leaders of the anti-racist 2 Tone ska revival movement.

    With Hall’s deadpan vocals setting the tone, The Specials captured the uneasy mood of the times in songs including “A Message to You, Rudy,” “Rat Race” and “Too Much Too Young.”

    The band’s most iconic song is the melancholy, menacing “Ghost Town,” which topped the U.K. music charts in the summer of 1981 as Britain’s cities were erupting in riots.

    The Specials had seven U.K. Top 10 hits before Hall and fellow band members Neville Staple and Lynval Golding left in 1981 to form electropop outfit Fun Boy Three. It scored hits including “It Ain’t What You Do (It’s The Way That You Do It”) and “The Tunnel of Love.”

    Hall later formed The Colourfield and other bands, and collaborated with artists including The Go-Go’s – co-writing the group’s 1981 debut single, “Our Lips Are Sealed,” which was also recorded by Fun Boy Three.

    Go-Go’s guitarist Jane Wiedlin remembered Hall as “a lovely, sensitive, talented and unique person.”

    “Our extremely brief romance resulted in the song Our Lips Are Sealed, which will forever tie us together in music history. Terrible news to hear this,” she wrote on Twitter.

    Singer-songwriter Elvis Costello also offered condolences, saying “Terry’s voice was the perfect instrument for the true and necessary songs on ‘The Specials.’ That honesty is heard in so many of his songs in joy and sorrow.”

    Most of the original Specials reunited in 2008, staged a 30th-anniversary tour in 2009 and in 2019 released an album of new material, “Encore,” which became the band’s first U.K. No. 1 album. A follow-up, “Protest Songs 1924-2012,” was released in 2021.

    Hall’s bandmates said he was “a wonderful husband and father and one of the kindest, funniest, and most genuine of souls. His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… the joy, the pain, the humor, the fight for justice, but mostly the love.”

    “He will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him and leaves behind the gift of his remarkable music and profound humanity. Terry often left the stage at the end of The Specials’ life-affirming shows with three words… ‘Love Love Love.’”

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