KENT, Ohio — A large part of Mike Beder’s college education came from The Robinhood, a longtime bar just off campus.
It wasn’t the drinking. It’s where he discovered an instinct for marketing. More than 25 years later, that instinct has become the through line of a business career that has influenced Kent’s restaurant, bar and retail scene.
Now Beder is betting that Kent has room for something new — an Italian-American restaurant…