The MidTown site offers roughly three times the size of the original CleaveLand Grocers location that closed in Brook Park. By Douglas Trattner
When a devastating fire shuttered CleaveLand Grocers (13425 Snow Rd., 440-306-5374) in Brook Park, it left a hole in the marketplace for members of the Muslim community who relied upon its wide selection of halal offerings. Owners Fasih Syed and Aniq Ahmed quickly opened a new location in Strongsville called CleaveLand Grill (17024 Pearl Rd., 440-210-4886), but the smaller footprint forced the family to focus more on popular made-to-order foods than on groceries.
“After the fire, there was a void left in the community – people did not have a place to go,” Syed says. “We tried to fill that void by opening the spot in Strongsville but clearly it wasn’t big enough for us.”…