If you were a diner in Northeast Ohio in the early aughts, you most certainly would have beat a path to Moxie in Beachwood. And once seated in the colorful, contemporary dining room, you likely would have enjoyed regional American dishes such as crab cakes, crispy calamari, wedge salads, Bell & Evans airline chicken breast, the Moxie burger and bread pudding.
When Moxie reopens at Legacy Village on Monday October, 26, diners will be able to re-live those taste memories by ordering dishes such as crab cakes, crispy calamari, wedge salads, Bell & Evans airline chicken breast, the Moxie burger and bread pudding.
One year after opening in 1998, Moxie was named by Esquire magazine as one of the best new restaurants in America, a massive triumph considering Cleveland’s less-than-outsize reputation back then. The ebullient American bistro, founded by partners Brad Friedlander and Craig Sumers, started with a bang and continued to thrive for years thanks to top-toque talent that included Doug Katz, Jonathan Bennett, Karen Small, Eric Williams, Tim Bando and many others…