It’s been almost one year since ground was broken on CentroVilla25 turning a vacant warehouse into a cultural hub in the heart of Cleveland’s Clark Fulton neighborhood. There’s a possibility the doors will open by this fall.
At Tropical Bay Latin restaurant, through different dishes and flavors, Dayana Pizarro gives her customers a taste of home.
“There’s Dominican and Puerto Rican in this way, even flavored it’s not as spicy and all that stuff. It just makes me very proud. Teaching other people, my culture,” said Pizarro.
Soon, thanks to a new expansion, her reach will go beyond the walls of her current shop in Broadview Heights to the heart of the Clark Fulton neighborhood in CentroVilla25. There, she’ll run a rum bar with small eats.
CentroVilla25 has been years in the making, from the digital prints to the groundbreaking. Now it’s hard to miss the colorful painted 32,000 square foot warehouse shining down West 25 th Street.
“It’s intended to be a place where culture and community meet and engage and celebrate the rich Latino history and culture right here in our city,” said Jenice Contreras, the president and CEO of Northeast Ohio’s Hispanic Center for Economic Development