Ex-Tick Tock Tavern space takes new journey

This 85-foot-long stretch of storefront on Clifton Boulevard between West 115th and 116th streets is starting to see new activity following the closure of the Tick Tock Tavern and the removal of its signs, furnishings, equipment and infrastructure. Now it will be renovated into the next stop on its dining journey (NEOtrans). CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM.

Indian restaurant-bar planned for historic spot

Renovation work is underway for a successor restaurant to the long-running Tick Tock Tavern in Cleveland’s Edgewater neighborhood. And public records reveal the new restaurant concept that will be taking the historic spot onto its next journey.

That new concept is Safar City Fine Casual Dining. Safar is an Indian word for “journey” and is often used to describe the journey in one’s life. That’s apropos for a restaurant spot held by Tick Tavern for longer than most people live — more than eight decades, ending in December 2024. By early next year, the next path could begin.

The new Indian restaurant will occupy a 4,210-square-foot ground-floor space in a two-story, 100-year-old building at 11526 Clifton Blvd. First reported by NEOtrans in March, restaurateur Saravanan Chandrababu leased the space but he declined to identify his restaurant concept at that time…

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