Hunan Coventry (1800 Coventry Rd.), a staple of the Cleveland Heights restaurant scene since 1987, has closed. Earlier this summer, the restaurant “closed temporarily” for renovations, but now that closure has become permanent, according to a representative for Coventry Village.
But that prominent corner storefront won’t remain vacant for long. Already, crews are at work to bring the restaurant back to life, this time as Mizu Japanese Restaurant. Mizu (10219 Brookpark Rd., 216-898-0098), the Parma eatery operated by Lily Li, has been earning praise for its extensive menu of sushi, bento boxes, hot pots, noodles bowls and Japanese entrees for 15 years.
Workers at the Coventry Road restaurant said that renovations should be wrapped up within a couple of weeks…