Trio Of New Spots Up The Culinary Ante In Parma Heights

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A trio of new businesses are breathing new life into the Pearl Road commercial district in Parma Heights, offering visitors a variety of culinary adventures.  

First up is Café Blanc (6500 Pearl Road) — a svelte café in the European style, with a range of coffee and teas, and a wide assortment of freshly prepared foods including crepes featuring Nutella filling as well as all-day breakfast items and pastries. All of it is served up in an atmosphere that invites lingering and lounging, taking life slowly, enjoying and savoring the moment with friends and family.

A few visits have made a convert out of me, with regards to the cappuccino. Friends have visited too, vouching for the high quality of the crepes served up at Café Blanc.

Find out more at their web site: https://blanc.cafe/.

Next is Sky International Market (6444 Pearl Road), in the space that once housed a party supply store, and long before that a Blockbuster Video.

This grocery store’s specialty is imported foods from the Middle East and the Mediterranean, with items from Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, among other places. Of course, there are plenty of olives to choose from, as well as the more exotic quince fruit I spotted on a recent visit, and even the Balkan kitchen staple “Vegeta” is on offer. You’ll also find flavored tobaccos for hookah (or shisha) waterpipes. And if that isn’t enough, the kitchen makes hot foods such as the popular zaatar bread, sujuk, and other specialties.

Speaking for myself, I am a fan of the Syrian coffee flavored with cardamom as well as a variety of cookies and biscuits that go well with coffee.

You can find Sky International Market on Facebook.

Rounding out the trio is Bazar Market and Grill (6619 Pearl Road) — Open for a little over a month now, you’ll find a growing array of imported foods from Eastern Europe, like Ukraine and Poland, but also freshly prepared foods. A deli offers cold cuts as well as sandwiches made fresh to order, including Reuben sandwiches and gyros.

A big plus is their assortment of homemade prepared foods you can take home, heat up, and eat right away. The stuffed peppers were delicious, but there’s even more: stuffed cabbage rolls, homemade kielbasa, handmade pierogies, and a variety of soups including borscht. Oh, and desserts, too.

View their full menu here: bazarmarketandgrill.com.  

These new businesses drive home an old point; that when immigrants move into your community, your food choices will get better, you will have more variety, and your community will be richer for it. So go ahead and indulge; find some old comfort food, or discover some new favorites, and support your new local businesses and help our community thrive.