Downtown’s new AJ Rocco’s reopening in May

Built in 1880 as a saloon topped by apartments, this three-story building on Huron
Road just west of East 9th Street in Downtown Cleveland was added onto twice in
its history to become The American Savings Bank. One addition was in back and
the other was this terra cotta façade that was cleaned and restored to its former
beauty to match the attention to detail of the renovations made inside for AJ
Rocco’s new home and new full restaurant concept (KJP).
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If you remember AJ Rocco’s as a coffee shop in the neighboring Caxton Building in Downtown Cleveland, the new AJ Rocco’s is going to be a big change for you. Restaurant-bar owner Brendan Walton and building owner Paul Shaia spared no expense in renovating a 19th-century bank building at 828 Huron Rd. to its Gilded Age glory with all of the rich woodwork, brick walls and metal decorative elements one would expect in a cozy downtown pub.

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