EVENTS/TASTINGS Melt Bar and Grilled in Lakewood to host garage sale, memorial sendoff Melt Bar and Grilled will host a garage sale/memorial celebration at its Lakewood location this weekend after announcing its permanent closure. The flagship at 14718 Detroit Avenue will host a garage sale/memorial from noon to 6 p.m. Jan. 17-19. During the final weekend, customers will be able to purchase decorative items, apparel, merch and more. The bar will be open for beer and cocktails to cheer to Melt one last time. READ MORE Tartine Bistro schedules wine dinner Tartine Bistro in Rocky River is holding a dinner featuring Northern Italian vegan fare and wines. Each of the wines paired with the five-course menu come from a different Italian region. The dinner is Friday, Jan. 17. READ MORE Cask, Corks & Forks is coming up Grand River Valley wineries will showcase their wines Friday, Jan. 17, at Riverbend Hotel, a new hotel in Ashtabula Hotel. Each of five wineries will pair a different dish with a different wine. The night will feature the Grand River Valley Cask Red Wine Project, a collaborative winemaking initiative. READ MORE Homestead Summit offers 36 classes in sustainable food production If you’re on social media, especially TikTok and Pinterest, you’ve probably seen the homesteading trend coming at you. Defined as a lifestyle focused on self-sufficiency, it can be as minimal as growing a tomato plant and raising a few chickens or as radical as going completely off-grid. Whatever your interest in sustainability, everyone can learn more at the Western Reserve Homestead Summit from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 18-19 at the Lake Metroparks Farmpark, Kirtland. READ MORE Cleveland restaurant chosen as Pepin Foundation dinner site Edwins Leadership and Restaurant Institute has been selected as one of the host restaurants to participate in the Pepin Foundation’s series of dinners. The campaign supports the foundation’s educational initiatives. The five-course, wine-paired dinner is Wednesday, Jan. 22. READ MORE Astoria schedules dinner featuring Sicilian wines Astoria Cafe and Market has scheduled a multi-course wine dinner themed “Mount Etna, Sicily.” Each of the dishes in the five-course meal will be paired with Sicilian wines. It is Wednesday, Jan. 22. Astoria is in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood. READ MORE Burns Night is coming up Market Garden Brewery always has fun with its Burns Night. It commemorates Scottish poet Robert Burns and features poetry reading, haggis (two types!), bagpipes, good beer and more. It’s Friday, Jan. 24. Here's details with the full menu. The brewer is in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood. READ MORE Via Roma sets dinner with Italian wines Via Roma Event Center & Ristorante has scheduled a wine dinner featuring Banfi wines of Italy. It is Saturday, Jan. 25. Via Roma is in the old Carrie Cerino’s at 8922 Ridge Road, North Royalton. READ MORE Gunselman’s plans ‘Spanish Gusto’ wine dinner Gunselman’s Steakhouse & Bar plans a five-course dinner featuring Spanish wines from assorted regions on Monday, Jan. 27. This is the new Gunselman’s, which opened in Olmsted Falls last year. READ MORE Carpe Raci to hold special Zinfandel tasting Carpe Raci Italian Restaurant in Brecksville is holding a Zinfandel tasting with winemaker Robert Beale. Seven wines will be served with three dishes, and the wines will be available for retail sale. We have a list of the wines and prices. The tasting is Monday, Jan. 27. READ MORE Delmonico’s holding ‘Flights to Napa’ dinner Delmonico’s Steakhouse in Independence is holding a tasting of high-end wines themed to flying. Courses are titled “standby,” “liftoff,” “10,000 feet” and so on. The wines are from Napa Valley, California. The dinner is Sunday, Feb. 2. READ MORE Wine, Cheese & Chocolate, Darling! Coming up The venerable Akron Civic Theatre is hosting its annual Wine, Cheese & Chocolate, Darling! tasting. More than 50 wines ranging from dry to sweet, domestic to imported and many others will be available. We have a list of the specific wines and vintages. It’s Saturday, Feb. 8. READ MORE Mac ‘n’ Cheese Throwdown set The annual Mac ‘n’ Cheese Throwdown, a tasting event of the classic comfort food, is coming up Saturday, March 1, in Cleveland. Restaurants put their spin on mac and cheese, and attendees get a chance to vote for their favorites, too. It’s also a benefit for charity. READ MORE | 