Discover options for holiday beers, wines at Mentor Heinen’s tasting

Wondering about what seasonal beers and wines to serve during the holidays? The Holiday Tasting set for 6 to 8 p.m. Dec. 15 at Heinen’s Mentor store might help you find the answers.

Snacks to accompany the various beer and wine choices also will be served. It’s $15 per person, and registration is necessary.

The store is at 8850 Mentor Ave. Stop in at Customer Service to register or call 440-255-1244.

Beer bargains

Find beer bargains galore at Colonial Beverage in Chester Township since its 60-year-old cooler bit the dust. The store at 8389 Mayfield Road is closing out most of its beer inventory at cost so the old florist cooler can be hauled away and the area transformed for wine.

The store will continue to carry a limited selection of craft beers and will order others upon request. Details: 440-7297303.

Pierogi perfection

Learn to make perfect pierogi from chef Tim McCoy at 6 p.m. Dec. 18 at the Loretta Paganini School of Cooking, 8613 Mayfield Road, Chester Township.

The hands-on class will last 2.5 hours. Using a soft sour cream dough, class members will make and eat potato and onion pierogi, braised pork pierogi, sauerkraut pierogi, cheese pierogi and dried plum pierogi.

It’s $65, and registration can be made at 440-729-1110 or lpscinc.com.

Festive New Year’s

A very festive New Year’s Eve is set for The Lodge at Genevaon the-Lake, 4888 N. Broadway, and reservations should be made without delay.

A roaring ’20s theme prevails for those who choose to spend the night in a Lodge room or lakefront cottage with either a gala party in the ballroom or an intimate dinner in Horizons Restaurant. The Grand Gala runs from 6:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. with live music for dancing, a huge buffet dinner, fivehour open bar, champagne toast at midnight, breakfast the next morning and late checkout for noon. Meal reservations aren’t needed for the Grand Gala, as seating is first-come-first-served. Pricing is per couple at $429 for a lodge room and $549 for a cabin.

Or book the intimate, plated dinner in Horizons to get all the same amenities and go between both parties at will. That all-access pass is $469 per couple for a Lodge room and $589 for a two-bedroom cottage.

Or pay $229 per couple for a plated dinner in Horizons and the all-access pass without spending the night.

Reservations: 440-415-1546.

Fourk update

Those who found doors locked when going to dinner at Fourk in Mentor recently should know the Station Street restaurant is going through changes but is not closed.

Chef Ryan Scanlon is gone, along with the cotton ball table decor and large colorful food photos on the wall. The menu is a new one. Names of the new chef, Brad Reinhard, and the chief executive officer, Pam King, who came on board from Normandy Party Center, were shared. However, neither of them nor building owner Marc Wertenberger responded to requests to share their new vision for the place, which anchors the historic Matchworks Building.

The restaurant’s phone number is 440-266-9188.