Paul and Tracey Jagielski were born and bred in Northeast Ohio, but Paul's culinary education carried the couple south to Charleston. It was there that Paul fell in love with Lowcountry cooking. This fall, when Henry's at the Barn (36840 Detroit Rd.) opens in Avon's Olde Avon Village, Paul finally will have the opportunity to share that passion with his Yankee neighbors. Set in an 1830s farmhouse barn that was recently moved to the site, Henry's will feature seafood, steak and Lowcountry classics. "Nobody around here is doing this kind of cuisine," Paul explained via cell phone. "Authentic Southern cuisine takes time. You can't make collard greens in an hour. Collards need to cook for six hours with a big smoked ham hock. It's home-style cooking with a twist." The barn has been transformed into a cozy bar complete with loft seating. An addition will serve as the 60-seat dining room. A large patio will have outdoor seating for 50 around a stone fireplace. The dinner- and Sunday-brunch-only restaurant will feature chilled seafood appetizers such as oysters and shrimp cocktail, complete with Paul's own spicy cocktail sauce. The dinner menu will include Southern classics like Charleston she-crab soup, which is made with crab roe and Carolina blue crabs; shrimp and grits, made with real stone-ground grits, fried green tomatoes and corn-and-crab hush puppies. Southern fried chicken will be made the old-fashioned way — in a cast-iron pan. Sunday brunch will feature fresh-baked pastries, sticky buns and lobster-andouille omelets, among other things. Look for an early October opening.

If you enjoy a good Chicago-style hotdog, one that has been "dragged through the garden," consider stopping into Doghouse One (2767 Euclid Heights Blvd., 216.321.0717). This petite carry-out at the corner of Coventry and Euclid Heights specializes in all-beef hotdogs, sausage and Italian beef sandwiches. The Italian beef sandwiches are delicious. Shaved beef which has been soaking in cooking juices is piled onto a soft Italian bun. The beef is topped with Giardiniera, a spicy pickled condiment. Doghouse also sells chili-cheese fries, sweet potato fries and onion rings.

In celebration of its 15th anniversary, Molinari's (8900 Mentor Ave., 440.974.2750) will, for 15 days, offer specially priced pasta dishes and wine flights. From now through the end of August, guests will be able to enjoy a number of pasta entrees and wine flights for — you guessed it — $15.