![]() At the time and throughout the restaurant's subsequent incarnation in Eton Collection, his mixture of culinary fusion and contemporary minimalism broke down the barriers between fine and bistro dining, establishing the format for most of the trendy, white-tablecloth business that goes on in Cleveland today.Īt least that's what I've been told. Unfortunately, when all of this was going on, I was eating in school cafeterias, enjoying a confused, minimal dining format and trying in vain to break down the conversational barrier with a cute girl in my class. In 1995, Bruell, burned out from a decade of 80-hour weeks and the responsibilities of ownership, shuttered Z and dedicated more time to his golf game and, of course, his family.Īt about this same time, David Schneider, who'd come up through the ranks of Bruell's front-of-the-house staff, was moving to Chicago to work with the Lettuce Entertain You restaurant group. Schneider would ultimately helm Bin 36, a hip new joint with a heavy accent on wine. In time, Bruell, too, moved on and signed up with heavy-hitting Akron restaurateur Ken Stewart at his iconic eatery, Ken Stewart's Grill and, later, its rustic follow-up, Ken Stewart's Lodge. (Stewart is evidently the George Foreman of restaurant naming.)īruell and Schneider kept in touch over the years. In the course of their conversations, the idea of a joint venture arose. In September 2004, they acquired the Tremont restaurant space formerly known as Kosta's. A whirlwind 60-day build-out had them ready for business by mid-November. Parallax was born and Bruell was poised to reclaim his rightful place in Cleveland's culinary pantheon. With the help of Schneider's front-of-the-house expertise a great, young kitchen staff culled from some of the area's most popular dining spots and what is quite possibly some of the best sushi in Cleveland, compliments of Terno Kinoshita, it looks as if Bruell is on his way. The restaurant is an embodiment of the contemporary East-meets-West theme that weaves through Parallax's cuisine. Clean lines in white, gray and black are accented by halogen track lighting and giant vases of tall, bright green grass set in wall cutouts between the bar and dining room. Add in the all-stainless-steel open kitchen and brushed-aluminum clipboard menus and the place is a Zen-tastic feng shui fest. (Our only complaint is that the molded-plastic dining-room chairs are perhaps a bit too minimal in comfort, but Zen is partially about calm acceptance, so I'll shut up and meditate on the menu.)īruell is certainly one to either buck or set trends nowhere is this more obvious than with his menu. Even without the sushi page, Parallax's offerings run almost double the number of any other restaurant in the same class. ![]() Gus Goes to Cybertown.Bruell says he wants to give people choices. New York City, New York, USA: Allworth Press. The business of multimedia (illustrated ed.). ![]() San Mateo, California, USA: HyperMedia Communications. Gus and the CyberBuds Software SchoolHouse Collection (A collection of twenty-seven educational CD-ROMs for children released in 1996.).Gus Goes to the Megarific Museum (1996).Upon completion of all in-game tasks, the player is treated to a final song on a "secret screen." ![]() ![]() These characters will also provide tidbits of educational information. CyberBuds are revealed by interacting with various parts of each area. As the time changes, players can click on other items in the park to see them change as well. Cybertown's park includes a timeline that shows Gus through time, from a Neanderthal to a futuristic spaceman. Games are also hidden in each location, from spelling and number games to shape recognition and pattern matching games. The main character is Gus, a talking and singing dog, who must find the three CyberBuds hiding in each of the town's five locations. Gus Goes to Cybertown is a children's educational CD-ROM game released in 1993 by Modern Media Ventures. ![]()
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