this is probably a bit more underground than bbq sauces, but foodie fans and sports fans know the cleve has the market cornered on mustard -- no, i dont think food is really too pop culture for this thread's purposes, but the definite pop culture part of it are the local cleveland mustard wars:
https://executivearrangements.com/ki...-in-cleveland/
https://www.cleveland.com/pdextra/20...ell_the_d.html
https://www.cleveland.com/tribe/2015...ll_park_m.html
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also, for something current in movies, which i guess are not too pop culture for this thread purpose either, but what the heck. anyway so judas and the black messiah, the new movie about fred hampton and the black panthers that is getting a lot of well warranted attention and good reviews, is of course set in chicago, but was filmed in cleveland. and what little i have seen of it was recognizably cleveland. i guess chi is too scrubbed up these days lol. the cle film commission released the shooting locations:
-North Presbyterian Church, 4015 Superior Ave.
-Cleveland Public Auditorium, 500 Lakeside Ave.
-3rd District Police Headquarters, 2001 Payne Ave.
-Josephat's Church, 1433 E. 33rd St.
-Croatian Tavern, 3244 St. Clair Ave.
-Lane Metropolitan Church, 2131 E. 46th St.
-Zverina Building, 5450 Broadway Ave.
-The Jednota Building (Slovak Catholic Credit Union), 3289 E. 55th St.
-Azman & Sons Butcher, 6501 St. Clair Ave.
-The Nash, 3563 E. 80th St.
-Thoroughbreds Barber, 11109 Ashbury Ave.
-White Oaks Restaurant, Westlake
-Carrie Cerino's Restaurant, North Royalton, (closed in March)
-Mansfield Reformatory, Mansfield
The Black Panther headquarters, in the film, are located in the Zverina Building in the Broadway Avenue Historic District. The rally scene prominent in the film's trailer was shot at Lane Metropolitan Church. The exterior of the Hampton residence was actually filmed in the Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood. It's one of the brick townhomes on the corner of W. 65th and Pearl. A suite in Shoreway Commerce Park served as the interior for the Hampton residence.
preview:
https://youtu.be/sSjtGqRXQ9Y