Casa Roja

Octopus Dish

We recently went to Casa Roja for dinner. Casa Roja was formerly West End Bistro until Executive Chef Alex got ahold of the menu and put together an awesome Spanish Tapas menu. The above dish is just one of the nine we had. We enjoyed Ensalada Verde, Ensalada Rojas, Croquetas, La Pimento De Chorizo, Alas de Pollo, Valenciana Paella, Citrus Sour Pork Sandwich Special, Mushrooms, Octopus and Bittersweet Chocolate Mousse with Salted Dulcet de Lecher. There were four of us by the way. We enjoyed a great meal on the patio. Service and the atmosphere was great. The food was awesome, if I had one critique would the Octopus and the Ensalada Verde could have used a bit more seasoning, that however could have been my personal preference. All of this was for a very good fair price.

I am looking forward to the fall menu, according to Chef Alex he will change up the menu in October sometime bringing out local fall ingredients such as squash. I say bring on those comforting fall flavors with cream and butter, yum.

If your looking form a nice place within a few hours of home. I would recommend taking a drive to Chagrin Falls. Its a quite village with shops and restaurants plus great picture opportunities since the falls are actually in downtown Chagrin Falls just a pleasant walk from Casa Roja.

I would recommend you make a reservation before you go on Open Table.

I'm Back . . .

Good Evening Everyone,

Sorry I have been gone for so long. Life got busy and I neglected blogging. A lot has happened my food world since my last post. In a nutshell here is to catching you up:


 December of 2014 My wife and I started Catering here and there for friends and family. We did a number jobs from December to February. We like to do fresh farm to fork style cooking using as little processed products as possible.

After that my day job went crazy with a huge expansion that I was spearheading. This was finally completed and all done by July of 2015. We added 9k square foot to our showroom at Weaver Furniture, in Sugarcreek. Stop in and check us out.

In May Jamie Yoder and I took a food trip and furniture delivery to Washington DC, Where we enjoyed from Lobster Rolls from Will T's Lobster Shack, Burgers from Good Stuff Eatery, and Pizza from We the Pizza. We also had to stop in at Matchbox and The Hamilton. We had Pho, a first for me, from Pho75 and Pizza from the District of Pi. We finished out the weekend with an amazing meal at Jaleo by Jose Andres, so good, so awesome. The best dish all weekend was the Olive Oil Ice Cream at Jaleo. I actually recreated later at home. Maybe later I will share the receipt.

We went to Banff, AB, Canada for 10 days in July 2015 mostly for business but some pleasure as well. Unfortunately the Banff area isn't really know for its food. The food was good but nothing out of the ordinary expect some awesome poutine that we had. Poutine is crispy French fries with cheese curbs and gravy. So yummy.

I am sorry for the lack of pictures however I just did a Windows 10 update and I am having a hard time uploading pictures right now. Pictures of all of the above items can be found on my Instagram page. Look me up at kevinyoder or/and hash tags #smalltownboldflavors. Banff pictures are on my facebook page.

I am planning on posting more regularly starting now. My plans are to share with you food thoughts, recipes, great restaurants and other food related topics. Come back tomorrow to hear about a great tapas restaurant in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Good Night and Thanks for visiting my blog.
Kevin Yoder