Home Care In Westlake, OH

WESTLAKE, Ohio – Shake Shack has opened its seventh location in Ohio in Westlake.

The restaurant, at 2209 Crocker Road, is one of only two Shake Shacks in the state with drive-through. It officially opened today – Monday, June 5.

The company will donate $1 for every sandwich sold today to the Northeast Ohio chapter of Best Buddies, a nonprofit that promotes an inclusive volunteer movement supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Shake Shack is known for its made-to-order Angus beef burgers and also offers crispy chicken, hand-spun milkshakes, house-made lemonades, beer, wine and more.

After opening its first eatery in 2004 in New York City, the company has expanded to nearly 460 locations, including about 300 in 32 states and the District of Columbia.

Ohio locations include downtown and Cleveland Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, plus Pinecrest development in Orange Village, Dublin and two in Columbus.

The Westlake Shake Shack is hiring. Go online for details.

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WESTLAKE, Ohio (WJW) — An intense fire at a luxury apartment community has displaced residents whose building has been deemed a complete loss.

The Westlake Fire Department on Friday received a call of heavy smoke from one of the buildings at Crossings Village Luxury Apartments. Crews arrived in minutes to combat the blaze, which was discovered in the attic space of a building located near the center of the property.

Westlake Fire Department Assistant Fire Chief Mike Freeman said firefighters made an initial attack on the fire, but had to back out due to heavy flames overhead.

“The initial fire building is a complete loss,” Freeman said.

“We had a massive collapse of the interior floors a couple minutes after arrival. The building next to it, attached with a common attic space, had some smoke, heat and some fire damage. We were able to limit that to the very end of the building,” he said. “Right now, we have to assess that for water weight. We put a lot of water on this building and we have to make sure we don’t have a collapse or anything after that.”

Freeman said no injuries have been reported, but crews are working to locate all of the residents who live in the burned building.

The cause of the fire is unknown and is under investigation.

Residents have been forced to leave their homes due to the damage. The American Red Cross is on the scene working to assist them as they plan their next move.

Freeman is grateful for the mutual aid from the half a dozen fire departments that helped in rotation to fight the fire. He said the hot conditions made this fire extremely tough to fight.

FOX 8 News will update this story when more information is released.

A popular restaurant chain has opened a new location in the city of Westlake.

Are you a fan of the restaurant Mission BBQ? If the answer is yes, you might be glad to hear that the chain has opened a new location in Westlake. The new restaurant celebrated its grand opening on August 15 of this year and can be found at 2209 Crocker Road, Suite A.

The restaurant's menu, of course, features a variety of meats. Mission BBQ offers Texas-style oak smoked brisket, slow-smoked pulled pork, sausage, sliced turkey, and pulled chicken.

Also offered at the restaurant are baby back ribs, St. Louis-style spare ribs, North Atlantic salmon, and smoked chicken. Mission BBQ also serves sandwiches with brisket, chopped brisket (which is marinated in the chain's Memphis Belle sauce, which is made with molasses and brown sugar), traditional pulled pork, North Carolina-style pulled pork, turkey, or pulled chicken.

The menu also has a garden greens salad with iceberg lettuce and various vegetables. As for sides, you can get mac and cheese, baked beans with brisket, creamy cold slaw, green beans with bacon, fresh cut fries, and potato salad.

In addition to the chain's Memphis Belle sauce, Mission BBQ offers other sauces like Smoky Mountain (which has a "sweet firepit flavor" and a "smoky tang"), Texas Twang (which has the sweetness of honey and the tanginess of Worcestershire sauce, A1 sauce, and Heinz 57), North Carolina vinegar, Kansas City classic (which has "multiple layers of flavors from sweet vinegar, light smoke notes and a bold spicy finish"), Tupelo Honey Heat (which has a bit of sweetness and a spicy kick from habanero), and Bay-B-Que, which is made with brown sugar, Worcestershire, and Old Bay spice.

If you need something to quench your thirst, the restaurant offers summertime lemonade and kettle brewed iced tea. They have both sweet and unsweetened tea.

Mission BBQ typically offers seasonal desserts. Right now, the chain is offering strawberry shortcake, which has sweet strawberry sauce, fresh strawberries, and house-made whipped cream.

If you want to check out the new location, you can find it at 2209 Crocker Rd, Westlake, OH 44145.

The new restaurant is open 7 days a week, Monday to Saturday from 11 AM to 9 PM and Sunday from 11:30 AM to 8 PM.

The chain closes on major holidays like Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year's Day, Easter Sunday, Memorial Day, and Independence Day.

As a homeowner, plumbing probably doesn’t cross your mind much until there’s a problem. But when your faucet won’t stop dripping, your toilet is clogged or a burst pipe causes flooding, finding a plumber to come to the rescue quickly is an absolute necessity. Fortunately, Thumbtack, a home services app used by millions, has Westlake residents covered.

Thumbtack connects homeowners with local professionals, including top-rated plumbers. When you need a plumbing professional to repair faulty fixtures, clear drain blockages, replace damaged pipes, or handle any other plumbing need, Thumbtack makes it simple to find and hire a plumber in the Westlake area.

Stubborn clogs in sinks, toilets, or showers can eventually lead to pipe and drain issues. Plumbers have specialized tools to repair drains, clear blockages and ensure water flows freely. The average cost of plumbing drain repair in Cleveland is $304.64, according to data obtained by Thumbtack.*

Once your plumbing needs are handled, you can use Thumbtack to connect with other pros in the Westlake area to complete virtually any home task. You can hire a house cleaner, electrician, landscaper, and more to help you tackle that to-do list.

Each professional on Thumbtack has a profile, allowing you to read reviews, see how many times they’ve been hired by others, and see how long they’ve been in business. You can contact pros and request free cost estimates, allowing you to compare prices and choose the professional that best fits your budget.

Whether you need services from a plumber or any other professional in the Westlake area, Thumbtack is the way to go.

*Pricing data is based on projects requested on Thumbtack in the past 24 months as reported directly by the independent service professional or individual consumer. These figures are provided for educational purposes only and are subject to change at any time due to various factors. Details about your specific project and local rates can impact costs.

WESTLAKE, Ohio — It's literally the foundation of the season, but keeping a high school field in tip-top condition through games, weather and endless practices is no easy task.

What You Need To Know

We all see football players play the sport they love, but what we don’t see is the hard work that goes into keeping a field like this ready so players can go out and win games.

Jed Failor doesn’t throw a football on Friday nights, but he’s a big part of the team at Westlake High School.

“The machine, it’ll bounce, it’ll hop up and down and then you won’t get an even drag,” he said.

Failor works with the maintenance department. He’s doing something known as dragging, a process that rearranges the crumb rubber BBs on the school’s turf field, making sure the Westlake High School football field is ready to go on game day.

“So what that machine does is, it grooms it back up to its original position,” Failor said.

The drag brush fluffs up the field, removing any uneven surfaces, allowing players to maintain an appropriate balance while competing.

“It helps with players not getting hurt,” he said. “It brings that crumb rubber back up and hopefully less injuries.”

Out on the field, Failor is making sure he doesn’t miss a spot.

“Maybe an hour and a half, two hours, sometimes I’ll do it once, then I’ll come back the other way and do it again,” he said.

But dragging isn’t the only thing Failor has to do before game day. He is also in charge of sweeping the field.

“It picks up all the garbage and the trash that might get on the field that you don’t see, like paper wrappers and things like that,” Failor said.

It’s the type of time-consuming work that doesn’t always get recognized, but you’d definitely notice if it wasn’t done each week.

“It definitely makes you feel good when you get a ‘thank you’ from an administrator or a parent or anybody,” he said. “You know they notice what you do. It’s not just, you know, a football game or the band performance, you know, they know what goes in and they see it.”

Daily practices, multiple sports, weekly games: Failor knows keeping the field green and clean is the foundation of a great season.