Swensons buns plus NE Ohio breweries win big in 2 competitions: WTAM 5-minute food-drinks chat

EntertainmentOur 5-minute chat with WTAM's Bill Wills covers the buns at Swensons and Northeast Ohio breweries that won at the Great American Beer Festival and the Stow Craft Beer Fest.Marc Bona, cleveland.comCLEVELAND, Ohio – Swensons buns are in the news along with breweries that won at the Great American Beer Festival and the Stow Craft Beer Fest. Here’s our 5-minute food-drinks chat with WTAM’s Bill Wills.Click here to hear our segmentWTAM-1100’s Bill Wills and I talk food and drink at 9:35 a.m. Tuesdays.Swensons going back to classic bunsThe people spoke, and Swensons listened. The classic-drive-up restaurant with Curb Servers has gone back to its classic buns. Because of customer feedback, the 92-year-old company also is dialing back its monthly specials: About Swensons’ changesNE Ohio breweries win at Great American Beer FestivalFive of the six breweries in the state that won medals at the recent Great American Beer Festival are from Northeast Ohio. We’ve got a list of the winning breweries and beers. In all, Ohio breweries garnered nine medals at the annual competition: About Ohio breweries winning at GABFKent brewery wins big at Stow Craft Beer FestWinning top honors from judges is great, and earning people’s-choice award is pretty cool, too. But nailing both at the same fest? That’s what North Water Brewing Co. did at the Stow Craft Beer Fest recently. We’ve got a list of the beers that won at the fest, a fundraiser for Stow-Munroe Falls Community Foundation: About the winners at the Stow festBon appetit and cheers!As a features writer on cleveland.com's life and culture team, I primarily cover food, restaurants, beer, wine, sports entertainment and sports history. I have written four books, all on sports including "Not...