Wondering what to get your Cleveland area friends and family? Consider getting them a gift certificate for a Northeast Ohio restaurant, grocery, gas station, or event...or buy one for yourself.
Giant Eagle Grocery Store Gift Cards
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Giant Eagle, the primary grocery in Northeast Ohio, operates 138 stores in Ohio, W Virginia, and Pennsylvania. Gift cards are available via their website. Cards start at $10.
Playhouse Square Gift Card
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Playhouse Square is Cleveland cultural center. From Broadway musicals to jazz, from children's productions to ballet, there is something for every taste happening there. Buy gift cards, in denominations of $2 to $200, and let your friend or family choose their own event.
Heinen's Fine Foods Gift Card
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Heinen's Fine Goods, a family-owned grocery in business since 1929, has sixteen stores in the Greater Cleveland area. They are known for their quality meats and excellent wine selection. Gift cards are available in values of $5 to $500.
Crocker Park Gift Card
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Crocker Park, west of Cleveland in Westlake, is a mixed-use shopping, dining, residential complex. Gift cards are good at any of the center's dozens of shops and restaurants.
Best Buy Gift Card
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Northeast Ohio's place to shop for computers, electronics, CDs, DVDs, and even kitchen appliances. Best Buy offers a variety of gift cards with no expiration date. They also offer free ground shipping for online orders.
Cedar-Lee Movie Theater
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The Cedar-Lee, located in the eastside suburb of Cleveland Heights, is Northeast Ohio's place to go for independent and art films. Buy a gift card for the theater, starting at $25.
Cedar Point Season Pass
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Give the gift of Cedar Point. Season passes for 2008 start at $108.95 for adults and $59.95 for seniors and juniors. Cedar Point, located just outside of Sandusky Ohio, is open from May through October.
Restaurant.com Gift Certificates
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Buy a $25 restaurant gift certificate for just $10 at restaurants.com. There are dozens of Northeast Ohio restaurants to choose from. You simply buy the certificate online and print it from your computer. Among the restaurants included are the Academy Tavern, Johnny Mango's World Cafe, Pickwick and Frolic (pictured at left), That Place on Bellflower, and Vivo. Use zip code 44105 to search for Cleveland area restaurants.
BP Oil Gas Gift Cards
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Order gift cards online in denominations of $5 to $100, good at hundreds of BP stations around Northeast Ohio and throughout the United States and Canada.
South Park Center or Great Northern Mall Gift Card
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Give a gift card for Westfield Malls, good at any of the 240 stores and restaurants at South Park Center Mall, just south of Cleveland in Strongsville, as well as the 150 stores at North Olmsted's Great Northern Mall. The card is also good at any of the dozens of other Westfield Malls throughout the US.
