Since February, Pinecrest has lost two sit-down restaurants and gained a run of retail. RED the Steakhouse served its last Pinecrest dinner on February 28, and Saucy Brew Works closed its pub at 400 Park Ave. in April. Abercrombie & Fitch and Gorjana are open, and Herman Miller is expected to open its first Ohio store there this month.
The restaurants meant to fill the gap are on Tanger's schedule for 2027, and nobody has named them yet. That makes this October an in-between month at Orange's busiest corner. The stores are new, the restaurant list is shorter, and the best events of the month are split between Park Avenue and Lander Road.
The 2026 ledger at Pinecrest
These are the changes so far this year, based on local reporting and Tanger's own directory as of early October 2026.
| Change | Tenant | Status as of Oct. 8, 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Closed | RED the Steakhouse | Last dinner service Feb. 28, at the end of its lease. The downtown Cleveland location stays open. |
| Closed | Saucy Brew Works, 400 Park Ave., Suite 170 | Closed after six years at Pinecrest; Crain's Cleveland Business reported it April 29 |
| Opened | Abercrombie & Fitch, Suite 130 | Opened Sept. 18 |
| Opened | Gorjana, Suite 166 | Listed as open |
| Expected | Herman Miller | First Ohio store, expected mid-October. Tanger's directory still says "coming soon." |
| Announced | Aritzia | Opening date not yet announced |
| Expanding | Fount, Suite 154 | Cleveland-based luxury handbag maker; size of the expansion not disclosed |
| Planned for 2027 | Two full-service national-brand restaurants | Not yet named |
The table shows where Pinecrest is heading. In a statement to cleveland.com about the fall openings, marketing director Ana Liberati described the center's focus as "a thoughtful mix of brands across fashion, home and lifestyle." Every name added this year fits into one of those three categories. Dining is the one category that shrank.
Abercrombie & Fitch is a return more than a debut. The same report notes the retailer comes back to the eastern suburbs after its Beachwood Place store closed in 2020. Herman Miller is a true first. The furniture company traces its roots to 1905, and Pinecrest is set to be its first store anywhere in Ohio. Treat "mid-October" as a target until the doors open. As of today, Tanger's Pinecrest directory still lists the store as coming soon.
Where dinner happens now
With RED and Saucy gone, here is Pinecrest's current food-and-drink list from Tanger's directory, with suite numbers:
- Bibibop Asian Grill, Suite 149
- Condado Tacos, Suite 112
- Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, Suite 109
- First Watch, Suite 190
- Graeter's Ice Cream, Suite 116
- Heartwood Coffee, Suite 133
- Kitchen Social, Suite 115
- Lao Sze Chuan, Suite 106
- Pinstripes, Suite 105
- Sand Pebbles, Suite 120
- Shake Shack, Suite 121
- Te'Amo Boba Bar, Suite 108
- The Last Page, Suite 128
- Toastique, Suite 140
- Whole Foods Market
A few of these are newer than the rest. Toastique opened its first Cleveland-area location here. Cleveland.com previewed it in May 2025 as a gourmet toast, juice and coffee bar with smoothies, cold-pressed juices and espresso drinks. WKYC has since reported it open, with smoothie bowls and specialty coffee on the menu as well. Te'Amo Boba Bar was announced for Pinecrest in early 2024 and serves organic boba tea, matcha, smoothies and desserts.
Two things about this list are worth knowing before you plan an evening. First, nobody has publicly named a new tenant for either former restaurant space. Second, the two 2027 restaurants have been described only as full-service national brands. Until they open, the list above is the whole dining lineup for the rest of 2026.
October's calendar, in date order
The month's events cover both sides of Orange Village. Pinecrest hosts two, and Village Hall's campus on Lander Road hosts the other two.
- Saturday, Oct. 10: Orange Community Artisan & Farmers Market. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 4680 Lander Road, according to the Orange Village events calendar.
- Thursday, Oct. 15: Taste of Pinecrest. 4 to 8 p.m. A culinary crawl through Pinecrest's restaurants that benefits The Gathering Place.
- Saturday, Oct. 17: Halloween Pet Parade. 10 to 11 a.m. at Orange Village Dog Forest, 4600 Lander Road. $5 to enter.
- Saturday, Oct. 24: Fall Fest at Pinecrest. 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with trick-or-treating, fall entertainment and touch-a-truck.
Taste of Pinecrest is the best snapshot of the current lineup
Taste of Pinecrest makes the most sense of the four if you think of it as a tour of the dining list above. The $40 ticket includes a culinary passport, food samples from up to 15 participating restaurants, premium cocktails for guests with valid ID, giveaways, entertainment and a TangerPink digital savings pass. The Eventbrite listing names these participants: Bibibop, Condado Tacos, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill, First Watch, Graeter's Ice Cream, Heartwood Coffee Roasters, Kitchen Social, Lao Sze Chuan, Pinstripes, Sand Pebbles, Silverspot Cinema, Te'Amo Boba Bar, The Last Page, Toastique and Whole Foods.
Put that list next to the directory and the overlap is almost complete. This fall's crawl is close to a full inventory of where you can eat at Pinecrest today. RED and Saucy aren't on it, and the 2027 restaurants can't be yet.
When we last checked, Eventbrite showed the event as sold out with a waitlist. Limited tickets for children 12 and under are sold at check-in, though the listing doesn't give a price. Proceeds go to The Gathering Place. Its stated mission is to support, educate and empower people and families coping with cancer through free programs and services.
Fall Fest is the free option
Fall Fest on Oct. 24 runs two hours, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and is built around trick-or-treating and touch-a-truck. If Herman Miller opens on schedule, Fall Fest will be the first big Pinecrest weekend with all of this year's fall stores open. Plan on a lunch-hour crowd at the counter spots near the event.
The Lander Road half of the month
Pinecrest's events page listed only Taste of Pinecrest and Fall Fest when we checked. It showed no tree lighting or winter event announcements yet. So the rest of Orange's October calendar is up the road at Village Hall.
The Artisan & Farmers Market on Oct. 10 and the Halloween Pet Parade a week later are a few hundred feet apart, at 4680 and 4600 Lander Road. The pet parade is held at Orange Village Dog Forest, which makes it one of the few October events built around dogs rather than kids. The $5 entry is the lowest price on this month's calendar.
The Village is also asking residents for input on its parks right now. The Orange Village homepage is promoting an Orange Village Park Survey. The page doesn't describe any proposed changes or give a deadline. If you use the Dog Forest or the Lander Road grounds, the survey is the official place to say how.
What to watch between now and 2027
Three Pinecrest dates are still unknown: Herman Miller's actual opening day, Aritzia's opening date, and the names of the two full-service restaurants Tanger has planned for 2027. The details of Fount's expansion in Suite 154 haven't been released either. The restaurant announcements matter most of the four. They will decide whether Pinecrest gets back the sit-down dinner options it lost this year, or whether retail keeps leading the center's growth.
Until then, the Oct. 15 crawl gives a complete picture of Pinecrest's current dining lineup, even if you only see it from the waitlist.
At Christopher Wertz, we follow changes like these along Park Avenue and Lander Road because they shape everyday life in Orange. If you're thinking about how the area around Pinecrest is changing and what that could mean for your own plans, we're happy to talk it through. Schedule a Consultation whenever it suits you.
