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Akron mayor tells rocker Hynde her city ''is back''

By Lisa Abraham
Beacon Journal food writer

POSTED: 01:47 p.m. EDT, Sep 06, 2007

Rocker and Akron native Chrissie Hynde stood outside her new restaurant this morning to trumpet the vegetarian lifestyle and the resurgence of downtown Akron.

Hynde, who turns 56 on Friday and was dressed in blue jeans and a VegiTerranean T-shirt, stood at a podium next to Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic and traded friendly ribbing about the city.

Hynde has had great commercial success with ''My City Was Gone,'' about the decline of Akron and other American towns.

''Welcome home Chrissie Hynde, your city is back,'' Plusquellic said.

Hynde's VegiTerranean restaurant will occupy a corner of the first floor of the new Northside Lofts at the corner of Furnace and Howard streets at the north edge of downtown Akron.

The restaurant -- which will feature an Italian/vegetarian menu -- is not expected to open until mid-October. However, Hynde will be in town through Sept. 15, when a ceremonial ribbon cutting will take place. She will perform a benefit concert for the Civic Theatre.

Chrissie Hynde interrupts Mayor Don Plusquellic with an additional comment during a press conference about the opening of Hynde's vegan restaurant VegiTerranean at the Northside Lofts Thursday in Akron, Ohio. (Karen Schiely/Akron Beacon Journal)
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Rocker and Akron native Chrissie Hynde stood outside her new restaurant this morning to trumpet the vegetarian lifestyle and the resurgence of downtown Akron.

Hynde, who turns 56 on Friday and was dressed in blue jeans and a VegiTerranean T-shirt, stood at a podium next to Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic and traded friendly ribbing about the city.

Hynde has had great commercial success with ''My City Was Gone,'' about the decline of Akron and other American towns.

''Welcome home Chrissie Hynde, your city is back,'' Plusquellic said.

Hynde's VegiTerranean restaurant will occupy a corner of the first floor of the new Northside Lofts at the corner of Furnace and Howard streets at the north edge of downtown Akron.

The restaurant -- which will feature an Italian/vegetarian menu -- is not expected to open until mid-October. However, Hynde will be in town through Sept. 15, when a ceremonial ribbon cutting will take place. She will perform a benefit concert for the Civic Theatre.




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