Adobe Agave uses Jalisco, a western Mexican state on the Pacific Ocean, as the center of its culinary inspiration. The restaurant, which recently took over the former Wine Bistro at 8231 N. High St.

Many years ago, in the mid-1970s, my parents came back from a trip to New Mexico with puzzling reports about the Mexican food they’d sampled in Santa Fe. It sounded heavier, hotter, and soupier than ...

Customers are Marco Saavedra’s favorite part of running his Painesville Township restaurant, with the Casa Agave owner noting that regular patrons “feel like family” after four years in business. The ...