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Billy Hallal

Billy Hallal is a writer, tutor, and occasional barback in Cleveland. He writes fiction you can find at The Normal School and Fiction Southeast and nonfiction you can find on this very website.

Articles by Billy

By Billy Hallal

13 Midwestern Fast Food Chains the Entire Country Needs

Da burgers, da dogs, da… loose meat sandwiches?

By Billy Hallal

By Billy Hallal

Ohio: What You Need to Know to Make Sure Your Vote Counts This November

What you need to know, including key deadlines, how to vote by mail, and more.

By Billy Hallal

By Billy Hallal

The Best Breweries in Richmond

Raise a glass, Richmond: you’re America’s Beer City.

By Billy Hallal

Beverage Director

By Billy Hallal

The Best Places to Drink in Cleveland Right Now

Cleveland is a beer town.

By Billy Hallal

By Billy Hallal

Everything You Must Do in Cleveland This Winter

You don’t need us to warn you about the colder months in CLE.

By Billy Hallal

By Billy Hallal

Everything You Need to Do in Cleveland This Holiday Season

Holiday season in Cleveland: Public Square trees alight, Great Lakes Christmas Ale pouring, and leg lamps burning in every window (did you know A Christmas Story was filmed here?

By Billy Hallal

By Billy Hallal

Actually Cool Things to Do in Columbus, Ohio

Let’s all agree, we don’t need to start every discussion of Columbus with how “surprisingly cool” it is.

By Billy Hallal

Key to the City

By Billy Hallal

Where to Go Out in the Flats, Cleveland's Newest/Oldest Riverfront Spot

The Flats is on the rise: That’s the Cleveland line today.

By Billy Hallal

By Multiple Authors

30 Romantic Cleveland Date Ideas to Go on Right Now

You can only go on so many Tinder dates in dim, trendy bars and, um, bright, trendy bars before the monotony sets in.

By Multiple Authors

By Billy Hallal

Actually Cool Things to Do in Cleveland

The rest of the nation is slowly learning what denizens of the Land have known for years: Cleveland is actually a pretty cool place.

By Billy Hallal

By Billy Hallal

The Best Restaurants in Columbus

Located in the heart of The Heart of It All, Columbus is a city with many overlapping identities: state capital, college town, and, yes, food city.

By Billy Hallal

By Billy Hallal

The Best Places to Watch the FIFA World Cup in Cleveland

No matter how divided our nation might get, we at least have this in common: Every four years, we’ll enthusiastically convene in bars and struggle to remember the rules of soccer.

By Billy Hallal