Back in the 20th century, cleared to close meant what it sounds like. Your lender had checked your financials, everything looked good and you only had to schedule your closing: then you'd get the mortgage.
Bucharest came into existence in Detroit in 2006 when an unusual symbiosis it rented the Park Barâs kitchen for its Middle Eastern take-out business. While the Bucharest has no designated seating of its own, diners willing to order a bar drink could and did, walk into the Park and eat their shawarma and Romanian sausage and other offerings.
The original Capital Grille was founded by Edward P. Ned Grace III, in Providence, Rhode Island in 1990. The opening was curious for several reasons: the upscale steakhouse contrasted with the then-rundown downtown area of Providence, and the opening occurred amidst an ongoing recession.