Pickwick & Frolic, Home to Hilarities 4th Street Theatre features the Pickwick restaurant (Outdoor Patio), Kevin's Martini Bar, Ohio's only Champagne Bar, cabaret room (Live Music, and Murder Mystery Shows) and a 400 Seat Comedy Theatre.

Formerly known as Sheriff Street, East 4^th Street has catered to food and entertainment in Cleveland since the 19^th century. Pickwick & Frolic is located on the site of Cleveland's first opera house, the Euclid Avenue Opera House, which opened in 1875. Converted from gas to electricity in the 1880s, the Opera House suffered a serious fire in 1892, but was rebuilt and continued operating until 1920 when it was torn down in favor of a Kresge's five-and-dime store.  Designed by architects Walker & Weeks, the S. S. Kresge building was named after Sebastian Spering Kresge who built a business empire of five and dime stores and real estate investments. The Kresge Corporation eventually transformed itself into the K-Mart Corporation. In the 1920s, Kresge advertised on postcards that "S.S.Kresge's 5 and 10 cent store, 216-218 Euclid Avenue-Cleveland, Ohio, Largest Store of Its Kind in the World."

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