The former Carrie Cerino’s Ristorante and Party Center has once again been purchased. This time, the property was purchased by MAHA Laxmi 8922, Incorporated, a family of area business owners. Carrie Cerino’s is located at 8922 Ridge Road in North Royalton.
Carrie Cerino’s, closed abruptly on February 18, 2020. It was owned by the Cerino family since 1963. Marc Glassman, founder and owner of Marc’s Discount Stores ultimately purchased the property in December of 2021, through a limited liability company called 40 East LLC, for $550,000.00, according to the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Office website. The approximately 34,000 square foot building sits on a 12.73-acre parcel, with a 336-foot frontage on Ridge Road. The original property was built in 1910.
MAHA Laxmi bought the property from Marc Glassman. According to North Royalton Community Development Director, Tom Jordan, Glassman had a plan to continue running the business as a party center and restaurant, even beginning some improvement to the property, but it eventually fell through. MAHA Laxmi purchased the property on December 9 for $500,000.00. They also purchased the equipment inside the building for an additional $325,000.00.
Pratik Patel, President of MAHA Laxmi 8922, said they will probably spend another million dollars to bring the property up to code and give the overall property an update. He said that they will be upgrading the property to make it look more modern. “That’s what people are looking for these days.” The new name of the business will be The Royalton Palace Event Center. Patel said that they wanted to keep the city in the name and “palace” because the inside looks like a palace. They plan to operate the party center portion of the business and lease out the restaurant.
MAHA Laxmi 8922, Incorporated, is a group of ten members of the Patel family. Pratik Patel said the group includes uncles and cousins, some who have worked together before. Many members of the group live in local communities, such as Strongsville, Broadview Heights and Parma. When asked what the name of the corporation means, Patel stated that Laxmi means the goddess of money and MAHA is the greater goddess of money.
Patel said that the plan is to open late summer of this year.

By GLORIA PLEVA KACIK
Contributing Writer