WWW.SHAKER .LIFE | WINTER 2020 43
Busy doesn’t
even begin
to describe
Shaker restaurateur and Cleveland
radio personality Sam Sylk.
Along with his day job as a deejay
on WZAK FM 93.1, the Chicago native
co-hosts a Sunday gospel music show
on another station with his wife and
business partner, Zenobia Sylk. He
also has authored two books, with a
third on its way.
And then there’s the notso
small matter of running the
growing Sam Sylk’s Chicken and Fish
restaurant chain, including the Sylk
family’s original eatery in Shaker
Heights. It’s a job that demands a
hands-on approach.
“I was cooking this Saturday. And
I cooked Thursday,” Sam says during
an early morning tour of the Shaker
location, just before he has to go on
the air. He proudly wears his signature
orange and green baseball cap
featuring the restaurant’s logo.
“When running a business, you’ve
got to do what you’ve got to do,”
he says. “I’ve always had a dream, a
passion to do this.”
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