The neighborhood has gone through dozens of identities over the years. Once it was a counter-cultural center, at another time it was where punk rockers came for shows and to buy records. In the end, Coventry ended up one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city, where, as the Coventry Village website describes it, "The diversity of the neighborhood brings purple-haired punk rockers into contact with elderly Russian immigrants, yuppie families, students from nearby Case Western Reserve University and John Carroll University".
Coventry is a destination for bookstores and restaurants like Tommy's. Phoenix Coffee has a cafe there along with a number of other restaurants.
