Ohio City Provisions Puts An Alternative Spin on Butcher Shops

Here’s an alternative fact we can endorse: Ohio City Provisions wants you to think beyond rib-eyes, strip steaks and filet mignons. “What about the parts that no one really knows about?” asks co-owner Adam Lambert. “I’m trying to figure out ways to use everything.” Along with his business partner, Trevor Clatterbuck (below), the duo use their grocery and butcher shop to educate locals on whole animal butchery. Customers are now pairing alternative cuts of beef and pork such as a shoulder clod or flat iron steak with eggs, butter, A2 Guernsey milk and organic produce from their Wholesome Valley Farm in Holmes County to prepare delicious meals. “We give people instructions, and they cook them up like they would any other steak,” Lambert says. That old-school, hands-on approach is winning rave reviews. “We’re just getting back to the roots of what it should have been all along,” he says. 3208 Lorain Ave., Cleveland, 216-465-2762, ohiocityprovisions.com