Turn Bar & Kitchen Pays Homage To Cleveland Neighborhoods

All Ritz-Carlton Cleveland executive chef Richard Arnoldi had to do to get inspired was spin around. While standing in the middle of the hotel’s sixth floor construction last year, Arnoldi saw views of the West Side Market, Tremont, AsiaTown, Slavic Village and more. He instantly came up with the concept for Turn Bar & Kitchen, part of the hotel’s revamped space. “I decided to focus on all the neighborhoods in the city,” he says. His ode to Cleveland can be found in the custom-blended table salt that pays homage to Lake Erie’s salt mine and a steam whistle — a nod to our steel industry past — that blows to signify happy hour. Our city’s rich Eastern European culture is represented well with a dry aged beef filet ($42). Arnoldi‘s addition of a seared paprika and garlic sausage, paprikash sauce and tangy mustard cream is a comforting way to welcome out-of-towners or encourage born-and-bred Clevelanders to see the city in new ways. “I’ve fallen in love with this city,” says Arnoldi, who’s worked in Singapore, Portugal and Washington, D.C. “I want to be able to tell its story.” Ritz-Carlton Cleveland, 1515 W. Third St., Cleveland, 216-902-5255