The ridiculously delicious Tinman burger, now available at BottleHouse Lakewood. Credit: Ohio City Galley
“As of next Friday we are all systems go,” says chef Anthony Zappola of the Rice Shop, one of four new food concepts that will be operating at Ohio City Galley.

Since it was announced last year, the project has been steadily taking shape in the historic Forest City Bank Building at the corner of West 25th and Detroit Avenue, formerly home to Massimo Da Milano restaurant. Like Smallman Galley and Federal Galley in Pittsburgh, Ohio City Galley is a large, animated space with a bar, communal seating and multiple restaurant concepts.

In addition to Zappola’s Rice Shop, a contemporary rice bowl concept, Ohio City Galley will feature Tinman, a classic diner concept from Michael and Tommy Schoen, Poca, a regional Mexican concept from Black Pig owner Michael Nowak, and Sauce the City, an eclectic Southern themed eatery from Victor Searcy Jr.

For a detailed description of each food concept, check out this article.

The doors officially open at 5 pm on Friday, October 26. Following that, the operation is a lunch and dinner concern seven days a week.

This article appears in Oct 17-23, 2018.

For 25 years, Douglas Trattner has worked as a full-time freelance writer, editor and author. His work as co-author on Michael Symon's cookbooks have earned him four New York Times Best-Selling Author honors, while his longstanding role as Scene dining editor has garnered awards of its own.

One reply on “Ohio City Galley to Open Friday, October 26”

  1. I went to the Smallman Galley in Pittsburgh, where hopeful start-up restaurants launch their ventures in a common area. We found it be a lively fun place that was packed with people. I thought that it would be great if we could do this in Cleveland. Thanks to the creative folks at Ohio City for making this happen!

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