- welcome to new day cleveland, i'm natalie herbick. and today we are giving you, really a taste of the tremont neighborhood. you know this area of town, about 25 years ago was totally different. and the transformation has really been something that's quite remarkable and with art really at the forefront of all of that, it's really become the artsy area of cleveland. and we're not just

some great art galleries today, we are going to be checking out some foods, some amazing cuisine, and also some pastries and of course we have to do a little shopping while we're here too, right? so, come along with me for the grand tour of tremont. - jambalaya (mumbles. - here's that caribbean port stir fry, 45 seconds. - coming up. - grumpy's just try and keep it really true to what we like to eat and what we like to serve. my mom always cooked us fresh food when we were younger. we use a lot of local ingredients. we get things from the west side market. we use our sausage from jaworski's meats out in middleburg heights. - it's texmex, little southwest, and honestly some of our guests have had a lot to do with that. you know we've come up with menu selections ourselves by just trying them out. dani and i both love to cook. - the menu started out with what grumpy's used to serve, when the previous owner had it. we kept a lot of those true, to what we had, especially because most of our

and continue to come here now. so we've updated it a little bit and put some new kinda fun twists on it. but, i've created some of it, my mom's created some of it. we use some our staff to help us out and we recently just started a new competition to have them come up with a new menu item for our new menu. - i think it's kind of like a cool, eclectic, very friendly, positive vibe. - [voiceover] order's up. - it is like a family here, even in the kitchen. you know the guys and the women that we have in there really, it's a great mix. sometimes you just can sit at the bar and watch in there and it's just like clockwork. they do a fantastic job, i can't say enough about the kitchen. - i think that the atmosphere and the people that we have working here have a lot to do with it. but honestly mainly the food is what makes everyone coming back. - we have jambalaya, meat loaf melt, our mexican lasagna, those are our things

that we are completely true to what we used to serve at the old place and brought with us here. and then our new items are definitely things on our brunch menu, our breakfast tacos, our walker hash that was created from a customer here, and our jambalaya omelet is also another one. - one of our most popular dishes here is, in the morning probably out corned beef hash. we'll cook the corned beef ourselves, we make the hash, it's a great seller. we do breakfast seven days a week. we do it 'til 3 o'clock on friday and saturday. during the week we do it until 11:30, but you can get like a grumpy's special all day. two eggs, a trace of meat, home fries and toast. - our brunch runs on saturday and sunday. we actually serve the menu as well monday through friday in the morning. but we have people waiting out the door to come in and sit down. it's incredible to see actually. this place moves really fast. but we try and get people in and out

accommodate everybody, but give 'em some good food that can fill 'em up for the rest of the day. - we offer specials every day. they can do a piece of grilled salmon with mashed sweet potatoes, maybe a melon salsa or mango salsa. we make, you know, quite a few things here. today we have a flat bread with jalapeno roasted chicken that we had marinated, black beans, chipotle mayo, spinach. we're in tremont, right on west 14th street. and we do breakfast, lunch and we do dinner friday and saturday. so we have fresh fish every day, we've got homemade soups every day. (bright music) - alright, now that we have a little fuel in our stomach, it's time to do some shopping. and i can't think of a better place than right here at kim's place, evie lou on professor avenue. kim, what would you consider the type of fashion

- well we always categorize it as cozy chic. so things that feel great and are comfortable, and you still look pulled together and professional while wearing them. - [natalie] i love this store. you walk in here and the store itself is just so inviting. - [kim] oh, you're so nice. - [natalie] no, but it's true! and then you start looking on the racks and i'm seeing all these great things. the designers that you're using, where are you getting them from, where are you getting these clothes from? - well it's kind of important to us and a lot of our customers that a lot of our brands are made in the u.s.a. so it's all, not only domestically manufactured, but a lot of the fabric is actually grown in the u.s. too, which is kinda hard to find. so we've spent a lot time sourcing that from different brands around the country. and then we also have european designers. - what about these jackets you have here in front of us? these are really cute. - oh this is a brand called prairie underground. they're all made in seattle, it's all female owned company. it's all organic cotton and the cotton's grown in north carolina. so it's just really comfortable. you know they look really cute pulled together, so when you're getting off a plane you look like you're dressed up but you're just wearing a sweatshirt, because it's just a french terry fleece. - let's walk down here if you don't mind. - oh sure, of course, yeah.

i'm sure that there are some great pieces that really showcase what you're all about as well. - well a lot of people are always looking for dresses for events. now i don't believe in spending a lot of money on a sparkly cocktail dress you're only gonna wear once. so we're always looking for things that can be worn in different avenues in life. so a lot of our dresses aren't fancy, fancy, but with the right accessories and shoes, they can become fancy or you put a blazer over them and you can wear them to the office. this is another one of our favorite brands. it's called porto. they're from san francisco. everything's made there. and they originally started out as a travel brand. so it's all machine washable, it resists wrinkling, it's stain resistant. and they can put a great high heel on it, some sparkly jewelry and then for the office you just put a blazer on and it looks like a little business suit. - [natalie] then accessorizing things is also, i'm sure, a big thing for you. - [kim] right yeah. - i see a lot of jewelry here too. and i kind of want one of everything i'm seeing, to be honest. - well this is the diamond case, so beware of that case. - oh okay. you can look at this case, i'm staying away from it. what about over here then? - oh that's great. we feature some-- - it's a little less expensive for me. - well we can do some damage,

everything is under $200. but it'll be the real deal. it'll be real gold, real sterling, real gemstones that we use. more all artisan produced, small batches, keeping, you know women at work across the country. - okay, so this is the 2nd room and it's filled with one of my favorite things in the world, shoes! - we love our comfortable shoes. - so where, are the shoes also from all over the place? - they are. we have a couple brands that are made in the u.s.a., but the primary driver here is comfort. rovers here is a german comfort line, so it's very flexible, has a really padded foot bed. and it's just fun and unique and we just really like the way it looks on the foot too. - i love it. i see a couple pairs of shoes i'm already eyeing on back there. - those are made in spain. so yeah, but they're handmade, beautiful leathers. these are one of my favorite. - is this whole wall-- - this all spanish made, yes. - this is the one i'm going for right here. - i know, i have this one. it's very comfortable. - and you have more clothes back here as well? - yeah, yeah. we try to kinda mix it up as people work their way

like to show off people's, these are skif sweaters, are hand knit in saint louis. and they're a really nice, wide size range. so this would work for anyone who is as little as you with a belt, up to someone my size, more like a size 16, with just leggings, really cute year round. - and if they haven't appealed to your appetite of fashion just yet, check out their whole entire denim wall that they have here. (kim laughing) i know, it's just box after box of great denim. well here's the best part. just in case you can't actually make it to the store, they also can go online and check you out and buy anything their heart desires on edielou.com. - [kim] pretty much, yes. and the jewelry too. - sounds good. thank you so much kim. - oh thank you! - we are just getting started. our tour of tremont continues right after this.

welcome back. we can't mention tremont without talking about this place, lincoln park. it is home to many big events, including the tremont farmer's market. - the tremont farmer's market's now in its 10th year. we started in 2005. and we run every season from early spring through mid to late october. the market's held every tuesday in lincoln park. it runs from four to seven pm. and for more information on that you can go to our website which is tremontfarmersmarket.com. what the people really

is that it's in a park. we're one of the very few markets that are in a beautiful park in the center of a city. we have a pretty good following. local for us is a 125 mile radius around cleveland. so, i think the furthest vendor we have is probably in salem, which is our morning dew orchards. they do our apples and a lot of our berries. you can get salsa, meat, cheese, eggs, produce of course. there's a lot of different things, spices, bakery, baked goods, breads. you pretty much name it, it's a full shopping experience. - i think farmer's for the fact that they do two things for ya. give fresh, great produce. three things actually. meats, eggs, whatever. you're helping when you give me a dollar for my carrots, then honestly 60, 80% of that dollar goes to my employees.

that money definitely's going right back into the economy. and it's fresh, you know. chances are something that you buy from us today would have been harvested today or yesterday. - i think the best thing is that we're growing community and we're also creating awareness. the mission of the market is to connect produce growers and food artisans with the community. and i think we've been very successful at that. we're not all organic. a lot of our growers grow with organic tendencies or practices and then we have one certified organic grower, which we're standing at right now, which is morningside farm. - we're a certified organic vegetable farm. and we tell our customers we grow roots, fruits and leaves. so like roots would be onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, radishes and what have you. and then fruits would be things like, not so much like apples and bananas but like tomatoes,

and then leaves we do all manner of salad greens, lettuce, spinach, kale, chard. and then other vegetables such as cauliflower, broccoli and that sort of thing. you know the grocery stores do a great job of bringing their conventional produce, but i just wanna bring it up a notch, make it as healthy and as non toxic as possible. what you see here now is this is our earliest production of the year. this is a germination greenhouse where you put seeds in these little trays and then they get to be a certain size then we transplant them either in one of our other greenhouses in the soil, in the ground, or we transplant 'em out into the field. and so and then you also see in the background some crops we actually harvest in here. you see some pea shoots back there and green garlic, which, green garlic generally we sell at the restaurants. and the pea shoots we

- it's a very upbeat atmosphere at the farmer's market. we try to create a tremont experience, which is a mix of all eclectic, diversity. you know we have a very unique population in our neighborhood. we have a lot of different summer events, including our strawberry festival, our pickle festival and you know we really try to keep it fun and upbeat. (bright music) - we've done the healthy route, now it's time for a little sweetness in our life. and i'm not just talking about syndee, although she is very sweet. i'm talking about her place here, a cookie & a cupcake, there's too many cs in this. - (laughing) it's true. and we've got a lot of news to talk about today. because, we have not only moved our location but we've combined it with our ice cream shop. so a cookie & a cupcake, - [natalie] which is also a c. churned. - [syndee] yes, churned, yes. so we combined two to one and we made it easier for everyone. places to sit, enjoy, and all that good stuff. so if you want to you can come in the back and we can take some of the yummies.

there and taste, but first i'm going to try to stay far away from these cupcakes as i can. there is a glass wall that is keeping me from them, so it's probably safer that i stay out here. - okay. - the cupcakes are one of your biggest sellers now? - they really are, yes. and we have 13 staple flavors and then we always add some fun flavors of the day. so you never know what we're gonna make. we use local places, local farms, all that good stuff that we can get inspiration from to make flavors of the day. so you have to check the facebook out and the twitter to see what we've made. - oh my gosh. so with some of these. i mean i'm looking at the apple one. that reminds me of just some kind of delicious apple pie. - [syndee] you've picked out my favorite. that honestly and the espresso, would be like my best combination. it's like dessert. you get your coffee and your dessert all in one. i could eat two at one time, i'm not gonna lie. (laughing) - [natalie] these look like something that you would find on the cover of a magazine. they just look so delicious. the blueberry, you like don't wanna eat them, they're too pretty. - well we don't wanna make 'em too pretty, 'cause we do want ya to eat them, for sure. - and then you have the little mini collections so if you kind of wanna sample a bunch of different things, you wanna take them somewhere, to give to, say your office mates or something like that. - or the tv crew,

- exactly. - but really we've done the mini collection so that you can sample 'em all at one time. but, you also can order a cake and with a 48 hour notice. you can have any of these cupcakes made into a cake and you can have any custom cake made too. so we really have fun. - and when she says custom cakes, wow. i mean they are gorgeous. - thank you very much. i do give credit to the customers, 'cause they come up with the ideas. they say listen, i need a mad hatter cake or i need a film reel cake. well, we like to use our creativity together and come up with something special. - and you can do just about anything, can't you? - well, hopefully yes. (laughs) - i think she can. - [syndee] i like doing everything. - [natalie] i think she can. okay, i've waited long enough. we're going behind the wall. - [syndee] is it time? alright, let's go. - we've gotta go check out the ice cream. you know i went to her old location. and i remember tasting probably one of everything. i'll try not to do that today, but i want you to give me a few samples of some of the really interesting ones that you have. they're always interesting with you though. - they really are and because we're moved to a new location, we've kept the same 13 flavors in the case for just a little bit,

the move, but we'll start off easy, right? you wanna go easy or you wanna go right to the deep end? - let's go deep. - let's go deep, alright. - let's just go to the deep end. (syndee laughs) - alright, so garlic ice cream here. and it has-- - [natalie] i don't remember trying this one, so garlic ice cream. - [syndee] it's got roasted grapes, rosemary and garlic. so think, don't think dessert though. in this case think dinner, appetizer, savory. - savory, okay. oh my gosh. - [syndee] (giggles) it really tastes like an appetizer that-- - [natalie] it tastes like an appetizer. so for the kids who say mom i really wanna have ice cream first, like you probably could give that to them first. - (giggles) it's true, true. and we have had a couple of kids that love the garlic. - you can taste, i mean you can taste the garlic in it. but it is delicious! - thank you very much. - okay, there's one down. - [syndee] alright, so let's cleanse that palate with some fun ones here. so i'm pretty sure that-- - [natalie] i'm real excited. is that red velvet? - it is, and the red velvet craze, we're not done with it yet. people love red velvet no matter what you do. so it's cream cheese it's red velvet cake. and you know we make the cake here. so, it is homemade just

- that's incredible. - now this one is caramel cashew. and it's got candied cashews in it. but really it's something familiar, it's something just super sweet and it fills all those needs, those cravings. - if you like nuts, that is delicious. - yes, and it's chock full of nuts if you will. and you know what, - [natalie] that's unreal. - we haven't gotten that strawberry rhubarb yet. that one-- - [natalie] okay, let's do it. why not, i'm only on three spoons. - we got lots more. but really that strawberry rhubarb is not only made from local farm strawberries, but we've done the rhubarb, we've done the crisp topping in there. it's got like a whole pie feeling. - it tastes so fresh too. you can taste like it's like fresh strawberries that you're putting in there and turning about. - [syndee] there's not a single, yeah fake ingredient in there. it's all real good incredients. organic made for sure. - that's scrumptious. that is really good. we'll get a little ice cream cone and it's time to continue walking around tremont, after this. we'll see ya after the break.

r welcome back. well if you're spending the day here in tremont you're probably gonna wanna stop and get a bite to eat right? well jefferson avenue's the place to be, because we're here at la bodega, mike's place. mike, i go to the restaurant that you have on superior all the time. - thank you, we appreciate that. - this is my first time here though, down in tremont. and i can't believe it took me this long, but your food is delicious. la bodega, spanish? - it is a spanish name. i believe it really means the wine cellar. but it's come to be known as just a corner market.

this we were a corner market that served sandwiches. this entire room here had just paper products. we had more shelving and everything. and as the food took off and got busier, we kept scaling more and more space to seat more people and to be able to do the food better. so probably about a year into it we dumped the market altogether and now we're just a restaurant. - now when did that happen? when did you start? - about 13 years ago. - [natalie] now sandwiches are your big thing here. and they are, i mean there is a list of, and you go by numbers technically, right? so i say i want a number 12 or a number 30. - [mike] everybody in the kitchen'll know exactly which one it is. - [natalie] they know what you mean. so what are your big sellers? - [mike] the 45 is a spicy turkey sub. almost didn't make the menu because we thought it was gonna be a little too spicy. it's got jalapenos and hot sauce and peppers and some cajun spices. we thought, you know, it might be a little bit too much and it's by far our best seller. - interesting. now you have specials then as well. does that change every day,

- you know we change our specials about every two weeks. and the reason we do that is because a lot of times people, everyone has their normal sandwich. when we see them pull in, we don't even have to wait for them to order. we know what they're gonna get. but sometimes they'll walk in and they'll look up the specials and say god i wish i knew that, i would have gotten that. that way the next time they order a few days later, they can get the special. so usually our specials go for about two weeks at a time. - [natalie] and you know you come in, you see the kitchen back there, it looks tight. - [mike] it's tiny. - [natalie] but it is amazing how much you guys can get out in a day. - [mike] that staff can crank out a lot of food. yeah, they're very talented. - now you also have salads here. correct? - [mike] yes, big salads. and we do soups also. - now, all homemade-- - yes. we start with a base and then the staff just kinda does what they wanna do with them. - [natalie] so you do catering as well for events for people? - [mike] we do. we do a lot of catering, yes. - [natalie] i love the artwork. you come in here and it almost has a little bit of a mexican vibe. i don't know, with the bright colors and the artwork. - [mike] yeah, this artwork

this is david witchky. he goes by the name of sign guy. and if you look around outside when you're in tremont or ohio city, you'll see his stuff. he just does public art. he'll tack it up to a pole or throw it over a wire. and his hopes are that people will just take it. you know and take it home and enjoy it. so, we've had him do quite a bit. we've had him do our screens and our signs out front. - so what do you want people, when they come in here as customers, what do you want people to leave thinking or feeling about your place? - i would hope that they'd leave feeling that they got a huge sandwich and it was really good. - well then i think you're doing just a great job in that because that is how i feel, our whole office feels every time we order from you guys. so we appreciate it. it's definitely a stop for you to come see here right on jefferson avenue. you will be full and have plenty of time to do more shopping. and right now we're going to a place, i'm seeing green here. it's called the green garage door. i've never been there. it sounds really intriguing, doesn't it? wait until you see what's inside. (gentle happy music)

studio came about, i had this idea that i wanted to start a studio here in tremont and we had a garage in the back behind this property. and i thought, what a perfect place for that to become a studio. i worked as a store artist in display as a crafts person in may company downtown. and did a lot of sewing for the home departments doing display stuff, props, three dimensional props, signage, anything it took to put a display together. i started out with making denim bags for women. and it began from traveling back and forth and having a young daughter. and i wanted just a functional bag for myself. and then one for my husband. and people started

was a shoulder bag. and i transformed that into a full every day bag for traveling and commuting. i wanted to produce these bags with american made products and my love of vintage furnishings and accessories from years ago has me repurposing all kinds of things, from vintage linens to vintage fabrics and hardware components. the bags are all one of a kind, every one has a different interior, they're all hand done inside, fully lined. and built for every day function. the aprons have really gotten really big. especially the waxed aprons. they're anywhere from somebody who works in a kitchen to a crafts person or a furniture designer, motorcycle mechanic. a short apron that i make

vendors, salons. it's a multifunctional short apron for people. i have also in and about with the custom work, i have people requesting custom aprons for theirselves as well restaurants. i do a lot of specialty aprons and pouches for specific usage in a restaurant or food industry. as well as interior design work, anywhere from upholstery to drapes, window treatments, helping people choose colors as a consultant. and just using what you have. the passion comes from my childhood. being resourceful and when i wanted something or needed something i gathered things around the house and decided this is how i

- bet ya didn't know you could find all of that inside, huh? check it out, it's on west 11th street. i couldn't leave la bodega without taking a number 45 to go. check that out. i'm gonna take a few bites of this, and we're gonna show you around the rest of the neighborhood when we return.

for a coffee or tea break, depending on your preference. we are here at civilization. nancy, this feels like a 2nd home for most people in the community. you walk in here and everyone basically, they've called it the anchor of your community. how does that make you feel? - terrific. terrific and a sense of purpose because that's really why we opened. because there was nothing, absolutely nothing here 25 years ago. - well the business world is no stranger to you. because you've started with this, you and your husband. but you expanded exponentially and a lot of what you have in other places is found right here. - [nancy] right, locally we do, we roast our own coffee, city roast coffee, which we started our own roasting company because we couldn't find anyone to really give us a product that we wanted consistently. so we learned how to roast. my son is now the master roaster.

outlet to the public, we have city roast at the west side market, we have crepes de luxe right next door to it and now we have, bob has opened two tea stores the tea labs, downtown 'cause we have to keep showing our faith in downtown, and we're in lakewood on detroit next aladdin's. - and so if you turn tons and tons of different coffee beans. and that is all from your store. what, i mean i see some things that i'm not used to seeing, like banana nut, cinna-nut. - [nancy] we love our flavors. right, it is. we do a lot of flavored coffee, all natural there's no sugar involved. there's no artificial flavors, it's all natural oil. and our coffee, well you can see, we can hardly keep it in, 'cause it's fresh. our coffee's never more than three days old and we really go through a lot. - and then as far as tea goes, i know she asked when i asked for tea, you said that you have a variety of different types of well.

different kinds of tea. - so how do you pick which - mostly i try and put, over the years people asking, so you know a couple-- - [natalie] what are the favorites? i'm sure because you have to so many regulars, what are the favorites? - probably a good, just plain green tea. and english breakfast, those are out best sellers. - [natalie] and what about coffee favorites? - oh well, tremont blend. i can't tell you what's in it, 'cause it's like a secret. but it's our, we can't keep it in. - [natalie] and you have different foods and pastries. - [nancy] i have lots of different foods. i have only-- - [natalie] i'm gonna steal his in a second if he doesn't walk outta here. it looks good. you're pastry or whatever's in that bag of yours. - apple bar. - [natalie] and then i'm guessing when they order sandwiches it's freshly made. - and we only use organic produce from the basketeria at the market. our bread is all from stone oven. - you really, it's all local. - [nancy] i do. - when you say local, you mean local. - [nancy] i do, i mean it. yeah, it's important to me. - well and it shows because you've made yourself a staple in this community and you've probably only helped

- businesses and people. we've had six weddings. we've had about 12 couples get engaged here. so it's also a lot of memories. - and you'll get that feel when you come in to civilization. we're right on the corner of west 11th-- and candleworth on the park, on lincoln park. - okay, you know what it's time for now though, we had our little break. it's time to do a little shopping. do you like banyan tree? - oh i live at banyan (laughs) christie will tell you. i, yes, i have many banyan tree bags. - alright, well that's where we're gonna go right now. - oh well enjoy it. (bright music) - banyan tree, we're located in tremont of course, and we're, i like to say, a lifestyle store. we sell everything from women's apparel to jewelry, glassware, books, we have it all. we are a local boutique and i think what makes us really unique, we know our customers. we buy for them.

we're here, we're part of the community. you know we try to stay in trend, but we're very classic. we try to keep things that you can wear for seasons to come. not just for the current season. i think accessories are such an important part of people's clothing or their style because you can switch accessories and keep a piece of clothing for many seasons. and it can update your wardrobe. like our shoes, we try to keep on trend, but comfortable, that's always a key, we wanna be comfort. and our handbags we try to have a great price point. and i think that's what really makes us who we are too is that we have such a great selection of prices. so you can come in and buy like a $20 item or you can just buy something for yourself and indulge. but we try to keep everything pretty affordable. we try to carry brands that aren't in the big box stores.

can find unique to our own. and we actually do have our own brand called figwood. so that's truly unique to us and we have it made every year. and for fall and spring. and so it's exciting to see things that are truly ours. we have started our own jewelry line as well as figwood and we do charms. it's like a charm based, either a charm bracelet or necklace and you can kinda build on it. we do silver and brass. okay, we started with the cle charm. that was our first charm that we started with and it kinda just grew from there. so you can kinda create your own charm bracelet or necklace and you can buy a necklace and maybe put like a bird with an ohio charm. the cleveland themed charms have been our most popular, but it's fun to create your own gift

we do on the lookout jewelry. she's very popular in the cleveland community with jewelry. some other local artists we do, oceanne, she does all the cleveland flea and we try to support them as much as we can. our housewares, we kind of started in with when we opened, it was more of an art gallery. so that it's kind of in our tradition. and we do a lot of wedding gifts, we'll do a lot of cleveland themed things like cleveland cutting boards, locally made, and we try to cater to people that are shopping for a purpose. if they wanna come in to buy a certain gift for a wedding or for themselves and we try to service to everyone. so there's something here for everyone. banyan tree just wants you to come and just be a part of tremont and come and explore your neighborhood and come and relax, indulge in a book, while you can try some clothes on or shoes,

(bright music) - after all that shopping i'm sure you're gonna have a lot of bags, so throw them in the car and i'm taking you now, after the break, to a place that is known for some of the best sushi around town.

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- ginko restaurant is located in the basement of my signature restaurant, dante, which is in tremont on professor avenue. when we designed this space, i mean it's a basement space, so there's a lotta challenges in that we wanted to come up with something that was, made you forget where you're at. as soon as you walk in you think you're in tokyo. so it reminded me of a lot of places i saw when i was there. it's very shiny, there's a lotta reflection, there's plastic, it feels very japanese when you walk in. in my career, i had a lot of asian background. i did some training in japan, i did some training in hong kong and taiwan. so when i came to cleveland i had this need to carry out this desire to have a sushi bar. i think what makes us

ginko very unique and very good, it's all the food is very traditional japanese and then i put my modern spin to it on some of the dishes. 90% of the menu is raw fish or raw meats. all of our fish is flown in twice a week. either comes from tokyo fish market, the tskiji market or a lot of stuff we have fresh ingredient that comes from california, and a lot of fish comes right from new york city. so everything is very exclusive and very unique just to us. we don't offer any cooked items. the only cooked items that we, we were one of the first restaurants in cleveland to offer shabu shabu, which is a japanese hot plate type dish where you do at your table and you cook the meat. and shabu shabu actually means swish. so you're swishing your meat back and forth in the broth to cook it.

very first restaurants to offer this and it's, once again, very traditional, traditional flavors, style, the sauces and it's very good. for the bar we offer a wide selection of japanese beer and a lot of very exclusive sakis and soju, which is a higher alcohol liquor. i'm proud of it because it's captured my dream and you know my dream came true. and it's known as one of the best sushi spots in cleveland, i mean anyone who comes here, they walk away saying it's the best thing they've had anywhere in the world and it's something they think it's incredible. and it's not my doing, i mean i'm one of the only sushi bars in town that has a japanese chef who's from kyoto, ta-ish-i is his name. - this is madai. madai is a japanese snapper. maguro (speaks in foreign language), home maguro. - ginko restaurant is known to have the best sushi in town,

through reviews, through word of mouth. once someone comes here and has experiences it, there's nothing else like it and that's something that makes me very proud. (bright music) - you might be full from all of that incredible sushi, but there is always room for one of these guys. we're at lilly handmade chocolates. amanda there is a lot of blood, sweat and tears that have probably gone into this place for you. - absolutely, but it's worth every ounce. - i mean this is not just chocolate, we are talking about art. - well thank you. you eat with your eyes first. it's gotta look as good as it tastes and we follow through on that. it definitely shows. i see truffle after truffle after truffle. what's the definition, what is a truffle? - [amanda] classically a truffle is a center that's been made with chocolate that's been melted with cream and butter. so it's that soft, ewy gooey kind of a thick frosting kind of texture, but more silky.

sexy than frosting. - i like it, a little more sexy! now as a customer coming in for the first time, how would you guide me through this process? because there are so many delicious choices it looks like. how do you help people to figure out what's best for them to choose? - well we always tell you, you don't have a bad choice. that's the good news, bad news. we want you to try a little bit of everything. we're here to encourage you to try things you say you don't like. for example, white chocolate. white chocolate gets a bad rap. i had the bunnies in my basket too when i was a kid. i was not a big fan. we are a different story. so we jokingly refer to the maui wowie as the gateway drug to white chocolate. it'll change your life. (natalie laughs) this is what i'm here for. - how long does it take to put just one truffle together? they look so intricate. the detailing that goes into all of this. - thank you. there's a lot of thought behind each individual truffle. i'm big on layers of flavor. each batch, when we do, say a milk chocolate batch, we'll do all the milk chocolate flavors,

and we're doing 500 chocolates. - what's amanda working on right now. what does she have going on back there? - [amanda] she's making our half past midnight truffle. the ganache base for it, it's a dark chocolate with hazelnut praline butter, fran-gel-i-co, vienamese cinnamon and feuilletine crunch. so it's like a grown up ferrerro rocher. - and it just keeps getting better because you also have wine and beer pairings with some of this great chocolate? - it's true. my husband and i are both classically trained chefs, so our truffles are our food. so as chefs we're trained to pair our food with beer and wine, so there it is. - i think it's time for a little pairing. - i think so. - okay. (amanda giggles) you really have quite an extensive and interesting collection here. - well thank you, thank you. i'm a cherry picker for sure. very specific selection that pairs well with chocolate. so there's not a whole lot of pale ales or lagers or that sort of thing. but we do have lots of great stouts, malte beers and a few ipas to go with the white chocolate.

you do your pairings? - every day. - [natalie] every day? - every day from the time we open 'til half an hour before we close. you can come in and have a little taste. - ummm, and that's what i'm gonna get to do right now? - [amanda] it's true. - [natalie] i love the sound of that. - breakfast of champions. - okay, what did you prepare for me? - so our featured tasting this week is the kopke port. it's a late bottled vintage port paired with our cheers truffle. it's a dark chocolate truffle with rose champagne rolled in blackberry sugar. - now how do i do this? do you taste the chocolate first, do you do the wine? - a little bit of both? - [amanda] we always say, booze first, chocolate 2nd, then go willy nilly back and forth to see how they play together. - oh okay, so i'm not supposed to take this down in one bite? - no. - [natalie] okay. - you're gonna have to-- - [natalie] glad i asked. - gonna have to hold back. do it half and half. so the port tastes like brown sugar roasted cherries, it's really deep, it's sweet, it's rich and it helps with the creaminess of the chocolate.

a dark chocolate? - [amanda] yeah. - i am not normally a dark chocolate fan, but i am now! - [amanda] this is what i was sayin'. - i knew, i haven't had lilly's yet, see? - um hmm, where have you been? seven years. i don't know. - so keep going back and forth? do i have to keep going? - you don't have to keep going. you can now finish the entire thing, 'cause now you know what the wine tastes like, what the chocolate tastes like. and now you see how the wine affects the chocolate. - that is delicious and what a great gift to give to someone if you're taking somewhere. - absolutely. easy peasy. we also do chocolate bars and on top of the chocolate bars, we put the pairing on top. what wine and beer goes best. - [natalie] perfect! - [amanda] so even if i can't stand here and talk to you, somebody can help you. the chocolate will help you. - i love it. you just turned me on, i love dark chocolate now. thanks amanda! - [amanda] my pleasure. - hey, and if you want to get a taste of the entire town, i have just the thing for you after the break.

okay, so i promised you before the break that we are going to do another look around the entire neighborhood. and you're going to do it with this man, steve, today. because we are going on a tremont art walk, so to speak. we're gonna talk about some of the places that people can walk around the neighborhood and come and just really enjoy. - that's right, yes, absolutely. - so what all does it entail? and who all is included in something like this? well the art walk happens every month, 2nd friday of the month. (grinder whirring) - [voiceover] i'll have a medium light roast. - [voiceover] paprika? - just a little bit. - and it involves not only galleries but bars, restaurants, other locations. essentially it's local businesses promoting local artists. so local artists come in to the galleries, to the other businesses, put up their work, show it off to the public. hopefully make some sales.

to the neighborhood. and it has been, like you say, a major force in the neighborhood to get people down here into tremont. - yeah, because you think about this area 25 years ago even, how different it was. and really it's transformed itself and art really is at the forefront of that. - absolutely, yes, without a doubt. i've been here for most of those 25 years myself and i've seen a lot of changes. so it's mostly been positive. so it's been really good. - well we're right by one of the galleries here. now there are several scattered throughout, yours being one of them. - correct. - what can people find in your gallery? what are you all about? - i show a lot of local artists. i also show my own work, because i'm an artist as well. so part of the time you can find other artists exhibiting in my studio and sometimes you can see my own work in the studio. - [natalie] and what's the name of it then? - name is steven mastroianni fine arts photography. - [natalie] i love it. and so you do everything from portraits to weddings?

photographer i do weddings, portraits, all kinds of commercial photographic work. - [natalie] what do you love about this walk? - what do i love about the walk? i love that it brings local artists out and gives them a chance to show off their stuff in a very, sort of casual, low pressure sort of environment. and gets them interacting with the public, with people who wouldn't normally go to an art gallery. but there's other reasons to come down to the neighborhood, so it goes along with it. you know you wanna go to a bar or to a restaurant, you might go into a gallery or in fact you could go into that bar and restaurant and see other artists work, so. that sort of brings it all together. - how does it work then, if there are restaurants included in this and you're gonna wanna take some time to do a little sampling or see or tasting the food, how does the art walk actually work? - well, good question. (both laughing) how does it work? well we promote it.

that's like a flier that has a list of locations. so you can take that card or you can go online now, of course, find the locations and simply walk from location to location and check stuff out. - so that's great, so it's not something you're in some big group that you have to do as one big happy family together. you just go with who you want and you take the tour on your own. - it's completely self guided, yeah. - so obviously it's also free, which is something really great too. so you're getting a lesson about the arts itself in tremont and you don't have to pay a dime. unless you wanna buy some art - [steven] unless you should, - or sample some food. - [steven] in fact, yes. - so bring the cash because you're going to need it once you see some of the great things, i think, that all of the artists, the restaurants, the shops have to offer here in tremont. thanks steve, - [steve] that's right. sure thing. - there you have it. we've shown you around tremont. it is such a vibrant community, isn't it? so lively, there's always something new and it has totally transformed itself.

great area to come and visit. bring the whole family and enjoy yourself for the entire day. i'm natalie herbick and i'll see you on the next new day cleveland. (bright music)

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