Beets Can Also Grow Roots in Cleveland 📍 Ohio City

Cleveland's west side has a Chipotle, a Mitchell's, and — plot twist — one of the largest contiguous urban farms in America, all within walking distance. We're not sure the zoning board fully thought this through, and we love it.

Here's the news: Ohio City Farm just put down permanent roots. After years of dreaming, the team has opened the Glick Farm Store at 2304 Bridge Ave. — a brick-and-mortar home for everything the farm's five acres have been quietly producing in the middle of the city. "We have been dreaming about having a brick and mortar for a long time," says Re:Source Cleveland's Rachel Ramos.

So what's actually on the shelves? More than you'd guess from a farm store:

• Fresh seasonal produce and local pantry staples
• Bulk ingredients and prepared foods made right in the on-site kitchen
• Cookbooks celebrating global cuisines, plus garden tools

But the best part isn't sitting on any shelf. Every dollar you spend funds fair-wage jobs for Cleveland's international newcomers — refugees, asylees, and immigrants who bring generations of agricultural knowledge and tradition from their home countries straight to our neighborhood. The farm has long been a place where that expertise takes root; the store gives it a storefront, a register, and a way for the rest of us to pitch in by simply buying dinner.

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It's the rare spot where "shop local" means walking past a national burrito chain to support five acres of urban farmland and the people who tend it.

So go. Grab your produce, browse a cookbook, meet the folks behind the counter.

Hours: Fri & Sat 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Sun 10 a.m.–4 p.m.Where: 2304 Bridge Ave., Ohio City

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