forkheartknife

On the cor­ner of Main and Liberty, in OTR, sits the home of fork­heartknife, an amaz­ing eat-in kitchen and cater­ing busi­ness.  I say amaz­ing, because it’s the per­fect descrip­tor for the food, the own­ers, the atmos­phere, and the prices.

With fruits and veg­gies they pick up at Findlay Market and other local farm­ers mar­kets, they cre­ate daily tapas-style menus offer­ing dishes that are sim­ple, stun­ning, and sure to sati­ate.  It’s the per­fect place to bring a few friends and share a few dishes.  Owned and oper­ated by Sierra Laumer and Leah Heisel Grande, it’s friends and fam­ily that have fueled it’s emergence.

After los­ing her sis­ter Jenna, an inspi­ra­tion to any­one who was for­tu­nate enough to know her, myself included, to Cancer this past January, Sierra hit the ground run­ning with her dream of one day start­ing her own busi­ness.  It was always some­thing that she and Jenna had talked about doing and so with the aid of her long-time friend Leah, and the help­ing hands of so many oth­ers, fork­heartknife became a reality.

The cater­ing aspect of fork­hear­knife keeps them busy for the bet­ter half of the week, with the space being avail­able for pri­vate par­ties.  Currently, they are open for din­ner Thursday’s and Friday’s and on Sunday’s for brunch.  They list the day’s menu on their face­book page, which makes it sim­ple to check before you go, how­ever you can rest assure that they leave no room for disappointment.

With Sierra’s Culinary Degree from Cincinnati State, she has always been inspired by the infi­nite poten­tial of food — with it’s pow­ers to heal, to bring peo­ple together, and to fas­ci­nate the senses.  It’s hap­pi­ness she is sell­ing, really.  You can­not walk out with­out feel­ing the sense of heart that has been so care­fully nes­tled in-between your fork and your knife.

Becky Schneider.HighStreet.Cincinnati