Clean lines in white, gray and black are accented by halogen track lighting and giant vases of tall, bright green grass set in wall cutouts between the bar and dining room. The restaurant is an embodiment of the contemporary East-meets-West theme that weaves through Parallax's cuisine. With the help of Schneider's front-of-the-house expertise a great, young kitchen staff culled from some of the area's most popular dining spots and what is quite possibly some of the best sushi in Cleveland, compliments of Terno Kinoshita, it looks as if Bruell is on his way. Parallax was born and Bruell was poised to reclaim his rightful place in Cleveland's culinary pantheon. A whirlwind 60-day build-out had them ready for business by mid-November. In September 2004, they acquired the Tremont restaurant space formerly known as Kosta's.
In the course of their conversations, the idea of a joint venture arose. (Stewart is evidently the George Foreman of restaurant naming.)īruell and Schneider kept in touch over the years. In time, Bruell, too, moved on and signed up with heavy-hitting Akron restaurateur Ken Stewart at his iconic eatery, Ken Stewart's Grill and, later, its rustic follow-up, Ken Stewart's Lodge. Schneider would ultimately helm Bin 36, a hip new joint with a heavy accent on wine. In 1995, Bruell, burned out from a decade of 80-hour weeks and the responsibilities of ownership, shuttered Z and dedicated more time to his golf game and, of course, his family.Īt about this same time, David Schneider, who'd come up through the ranks of Bruell's front-of-the-house staff, was moving to Chicago to work with the Lettuce Entertain You restaurant group. Unfortunately, when all of this was going on, I was eating in school cafeterias, enjoying a confused, minimal dining format and trying in vain to break down the conversational barrier with a cute girl in my class. At the time and throughout the restaurant's subsequent incarnation in Eton Collection, his mixture of culinary fusion and contemporary minimalism broke down the barriers between fine and bistro dining, establishing the format for most of the trendy, white-tablecloth business that goes on in Cleveland today.Īt least that's what I've been told. maclaren the predetermined site of the second coming of the father of Cleveland's contemporary dining scene.Ī score of years ago, Zach Bruell opened the first incarnation of his quasi-legendary Z Contemporary Cuisine in Shaker Heights, following serious stints in some cutting-edge Los Angeles and Philadelphia eateries.
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