Ohio City Provisions

Ohio City Provisions is the closest thing Cleveland has to a flagship whole-animal butcher counter. Trevor Clatterbuck opened it in 2016 as an extension of his farm-focused grocery next door, and it has quietly become the reference point for the city's new-wave meat scene.

Everything in the case is labeled with the farm it came from and, in most cases, the date it was broken down. You'll see beef from Wooster Grass Fed, pork from Wholesome Valley in Wilmot, chicken from Miller Amish Country Poultry, and lamb from a rotating list of small Ohio flocks. Whole animals come in most weeks, which means the case shifts: some days you can walk in and buy oxtail, tongue, and marrow bones; some days those cuts are already spoken for and it's roasts and grinds.

What OCP does uniquely well is dry-aging: a small glass-front room in the back holds ribeye and strip subprimals for 30 to 60 days, and you can watch them age from the counter. The staff will happily talk through what's ready this week and what's worth waiting on.

For the home cook, the best move is to walk in without a plan and ask what they'd cook that night. For anything special — a whole leg of lamb, a fresh ham for a holiday, a full pig-share — call at least a week ahead.