Suburban Life 07/01/20

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SUBURBAN LIFE Your Community Press newspaper serving Deer Park, Kenwood, Madeira, Sycamore Township and other Northeast Cincinnati neighborhoods

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Lance Jeremiah Lim with Sensei Sonny Kim during his fi rst day at Karate-Do dojo in Symmes Township. PROVIDED

Sonny Kim’s legacy continues at Symmes Township dojo Ian McKenzie Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

The dojo sits in a small retail complex on Montgomery Road, but the space holds the large legacy for its late chief instructor, Sonny Kim. Kim, who was a Cincinnati police offi cer, was shot and killed fi ve years ago while he was in the line of duty. His dojo, Japanese Karate-Do in Symmes Township, opened in 1996 and still trains students now under the leadership of Rob Grossheim.

Grossheim started training under Kim in the early 2000s and they became friends. Kim invited Grossheim to a Superbowl party one year. While at the party, Grossheim saw one of Kim’s kids carrying a broken trophy. Grossheim said there was a box in Kim’s house fi lled with the trophies and medals Kim had won. Grossheim said he knew that Kim was training, just to train, not to win anything. “He didn’t care about trophies,”

Grossheim said. “He just let his kids play with them.” Grossheim said one of Kim’s favorite lines was “shut up and train.” Kim, who was 48, was killed June 19, 2015. He is survived by his wife and three children. Trepierre Hummons, his killer, was shot and killed by another offi cer who was arriving to assist Kim. Hummons mother has previously said her son knew and liked Kim, but wanted to die. See LEGACY, Page 2A

The day after Cincinnati police officer Sonny Kim was murdered in 2015, instructors and students at Japanese Kararte-Do mourned his death . Kim was loved and respected by everyone at the dojo. THE ENQUIRER/SAM GREENE

Vacant Hyde Park restaurant to be reimagined by new owner Polly Campbell Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK

Brad Bernstein, who owns Red Feather Kitchen and Postmark, is taking over the vacant spot of Dutch’s Larder in Hyde Park. He’s calling it Red Feather Larder at Dutch’s and plans to open in early August. Dutch’s, which closed in January, started as a pony keg, grew into an extensive beer and wine shop, added a local butchery and charcuterie, had a lunch counter and evolved into a bar/ restaurant as well. The new version will be similar, but with less emphasis on the restaurant aspect. There will be no full-service tables. Bernstein said it will be a place where customers can “shop like a chef.”

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“We’ll have local meat and produce, dairy and local cheeses. Plus added-value local products like jams and preserves,” he said. He’s teaming up with Nino Loreto, formerly owner of Panino, to make cured meat products from local meats. And his chef de cuisine at Red Feather, Andrew Mersmann, is going to be back with him to create a menu of sandwiches, charcuterie and cheese boards and other casual food that can be ordered at the counter and eaten out on the patio or in the shop. Seeing delivery of food becoming a way of life since COVID-19 has kept people indoors, Bernstein will be adding subscription boxes. “I think it’s the wave of the future,” he said. There will be See RESTAURANT, Page 2A

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Crispy skin salmon with baby bok choy at Red Feather Kitchen. DAVID SORCHER

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