n w o s t i f o d l A wor Restaurateur Douglas Katz brings Amba to Hingetown
By Carlo Wolff
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he chiaroscuro environment that is Amba is chef Douglas Katz’s latest showcase for creative cuisine. Located in the rapidly evolving Hingetown area of Ohio City, Amba is the second of two restaurants Katz has currently open, following the COVID-driven demise of fire food & drink in Cleveland’s Shaker Square. The Hindu-inspired Amba
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aims to give the gastronomically adventurous a communal, inspiring experience. Enter Amba from West 28th Street, follow the lamp to the hostess stand, and a unique restaurant slowly emerges. It’s a beauty, with long, low concrete tables, skinny, monastic windows, a rope ceiling for a Polynesian touch, sconces designed to evoke the building’s former incarnation and sculptural wall accents. A sleek steel bar designed by Shred
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