Ohio City Pasta launches ramen soup popup at West Side Market

EntertainmentOhio City Pasta will well ramen noodle cups at the West Side Market on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.Jack BrancatelliCLEVELAND, Ohio --It’s soup season and Ohio City Pasta at the West Side Market is ready with a ramen soup popup that runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through March 2027.Ramen will be served at stand A11 starting Friday, Nov. 13. A11 is just inside the Lorain Avenue entrance near the West Side Market Café.To start, Ohio City Pasta will will sell 40, 16-ounce cups of chicken shio broth with house-made noodles for $13. Cups will include a half jammy soy egg and offer additions such as corn, scallions, aromatic oils and more. Extra options such as more noodles or more egg will be available for a fee. Vegetarian cups are planned for the future.Soy jammy eggs are soft-boiled eggs that have been marinated in soy sauce overnight, explained owner Ruby Thomas-Sherry.“As we start we’ll figure out what we need to tweak,” said Thomas-Sherry. “We’re starting small and will slowly grow as people demand it.”All noodles are freshly made. Shoppers will also find them at the Ohio City Pasta stand, uncooked, for home use.The Ohio City Pasta Ramen popup is the second regular popup operating at the market. Tom McIntyre of Kate’s Fish has been running weekend popups as well. Shoppers will find tuna melts on Fridays, lobster rolls on Saturdays and raw oysters on Sundays.“Over the last couple years, we have offered merchants the opportunity to test something out in a vacant stand with a short time lease,” said Rosemary Mudry, executive director of Cleveland Public Market Corp., the nonprofit that operates the West Side Market.“Ruby doing ramen was another opportunity,” she said. “Because of construction we haven’t initiated any long-term leasing because we don’t have storage and other amenities for vendors. Activation of vacant stands is a great way for our merchants to get creative.”RELATED: Ohio City Pasta brings back authentic ramen popup Kate’s Fish at West Side Market adds tuna melts and oyster barParis Wolfe covers Cleveland’s food scene for cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer. She writes about the people and businesses behind the food, as well as the traditions, cultures and neighborhoods that shape how...