West Point Market, Springside join forces to recreate cheese spreads
Springside Athletic Club is now selling West Point Market’s cheese spreads at its cafe in Bath Township.
Folks longing for the taste of the former West Point Market’s original cheese spreads can get their fill now, with the venerable market’s original recipes for two of its spreads now being sold at the cafe at Springside Athletic Club in Bath Township.
Eight-ounce, resealable containers of Our Bar, made with cheddar and horse radish and The Other Spread, a garlic herb concoction, can be purchased there for $8.99. They were two of West Point Market’s most popular flavors that the upscale market used to sell in West Akron, said Rick Vernon, who was the market’s third-generation owner.
The South of the Border spread is expected to be offered starting next week.
“We’re talking old-school,” said Vernon. “Those recipes were my dad’s [Russ Vernon’s] recipes.”
In all, Russ Vernon had 35 cheese spread recipes. They were from among 350 recipes he developed for the former store, including baked goods, salads, entrees and sides.
Springside Athletic Club owner Brian Steere, left, Rick Vernon of West Point Market, Demi Boyazis and Diana Bole, former West Point Market cheese shop manager, worked together to re-create the West Point Market cheese spreads sold at the club’s cafe.
Diana Bole, former cheese shop manager who worked at West Point Market for 30 years, has collaborated with Springside cafe operator Demi Boyazis to re-create the handmade cheese spreads, using the exacting standards of West Point’s original recipes and sourcing the same ingredients. The development process for the spreads took about a month, with Springside first offering them for sale in December.
There are some trade secrets to making the spreads, Vernon said. “It’s not just the recipe but how you make it with the preparation of it.”
Selling homemade spreads in small batches is special, he said.
“The cheese spreads are a a lot of work. Not many people offer a good cheese spread — not homemade,” Vernon…
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