New Restaurant
1. Cordelia
2. Jaja
3. Amba
Downtown Restaurant
1. Marble Room Steaks & Raw Bar
2. Cordelia
3. Blue Point Grille
East Side Restaurant
1. The Pompadour
2. Flour
3. The Last Page
West Side Restaurant
1. Rood Food and Pie
2. Thyme Table
3. Salt
South Side Restaurant
1. Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
2. Delmonico's Restaurant
3. The Boneyard
Local Chef
1. Todd Whitman, Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
2. Rachelle Murphy, Rood Food and Pie
3. Vinnie Cimino, Cordelia
Fine Dining
1. Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
2. Marble Room Steaks & Raw Bar
3. Pier W
Cheap Eats
1. Cilantro Taqueria
2. Cocky’s Bagels
3. Barrio
Food Truck
1. The Benevolent Butcher
2. Parilya
3. Fungry
Steakhouse
1. Marble Room Steaks & Raw Bar
2. Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
3. Red, the Steakhouse
Seafood
1. Blue Point Grille
2. Pier W
3. Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
Bread
1. On the Rise Artisan Bread
2. Blackbird Baking Co.
3. Breadsmith
Cheese
1. Astoria Marketplace & Cafe
2. Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
3. Heinen’s Grocery Store
Pastry
1. Luna Bakery & Cafe
2. Blackbird Baking Co.
3. Corbo’s Bakery
Coffee
1. Rising Star Coffee Roasters
2. Phoenix Coffee
3. Duck-Rabbit Coffee
View
1. Pier W
2. Luca Italian Cuisine
3. 17 River Grille
Outdoor Dining
1. Lago East Bank
2. Astoria Marketplace & Cafe
3. Tavern Six Kirtland
Deli
1. Larder Delicatessen and Bakery
2. Jack’s Deli & Restaurant
3. Corky and Lenny’s
Sandwiches
1. Herb’n Twine
2. Larder Delicatessen and Bakery
3. Slyman’s Restaurant
Soups
1. Souper Market
2. Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
3. Zoup! Fresh Soup Co.
Vegan/Vegetarian
1. The Green Kitchen at Little Rose
2. Cleveland Vegan
3. Tommy’s Restaurant
Beer Selection
1. Winking Lizard Tavern
2. Buckeye Beer Engine
3. Fat Heads Brewery
Wine Selection
1. Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
2. Lago East Bank
3. Cru Uncorked
Brewery
1. Great Lakes Brewing Co.
2. Fat Heads Brewery
3. Saucy Brew Works
Gastropub
1. Pub Frato
2. Tremont Taphouse
3. Buckeye Beer Engine
Cocktails
1. Cloak & Dagger
2. The Last Page
3. Cordelia
Wine Store
1. Rozi’s Wine House
2. The Wine Spot
3. Flight Cleveland
Sports Bar
1. Winking Lizard Tavern
2. Pioneer
3. Merry Arts Pub & Grille
Happy Hour
1. Lago East Bank
2. Rood Food and Pie
3. The Last Page
Appetizers/Small plates
1. Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
2. The Last Page
3. The Pompadour
Brunch
1. The Green Kitchen at Little Rose Tavern
2. The Last Page
3. Lago East Bank
Desserts
1. Rood Food and Pie
2. Thyme Table
3. Cordelia
Barbecue/Ribs
1. Mabel’s BBQ
2. Smokin’ Q’s BBQ and Beer House
3. Woodstock BBQ
Sushi
1. Ginko
2. Sora
3. Pacific East Japanese Restaurant
Burgers
1. Heck’s Cafe
2. Gunselman’s Tavern
3. Hook & Hoof
Bagels
1. Cleveland Bagel Co.
2. Cocky’s Bagels
3. Bialy’s Bagels
Pizza
1. Il Rione Pizzeria
2. Angelo’s Pizza
3. Cents Pizza & Goods
African
1. Zoma Ethiopian Restaurant
2. Empress Taytu Ethiopian Restaurant
3. Primo Africa Cuisine
Caribbean
1. Irie Jamaican Kitchen
2. Taste of Jamaica
3. Twisted Taino
Central European
1. Hofbrauhaus Cleveland
2. Das Schnitzel Haus
3. Der Braumeister Restaurant
Chinese
1. King Wah
2. LJ Shanghai
3. Li Wah
French
1. Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute
2. L’Albatros Brasserie and Bar
3. Chez Francois
Greek
1. Astoria Marketplace & Cafe
2. Greek Village Grille
3. Taki’s Greek Kitchen
Indian
1. Amba
2. Cafe Tandoor
3. India Garden
Italian
1. Luca Italian Cuisine
2. Giovanni’s Pizza
3. Flour
Japanese
1. Sora
2. Ginko Restaurant
3. Pacific East Japanese Restaurant
Mexican
1. Cozumel Mexican Restaurant
2. La Plaza Supermarket
3. Blue Habanero
Middle Eastern
1. Aladdin’s Eatery
2. Taza — A Lebanese Grill
3. Zhug
Puerto Rican/Latin
1. Barroco Arepa Bar and Concert Cafe
2. Paladar Latin Kitchen & Rum Bar
3. Rincon Criollo Cleveland
Soul Food
1. Zanzibar Soul Fusion
2. Southern Cafe
3. Angie’s Soul Cafe
Spanish
1. Mallorca
2. Sangria y Tapas
3. Twisted Taino
Thai
1. Thai Thai
2. Peppermint Thai Cuisine
3. Banana Blossom Thai Cuisine
Vietnamese/Cambodian
1. Superior Pho
2. #1 Pho
3. Phnom Penh
Silver Spoon Award Winners
Cordelia is this year's Best New Restaurant, but we have Silver Spoon Award winners in more than 50 categories, including Best Chef, Best Dessert and Best Pizza to check out before you join our annual Silver Spoon Awards Party, which benefits the Arthritis Foundation.
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