Sainato's at Rivergate is a wine bar in Ohio City, Cleveland.
Sainato's at Rivergate on Columbus Road on the Cuyahoga River, a family-run Italian room since 1972 in the Rivergate District, runs Italian-by-the-glass and Thursday half-priced bottle nights.
Food program: Pasta, pizza and old-world Italian plates
Address: 1852 Columbus Rd, Cleveland, OH 44113
La Cave Du Vin on Jefferson Avenue in Tremont, the reopened wine bar from former Coventry manager Erich Lasher and Will Hollingsworth since December 2023, runs a constantly changing wine list and a snack menu.
Signature pour: A French natural by the glass, plus a champagne split
Wine focus: Constantly rotating glass and bottle list, French and natural-leaning
Food: Crudites, charcuterie boards, mini sandwiches, chicken liver mousse
Vero Pizza Napoletana on Cedar Road in Cleveland Heights, an expanded 2024 room with a 10-seat marble-topped bar and Italian wines by the glass, runs Neapolitan pizza with a deepening Italian-wine program.
Signature pour: An Italian glass with a Margherita Vera
Wine focus: Italian wines by the glass and Neapolitan-pairing bottles
Food: Wood-fired Neapolitan pizza, antipasti, gelato
UnBar Cafe on Larchmere Boulevard, a woman-owned coffee-and-wine bar that doubles as a Larchmere gathering room, runs evening wine alongside daytime coffee and homemade pies in a casual neighborhood format.
Signature pour: A natural-leaning wine club selection plus a slice of pie
Wine focus: Curated bottles for evening service, coffee bar by day
Food: Small plates, homemade pies, evening snack menu
EDWINS in the former Nighttown space on Cedar Road in Cleveland Heights, Brandon Chrostowski's culinary training restaurant, runs a French-leaning by-the-glass and Burgundy list across an extensive dining-room cellar.
Signature pour: A Burgundy by the glass to start a tasting menu
Wine focus: French-leaning by-the-glass and a Burgundy-led bottle list
Food: French menu paired with the dining room
