UnBar Cafe is a wine bar in Larchmere, Cleveland.
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.
Food program: Small plates, homemade pies, evening snack menu
Address: 12635 Larchmere Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44120
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
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.
Signature pour: Thursday half-price bottle special, choose an Italian pairing
Wine focus: Family-owned Italian by-the-glass and thoughtfully sourced Italian bottles
Food: Pasta, pizza and old-world Italian plates
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
