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Northern Ohio Live: Grassroots Gastronomy

III. FUTURE
Sawyer House Rules
Chef and restaurateur Jonathon Sawyer is one of the region’s loudest voices in the move towards local, sustainable and green restaurant stewardship, and as if to prove his dedication, he plans to open the [...]

Northern Ohio Live: Best New Restaurant 2008

Best New Restaurant:
1. BAR CENTO
2. Paladar
3. Dante
Best Chef:
1. Mike Symon
2. Doug Katz
3. JONATHON SAWYER
Best Bar:
1. VTR
2. BAR CENTO
3. D’Vine Wine Bar
Best Place for Late Night Dining:
1. Nighttown
2. BAR CENTO
3. Luigi’s
Best Pizza:
1. Geraci’s
2. Luigi’s
3. BAR CENTO
Best Appetizer:
1. BAR CENTO
2. fire food [...]

Fox 8: Green Restaurant to Open in Arena District

Exclusive video of the construction of The Greenhouse Tavern featured on Fox 8 News. See the video on Cleveland FOX 8’s website.

Crain’s Business Cleveland: A twist of green

By JOHN BOOTH
4:30 am, July 14, 2008
While Jonathon Sawyer’s plans call for The Greenhouse Tavern to have an actual greenhouse on its East Fourth Street roof in downtown Cleveland, the chef and owner is aiming for an environmentally friendly approach to restaurateuring that will go well beyond its most visible symbol.
By building with conservation and [...]

Chef Sawyer interviewed by Cool Cleveland

Link to Cool Cleveland Interview
Jonathon Sawyer owner and chef of the new restaurant Bar Cento, located next to The Bier Markt and across the street from the West Side Market, talks about how 5 days of Auto-CAD convinced him to drop out of his engineering studies, follow his passion and study the culinary sciences. The [...]

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