For a quart of Ale is a dish for a King.
--Shakespeare

Congratulations to Chef Jonathon Sawyer and Team Cento!
Northern Ohio Live Magazine named Bar Cento Best New Restaurant!
August 1, 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 & drink
3. D’Vine Wine Bar

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The Chef: Jonathon Sawyer

Chef Jonathon Sawyer, a Cleveland native, first learned to cook at the age of 13 from his brother. “My parents believed in a solid work ethic,” says Sawyer, “I was lucky that I learned that I wanted to be a chef at such a young age.”

Under the careful tutelage of many gifted chefs including Michael Symon, the chef and owner of Lola and Lolita restaurants in Cleveland, Chef Charlie Palmer at Kitchen 22 in New York City, and Chef Philippe Ruiz at The Biltmore, Sawyer has developed into a truly talented chef.

After attending the University of Dayton and graduating from the Pennsylvania Institute of Culinary Arts, Sawyer went on to work at The Biltmore Hotel in Miami. One year later, he worked alongside renowned Chef Charlie Palmer in New York at Kitchen 22, Aureole, Astra and Kitchen 82. Chef Sawyer recently became the Chef/Partner of Bar Cento, a modern Roman enoteca in Ohio City. He is also in the process of opening The Greenhouse Tavern, the first Green restaurant in Ohio. When outside the kitchen, Sawyer enjoys walking his two dogs, a pit bull named Potato and a pug named Vito in the Cleveland Metroparks, as well as spending time with his wife,son Catcher & newborn daughter Louisiana.