Cleveland, OHFine Dining

Pier W is a Lakewood seafood restaurant perched over Lake Erie in a room shaped to resemble a cruise ship hull. Cleveland Magazine highlights both the dramatic water view and the restaurant's fine dining character. A serious seafood kitchen matches the setting, with contemporary American preparations, lobster bisque and a broad wine program supporting a deliberately paced meal.

Cru Uncorked brings a French leaning fine dining menu to Moreland Hills in Cleveland's eastern suburbs, with wine as a central part of the experience. Cleveland Magazine includes the restaurant in its fine dining and wine coverage. The deep cellar, composed cooking and polished service make it a suburban destination for a deliberately paced special occasion meal.

Marble Room sets a steakhouse and raw bar in a grand downtown space on Euclid Avenue. Cleveland Magazine covers the restaurant across its fine dining, steak and seafood guides. Columns, chandeliers and the former bank vault establish the room's scale, while steaks and a raw bar of shellfish anchor a menu built for occasion dining.

Dante is an upscale New American restaurant in Tremont, one of Cleveland's established dining neighborhoods. Cleveland Magazine includes it in local fine dining coverage. Set on Professor Avenue, the restaurant fits the Tremont pattern of ambitious independent kitchens, drawing diners from across the region for composed cooking and a deliberate sit down meal.

Blue Point Grille is a Warehouse District seafood restaurant downtown on West St. Clair Avenue. Cleveland Magazine includes it in both seafood and fine dining coverage. Soaring ceilings, gold capped columns and a menu centered on fresh fish give the longstanding restaurant a polished setting for a white tablecloth dinner in a historic part of the city.