Northern Ohio native Vinnie Cimino is reinventing traditional
midwestern cuisine as “modern grandma” cooking at his Cleveland restaurant Cordelia. His signature dishes include a box of pull-apart
smashburgers topped with Kool-Aid pickles, steak tartare done as an homage to the Galley Boy cheeseburger at famed local chain Swensons, corned beef reimagined as corned lamb, and deep fried saltines, a throwback to his grandmother’s past in Alabama.

 

 











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Culinary Characters Unlocked

Culinary Characters Unlocked

Cleveland Chef Vinnie Cimino on being named a Food and Wine 2025 Best New Chef for re-inventing midwestern cuisine

NOV 4, 202532 MIN
Culinary Characters Unlocked

Cleveland Chef Vinnie Cimino on being named a Food and Wine 2025 Best New Chef for re-inventing midwestern cuisine

NOV 4, 202532 MIN

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Northern Ohio native Vinnie Cimino is reinventing traditional midwestern cuisine as “modern grandma” cooking at his Cleveland restaurant Cordelia. His signature dishes include a box of pull-apart smashburgers topped with Kool-Aid pickles, steak tartare done as an homage to the Galley Boy cheeseburger at famed local chain Swensons, corned beef reimagined as corned lamb, and deep fried saltines, a throwback to his grandmother’s past in Alabama.

 

 

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