Where Education Wins.
Hospitality Transforms.
A restaurant, school, and campus empowering formerly incarcerated adults through culinary arts, hospitality training, and paid-in-life opportunity.
EDWINS Named One of “52 Places for a Changed World”
EDWINS was featured in The New York Times’ 52 Places for a Changed World, a global list recognizing places where travel, hospitality, and community impact come together.
Ranked at No. 12, EDWINS was highlighted for its mission of second chances, culinary education, and the belief that food can transform lives.
EDWINS Honored with the 2025 James Beard Impact Award
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In 2025, EDWINS founder Brandon Chrostowski received the James Beard Foundation Impact Award, recognizing the work of EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute in creating opportunity, dignity, and a more equitable future for the hospitality industry.
From the dining room to the classroom, from prison education to reentry support, EDWINS continues to prove that food can be a pathway to transformation.
EDWINS
Restaurant
Brasserie
Monday – Wednesday
4pm – 12pm
Thursday – Saturday
4pm – 1am
Sunday Brunch
10am – 2pm
Fine Dining
Tuesday – Saturday
4pm – 10pm
216.921.3333
EDWINS
Bakery
Monday – Closed
Wednesday through Saturday
8am to 2pm
Sunday
10:30am to 1:30pm
216.675.0896
EDWINS
Butcher
Wednesday through Friday
11am to 5pm
Saturday
11am to 4pm
Sunday – Tuesday Closed
216.417.1100
Purchasing Gift Cards
Staying in for the time being? Help support EDWINS by purchasing a gift card now and join us for dinner or use it at the Butcher Shop or Bakery! Every little bit helps us achieve our mission of helping people start over with a second chance!
Impacting Lives
Restaurant
“…the mission is larger then braised artichokes and Burgundy snails: The aim is to teach former prisoners a new trade.”
-Danielle Pergament – The New York Times
Leadership
“If you didn’t know its reason for being, it might strike you merely as a chic French restaurant with an impressive cheese cart and a bartender who knows what she’s doing.”
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Institute
There is a quote on the back of each menu at EDWINS Leadership and Restaurant Institute: “At Edwins, we believe in second chances.” Its founder Brandon Chrostowski, himself the recipient of a “second chance,” used his to help to change the face of prison
re-entry in Cleveland.
-Tara Jefferson, Anisfield-Wolf
Memorial Award
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Your Support Provides Fair and Equal Futures
Your financial gift allows us to provide tuition-free education for our students and critical wraparound support services including free housing, help with childcare, transportation assistance, financial literacy, and more.
Tradition & Passion
EDWINS Leadership & Restaurant Institute offers a unique approach at giving formerly incarcerated adults a foundation in the hospitality industry while providing a support network necessary for a successful reentry. EDWINS’ goal is to enhance Cleveland’s most vulnerable neighborhoods by helping to cultivate its future leaders.
“Every human being regardless of their past has the right to a fair and equal future.”