Auteur

Opening soon in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, just 30 minutes east of Auteur is an intimate, tasting-menu-only restaurant created as the sister concept to The Pompadour, the award-winning small-plates restaurant that has spent the past decade demonstrating that ambitious, creative dining does not have to exist within the boundaries of a major city.

Auteur represents the next evolution of that philosophy.

Where The Pompadour is energetic, approachable and built around creative small plates, Auteur will provide the opportunity to explore food, wine and hospitality through a more focused lens: a progressive tasting menu, a serious wine and beverage program, and an intimate dining room where every element of the experience can be considered deliberately.

Fairport Harbor is an intentionally unexpected setting for an ambitious restaurant. That is part of what makes it interesting.

Next door, The Pompadour has already demonstrated that diners will travel for an experience worth seeking out. The intimate restaurant has earned repeated recognition among Northeast Ohio’s best restaurants while developing a loyal following for inventive food and a serious cocktail program.

Auteur takes that foundation and pushes it significantly further.

Auteur will be an intimate restaurant centered exclusively around a multi-course tasting menu. The experience will be supported by an equally thoughtful beverage program. The cooking will be ambitious and technically accomplished. The wine program will have depth. The service to demonstrate exceptional awareness and precision. But ultimately, we want guests to feel comfortable.

Auteur’s small size is similarly intentional. Every cook influences every plate. Every server influences the experience. Every wine recommendation matters. Every member of the team has the opportunity to meaningfully influence what the restaurant becomes. We want a small group of exceptionally capable people who care deeply about restaurants and want to build one together.