Sérénité Restaurant & Culinary Institute (538 W. Liberty St., 330-952-2611), the EDWINS-style brasserie in Medina geared around the recovery community, will open its doors on Thursday, March 29th. Based on the vision of Brandon Chrostowski, the restaurant offers its staff a series of workshops and recovery support. As students of the eight-month program, workers will hone their skills in fine-dining.

“It’s almost identical to Edwins – it’s a nonprofit restaurant and training program – with the fundamental differences being that it’s for recovery and it’s delivered through a brasserie,” says Chrostowski. “We know from the success of EDWINS that if you equip men and women with the knowledge, tools and resources to face challenges head on, they are bound for success.”

Sérénité is a French-style restaurant offering a selection of appetizers and raw bar items from $6 to $14 and entrees priced from $14 to $34, including dishes such as duck confit, escargot, coq au vin, and braised leg of rabbit.

Michael Flaherty will serve as the general manager and Gilbert Brenot is the chef de cuisine.

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This article appears in Mar 21-27, 2018.

For 25 years, Douglas Trattner has worked as a full-time freelance writer, editor and author. His work as co-author on Michael Symon's cookbooks have earned him four New York Times Best-Selling Author honors, while his longstanding role as Scene dining editor has garnered awards of its own.

One reply on “Sérénité Restaurant and Culinary Institute to Open March 29th”

  1. Blah blah blah! This white man has yall hoodwinked with his non profit restaurant scam. He is just a modern day plantation owner, scamming foundations claiming to be a non profit do gooder while exploiting troubled groups of people to provide discounted and free labor.

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