Cleveland: Provenance (September 2013)

My spouse and I dined at Provenance at the Cleveland Museum of Art for Sunday brunch in early September 2013. The full-service restaurant is located adjacent to the self-serve café. Brunch is served on Sundays from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Lunch is available on Tuesdays through Saturdays from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm, and dinner is served on Wednesday and Friday only from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The bar area serves a light menu during the hours between lunch and dinner. The restaurant accepts reservations. The restaurant space is stark and modern, and provides a nice oasis compared with the serve-yourself café next door. The restaurant overlooks a field/garden, which was disappointingly barren despite the season.

Sunday brunch consists of a chef's table with appetizers that you serve yourself, including fruit, green salad, granola, nuts, yogurt, muffins, scones, and pastries, followed by a served, made-to-order entrée, such as a Waldorf salad (excellent!), quiche, hash, croquet madame (not so great!), benedicts, French toast, and savory crepes. Most brunch items were in the $18 to $20 range, which included both the main course and the buffet appetizer table.

Our meal at Provenance was satisfactory, but nothing to rave about.