BRAD FRIEDLANDER

Brad Friedlander, one of three partners of Praxis Restaurant Group—the holding company for the award-winning Moxie, The Restaurant and award-winning Red, The Steakhouse—has been an influential presence on the Cleveland restaurant scene for more than 25 years. From his first undertaking to his latest, Moxie and Red, Friedlander has been zealous about three things: innovation, perfection, and execution. He calls Moxie (named Best New Restaurant in America by Esquire Magazine in 1998) an American Bistro that strikes a suitable balance between invention and convention, between the familiar and the unexpected; and Red, named one of the Top 10 steakhouses by Playboy, as “unparalleled among the literally hundreds of steakhouses that spot the restaurant landscape. The restaurants and the food we serve are more of an art form than a business. We care about what we serve; we’re passionate about what we serve. We are constantly dreaming up ways to exceed our guests’s expectations.”

JONATHAN BENNET
Chef

PETER VAUTHY
Chef