Canton

The Crush House at Gervasi Vineyard

Gervasi / East Canton edge · Canton · Modern American and Italian-inspired winery restaurant

The Wild Card

The Crush House is the best wine program in Canton by default, but it earns the title on its own merits too — fair prices, proper storage, and estate wines with a genuine sense of place. If you're within driving distance and haven't taken Ohio wine seriously yet, this is the place to start.

TD's Tailgate Canton South

Canton South · Canton · Sports Bar & Grill

The Lazy List

TD's Tailgate is a sports bar that happens to have wine — not a wine destination that happens to show games. If your group orders wine here, you'll survive, but order the beer or a cocktail and put your energy into the game.

Aladdin's Eatery - North Canton

The Strip / North Canton · Canton · Lebanese-American, Mediterranean

The Lazy List

Come here for the food — seriously, the shawarma and falafel earn their reputation — but don't come here for the wine. Order a sparkling water and save the bottle for somewhere that actually cares.

Sparta Steak House & Lounge

Downtown / Market Ave area · Canton · Steakhouse & Lounge

The Reliable

Sparta is a dependable neighborhood steakhouse with a wine list that matches the room — safe, familiar, and a little overpriced on the marquee bottles. If you're here for the steak and want something solid in the glass, you'll find it; just avoid the celebrity labels and ask what's pouring well by the glass.

The Bistro of Oakwood

East Canton / Oakwood · Canton · Upscale American Bistro / Fine Dining

The Wild Card

The Bistro of Oakwood is doing something quietly interesting in a market where most lists coast on Meiomi and Josh. If you're in Canton and want a real wine with dinner, this is where you go.

Lucca Downtown

Downtown Canton · Canton · Italian

The Reliable

Lucca Downtown is doing more with wine than most restaurants in Canton, and the Italian backbone of the list gives it a coherent identity. It's not a destination wine program, but it's a solid companion to a well-priced dinner — just steer clear of the California detours.

The Twisted Olive

Green (greater Canton area) · Canton · Italian-American

The Reliable

The Twisted Olive is exactly what a good neighborhood Italian-American restaurant should be for wine: fair prices, sensible selections, nothing embarrassing. We'd send a friend here for dinner without hesitation — just don't come expecting to discover anything new.

The Bistro at Gervasi Vineyard

North Canton / 55th St NE area · Canton · Upscale Italian / Rustic Tuscan-Inspired

The Wild Card

The Bistro at Gervasi is a Wild Card not because the wine list is adventurous, but because the whole experience — estate wines, Tuscan barn, Ohio cornfields just outside — shouldn't work as well as it does. Send a friend here if they want a romantic dinner with a genuine sense of place; warn them not to expect a deep exploration of Italian wine country.

Grapes in a Glass

Canton · Canton · American, Small Plates

The Wild Card

Grapes in a Glass is the kind of place that has no business being this good in a mid-size Ohio city, and we mean that as the highest compliment. If you're in Canton and you care about what's in your glass, this is your only stop.