Comments on: News and Tasting: Palace Restaurant at the Cincinnatian Hotel

By: True Blood

True Blood — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:05:04 +0000

had to comment and say that I really like the design on your site here. Did you create this theme yourself or did you purchase it from someone?

By: liz

liz — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:12:52 +0000

are you sure that’s a cupcake? i’m thinking it might be the money she could be saving on car insurance…

By: CincyCapell

CincyCapell — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:38:47 +0000

I love The Palace, and the bar at The Cricket Lounge (that’s the bar’s name, btw) as well. In fact, I have preferred both The Palace and Orchids to Pigall’s for some time before that restaurant closed. The Palace & The Cricket feature very eloquent live jazz on the weekends, and John is the best Maitre’d in the City. He’s totally old school! John told me that the owners have plans to redecorate the Palace, including making the side entrance to the hotel a separate entrance to the restaurant, in the hopes of making the Palace less of a ‘hotel restaurant’. However, money tight right now, travel is down and the hotel’s revenue is suffering. So like so many other things right now, the renovations will likely have to wait until the economy recovers.

By: CaseyC

CaseyC — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:56:29 +0000

Sure. They’re damn fine hounds. I once bought a cd by the Blue Aeroplanes back around 1991 (“Swagger”)….there were pretty good, out of Bristol England.

I heard they were at SxSW this year. man I haven’t heard that one in a while. I am going to dust it off tonight.

By: The Boyfriend

The Boyfriend — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:38:48 +0000

What about blue dogs? I LOVE blue-tick hounds!

By: julie

julie — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:20:15 +0000

Good point.

By: CaseyC

CaseyC — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:12:55 +0000

right…although not all are blue any more (Washington DC’s for example, is green). vestiges of a different era…These days, you say “blue book” and someone thinks of Kelly’s blue book for car valuations and the like. “Blue blood” on the other hand…that still works.

By: julie

julie — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:44:53 +0000

Casey– the Blue Book is a reference to social registers (some of which still exist).

That’s a great tradition you have– I’m wondering if they have any plans to redo the decor. You’re right, it’s a tad dated. Okay, really dated.

By: sidd finch

sidd finch — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:57:34 +0000

i agree about the decor! it’s hideous, even worse around christmastime with the animatronic santas and reindeer. the interior design doesn’t belie the deliciousness of the food.

By: CaseyC

CaseyC — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:59:18 +0000

the “blue book set”? Are they selling used cars?

The Palace was the first restaurant at which we dined in Cincinnati. In town for a job interview, the prospective employer put us up at the Cincinnatian…on Valentine’s Day…in an ice storm. The restaurant had been fully booked, but they ended up having a few cancellations so we were able to squeeze in. We did the Valentine’s Day deal for several years thereafter…kind of a tradition. It started to fall off in more recent years, as the revolving door started to swing with the chefs. I hope they get a good run going again.

the place has a good jazz combo, which is nice for an early Saturday eve cocktail. If only they could do something about the 1987 atrium-style dated decor. Not in this day and age…unfortunately.