I am so happy.
So, so happy.
Best damn dish in town?
Arloi Dee’s's Chicken Lettuce Wrap.

Other winners:
Appetizers
Best: Montgomery Inn’s Ribs
Award of Excellence: Vitor’s Walnut-Coconut Encrusted Shrimp
Soups/Salads
Best: Arloi Dee’s Chicken Lettuce Wraps
Award of Excellence: Indigo’s Black and Bleu Tuna Salad
Entrees
Best: Andy’s Mediterranean Chicken Tawook
Award of Excellence: Shanghai Mama’s Seafood Shanghai Noodles
Vegetarian Entrees:
Best: Courtyard on Main’s Black Bean Burrito
Award of Excellence: La Petite France’s Vegetarian Crepe
Desserts:
Best: Vitor’s Unforgettable French Toast
Award of Excellence: Courtyard Cafe’s Raspberry Cloud Pie
Not a single chain on the list. I am so darn proud of our city and its great culinary scene! The judges were faculty and students from the Midwest Culinary Institute.
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It’s good to hear Arloi Dee won for best dish in Cincinnati. The Lumsums are family friends and gave me my first job.
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I am SO GLAD they moved Taste back to fifth street. For a while they had it on Central Parkway and it felt like eating in a garbage strewn parking lot. It was really horrid.
I might actually venture back now that they are flanking Fountain Square again!
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Aw, Lesley! I would sort of like for it to be on Central– for purely selfish reasons
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