From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Restaurant Week Announced

February 26, 2010

The Greater Cincinnati Independents’ restaurant week will be March 22-28, 2010. The list of participating restaurants has nearly doubled this year. Check out the the Independents’ website for menus (which will be posted as they are announced).

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Review: Bouchon (Las Vegas, Brunch)

February 26, 2010

A secret: I’m not really a fan of Las Vegas. Is that even legal?  Isn’t everyone supposed to love Vegas– the immense city blocks, the constant entertainment, the shopping, the food?  Okay, I’ll give you the food, but to be honest, the rest of the city just sort of rubs me the wrong way.  I [...]

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Christ Hospital + Chefs = Heart Healthy Food.

February 25, 2010

I like to eat well. I also would like to lose a few pounds. Yeah, I know, I should be writing a blog about marathons, not food, right? Wrong! Christ Hospital has teamed up with 12 pilot restaurants to analyze their menus and put the Christ Hospital Tower next to menu items to denote that [...]

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Cincinnati Magazine’s Top Ten List 2010

February 25, 2010

Thanks to a Mt. Adams Reader for allowing me to borrow their copy of Cincinnati Magazine– I don’t get many magazines because my old mail carrier liked to rip mine to shreds before they arrived in my mailbox. Mental note: subscribe to magazines again. Last years’ list, for reference. 2008′s, too. 1. Orchids 2. Boca [...]

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Arnold’s New Lunch Menu

February 24, 2010

Looks like Arnold’s is redoing their lunch menu– at one point, they had a 3.95 lunch menu, and weren’t putting out a product they liked. This time, they’re doing a 4.99 lunch menu, and Ronda Androski promises that it will change seasonally. A sampling: Spaghetti and meatballs Irish stew Burritos Tacos Burgers Burgers come with [...]

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Javier’s Closing

February 24, 2010

The Business Courier is reporting that Javier’s, on Walnut Street, is closing on Friday, February 26. They opened for dinner a couple of years ago, but aside from a handful of times, I never actually saw them open for dinner– which would be the only chance I’d have to try them. The one time I [...]

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Mini-Review: Nicola’s

February 24, 2010

I posted a while back about Nicola’s Monday Night Neighborhood special, which Terry and I partake in more often than our waistlines would like, where we get their famous bolognese (seen also as the sauce for the lasagna at Via Vite).  The last time we were at Nicola’s, we decided to partake in dessert as [...]

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Experience: The Buena Vista, San Francisco

February 23, 2010

Ah, the Buena Vista, the “home of Irish coffee” in the U.S.  It’s on a hill overlooking Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, and they really do have great Irish coffee.  You can read the story here, but essentially two guys who had had Irish coffee at the Shannon Airport in Ireland wanted to recreate what [...]

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Review: In-N-Out Burger, San Francisco

February 23, 2010

I’m going to take a small break from Cincinnati stuff to share some food finds from my travels in the past few months.  I’ve been, let’s see… a lot of places.  I lose track.  Since November, I have been near an In-n-Out Burger no fewer than four times, but only actually *got* some twice– once [...]

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wine me, dine me (on BuzzVoice)

February 22, 2010

Have you heard of BuzzVoice? It’s a cool service (formerly known as PimpMyNews) that reads your blogs to you, like a podcast. John Atkinson, the brains behind BuzzVoice, was kind enough to allow wine me, dine me to be a member of the beta! If you are in the blog and not an RSS reader, [...]

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