From the monthly archives:

March 2010

Experience: Pats vs. Geno’s

March 10, 2010

When I was recently in Philadelphia, I was encouraged by many to try the Pats and Geno’s challenge.  They are, of course, the quintessential Philly cheesesteak places, across the street from one another and both drawing huge crowds. Each claims to be the best, and each has staunch supporters.  I’m pretty sure that you can [...]

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Cincinnati Magazine Nominated for Top Food Writing Honors

March 9, 2010

Big congrats to Donna Covrett, whose articles on Bootsy’s, Sichuan Bistro, and Virgil’s , as well as a team-written piece on Chili are nominated for City and Regional Magazine Awards, including Food or Dining Writing and Leisure Writing, presented by the City and Regional Magazine Association. Cincinnati Magazine itself is nominated for a General Excellence [...]

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Closed (uh, sort of): Courtyard Cafe

March 8, 2010

This is probably the weirdest restaurant closing I’ve heard of in the past few years. Courtyard Cafe, which has long been the only restaurant on Main Street in Over-the-Rhine (Iris Book Cafe serves food, but its focus is beverages), will remain open for the near future for only one day per month. It was, as [...]

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I’m obsessed…

March 6, 2010

…with craft cocktails. Since sampling them at The Rookwood,Tonic, Bouchon in Vegas, private parties with Molly Wellman… Obsessed! Expect to see some posts here and on wine-girl.net soon. For now, I’m reading up and experimenting. What is your favorite craft or classic cocktail?

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People Working Cooperatively’s Oscar Night Party 2010

March 5, 2010

Have you folks heard about the PWC Oscar Night Party? It’s one of the only official Academy Award parties in the country. This year, it will be held on Sunday, March 7th at the Hilton Netherland Plaza. It will be created by Chef Kelly of Orchids (who just got named #1 restuarant in the city [...]

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Art of the Food Opens Friday

March 4, 2010

Art of the Food, an annual event at the Carnegie in Covington, will be hosting an opening on Friday, March 5th at 6 PM. This is a cool event– a couple of years ago, I remember sitting at Lavomatic listening to Jean-Robert wax rhapsodic about a Mona Lisa made out of toast– that features both [...]

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Review: Sichuan Bistro

March 4, 2010

Whenever I’ve discussed authentic Chinese food– not the Americanized stuff that 90% of local restaurants produce– the universal response has been: “Go to Sichuan Bistro”– yet I never had.  When I discovered that it was but a few minutes from my office I felt pretty stupid– this supposedly great place is so darn close?  When [...]

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Review: Walt’s Barbecue

March 3, 2010

We haven’t done a barbecue revue review around here in a while, have we?  I’ve actually covered Walt’s before– well, actually, Kasmira did– but I figured at some point, I’d have to go myself.  Our friend Ed suggested Walt’s for the Happy Mouth Supper Club, so we gladly went along. For background, Terry considers himself [...]

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Review: Areti’s Gyros

March 2, 2010

This whole new house thing is kind of for the birds.  Okay, that’s not true, but we had a few weekends where we were having things installed or fixed (if my cable could stay on for more than a day or two, that would be lovely…), so many Saturdays were completely blown just by waiting [...]

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Pine Club (Dayton) featured in Saveur

March 1, 2010

Do you want to learn how to make the Pine Cone cocktail, a favorite at the Pine Club in Dayton? Check out Saveur this month– sounds delicious (if a bit heavy).  Photo from Saveur. More cocktail posts from me this week!

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