From the monthly archives:

June 2010

Preview: poco a poco

June 30, 2010

Little by little, they’re opening… I love Hyde Park Square– it’s easily in my top five favorite spots in the city. As a little girl, my great aunts lived in A’Laise and took me for ice cream, waved to the firefighters, let me press my nose on the shop windows to look in– very different [...]

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Food trucks are great, but what do you do with them in the winter?

June 29, 2010

I’m definitely a fan of food trucks– what’s not to like about good food served just about anywhere? With the new ordinances in Cincinnati, food trucks are only going to multiply, since they have some guaranteed places to sell their wares. But, I’m sure you’ve thought of this– I know I have– what about the [...]

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Tony Bourdain at the Aronoff: 94 F-Bombs and Counting

June 28, 2010

“Tonight is a bad night to eat out in Cincinnati.” What an accurate opening line for Anthony Bourdain’s show at the Aronoff last night.  Just walking in, I saw several prominent local chefs, wine experts, spirits experts, food writers, food bloggers and just plain old fans, all gathered in a nearly sold-out theater to hear [...]

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Mini-Review: Grateful Grahams

June 24, 2010

I love my neighborhood. Longtime readers probably know that (and I probably drone on abut how much it rocks a little too often). It’s so convenient for me, like I did a few weeks ago, to come home after, say, Yoga and run a couple of errands. Now, avoiding people I know while in yoga [...]

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Chat with me at Cincinnati.Com!

June 23, 2010

What are you doing during your lunch hour on Friday, June 25 from 12:30-1? I’ll be eating a sandwich and talking dining, and you’re welcome to join me! At the bottom of this post is a link to a chat box where you can enter your info and ask me questions and interact for a [...]

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Taste of the NFL 2010 (and when will Jean-Robert open his Table?)

June 23, 2010

(Guest post by The Boyfriend) Nobody really wants to wish his/her life away.  But the Cincinnati Bengals’ Taste of the NFL 2010: Where Food and Football Reign, had a way of making football fans want to see the next couple of pages torn off the calendar post haste. It’s not that we want summer to [...]

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Review: Washington Platform

June 22, 2010

I can’t tell you how many times I have driven or walked past Washington Platform.  I’ve known about the place since I was a kid, when I would page through the Entertainment Book (do they still make physical books, or are they all online?) and look at the menu.  There were a lot of restaurants [...]

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Review: Stone Creek Dining Company

June 21, 2010

Yes, occasionally, the Boyfriend and I head out to the suburbs. I have a fondness for Olde Montgomery. It’s walkable, has great restaurants and shops, and has been continuously improving itself over the past few years. I had heard from several people that Stone Creek was a good choice for the area. I was expecting [...]

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Cocktail Hour: The Martinez and the Martini

June 18, 2010

The Martini might be one of the most contentious drinks behind the bar.  When you order a Martini in a bar, generally what you get is gin, up, shaken (not stirred), with an olive or two.  If vermouth is used, it’s used incredibly sparingly. I’m sorry, folks.  That’s not a Martini.  That’s gin, up.  Likewise [...]

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Review: Buona Vita Pizza

June 18, 2010

Goodness, do I have a backlog of reviews. You’ll see quite a few starting today, but the first is a great, out-of-the-way find that I hope you’ll enjoy as much as I did. My trek to this restaurant has a bit of a story. A few months ago, I started following @JoeLRobb on Twitter. Great [...]

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