From the monthly archives:

January 2011

Chef change at Lavomatic

January 5, 2011

I’ve confirmed this through two reliable sources who wish to remain anonymous: Brad Bernstein is no longer at Lavomatic. My calls to the Relish group were not returned. I do not have details as to who is replacing him. This is the second big change in the Relish Group in just one week. Lavomatic was [...]

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Chat with Polly Campbell and me tomorrow!

January 4, 2011

Polly and I are teaming up for a chat tomorrow.  It starts at noon and lasts until 12:30– though I may have to cut my participation short due to that “turn off the cellphone” mandate on airplanes. Darnit.  Join us here.

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Groupon for La Poste

January 4, 2011

I’ve heard some good things and some not-so-good things about La Poste but haven’t yet made it up to try it. Now I’m sure it’ll take me a bit longer to get in, what with a $15 for $30 Groupon going on.  You’ll need a reservation in order to use the Groupon.

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Happy 3rd Blogiversary!

January 3, 2011

Wow.  As of January 3 (that is, today), wine me, dine me has reached its third birthday! It’s sort of hard to believe it’s been three years– the landscape of Cincinnati food has changed so much, just since 2008. Some of my first reviews– Sung Korean Bistro and Taste of Belgium– are still around and [...]

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Chalk Closes for Business

January 1, 2011

Chalk, the restaurant once part of the Jean-Robert Restaurant Group, and later run by Mark Bodenstein has closed. According to their Twitter feed, they served their last meal on New Year’s Eve. I got the tip that this was happening last week from a reader who also noted that Bodenstein left Chalk recently (I’m trying [...]

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