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Preview: Holtman’s Donuts & Salazar

June 14, 2013

Taste of NFL was on Wednesday, and one of my favorite things about it is often, restaurants preview dishes before they open, giving lucky attendees a little taste of what’s to come. This year, Holtman’s Donut Shop and Salazar were the two previews. Holtman’s, which will open “soon” at 13th and Vine, featured glazed and [...]

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Review: Kaze

June 13, 2013

It’s been interesting watching the progression of the Gateway Quarter north on Vine.  When I moved to the Gateway Quarter (a whole two blocks from where I was off Main) there were two restaurants , only a couple of stores, and you didn’t want to go north of Venice on Vine or Suder’s. Now, with [...]

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Review: Thai Express

May 23, 2013

As an UC alumna, I have no idea how I never made it to Thai Express in college.  It has all of the things a college student (and, let’s face it, the rest of us) likes:  cheap, delicious food with enough for leftovers the next day.  I was sparked to try Thai Express by Ryan [...]

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Review: Barrio Tequileria

May 3, 2013

Northside is the epicenter of the Cincinnati Tacosphere. Fact. You have Tacocracy, the hard-to-pronounce, anti-establishment taco joint, that fills their tacos with potatoes and very un-taco-like fillings, surrounded by old airplane doodads in an old goth bar. Then, you have Django Western Taco, with its cowboy flair, serving either individual or family-style tacos and a [...]

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Home Cooks: Theresa Nguyen

April 19, 2013

I’ve been quiet for a little while. Work, life– things happen. I’d been intending to post all week, but between Boston, Waco, and a few other things– well, I decided I needed to write about something really positive. I love the things home cooks do and share around the city.  I can name a dozen [...]

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Bites: Escargot at La Poste

February 28, 2013

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that escargot exist only to be vehicles for garlic and butter.* Don’t try to argue with me there. If escargot weren’t traditionally soaked in garlic butter, green with parsley, Bourgogne style, would most people eat them? Thought so. I had my first escargot encounter on my first trip to [...]

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Review: Anchor OTR

January 18, 2013

I am starting to get confused. People are talking about the Anchor– and, you know, people have been talking about the Anchor for years, except they were talking about the greasy spoon in Covington, and not the hip, straight-from-Brooklyn eatery in Over-the-Rhine. Now, instead of hearing about griddled goetta and eggs-over-easy, I’m hearing about lobster [...]

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AAA Four Diamond Awards Announced

January 18, 2013

Congratulations to the five Cincinnati restaurants who received Four Diamond awards today from AAA! The Palace Restaurant The Celestial Orchids at Palm Court Boca Nicola’s The Cincinnatian, Hilton Netherland, Westin and Marriott at Rivercenter also received Four Diamond awards for lodging.

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Winner, Winner, NYE Dinner!

December 28, 2012

We have our winners! For 1 ticket: Heather (no last name, but email address present, yay!) For 2 tickets: Matt PonkeyAw, Matt can’t go.  I had him pick a random number… and the winner is Amanda B! Thanks for playing– guys, you’ll get an email from me momentarily. And you both must report back!

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Review: Alfio’s Buon Cibo

December 27, 2012

Bella Luna has been a stalwart of the restaurant scene in Cincinnati for a while– they’re known for a few things, most notably bread pudding and short rib cannoli, both of which won awards at Taste of Cincinnati a couple of years ago.  When Alfio Gulisano, the Argentine-bred Italian chef announced he’d be leaving Bella [...]

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