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Breakfast Impressions: Half Day Cafe
These days, breakfast for me means a 6-ounce cup of coffee with half-and-half, accompanied by a small bowl of high-fiber, "colon-blow" oatmeal. Not very sexy, but oh, what delicious...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Mazunte Taqueria
One of my biggest regrets in life is never having learned to speak Spanish muy bien. I took siete años of it over my high school and college years, but without any real-world...
View ArticleIndian Food to the Rescue: Brij Mohan Indian Sweets & Restaurant
Sometimes, the best way to rediscover a good restaurant is while searching for a new one....
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The 10 Biggest Restaurant Disappointments of 2013
2013 was a disappointing year on many fronts, from the botched HealthCare.gov website roll-out, to the confounding behaviors of both a crack-smoking Toronto mayor and a streetcar-hating Cincinnati...
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The Top 10 BiggestRestaurant Disappointments of 2013
2013 was a disappointing year on many fronts, from the botched HealthCare.gov website roll-out, to the confounding behaviors of both a crack-smoking Toronto mayor and a streetcar-hating Cincinnati...
View ArticleNew Chinese Restaurant: Sichuan Chili
Sichuan Chili is a new Chinese restaurant in Evandale featuring two menus: an authentic Chinese version highlighting the spicy cuisine of China's Sichuan province, and a "traditional...
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First Impressions: Remezo Greek Cuisine
Remezo Greek Cuisine is a new Mason restaurant taking up shop in the former Tumbleweed and Dueces Wild Saloon off the Fields Ertel exit. The owners have obviously spent a small fortune gutting the...
View ArticleOur First Look at Meatball Kitchen
Meatball Kitchen opened less than a month ago on Short Vine in Corryville, near the UC campus and Clifton. I'm not originally from Cincinnati, but my girlfriend, who is, says they've been trying to...
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Pie Impressions: Delicio Coal Fired Pizza
Coal-fired ovens hold a special place in the hearts of New Yorkers. Lombardi's, said to be the country's oldest pizzeria, has been baking its pies in such an oven since it first opened in Manhattan in...
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Ethiopian Yumminess: Elephant Walk Injera & Curry House
Elephant Walk Injera & Curry House, which opened this month in Clifton, is among a very short list of area restaurants featuring Ethiopian cuisine, a list that includes Habesha in Cheviot and...
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First Impressions: Delhi Palace Indian Restaurant
Finally. That was our reaction when we passed the new sign posted outside the building west of Silverton Cafe. An Indian restaurant was now available to the Kenwood/Silverton/Deer Park masses. The spot...
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The Eagle Food and Beer Hall
We Cincinnati foodies tend to trip over one another whenever a new restaurant opens in Over-the-Rhine, clamoring to be among the first to experience it and talk about it and blog about it and post...
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The 10 BiggestRestaurant Disappointments of 2013
2013 was a disappointing year on many fronts, from the botched HealthCare.gov website roll-out, to the confounding behaviors of both a crack-smoking Toronto mayor and a streetcar-hating Cincinnati...
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First Impressions: Incline Public House
In their day, Cincinnati's five inclined planes must have been quite a sight, transporting passengers and freight up and down the surrounding steep hillsides. They were a means of transportation...
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Korean Impressions: Stone Bowl
Cincinnati is surprisingly flush with Korean food offerings, all tasty in their own right. Downtown, you'll often find me hanging out for lunch at Sunny Deli in Carew Tower, which offers a simple but...
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Swad Indian: It's the Dusmesh of Old
If you were a fan of Dusmesh, the highly-blogged-about Indian restaurant in Clifton, then you should know that in 2013, new ownership and staff dramatically changed an establishment that had once...
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Barbecue Review: Just Q'in
The Hebrew Bible's story of David and Goliath is humanity's premier classic tale of an underdog emerging from virtual obscurity to defeat the mighty favorite. Just Q'in, a Newtown-based barbecue...
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Cheap Breakfast Gem: Parkside Cafe
Finding a good breakfast in Cincinnati seems to be getting harder these days. The "giants" of the breakfast scene: Sugar 'N Spice, Taste of Belgium and Sleep Bee Cafe, are just a few...
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The Year of the Meatball: Packhouse Meats
2014 was the "Year of The Meatball" in Cincinnati. Two area restaurants open since January devote their menus to the delicious orbs: Meatball Kitchen, located in Short Vine, and...
View ArticleHo-Hum Thai: Bamboo Kitchen
By now most of my followers have noticed I haven't been writing much lately. Early this year, I began experiencing a sudden onset of health issues that have so far baffled doctors. The stress from this...
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