Cincinnati Magazine

Dining

Best Restaurants 2011

Food both haute and homespun. Interiors cozy and grand. Service dependable and dazzling. It's all here in our annual list of the 10 best restaurants—and the best new addition—in town.

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Recent Dining Stories

Dining Articles

Fine Diving: Bonnie Lynn Bakery and Restaurant

It’s best we not tell all those executives in Blue Ash that Bonnie Lynn Bakery and Restaurant is here. If they knew that after ... Read the rest
Weeknight: Cricket Lounge

I love hotel bars. It stems from my fasci-nation with the Algonquin Round Table, where Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, and Alexander Woollcott exchanged smarty ... Read the rest
At the Table: Dominic Palazzolo

Dominic Palazzolo has combined wax and tallow—rendered animal fat—to create detailed sculptures for over a decade. With cruise liners and the military as loyal ... Read the rest
Fine Diving: Thai Taste

This sushi craze will end. I mean, there will come a day when we suddenly wake up and each shout “Holy crap, I’ve been ... Read the rest

Take 5

Happy Hours

Every bar in town has drink specials for happy hour. When hunger strikes and you need grub to accompany the booze, these five restaurants can fill your stomach as well as your glass.

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Donna's Recent Reviews

Kung Food Fighting

Master Chef Chu circles the dining room, stopping at every table to raise his glass of beer to each customer, tipping it back with each toast. His smile is wide, his laugh boisterous and unrestrained. He doesn’t speak of word of English, and it doesn’t matter—the language of celebration is universal. Of slight build, he wears a wide belt over his T-shirt, the kind used by weightlifters for support and protection, a necessary precaution for a 64-year-old man who has made a 55-year career of standing over a stove. Yes, your math is correct. Master Chef Chu—born in the province ... Contains Image

Dining

Best Restaurants 2011

Recent Dining Stories

Dining Articles

Fine Diving: Bonnie Lynn Bakery and Restaurant

Weeknight: Cricket Lounge

At the Table: Dominic Palazzolo

Fine Diving: Thai Taste

Take 5

Happy Hours

Virgils Café

Longworth's

Rohrer's Tavern

Oakley Pub & Grill

Mayday

Donna's Recent Reviews

Kung Food Fighting

Permanent Vacation

Identity Crisis

Simmer Down

The Pelican Brief

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