Three Local Bars with Food Worth Staying For
These watering holes flip the script as libation-centric destinations with surprisingly good grub.Longfellow
This OTR hangout mixes quality cocktails without pretension, and its food is...
Best Restaurant No. 1: Sotto is the Gold Standard for Consistency
Most restaurants, from meal to meal and year to year, have ups and downs. Standards slip when someone is out of town, chefs get bored...
Best Restaurant No. 2: Bauer Tries New Cuisine and Makes it Extraordinary
Bauer has been continuously improving since its doors opened a few years ago, and it’s now one of Cincinnati’s true gems. While maintaining its...
Best Restaurant No. 3: Restaurant L Does Luxury Like No One Else
Editor's Note: This restaurant closed on March 15,2020.There are nice restaurants, there are places you go for a special occasion, and then there is...
Best Restaurant No. 4: Boca Maintains Elegance in its Rustic Appeal
Like walking onto the set of an opera, there is something theatrical and almost over-the-top about Boca, with its enormous chandelier, floor-to-ceiling draperies, and...
Best Restaurant No. 5: Abigail Street Impresses with Attentive Service
Much less than other restaurants of its caliber, Abigail Street is understated in its greatness. Service is so friendly and casual that you only gradually...
Best Restaurant No. 6: Please Balances Crowd-Pleasing and Experimental
If you want to try something you have absolutely never been served before, or even heard of, Please is the place to go. Each...
Best Restaurant No. 7: Miyoshi Inspires Appreciation for Simplicity
Editor’s note: Miyoshi closed August 28, 2021.Entering Miyoshi is like entering another world. Floating in a busy sea of strip malls and traffic in...
Best Restaurant No. 8: Phoenician Taverna Gracefully Fine Tunes Classics
Wassim Matar, Phoenician Taverna's owner, once told me something interesting: Be careful with recipes. Reason being, a recipe can make you think you know how...
Best Restaurant No. 9: Eighth & English Pulls Off a Successful Pivot
Editor's note: This restaurant closed in September 2019.After a year in business, Eighth & English did something courageous and difficult. Owner Chase Blowers and...