December 2025
Features
Best of the City 2025: Food
Charcuterie boards, matcha, and some of Cincinnati’s best food in 2025.
Best of the City 2025: Shopping
Cozy bookshops, plant nurseries, and some of the best stores in Cincinnati in 2025.
Best of the City 2025: City Life
From nail salons to jazz nights to sensory deprivation tanks, here are some of the best ways to enjoy Cincinnati.
Best of the City 2025: The Arts
Cincinnati is a great place to get crafty—from visual art to fashion to music and more.
Best of the City 2025: Just for Kids
Greater Cincinnati has no lack of favorite ways to encourage children to get out, enjoy, and learn.
Best of the City 2025: The Faces of Cincinnati
Introducing our favorite people, pets, and personas.
Best of the City 2025: Antique Chic
The best vintage places to discover the best vintage finds.
Best of the City 2025: Moments in the Spotlight
It’s been a year of special events, important announcements, and high-profile projects.
A New Generation of Clovernook Tech Designers is Revolutionizing Accessible Education
How the Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired is reshaping what education and arts programming can be.
Frontlines
“Hamilton” Returns to Cincinnati
The powerhouse Broadway musical makes its third appearance in the Queen City this month.
Columns
Editor’s Letter: December 2025
Editor-in-Chief John Fox talks about the fun of putting together the “Best of the City” issue.
Cincinnati’s Long and Tumultuous History of Traffic Planning
One-way streets and neighborhood-obliterating highways were seen as welcome solutions until it was clear that they very much weren’t.