March 2018
Features
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Mayor John Cranley Enters His Final Term with Pervasive Optimism
We are increasingly on the map now, and there’s a real vibe and positivity about Cincinnati. But the biggest shift I’ve noticed in my life is that we believe it now. You can’t sell something you don’t believe in yourself.
Best New Breweries
We’re awash in enough new breweries to float a coal barge. Narrowing the field to our favorites was tough, but we tackled the hard work of hoisting a few so you won’t have to wonder.
Top 10 Best New Restaurants
A roundup of the tastiest additions to our local dining crop.
Best New Bars
Whether drinks are a prelude, the evening’s main event, or a nightcap after a pleasant dinner, there are plenty of watering holes to satisfy your needs.
Best New Sandwich Joints
The Queen City is experiencing something of a sandwich renaissance, with small-batch, homegrown, and handcrafted creations in the spotlight.
Best New Markets
Feed your need for the obscure, hard-to-find, and mom-and-pop-iest of foods. (Sorry, Findlay, this isn’t your list.)
Meet the Man Behind the East End Revival
How “Chicken” Nick Motz grew from a river-loving local boy to the man with a plan to revive an entire neighborhood.
Best New Design Trends
Ron Novak, design architect and partner at Oakley’s Drawing Dept—which has created spaces for Boca, Sotto, and Taft Ale House—says, “the best trend is no trend.”
Local Chefs on the Best Restaurants, Best Bars, and What’s Missing
We sat down with 8 chefs from the best of Cincinnati’s dining scene to learn their favorite spots in the Queen City.
What’s City Council’s Top Priority?
We asked each City Council member the principal issue they are focusing on in 2018.
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Frontlines
Editor’s Letter, March 2018: Cincinnati’s Upward Trajectory
There’s no denying Cincinnati’s upward trajectory these days.
Beryl Love Returns Home – and to The Cincinnati Enquirer
Love is back as executive editor in charge of his hometown paper. He talks about his priorities, the challenges of the industry, and why no one calls when they’re happy.
Dr. Know: Star-Crossed Corners, Mystery Pitchers, and Vintage Local Movies
Hey, our downtown has made major strides in recent years, so we shouldn’t complain about Macy’s closing. This could be our chance to have a Tiffany’s and Hooters side by side!
Silver Mettle: This 90-Year-Old Is in Better Shape Than You
Dick Soller was born in 1927, and has spent the last 35 as an accomplished senior-circuit track and field athlete. All told, Soller has won 1,050 trophies, medals, or plaques.
A Tale of Two Othellos
We connect the dots between Cincinnati Shakespeare Company and Ensemble Theatre’s latest collaboration.
What Impact Will Hamilton County Have on the 2018 Elections?
You can make a strong case that Ohio’s biggest cities will determine the outcome of this fall’s midterm election. But the real story isn’t the amount of political power Cincinnati and her sister cities hold. It’s the reasons why they don’t hold more.
Is MLB Killing Our Beloved Baseball Holiday?
It’s Cincinnati’s favorite double play: the Reds host their first game of the season while the city celebrates with a parade. This year, however, it’s being broken up by greed.
Radar
The Day Tripper: Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville’s long history with Kentucky’s state spirit is about to order a second round.
We’re Peachy Keen on this Northside Victorian
Lisa Meeks didn’t buy this 1885 Northside house because it was cute. She didn’t buy it because she saw potential in it, either.
Style Counsel: Alexander Shelton
Alexander Shelton, founder of Namast’ay Woke Yoga, talks eco fashion, trauma, and radical softness.
Meet Karen Kurak, Dream Weaver
She’s a massotherapist, visual artist, and art therapist: Karen Kurak’s life and career have taken an organic path, and that’s how she regards her art, too.
Columns
What We Take into Adulthood – and Pass on to Our Children
What I can’t decide now is whether I want my 7-year-old daughter to walk the same path as me. Maybe I could save her from it.
Where the Carousel Ponies Hibernate
Each winter, the ponies are hauled up to the second floor with a forklift. They make an eerie sight lined up on a cold winter’s day, suspended from the Moonlite Gardens rafters.
Dine
The Bourbon SmokeHouse is Hyde Park’s Saucy New BBQ Joint
If it weren’t for the glowing fire pit out front and the familiar smells of smoked meat and burning firewood, it’d be easy to miss The Bourbon
SmokeHouse.
Q&A with Jeremy Lieb, co-founder of OTR’s Sacred Beast
Maisonette veterans Jeremy and Bridget Lieb venture out on their own to open Over-the-Rhine’s Sacred Beast, a modern diner serving classic fare with a refined spin, set to debut this month.
Fine Diving: O’Malley’s in the Alley
With so many of life’s refugees hanging out here, it explains why O’Malley’s has gotten so busy.
OTR Has a New Artisanal Cheese Shop
We will never be over The Rhined.
Take a Sweet Look at Our Candied Past
Take a bite out of local author Dann Woellert’s tasty history lesson.