May 2022
Features
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Our Iconic Eats: 10 Cincinnati Dishes We Love
These mainstay Queen City eateries serve up some of our city’s most beloved dishes.
Seven Cincinnati Icons To Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Indulge your sweet cravings with any of these iconic Queen City treats.
The New Icons of Cincinnati’s Food Scene
They may not be dynasties yet, but these local eateries have already cemented their status as instant Cincinnati classics.
Just Call Us Kin-cinnati: The Travelers Who Visit Spring Grove Cemetery
Over the past 150 years, the secretive families of Scottish and Irish travelers developed an unbreakable bond with Cincinnati.
Five Iconic Cincinnati Candies
These local confectioners have been satisfying Cincinnati’s collective sweet tooth for generations.
Local Celebs Dish About Their Favorite Cincinnati Foods
What does an icon like to eat? We asked folks we consider to be Cincinnati icons themselves about their favorite local eats and treats.
Deconstructing Three Iconic Cincinnati Dishes
An icon is more than the sum of its parts.
Joey Votto Is the Greatest Reds Player of All Time
Even now, but certainly by the time he retires, the shy kid from Canada has better career numbers for Cincinnati than Bench, Larkin, Morgan, Robinson, or Rose. Yet he’s the only one of them not to play in a World Series for the Reds.
Glier’s Makes Goetta Evangelists of Us All
Why Cincinnatians spread the gospel of our breakfast staple to uninitiated locals and outsiders alike.
Seven Cincinnati Supermarket Faves
If these items aren’t on your grocery list, are you even from Cincinnati?
Cincinnati Chili Turns 100 at Empress
The founders of Empress Chili invented our city’s culinary gift to the world a century ago, and the restaurant continues to serve chili-loving diners in Northern Kentucky. What’s the secret to its longevity as a Cincinnati food icon?
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Frontlines
A Changing of the Guard at Cincinnati Ballet
As Victoria Morgan prepares to retire after 25 years, Jodie Gates becomes the organization’s new artistic director August 1.
NOLI Builds Italian-Inspired Kitchens for La Dolce Vita
From its prime location at Findlay Market, NOLI brings Italian sophistication into Cincinnati homes, one kitchen at a time.
New Contemporary Arts Center Show Explores the Ways of Water
The show features installation and video art, photography, painting, sculpture, and performance examining the life-giving and destructive qualities of water.
Editor’s Letter, May 2022: Feasting on Favorite Cincinnati Dishes
This month’s section about Cincinnati’s iconic foods highlights a number of classic restaurants, shops, and products that bring comfort to natives, make transplants feel like they belong, and often confuse visitors.
Foxy Shazam Frontman Eric Nally Struts His Stuff
The lead singer of the alt-rock group from Cincinnati says confidence is the key to his fashion.
Dr. Know: Milford’s Seagulls, Phantom Lane Closures, and Covedale’s Missing Grapevines
The good doctor has answers to your pressing Cincinnati questions, like why are there seagulls in Milford, how does Google know my exit ramp is closed, and what happened to the 50,000 grapevines supposedly removed for Covedale development?
Sylvia Brownlee Reminds Us That Everyone Is Beautiful, Inside and Out
The founder of Skin by Brownlee & Co. offers tips to help you feel beautiful in your own skin.
A Century-Old Farmhouse in the Idyllic Clermont County Countryside
For those whose dreams include fleeing the city center for green grass and wide open spaces, homes like this one are more appealing than ever.
Radar
Harmony Hill Vineyards Keep Cincinnati’s Wine-Making Traditions Alive
Bill and Patti Skvarla planted every one of the 3,500 vines on their property by hand. Despite growing demand, they’ve kept their operation intensely small-scale.
Columns
Dr. Know: Milford’s Seagulls, Phantom Lane Closures, and Covedale’s Missing Grapevines
The good doctor has answers to your pressing Cincinnati questions, like why are there seagulls in Milford, how does Google know my exit ramp is closed, and what happened to the 50,000 grapevines supposedly removed for Covedale development?
Dr. Know: A Mammoth Mystery, Broken Clocks, and Old License Plates
The good doctor ponders puzzling queries, like why that OTR clocktower is stuck at 10:06, how to get rid of your old license plates, and where the wooly mammoths went (at least, the ones that used to stand outside the old Natural History Museum).
A Big World After All
Visiting New York City to break out of our pandemic familiarity, with mixed results.
Dine
Exploring The Arepa Place’s South American Foodscape
Stuffed with nearly every ingredient on the menu and served with a side of fried plantains, The Great Arepa is exactly that.
Must-Try Cookies from Five Local Bakeries
Feeling like a cookie monster? Feed your cravings with the delicious offerings from these Queen City bake shops.
Le Bar a Boeuf Is Cincinnati’s Lifeline to Classic French Cooking
French classics are impeccably but approachably served at Jean-Robert de Cavel’s fun-yet-refined bistro in East Walnut Hills.
Kid Baker Lucia Calonge Bakes Her Heart Out
The Madeira resident talks about her time on Kids Baking Championship.
Ramsey’s Trailside Is Off the Beaten (Bike) Path
Although best known for its family-friendly pub food, this stop along the Loveland Bike Trail keeps an eclectic menu.