May 2025
Features
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Asian Eats!: Our Favorite Chinese Restaurants
Our guide to the Chinese eateries we love.
Asian Eats!: Our Favorite Indian Restaurants
Our guide to the South Asian eateries we love.
Asian Eats!: Our Favorite Japanese Restaurants
Our guide to the Japanese eateries we love.
Asian Eats!: Our Favorite Korean Restaurants
Our guide to the Korean eateries we love.
Asian Eats!: Sweet Dreams
Follow up your savory Asian appetizers and entrées with these treats.
Asian Eats!: Our Favorite Thai Restaurants
Our guide to the Thai eateries we love.
Asian Eats!: Our Favorite Malaysian and Filipino Restaurants
Our guide to the Malaysian and Filipino eateries we love.
The Mother/Daughter Graphic Novel Team Teaching Us How to Love Ourselves
Writer Suzy Hopkins and artist Hallie Bateman could have published graphic novels without each other’s help, but why would they want to?
Asian Eats!: Soup-er Bowls
Hotpot takes soup to new heights.
Asian Eats!: Our Favorite Vietnamese and Nepali Restaurants
Our guide to the Vietnamese and Nepali eateries we love.
Asian Eats!: Cincinnati’s Spiciest Asian Dishes
Rating Asian dishes with a heat expert.
When Soya Foods Made Cincinnati the Midwest’s Tofu Capital
After meeting in an internment camp during WWII, two Japanese-American families cooked up a plan to build a soy empire.
Asian Eats!: Street Food
The Queen City is filled with dishes that pay homage to the Asian street food originals.
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Frontlines
CSO 2.0
New Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra President and CEO Robert McGrath wants the world to know that the Queen City is a symphonic destination.
Is Global Warming Altering Cicada Behavior? A Local Professor’s App Tracks Brood Emergences
Gene Kritsky’s Cicada Safari app tracks the emergence patterns of cicadas—and reveals that they’ve been changing over time.
Miranda McGee: The Cincinnatian from Down Under
She may be from Australia, but this actress and tour guide is Cincinnati’s No. 1 fan.
Dr. Know: Busken Cookie Poll, James Van Hamm Dale, and German Wording
The Good Doctor investigates Busken Bakery’s Cookie Poll known, a Walnut Hills memorial, and carved German words.
Radar
A Villa Hills Manse That Once Housed a Legend
Builder Matth Toebben put a Northern Kentucky neighborhood on the map. Now his own custom home is on the market.
Don’t Stay Stationary to Find Good Stationery
Five local shops feature stationery and office supplies for all settings and occasions.
Reading On the Fly at the CVG Airport Library
Keeping your bags light and your reading options varied for long flights.
Emmanuel De Roquette’s Style Evolution
Exploring streetwear and adventurous style choices with the local stylist-in-training.
Columns
Editor’s Letter: May 2025
Editor-in-Chief John Fox wants to explore more with food.
Every Breath I Take
The benefits of turning off your thoughts and focusing on one lap at a time.
Dine
Local Pastry Chef Haley Stewart Continues Her Winning Ways
The pastry and catering chef for Moerlein Lager House was recently a semifinalist in Buddy “Cake Boss” Valastro’s “The Greatest Baker” contest.
It’s All About the Family Ties at Carmelo’s
This new restaurant celebrates familiar Italian American cuisine in Covington.
NIL Bottle Shop Serves Booze-Free Spirits to the “Sober-Curious”
Zero-proof beverages take center stage at this store in Symmes Township.
Wastin’ Away Again at Flamingo Drive Bar and Lounge
This colorful Milford eatery will transport you to the vibrant beaches of Miami.