November 2018
Features
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55 Local Shops Where You Can Buy All. The. Stuff.
Explore greater Cincinnati’s neighborhoods while you check out dozens of retailers who can fulfill your closet, home, and recreational needs.
Designing Minds
The Cincinnati Arts and Technology Studios helps high school students graduate. They’re also planting the seeds for life-long success. But will those seeds take root?
Loveland Rises from the Ashes
A devastating 2017 fire could have crushed Loveland. It brought the sprawling community together instead.
Next Hot Shopping Street: Woodburn Avenue
Buy for the home and the whole gang (including your four-legged friends) in East Walnut Hills.
Shop Local For the Whole House at Findlay Market
New merchants and locally sourced goods make Ohio’s oldest public market a must-shop spot.
Meet the Makers: Sue Freudiger of Artisan’s Collective
We sell everything from bath products to fine art and everything in between. Aside from some vintage items, everything is handmade by local artists.
Next Hot Shopping Street: Monmouth Street
From knitting supplies to skating accessories, Newport is a retail mecca for hobbyists.
Meet the Makers: Libby Andress of Libby Shop
Libby Shop sells minimal, wearable, everyday pieces, with an emphasis on design.
Meet the Makers: Kelti and Tanner Ziese of Coda Co.
” ‘Coda’ in music terms means to refresh or repeat. We refresh old products and make them new again.”
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Frontlines
The Ohio River Foundation Hosts Its Second Annual Cincinnati Coffee Festival
“You can’t have great coffee without great water.”
A Prized Dinosaur Skeleton Finds a Home in the Newly Renovated Cincinnati Museum Center
The Museum of Natural History & Science will unveil its long-awaited Dinosaur Hall, featuring a rich collection of fossils from giant marquee dinosaurs like Galeamopus to the minuscule plants, clams, and lizard-like animals that were also important to the era.
BlackOwned Brand Co-Founder To Open Downtown Coffee Lounge
Means Cameron is a force: owner of the BlackOwned brand, designer, hip-hop artist…and now, coffee shop owner.
Germania Christkindlmarkt Is Good Old-Fashioned Fun
The Germania Society of Cincinnati hosts its 21st annual Germania Christkindlmarkt this month.
Q&A: Cincinnati’s Famous Female Gamer
ONE_shot_GURL streams live on YouTube every evening to nearly half a million subscribers.
Dr. Know: Security Camera in Hyde Park, 1920s Car Engines, and Where Did the Board of Elections Go?
There’s a security camera affixed to a utility pole on Observatory Avenue in Hyde Park, facing the intersection at Edwards. It creeps me out. Hyde Park isn’t exactly a high crime area, and I know it can’t be a red-light camera, because the city voted to ban those in 2008. So why is that thing […]
Radar
In It To Win It: An HGTV Transformation in Oakley
Not one of this 1912 Dutch-colonial-style home’s previous owners could have imagined it would be the star of its own sweepstakes and television show. But that’s exactly what happened when HGTV made it the channel’s ninth Urban Oasis.
Retreat to St. Pete
There’s an easy escape waiting for you down south.
St. Pete Side Trip: Crystal River
You can cross “swim with the sea cows” off your bucket list.
Style Counsel: Alyssa Brown
“My grandmother Mary Lou was a pin-up model her whole life. Everyone has told me that I look just like her, so I explored that when I was in high school. After she passed away, I tried on all her old clothes, and they fit me perfectly, like they were made for me.”
Clifton Barbers Has An Old-Fashioned Shop Feel
“I really wanted to bring back the small barbershop feel, where people would come for a good haircut and also for the fellowship.”
Columns
Editor’s Letter, November 2018: Admiring the Risk-Takers
Our “Shop the Queen City” package (page 54) celebrates 70-plus retail businesses across the region, but we could have easily highlighted twice the number given the swell of entrepreneurship sweeping Cincinnati.
Cincy Obscura: If These Tunnels Could Talk
The entrance to this 101-year-old East End pedestrian tunnel—and its Riverside Drive twin—blends into the earthy hillside it intersects.
Welcome To Middlehood: A Deal With My Dead Dad
I’m still seeking fatherly advice from beyond the grave.
Dine
The Thali at Amma’s Kitchen Is Dinner on a Silver Platter
Lighten up with this Roselawn gem’s Southern Indian fare.
Miyoshi Is a Foodie Destination in Florence
The restaurant inspires an exploration of the depth and breadth of Japanese cuisine.
Tableside with Chuck Pfahler, La Terza Founder
La Terza Coffee’s founder brings Italian espresso culture to the suburbs with his new shop, Adesso.
5 Bakery Newcomers On The Rise
It feels slightly sinful to destroy these artful cakes with a fork, but someone’s gotta do it.
Inclined to Wine
In the heart of East Price Hill’s Incline District, Somm Wine Bar has a cozy, seat-yourself atmosphere that makes you feel right at home.