Scene: The bi-level brick patio at Arthur's has a lot of character. With authentic gaslights on the walls, wrought iron furniture and rails and a net-covered pergola for a little extra shade, thi
If you've always felt that Japanese restaurants are a bit too intimidating and pricey for casual dining, Miyoshi will change your mind: it offers excellent food, reasonably priced, in a polished bu
The Argentine Bean is a little gem that could become one of my favorite local restaurants. Its owners have purposefully jumped the chain-dining tracks and have made their place everything you don't
Well, it's finally come to this. I auctioned myself to the highest bidder. I know that some of you are not at all surprised. Sadly, that's probably the people who know me best -- traitors! Can I ju
Have you seen the "CINCINNATI" sign on downtown's expanded convention center? No? Well, that's one more reason to go back to Primavista and check out the view from Price Hill. Delicious Italian foo
When Jim Gerhardt and Mike Cunha left the Oakroom at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville in the autumn of 2003 to open Limestone, the Oakroom was a four-star dining experience, and Gerhardt and Cunha
Foodies, rejoice! Honey is a wonderful new addition to the Cincinnati dining scene. Not so formal that you can't laugh, not a stuffy, flawless dining experience, but friendly, chic and utterly dele
I've thrown a few highly sharpened kitchen knives at suburban chain restaurants here and there, so my next sentence might surprise you: I like Karlo's Bistro Italia. Karlo's tries -- and generally
That sound of quiet downtown is the absence of fine whine that descended on the city when the Maisonette closed its doors in July. The Comisars have taken their complaints northward and are now b