Café Alma 6111 Montgomery Road, Pleasant Ridge Health-focused Mediterranean restaurant Café Alma offers delicious but healthy dishes that use high-quality ingredients packed with good flavors. For breakfast, you can enjoy a build-your-own, three-ingredient omelet for $14; eggs and toast for $10 or a bagel and cream cheese for $8 with a side of fresh fruit or roasted apples with cinnamon for an extra $4. You can also try one of Café Alma’s Shakshuka, a traditional Middle Eastern/Mediterranean favorite, which comes with lightly poached eggs in a flavorful sauce and challah. There are four different kinds and they range from $13-$15. For lunch, try a flavorful salad, bowl or sandwich, most of which clock in under $15. Photo: Casey Roberts

A Pleasant Ridge restaurant is opening up shop in a new community.

Café Alma, known for its Mediterranean and Middle Eastern-inspired breakfast, brunch and lunch options, announced on social media that it will be opening a second location in Blue Ash.

“FUN FACT: Before we ever opened our doors in Pleasant Ridge, Blue Ash was one of the first neighborhoods we dreamed about calling home. So getting the opportunity to finally serve this amazing community feels extra special,” co-owners Yair and Lainey Richler shared in a post.

The Richlers say the Blue Ash Café Alma will serve the same signature coffee, smoothies and health-focused food.

The couple hasn’t announced the address of the new location at this time, but says that information is coming soon. An opening date also hasn’t been announced, but the Richlers hint that we won’t have to wait long to eat and drink with them in Blue Ash.

Café Alma, 6111 Montgomery Road, Pleasant Ridge; Blue Ash location to be announced. More info: cafealmacincy.com.

This article appears in Apr 30 – May 13, 2025.

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