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The View at Shires’ Garden, by Ignite Entertainment (owners behind Cincinnati favorites like Che, Butcher and Barrel, Lola’s, The Birdcage and more), is located on the 10th floor of downtown’s City Club Apartments.
The 6,000 square-foot rooftop spot features an indoor dining room, an outdoor patio, two full bars, outdoor small and group dining and cocktail tables with impeccable views. The décor mixes modern furnishings with the style of the original Shires Gardens from the 19th century a historic Queen City amusement resort of sorts in this same spot at Vine and Third streets.
Outdoor patio overlooks downtown and the riverOne of the barsSeasonal rillette, house pickles, rotating charcuterie, merguez, olive tapenade, trio of artisan cheeses, pepper jelly and house crostini ($14)PatioNicoise, seared tuna loin with marinated tuna crudo, olive tapenade, fingerling potatoes, french green beans, deviled egg salad and green goddess pesto ($14)Bourbon Daisy, bourbon, house grenadine, house triple sec, fresh lemon, topped with sodaA spread of lunch items available at Shires’ GardensDining spaceThe other barMore dining spaceRoasted Corn Veloute, chilled corn puree, topped with herbed crème fraiche, smoked okra, and house pickle relish ($7-$10)Lounge space