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These are Cincinnati's Best Bars, According to CityBeat Readers

Every year, CityBeat publishes the Best Of Cincinnati®, wherein readers and staffers alike pick which bars are the booziest, which people are…

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No. 4 Overall Bar: Northside Yacht Club 4231 Spring Grove Ave., Northside
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Food & Drink

Unwind After a Long Work Day With These Greater Cincinnati Happy Hours

It's 5 p.m. on a Wednesday and you're already tired from a work week that's stretching on for another two whole days.…

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The Righteous Room 641 Walnut St., Downtown Unwind from a stressful work day by sipping on a happy hour special and enjoying artwork from local artists Shawna Guip and Pall Coors and New York’s David Ellis at the Righteous Room. The bar is in the heart of Downtown’s arts and entertainment district, making it an excellent pre-Aronoff show destination for their happy hour’s half-price drafts and wells and $5 6-ounce pours of Proverb Rosé (4-7 p.m. Monday through Friday). The Righteous Room also has a reverse happy hour on Sundays from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. where you can get half-price drinks, as well as specials offered throughout the week.
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Food & Drink

The Best New Bars in Greater Cincinnati, According to CityBeat Readers

Every year, CityBeat publishes the Best Of Cincinnati®, wherein readers and staffers alike pick which bars are the booziest, which people are…

By CityBeat Staff

No. 1 Best New Bar: Alice 1432 Main St., Over-the-Rhine
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Food & Drink

Cincinnati's 25 Best Cocktail Bars According to Yelp

Cincinnatians like to drink, and sometimes we like to be classy about it. To keep up with the demand, plenty of hip…

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21. Longfellow 1233 Clay St., Over-the-Rhine "The menu is thoughtful and complementary to the well crafted drinks, and the prices are completely reasonable. Come early and grab a table outside for some incredible people watching." — Dustin H.
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Food & Drink

These Are Some of the Oldest Bars in Cincinnati for When You Want to Grab a Historic Drink

Settled is 1788, Cincinnati is definitely an old city, so it makes sense we have quite the collection of historic drinking establishments.…

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O'Malleys In the Alley 25 W. Ogden Place, Downtown This downtown classic labels itself as “Cincinnati’s Second Oldest Bar” right behind Arnold's Bar & Grill. You can get a beer or an iced-cold mixed drink here, but they also serve food. Grab a fish sandwich, a reuben or check out the Ultimate Italian Smasher made with capicola, pepperoni, salami, provolone and banana peppers.
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Food & Drink

25 Cincinnati Bars Where You Probably Won't Run Into Anyone from High School

You may either be making a stop in your hometown and definitely in need of a drink or may be a proud…

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The Hi-Mark 3229 Riverside Drive, East End Named in honor of the great flood that washed over Cincinnati in 1937, this bar keeps its patrons afloat with a selection of Vietnamese-inspired dishes. The bar pours a solid variety of beer, wine and spirits and there's plenty of seating inside and out. If you're hungry, try their pulled-pork bánh mì made with Eli's BBQ or chicken wings with gochujang sauce. Fries, salads and Lang Thang Chili, a Vietnamese style beef stew, are some local favorites. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
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Food & Drink

The Real Drinker's Guide to 24 Cincinnati's Essential Dive Bars

The Queen City is home to dozens of hip and trendy bars that offer excellent Instagram photo ops and cute bathrooms, but…

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City View Tavern 403 Oregon St., Mt. Adams A hillside dive and home of one of the best spicy bloody marys and best views in town. The burgers are damn tasty, too. Meet the Big Ted Deluxe: eight ounces of griddle-cooked, handmade beef patty with American cheese, mustard, lettuce, pickles, mayo, onion, ketchup, tomatoes, served in a plastic basket with a bag of chips. Photo: Holden Mathis
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Food & Drink

Cincinnati Restaurants & Bars with Igloos, Heated Patios and Fire Pits for Outdoor Drinking

The weather is cooling down, and area bars and restaurants are heating up their outdoor spaces to offer safe and warm seating…

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Cincinnati Restaurants & Bars with Igloos, Heated Patios and Fire Pits for Outdoor Drinking
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Food & Drink

25 New Greater Cincinnati Bars & Restaurants You Need To Try

Fall is here and it's time to try some new culinary offerings. The Queen City is stacked with recent restaurant and bar…

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Somerset 139 E. McMicken Ave., Over-the-Rhine This sprawling new drinking and dining destination offers an immersive escape from the hustle and bustle of the city. Somerset features two bar spaces — one in the plant-filled and glass-roofed conservatory and another in the cozy lounge space. The grounds are also home to a double-decker bus that has been converted into a kitchen with a rooftop seating area (run by the team behind Mazunte); and, the pièce de résistance, Somerset's awe-inspiring garden space, loaded with tropical plants, unique seating nooks and imported pieces from co-founder and creative lead James Fisher's collection, as well as the collections of his friends and family. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
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Food & Drink

Inside Somerset, An Otherworldly Drinking Destination in the Heart of OTR

Something extraordinary is growing roots in Over-the-Rhine, but if you're not looking for it, you just might miss it. Tucked away at…

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Inside Somerset, An Otherworldly Drinking Destination in the Heart of OTR
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Arts & Culture

25 Dog-Friendly Cincinnati Patios to Sip On With Your Pooch

Summer is finally here, and that means it is patio season. And what better way to spend time outside than with your…

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Fifty West Brewing Company 7605 Wooster Pike, Columbia Township There are many amenities offered at Fifty West Brewing Company's beer garden, like sand volleyball, a retro-styled burger bar and futsol. In addition to these activities, the sprawling entertainment hub allows for dog owners to bring their furry four-legged friend out to have some fun. Grab a beer, snag a shaded seat and hang with your pup while you watch folks spike volleyballs into the sand. Photo: facebook.com/fiftywestbrewingcompany
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Food & Drink

10 Excellent Cincinnati Spots For Sipping Margaritas

We're celebrating National Margarita Day on Feb. 22, but honestly, when isn't it a good time for a tasty marg? After a…

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Condado Tacos
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Food & Drink

Inside Festive-as-Heck Miracle Holiday Bar Pop-Up at Pleasant Ridge's Overlook Lodge

Overlook Lodge's holiday bar pop-up Miracle returned in November, gracing us once again with a festively immersive yuletide celebration — and boasting…

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At the end of every one-hour reservation, guests are graced with a whimsical snow fall
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A Sneak Peek Tour Inside Over-the-Rhine's E19 Lounge Bar & Discothèque

A new addition to Over-the-Rhine's Elm Street will be opening soon: E19 Lounge Bar & Discothèque. Founded by owner Richard Cooke, the…

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Exterior of E19
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Food & Drink

Inside Walnut Hills' New Immersive Tiki Tiki Bang Bang Bar and Cinema Show Experience

Walnut Hills' Quentin Tarantino-themed speakeasy the Video Archive has transformed into a different kind of immersive entertainment experience as of July 10.…

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Guests enjoying their Tiki cocktails
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Food & Drink

Greater Cincinnati Bars and Breweries Offering Curbside Alcohol Carry-Out

On Sunday, March 15, Gov. Mike DeWine issued an order to close all Ohio bars and restaurants to sit-down service, and on…

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Rhinegeist 1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine The brewery is offering curbside pick-up of its beer and cider. According to their Instagram, "Folks can place an order through our online shop, drive up to our curb just outside the Sartre/OTR Chili space (immediately South of the streetcar stop on Elm Street), and a team member will bring your beer down so you can pick up without leaving your car.” Photo via facebook.com/rhinegeist
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Newtown's Brain Brew Distillery Ages Custom Whiskey in Less Than an Hour

Brain Brew CEO Doug Hall says he doesn’t want you to buy his line of whiskey, which is now available at The…

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Brain Brew is located at Eureka! Ranch, which provides research and development and innovation strategies for companies looking for a creative edge in the market.
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FRIDAY 28 EVENT: Bockfest Weekend If you’re unfamiliar with Cincinnati’s weirdest festival, you may be confused when the streets of downtown and Over-the-Rhine are overtaken by roaming goats, kegs on floats and a bunch of dudes and ladies dressed in lederhosen and dirndls for the 28th-annual Bockfest. The three days of protracted celebration are held to honor the coming of spring, bock beer and OTR’s brewing heritage. And the festivities kick off at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28 when the annual parade, led by a goat pulling a keg of beer and the reigning Sausage Queen, steps off from Arnold’s Bar & Grill on E. Eighth Street downtown and winds its way to the Christian Moerlein Malt House Taproom (aka Bockfest Hall), where a ceremonial blessing of a keg launches a weekend of drinking. If you’re a real trooper, there’s a 5K at 10 a.m. on Saturday where the prize is more beer. Even more beer and unique historic brewery and cellar tours are offered throughout the weekend. And once night falls on Saturday, watch the prestigious (gender-neutral) Sausage Queen and Beard Baron competition finals. Sunday winds down the festivities with kid-friendly games and a Little Links pageant, German music and dancing, a .05K fun run, goat yoga, a famed bloody mary bar and the final day of the BockFeast pig roast buffet. Get a full schedule of events and what needs a ticket at bockfest.com. Photo: Paige Deglow
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Food & Drink

These Are Cincinnati's 18 Top Spots to Sip on a Margarita

Nothing says summertime (or wintertime) quite like sipping on a salt-rimmed frozen margarita in the sunshine — or one on the rocks;…

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The exterior of La Ofrenda
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SUNDAY 23 EVENT: Snow Queens Drag Brunch at Metropole Cincinnati’s iciest drag queens will be werking their way through the Metropole dining room during this Snow Queens brunch. Expect an over-the-top performance with your over-easy eggs as multiple ladies sashay the morning away while lip syncing to favorite hits. Tickets include a drag show, a welcome mimosa and family-style brunch prepared by chef David Kelsey. Bring some dollar bills. 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23. $45 per person. RSVP required. Metropole at 21c, 609 Walnut St., Downtown, facebook.com/metropoleonwalnut. Photo: Paige Deglow
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FRIDAY 07 EVENT: Bockfest Sausage Queen Prelims at Mecklenburg Gardens The 28th-annual Bockfest — an annual celebration of spring, bock beer and the city’s brewing heritage — takes over downtown and Over-the-Rhine Feb. 28-March 1 with a plethora of activities, starting with a parade that steps off from downtown’s Arnold’s Bar & Grill. Each year, the gender-neutral Bockfest Sausage Queen has the honor of leading the Bockfest parade — along with some guys dressed like monks walking with a goat pulling a keg of bock beer — carrying a symbolic tray of bockwurst. In the weeks leading up to the Bockfest festival, there is a series of Bockfest Sausage Queen preliminary competitions. And the third preliminary competition will be held at Mecklenburg Gardens Friday (get sign-up details online). There are three rounds — a Q&A, sausage tray modeling and a talent portion — during which potential Queens are judged on their personality, presence and talent. The winners of the Sausage Queen preliminary rounds will compete in the finals on Feb. 29 at Bockfest Hall to see who will be crowned the Sausage Queen (and Beard Baron — we have one of those, too; it’s a guy or gal with the best facial hair) to lead the 2021 parade. 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7. Free admission. Mecklenburg Gardens, 302 E. University Ave., Corryville, bockfest.com. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
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Festival of Lights // Photo: Teagan Dumont
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Arts & Culture

All the Cheesy Photos from the Cincinnati Pizza Week Kick-Off Party at Braxton Brewing Co.

CityBeat’s Pizza Week is back Nov. 4-10. But before people are able to gorge on seven days’ worth of $8 pies from…

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All the Cheesy Photos from the Cincinnati Pizza Week Kick-Off Party at Braxton Brewing Co.
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TUESDAY 05 ONSTAGE: Mean Girls at the Aronoff Center Wildly popular teen comedy film Mean Girls is headed to Broadway in Cincinnati at the Aronoff Center during its national tour. The musical is based on the 2004 movie, which tells the story of a clan of popular teens — dubbed "The Plastics" — who become at odds with an innocent girl that moves into their suburban Illinois town from the African savanna and attempts to take down the queen bee. The award-winning creative team behind the Mean Girls musical includes director Casey Nicholaw (Aladdin, The Book of Mormon), author Tina Fey (30 Rock), composer Jeff Richmond (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) and lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde). Nov. 5-17. $35-$115. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org. Photo: Facebook.com/Meangirlsbway
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SUNDAY 27 EVENT: Hallowqueen The drag queens are taking over the dining room at Metropole for a wickedly raucous brunch. The restaurant invites you to “slay the day” as you watch favorite local queens, including Amaya Sexton, sashay from table to table while you dine on family-style breakfast and brunch dishes and a welcome mimosa. 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 27. $35 (brunch, mimosa and show). Metropole, 609 Walnut St., Downtown, metropoleonwalnut.com. Photo: Paige Deglow
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Food & Drink

Over-the-Rhine Cocktail Bar Japp's Got a Glamorous Makeover, Let's Take a Tour

Popular Over-the-Rhine cocktail bar Japp's recently received a makeover, transforming the drinking destination into a brighter, more open space while holding onto…

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Over-the-Rhine Cocktail Bar Japp's Got a Glamorous Makeover, Let's Take a Tour
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Inside Fishbowl at The Banks, Cincinnati's New Beach-Themed Bar

Fishbowl at The Banks celebrated its grand opening on Oct. 3. The newest addition to The Banks lineup of bars has signature…

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Currently there are six signature fishbowls available, although they hope to add seasonal specials as well as a build-your-own bowl. White Claw Wave pictured.
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SATURDAY 05 EVENT: Weekend of Fire Calling all spice lovers: Jungle Jim’s Weekend of Fire presents all things hot, from salsas and dry rubs to sauces, marinades and mustards. There will be hundreds of foods to sample as well as an Arena of Fire competition with newly imagined contests and showdowns to see who can eat (or create) the spiciest items. Bring a friend — or foe — who can handle the heat and peruse over 50 vendors, see who will win the WOFI awards, build your own extremely wicked bloody mary at the Singe Bar and get ready to burn a hole in your belly. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6. $10 adults; $2 kids. Jungle Jim’s, 5440 Dixie Highway, Fairfield, junglejims.com. Photo: Provided by Jungle Jim's
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20 Cincinnati Bars with Food as Good as Their Drinks

These local watering holes have their priorities straight: a great selection of cocktails, beer and wine paired with enough snacks and entrées to…

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Longfellow 1233 Clay St., Over-the-Rhine Longfellow is the OTR version of a dive bar. Cool crafted cocktails include selections like the Spruce Goose, with barrel-aged gin, honey, lime, bitters and tonic. A fun pay-it-forward board menu allows you to buy drinks for friends, strangers and crushes. If you're hungry, try their Blue Collar Plate: various sliced charcuterie sandwiched in baguette with Dijon, pickled shallot and, optionally, anchovy (get it). Served with a 16 oz. beer and Grippo's chips. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
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FRIDAY 20 EVENT: Oktoberfest Zinzinnati Call your boss, call your friends and steam your lederhosen: Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is kicking off early this year and Mayor John Cranley has officially declared it a citywide half-day holiday. “Oktoberfest Zinzinnati is one of our most important traditions,” Cranley said in a press release. “And it’s time we recognize it as the holiday it is!” Instead of the usual 5 p.m. Friday start time, work is canceled starting at 11 a.m. and the drinking can begin. As North America’s largest Oktoberfest — second only to the Munich original — things kick off with the Gemuetlichkeit Games (beer stein races and beer barrel rolls) followed by the official Oktoberfest keg tapping at noon. The festivities continue through the weekend with bratwurst-eating contests, the “World’s Largest Chicken Dance” (taking place on all nine stages), German music and thousands of pounds of sauerkraut balls, goetta, cream puffs, bratwurst, pretzels and limburger cheese. 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. Second and Third streets between Walnut and Elm streets, Downtown, oktoberfestzinzinnati.com. Photo: Devin Luginbill
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The 25 Most Beautiful Bars in the Cincinnati Area

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, though there’s no denying that Cincinnati has some gorgeous bars. Some are located inside…

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Wódka Bar 1200 Main St., Over-the-Rhine From the team behind cult-favorite Babushka Pierogies, Wódka Bar carries an ambitious selection of vodkas, stocking upward of 60 types including many Russian, Polish and Ukrainian brands that are lesser known in the United States. It also offers a streamlined Eastern European-inspired menu of bites ranging from pierogies to a Polish sausage sandwich or stuffed cabbage roll. Inside the intimate space, patrons will be enveloped by deep Prussian blues and rich golds, luxe velvet upholstery and distressed plaster walls, elegant wood paneling and all the intricacies of Eastern Orthodox architecture. Photo: Hailey Bollinger
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SUNDAY 08 EVENT: Tea Dance It’s time for another Tea Dance, and this month things are getting elevated on the Rhinegeist rooftop. This LGBTQ-friendly Sunday afternoon dance party is an inclusive love fest featuring views of Over-the-Rhine and Mount Adams; music from Gabriela G9 and Jacoby; and beer, wine and cocktails for purchase. 4-7 p.m. Sunday. Free admission. Rhinegeist, 1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook.com/teadancecinci. Photo: Brittany Thornton
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