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Johnny Rockets leaving Levee Five Guys will take Johnny Rockets space The new Five Guys Burgers and Fries that’s planned for Newport on the Levee will take over the space that’s currently Johnny Rockets. Johnny Rockets isn’t renewing its lease, which expires in the spring of 2012. “They’re opening at The Banks, and we don’t want to split the market,” Christy Gloyd, marketing director at Newport on the Levee, said of Johnny Rockets’ decision not to renew its space there. Johnny Rockets is set to open at The Banks next Thursday, in a nearly 3,000-square-foot space at 191 E. Freedom Way. The custom-designed space will feature a menu that’s unique to Cincinnati, with choices such as Dusty’s Bacon Burger, in honor of Reds’ manager Dusty Baker, and the Lotta Domata Hamburger, named for Bengals’ defensive tackle Domata Peko. Once the Newport Johnny Rockets closes, Five Guys will remodel before opening at the Levee. An opening date has not yet been set. Cont

Bank seeks eviction for Cadillac Ranch Restaurant late on rent, Fifth Third Bank claims Premium content from Business Courier Fifth Third Bancorp is seeking a court order to evict the Cadillac Ranch bar from its location near Fountain Square for nonpayment of rent. The bank claims Cadillac Ranch defaulted on its 10-year lease by failing to make payments in full beginning in September 2010. The bank alleges it was owed at least $112,210 as of Oct. 4, the date it filed its complaint in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court. Fifth Third owns the office tower and retail complex adjacent to Fountain Square along Sixth and Walnut streets. Cadillac Ranch, part of a Dublin, Ohio-based chain, has occupied an 8,000-square-foot ground floor space at the southwest corner of the intersection since 2007. Its monthly payments, including base rent and operating expenses, are more than $16,000, according to the bank’s complaint. A copy of the lease was filed with the court. Fifth Third’s effort to reclaim the space comes less than two months after Cadillac Ranch closed for several hours in mid-August while Internal Revenue Service investigators searched its premises. The restaurant resumed operations later that day and has been open since. There has been no further public disclosure about the matter. Cont

Holy Grail will have it. Really any bar with a Sunday Ticket...

Really no reason to bash Rush like that.

The video from today's event hasn't been made available but the Enquirer's Barry Horstman has had his say: Streetcar's merits debated at Downtown forum Cincinnatians who dislike the proposed streetcar but do not want the city to perhaps be left out of other rail plans for nearly a decade will have to pick the lesser of two evils in next month's Issue 48 election, a political scientist told a forum Wednesday. That remark by Jane Anderson, an adjunct associate professor of political science at the University of Cincinnati, crystallized the difficult choice facing many voters who on Nov. 8 will have to weigh their conflicting feelings about the streetcar and Issue 48's broader rail ban. "You have to decide which is the greater concern for the long term," Anderson told an audience of about 100 at the Aronoff Center, Downtown, during a forum sponsored by Downtown Cincinnati Inc. and the Urban Land Institute Cincinnati. Cont Checking the comments, I've noticed lately that COAST (most likely Mark Miller) has usually been the first to comment on any Enquirer streetcar article.

I'm guessing that is COAST math for the build and operation of the "big picture" (spurs to the east, west, north neighborhoods).

The "streak" will end at 7 as Pittsburgh is the next home game (Nov. 13th). Had it instead been the Clowns coming to town, it would have been 8. What game? They are on the road for two weeks as well as have a BYE week. And one "great" trade, that has no impact on this season, does not make-up for everything else Mike Brown has done wrong.

I see no video and the link on the front of Cincinnati.com is gone.. Per Carl Weiser's Twitter account: "Apologies. Some tech difficulties on #streetcarchat. Tweet ur qs using tag n I will try to ask."

The math of city council voting HOWARD WILKINSON ON LOCAL POLITICS You, Cincinnati voter, can vote for up to nine candidates for Cincinnati City Council. It's been that way since 1927 - you look at a long list of council contenders (22 on the ballot this year) and can vote for the nine you want to represent you at City Hall. No one can stop you from voting for nine. If you don't vote for nine, don't feel like you have neglected your civic duty. Not that many people do. In the last council election, the average voter voted for 6.4 candidates; and that is typical of most council elections. But, if you are a loyal Republican voter who lives in the city of Cincinnati - which makes you part of a minority group - your party is explicitly telling you not to vote for nine, under any circumstances. Vote for 5 and stop! That is the theme the Hamilton County Republican Party has adopted this year; and they are spreading the word through the social media, through e-mail; and, no doubt, they will use mail pieces and the sample ballots handed out at the polls in Republican precincts on election day to get the message out. Vote for 5 and stop! Cont

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Odd as this is (always appears as) the busiest restaurant in the food court... Chick-fil-A to close downtown Chick-fil-A’s only downtown chicken restaurant will close Friday afternoon after nearly 18 years in business. Chick-fil-A operates in the food court of Tower Place Mall. A manager, who declined to share his name, said sales have declined in recent years. The decision to close was made by the Atlanta company. The downtown location has been corporately-owned for a number of years. Sbarro closed in January after nearly 20 years in operation in the food court. Cont

“The streetcar project is moving forward this is not something that will stop the project,” Eilerman said. via updated article: Commissioners: No sewer money for streetcar

Commissioners: No sewer money for streetcar No sewer money can be used for the streetcar project. That was the unanimous decision of Hamilton County’s three commissioners today, voting on a resolution proposed by Commissioner Chris Monzel. The city of Cincinnati wanted county sewer users to pay half the $6 million cost to move sewers to make way for the proposed streetcar, saying the sewer lines are old and needed to be replaced anyway. “Hamilton County ratepayers should not be put on the hook for the Cincinnati streetcar project,” Monzel said. “They should not pay for the streetcar every time they flush the toilet or use their water. Cont

^lol, I just walked by and a guy was outside on his mobile phone having a heated conversation about delays in opening and contacting a CEO of whatever company is to blame. Ribbon cutting is 10/27 per this: All-American Restaurant Hits Homerun with Opening at Cincinnati's The Banks

Tiffany renews downtown lease Tiffany & Co. has renewed its lease in downtown Cincinnati, the company said Monday. Terms of the lease agreement were not disclosed. Tiffany & Co., which employs 19 in Cincinnati, will maintain its 7,500 square foot retail space at Fountain Place, just off Fountain Square at 505 Vine St. In a news release, Susanne Halmi, group director of Tiffany & Co., said, “We are thrilled to be part of the energy and revitalization of downtown Cincinnati. The riverfront development in Ohio and Kentucky; the revival of Fountain Square, the blocks surrounding it and Over the Rhine; and the recent opening of the Great American Tower at Queen City Square all influenced our decision to renew our lease in our current location.” Cont

PhattyNati's right. Here is a pic of it's installation last week:

Oakley approves theater design 90-foot sign doesn’t deter Oakley council OAKLEY – The Oakley Community Council has voted in favor of a design plan for a new theater in the community. Construction of the theater is part of the first phase of the new Oakley Station development, which will be located at the former Cincinnati Milacron site at Marburg and Ibsen avenues. The Cinemark theater, which will be about 56,000 square feet and house 14 screens, will be on the northwest side of the 74-acre development. The theater will have about 2,700 seats. Cont

And Johnny Rockets sign installation:

Picture of the space looking northeast towards Holy Grail and GABP. Police Welcome Center is directly to the left:

Lager House windows installation, elevator shaft cladding, roof work, etc.:

Still haven't heard anything about this project but it his appears to be an expansion. Notice the garage door behind the bar that connects to the existing In Between Tavern bar.

The Ruth's Chris was rumored for the 9,300-square-foot two story space which is west of the Current @ The Banks apartments entrance and Police Welcome Center. Tin Roof will only occupy 5,000-square-foot so they must be going in on the east side of the Police Welcome Center.

Several on Twitter have posted that Mark Miller's home is in foreclosure http://t.co/v020a9hJ Filed last December though...

^So Qualls, Bortz, Winburn, Ghiz, Thomas were in the top six? Who is the sixth?

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