January 31, 201312 yr Zula plans to open on February 12 http://www.blogotr.com/otr/zula-aims-for-opening-february-12/
January 31, 201312 yr Business Courier Twitter feed says that Cincy's On Sixth will close, to be replaced by El Coyote.
January 31, 201312 yr Author the article..... Jan 31, 2013, 10:47am EST Tom Demeropolis Digital Producer- Business Courier El Coyote opening downtown Cincinnati restaurant: EXCLUSIVE El Coyote, the 30-year-old restaurant in Anderson Township, is adding a second location in the heart of downtown Cincinnati. Jim Bell, owner of El Coyote, said he’s bringing the steak, chops and Tex-Mex restaurant to the former Cincy’s on Sixth space at 41 E. Sixth Street. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/01/31/el-coyote-opening-downtown-cincinnati.html
February 6, 201312 yr CUPID TAKES AIM ON MAYBERRY GASTRO PUB OTR Eatery and Bar Celebrate Valentine’s Day with Special Prix Fixe Menu This February 14th from 5 to 10 PM, Mayberry Gastro Pub will feature a special prix fixe menu that’s perfect for both budding romances and long-time lovers. For $40, you’ll receive three main courses, plus an amuse bouche and an intermezzo course. Add $9 for wine or beer pairings with each of the three main courses. “Each course features a vegan-friendly option,” said Chef Campbell. “While we love our bacon, we also realize the diverse tastes and interests of our clientele. We wanted to make sure that our menu included options for everyone.” In order to keep things running smoothly, Mayberry Gastro Pub is only accepting Valentine’s Day reservations by phone. You’ll need your credit card information in order to confirm your reservation, and Mayberry is requiring 48-hour notice for cancellations. “This menu is all about bringing sexy back,” said Chef Campbell. “When you eat sexy food and drink sexy drinks, you feel sexy. And everyone should feel sexy on Valentine’s Day.” View the Valentine’s Day menu online at www.mayberrycincy.com/menu ### If you’d like more information about these events, please call Rex Vining at 513.288.3886 or e-mail Rex at [email protected].
February 9, 201312 yr Author Old factory will be bar, restaurant Automotive design to be key component Feb. 8, 2013 10:06 PM, Written by Polly Campbell An old concrete factory on Eastern Avenue is being turned into a bar and restaurant that takes its theme from automotive design and its menu from Baja California. Algo Garage is taking shape in a former concrete company at 3560 Eastern Ave., near Stanley Avenue, with plans to open this summer. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130209/BIZ/302090040/Old-factory-will-bar-restaurant
February 12, 201312 yr The first restaurant that may close at The Banks could be... http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20130212/BIZ/302120087/Toby-Keith-s-sued-back-rent Toby Keith's sued for back rent Feb. 12, 2013 1:08 PM Written by Lisa Bernard-Kuhn DOWNTOWN — Toby Keith’s I Love This Bar and Grill, the first restaurant named to The Banks riverfront development, is being sued for not paying rent. Toby Keith’s owners owe more than $121,000 in past-due rent and other fees for its 77,000-square-foot restaurant and bar located along Second Street, according to the lawsuit filed in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court.
February 12, 201312 yr ^ Very surprised it's not Johnny Rockets. Never been to TKILTBAG...but I can't say I will miss it. Sort of offered something unique for the area, though, regardless of its chain status. I wonder why they have been so unsuccessful. Maybe after baseball (and to a lesser extent football) season, their target demographic had been taking a break from Downtown.
February 13, 201312 yr My understanding is that this is a rent/lease dispute - apparently they're contending that Tin Roof moving in violated their leasing agreement.
February 15, 201312 yr ***FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** MAYBERRY GASTRO PUB GOES GERMAN FOR BOCKFEST OTR Bar and Eatery Celebrates Bockfest with German Food, German Music, and a Selection of Bock Beers This March 1st through 3rd, Over-the-Rhine will host the 21st Annual Bockfest—an event designed to promote the neighborhood’s rich brewing tradition, as well as its connection to German-style bock beer. Mayberry Gastro Pub will join in the festivities by turning German for the weekend. The local Gastro Pub will honor OTR’s vibrant history with a German menu, a selection of bock beers on tap, and music from Blechbläser Zinzinnati—OTR’s Authentic German Brass Band. The Menu On Friday March 1st from 11 AM to 10 PM and Saturday March 2nd from noon to 10 PM, Mayberry Gastro Pub will feature a special menu with a variety of German cuisine. Guests will enjoy favorites like “Bock Beer Battered Cod with Corned Beef, House Pickles, Rye Slaw and Thousand Island Dressing,” or “House German Pumpernickel with Bock Beer Cheese Soup.” “We wanted to make sure we highlighted Over-the-Rhine’s rich, German heritage in our menu,” said Chef Joshua Campbell of Mayberry. “You’ll find plenty of classic German flavors to enjoy with a nice bock beer.” Mayberry Gastro Pub will also serve its regular brunch menu Friday and Saturday from 11 PM to 3:45 AM, and Sunday from 11 AM to 3 PM. Both the Bockfest menu and the brunch menu can be found online at www.mayberrycincy.com/menu. Keg Tappings In addition to having a selection of bock beers on tap throughout the event, Mayberry Gastro Pub will feature a tapping of Bell’s Consecrator on Friday at 5 PM, and a tapping of Ayinger Celebrator on Saturday at 1 PM. Blechbläser Zinzinnati On Sunday March 3rd at 1 PM, guests of Mayberry Gastro Pub are in for a special treat. OTR’s Blechbläser Zinzinnati will be on site playing German brass music as it was heard around the turn of the 20th century. Featuring players from the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra such as Carson McTeer, Doug Lindsay, and Chris Kiradjieff; the band covers a variety of musical styles such as Bavarian folk music, German drinking songs, and transcriptions of the music of Meyerbeer and Brahms. The music played by Blechbläser Zinzinnati was obtained from original manuscripts discovered in the library of Henry Wohlgemuth—German native and former Principal Trumpet of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra from the 1920’s through the 1950’s. The music is scored for four brass instruments, and was most likely performed by other members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. A Brief History of OTR and Bockfest In the 1800s, Cincinnati was one of America’s most prolific brewing cities, and Over-the-Rhine was the epicenter of beer production and consumption. Many of Cincinnati’s German immigrants brought with them a particular taste for bock beer – a style that became very popular in pre-Prohibition era Cincinnati. This complex and hardy beer is historically linked to spring due to the German monks who drank it as a substitute for food during Lenten fasts. In 1992, the Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Company created Bockfest as a way to celebrate and honor Cincinnati’s rich brewing history. Each spring, attendees from all over flock to Over-the-Rhine to see the parade, enjoy bock beer at local bars, and support the various merchants that make Over-the-Rhine such a great community. Through the hard work and dedication of local bar owners, Over-the-Rhine residents, and non-profit organizations like Merchants on Main Street, the festival has continued for over twenty years. ### If you’d like more information about this event, please call Rex Vining at 513.288.3886 or e-mail Rex at [email protected].
July 10, 201311 yr Capital Grille sets opening date for Rookwood Exchange Capital Grille will open its first Cincinnati-area — and first Ohio — location on Aug. 8. The restaurant, known for its dry aged steaks and extensive wine list, is located in the Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate Inc. development, Rookwood Exchange, at the corner of Smith and Edwards roads. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/07/10/capital-grille-sets-opening-date-for.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 10, 201311 yr Chuy's hiring for second Greater Cincinnati location Chuy’s, a Tex-Mex restaurant chain, is opening its second Greater Cincinnati location in Madeira. The latest Chuy’s restaurant, located at 7980 Hosbrook Road, will open Aug. 20. The company is hiring 175 staff members for its new location. “At Chuy’s, we make our food from scratch all day every day from the best ingredients,” Ron Carson, local owner/operator of Chuy’s Cincinnati, said in a news release. “We’re looking for people who share our passion for fresh food and who’ll be determined to deliver great services to our customers.” More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/07/10/chuys-hiring-for-second-greater.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 15, 201311 yr Ruth’s Parkside Cafe to open in Northside "The American Can Building in Northside will be the home of Ruth’s Parkside Cafe, a new restaurant with links to the former Mullane’s Parkside Cafe, Downtown. That’s a restaurant that is still remembered fondly, though it closed in 2004." http://cincinnati.com/blogs/dining/2013/07/15/ruths-parkside-cafe-to-open-in-northside/
August 13, 201311 yr AT580 lands upscale steakhouse as anchor tenant: EXCLUSIVE J. Hamman Prime signed a lease for 9,100 square feet at the newly named AT580 in downtown Cincinnati. The restaurant is targeting a late fall opening. At first glance it may look like the building landed a different steakhouse to anchor the corner of Sixth and Walnut streets, but Mo’s A Place for Steaks recently rebranded its locations to the J. Hamman Prime name. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/08/13/at580-lands-upscale-steakhouse-as.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 13, 201311 yr New fast-casual meatball restaurant coming to Short Vine A new-to-Cincinnati fast-casual restaurant is opening on Short Vine, and it’s solely focused on meatballs. Meatball Kitchen signed a lease for 1,200 square feet of space at Vine Street Flats. The restaurant, operated by former New York City restaurant and bar owner Dan Katz, is expected to open in November at 2912 Vine St. “There’s nothing like it in Cincinnati,” Katz told me Tuesday. “It’s going to be like a meatball festival.” More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/08/13/new-fast-casual-meatball-restaurant.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 13, 201311 yr >“There’s nothing like it in Cincinnati,” Ikea? So when does this meatball restaurant start selling furniture?
August 13, 201311 yr Ha! :clap: "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
August 13, 201311 yr This meatball place sounds awesome. I love meatballs! By the way I also love the quote about the meatball festival. Wow.
August 14, 201311 yr :laugh: Raising Cane's is coming...:laugh: Five Guys closed in West Chester, what happened? In terms of fast-casual restaurants, Five Guys Burgers and Fries is about the closest thing to a sure-fire money maker. So why did the Five Guys in West Chester close? ------------ Carroll sold the property to Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers, a Baton Rogue, La.-based chicken finger restaurant. Correct, the restaurant just sells chicken fingers. The chicken fingers come with crinkle-cut fries, Texas Toast, coleslaw and Cane’s sauce. And you can get your chicken fingers on a sandwich, but that’s it. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/blog/2013/08/five-guys-closed-in-west-chester-what.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 15, 201311 yr ^ for someone who only does chicken fingers, they aren't very good. And way over priced.
August 15, 201311 yr HELL YES. I always wondered why Cincinnati didn't have either Zaxby's or Raising Cane's, but Columbus and Lexington did. Finally.
August 16, 201311 yr Red Rose Jems in breezy College Hill opens Italian, pizza, grinders, spag http://redroseonhamilton.com/
August 19, 201311 yr Chicken finger chain coming to Cincinnati: EXCLUSIVE The Ohio franchisee for Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers plans to open four locations in 2014. The fast-casual restaurant that specializes in chicken fingers will have 13 stores in Columbus by the end of the year. Caitlin Brooks, marketing manager for Raising Cane’s Ohio, said the Ohio franchisee believes the Cincinnati market could hold just as many locations. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/08/19/chicken-finger-chain-coming-to.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 19, 201311 yr Tex-Mex chain to open first Ohio location tomorrow Tomorrow, Chuy’s first Cincinnati location will officially be open for business. The Madeira restaurant will be the Tex-Mex chain’s first Ohio location, but some Cincinnati-dwellers may have already ventured over to the Chuy’s in Florence, Ky. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/08/19/tex-mex-chain-to-open-first-ohio.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
August 19, 201311 yr chuys from austin! i didnt know they were chaining out. very good. the margaritas are better than the food, but nice to have it up in ohio.
August 19, 201311 yr I walked past Aronoff today and noticed the door was open on the retail space across the street that has had its windows covered for quite some time with white paper and bouncing yellow balls. There was some work going on inside.. i know someone mentioned on here there was a bar going in there. property hear some more details soon as they are building out the space now.
August 19, 201311 yr I don't have a press clipping for it, but a new Mexican street food restaurant called Mazunte opened last week on Madison at Red Bank, in a strip right next to Rainbow Car Wash. I've eaten there twice in their first six days. Not another burrito chain. Excellent quality, leaning toward Oaxacan cuisine. Highly recommended. Prices are $7-10. http://www.mazuntetacos.com/contact/
August 19, 201311 yr Something called the "Smiling Moose" is going into the former Chicago Gyros space at McMillan & W. Clifton.
August 20, 201311 yr I don't have a press clipping for it, but a new Mexican street food restaurant called Mazunte opened last week on Madison at Red Bank, in a strip right next to Rainbow Car Wash. I've eaten there twice in their first six days. Not another burrito chain. Excellent quality, leaning toward Oaxacan cuisine. Highly recommended. Prices are $7-10. http://www.mazuntetacos.com/contact/ When I read "new Mexican street food restaurant," I started praying to Zeus you weren't going to say Northside.
August 20, 201311 yr Pretty soon the residents will have to decide on a new name: Tacoside or Northtaco?
August 20, 201311 yr Pretty soon the residents will have to decide on a new name: Tacoside or Northtaco? I prefer calling our home the Taco District. Man, I hope someone buys the Honey space soon and does something good with it. We're missing having a really nice dining option in the neighborhood.
August 20, 201311 yr Something called the "Smiling Moose" is going into the former Chicago Gyros space at McMillan & W. Clifton. I don't really like that kind of Sublime marketing, as in making your establishment sound like it is in a Sublime song. You know why the guy in Sublime was so mellow, carefree and happy-sounding all the time? He was a heroin addict!
August 20, 201311 yr ^Yet every student at OSU raves about it. The one on Olentangy is always bursting with nerds.
August 27, 201311 yr Author New high-end cocktail lounge opening in downtown Cincinnati: EXCLUSIVE Tom Demeropolis Reporter- Cincinnati Business Courier A new high-end cocktail lounge focusing on mixology will open this fall in downtown Cincinnati. Obscura, located at the corner of Seventh and Walnut streets, aims to fill a niche for business people, art lovers and people interested in networking. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/08/27/new-high-end-cocktail-lounge-opening.html
August 27, 201311 yr Interesting... This was originally supposed to be: Downtown Cincinnati to get upscale sports lounge this last fall "It's just fate, as usual, keeping its bargain and screwing us in the fine print..." - John Crichton
September 4, 201311 yr Author Downtown El Coyote is giving lunch another shot Tom Demeropolis Reporter- Cincinnati Business Courier After stopping its lunch service in June, El Coyote’s downtown location restarted lunch service this week. Owner Jim Bell said when the restaurant, which has operated an outpost in Anderson Township for 30 years, started lunch service downtown in March, it wasn’t organized. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/09/04/downtown-el-coyote-is-giving-lunch.html
September 4, 201311 yr The Lucy Blue pizza window at 12th and Walnut has been closed for a couple weeks now.
September 4, 201311 yr The Lucy Blue pizza window at 12th and Walnut has been closed for a couple weeks now. isn't that because of their new location at 12th and Main?
September 4, 201311 yr Ruth's Parkside Cafe to open in the American Can building in October. FWIW, they hoped to open last September but what the heck... http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/ruths-parkside-caf-sates-appetites-of-food-missionaries-in-northside
September 4, 201311 yr The Lucy Blue pizza window at 12th and Walnut has been closed for a couple weeks now. isn't that because of their new location at 12th and Main? Originally they claimed they had no plans of closing the pick up window, allowing the 12th and Main location to be more of a pizzeria/bar (closing at 2) and allowing the pickup window to sell pizzas till late in the morning. I know the owner of Lucy Blue talked about opening up a hot dog place in the pick up window a while back, but that was before the huge delays in opening up the new Lucy Blue location on Main. I just heard a rumor about a taco place opening up in the old Lucy Blue pickup window via facebook. I have no additional details, though.
September 5, 201311 yr I've heard it's going to be a higher end carry out. Like market wines without the bar.
September 18, 201311 yr Author Firehouse on Short Vine to become Ladder 19 09/17/13 at 2:09pm by Polly Campbell Short Vine, the stretch of Vine Street in Corryville a few blocks from the east side of UC, is the next Cincinnati neighborhood to get a serious makeover. A new streetscape project, construction of new residential units, and a strong influx of new businesses is transforming the area best known as the home of Bogart’s. Among those new businesses is a restaurant and bar called Ladder 19, which will open in the old firehouse that was the home of Zino’s decades ago. http://cincinnati.com/blogs/dining/2013/09/17/firehouse-on-short-vine-to-become-ladder-19/
September 23, 201311 yr Oakley Dewey's closing for a few weeks in October for renovations. http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/09/23/deweys-closing-oakley-location-for.html
September 24, 201311 yr New pizza restaurant opening in Over-the-Rhine Goodfellas Pizzeria is opening its first Ohio location in Over-the-Rhine. The New York-style pizza by the slice restaurant and “speakeasy” style bar will move into the space most recently occupied by Mayberry Gastro Pub. The restaurant and bar is aiming for a spring 2014 opening. “We’ve got a great reputation, a great response in Covington,” said co-owner Alex Coats, who opened a spot in Covington’s Mainstrasse Village about a year and a half ago. Goodfellas Pizzeria started with a location in Lexington. It now has two spots in Lexington, plus the Covington location at 603 Main St. More below: http://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2013/09/24/new-pizza-restaurant-opening-in.html "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
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