I’ve started a todo list of restaurants I’d like to visit in the Cincinnati area. One that’s long been on my radar is La Mexicana on Monmouth Street in Newport, Ky. Finally made it out on and my expectations were exceeded. So. Darn. Delicious. (I highly recommend the chicken tacos, though the steak are pictured). [...]

I’ve decided my new favorite pancakes in Cincinnati are at Sugar n’ Spice. They’ve been making them for 70 years now, and I think they have ’em down pat. Also tasty: their goetta. (And their new decor is a bonus)

To celebrate a friend picking out a color for the siding of their house, we had an early dinner at the Pine Club. This place oozes classic… everything. This is where Sinatra would have (and probably did) eat when passing through Dayton.

I’ve got a list of restaurants I want to try, if only for a single visit. The Oakwood Club is one I can now add a checkmark beside, thanks to an evening with Jenny, Christina, Anthony and Dan. I highly recommend getting the creamy garlic peppercorn dressing with blue cheese crumbles on a salad to start [...]

The starter cheese fondue and closing chocolate fondue are where its at. All that meat and stuff in-between just made me nervous.