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Supreme Court on Wade v. DeCavel
Remember the lawsuit between the Relish Group and former employee Jean-Robert de Cavel? They claimed he had violated a non-compete agreement when he opened his own new restaurant, Jean-Robert’s Table, a few blocks away from the former Relish restaurant,...
Posted: 6/17/2011 4:10 PM
Son of Flipdaddy’s
Bob Dames, who opened Flipdaddy’s restaurant just outside Mariemont last summer, is opening a second location of the burger and beer joint in Symmes Township (which also serves an awesome grilled macaroni and cheese). He’s remodeling a former Bob Evans...
Posted: 6/17/2011 4:05 PM
New kind of Johnny Rockets
One of the restaurants that’s committed to the Banks development is Johnny Rockets, which is scheduled to open in July. This one is a little different than the usual location of the retro burger joint. It’s bigger: square footage 2.950 square feet, and...
Posted: 6/16/2011 5:17 PM
J. Gumbo’s in Clifton
The storefront on Ludlow Ave in Clifton that housed the beloved Virginia Bakery from 1927 to 2000, and was more recently a Servatii’s location, is being completely re-modeled and will open in July as a location of J. Gumbo’s. That chain that started in...
Posted: 6/16/2011 3:39 PM
Catch-up: Grammer’s, Dutch’s, etc.
I’ve been out sick for a couple of days. I can feel the antibiotics fighting it out with the –what do they fight it out with, biotics? — in my sinuses and am feeling much more myself. A few things to catch up with: GRAMMER’S You have probably heard that...
Posted: 6/16/2011 3:24 PM
AOI out, Naked Tchopstix in at Levee
Newport on the Levee has bad news if you liked eating at AOI Japanese Cuisine — the restaurant’s leaving after seven years. Taking its place, though, is the curiously spelled Naked Tchopstix, an Indianapolis-based Pan-Asian restaurant making its first...
Posted: 6/15/2011 11:39 AM
Grammer’s re-opening
Looks like Grammer’s, the bar at 1440 Walnut Street in Over-the-Rhine that maintains its historic German character, though it has most recently been a bar crowded with young partiers, will be be reopened this week by the Relish Restaurant Group. It opens...
Posted: 6/13/2011 12:15 PM
Gold Star Double-deckers
Cincinnati chili, as served in the many independent, neighborhood chili parlors of town, goes hand-in-hand with another Cincinnati specialty. Double decker sandwiches, piled high with roast beef, ham, chicken salad, cheese and other deli ingredients,...
Posted: 6/13/2011 11:03 AM
iPad wines
As the maitre d’ or server at a nice restaurant hands you a wine list, it can be a moment of pleasant anticipation. Or, it can be something to stumble through as quickly as possible: So many wines, so little information, too much chance you’ll order something...
Posted: 6/10/2011 12:28 PM
Southern smoke and grits
If you’re up north in West Chester, and you have a hankering for smoked ribs, shrimp and grits or fried chicken, there is a new place you can go. It’s called Smoke and Grits, and has been open for about 6 weeks. It’s at 9104 Cox Rd, where it intersects...
Posted: 6/10/2011 12:12 PM
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