Cincinnati-Dinner recco

[BrazilHorn 6666]

I’m headed to Cincinnati for one night and am curious if any of the Surl have dinner recommendations. (No on Skyline Chili)

I am staying downtown. 

Thanks 

[elfenix 34396]

skyline chili.

[Carl Spackler 3561]

I know my buddy from Cincy likes Incline Public House.  It's not downtown, but it isn't too far away.  I'll see if he has other recs.   

[Carl Spackler 3561]

More Cincy recs:

Italian -- Nicola's 

Steaks -- Jeff Ruby's

French/hoi polloi -- Jean Robert's Table

Beers/pub food -- Moerlien Lager House

 

[NWBuck 8598]

Second on Ruby's. 

[WhatTheBuck 28852]

20 hours ago, elfenix said:

skyline chili.

Gold Star

[WhatTheBuck 28852]

Wherever you go, if they have Rhinegeist Truth IPA on tap, try one. 

[Eggo 4025]

I lived in Cincinnati for about a year and a half back in 2010-11. Over-the-Rhine was just starting to get gentrified, so I spent a decent amount of time there. Eat at Senate.

20 hours ago, elfenix said:

skyline chili.

2 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

Gold Star

Don't do this. 

[Celery Man 21036]

I stayed not long ago at... whatever the big hotel is at that square with the fountain downtown.  There's an Italian place that's OK.  Locals I was working with told me I needed to go to Over-the-Rhine (a neighborhood) because that's where all the cool shit is

https://www.urbanadventures.com/blog/neighbourhood-locals-guide-rhine-cincinnati.html

not real far from downtown, but it seemed like a pretty sketchy area was between downtown and there.  Think hipster parts of east Austin.  We ate here, it was good

https://www.eaglerestaurant.com/menu/

[Celery Man 21036]

6 minutes ago, Eggo said:

I lived in Cincinnati for about a year and a half back in 2010-11. Over-the-Rhine was just starting to get gentrified, so I spent a decent amount of time there. Eat at Senate.

Don't do this. 

i had that (Senate) written down because someone said something about poutine that i wanted to eat

ah, it was poutine with a fried egg on top.  i would eat the shit out of that

Edited July 12, 2019 by Celery Man

[Eggo 4025]

4 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

I stayed not long ago at... whatever the big hotel is at that square with the fountain downtown.  There's an Italian place that's OK.  Locals I was working with told me I needed to go to Over-the-Rhine (a neighborhood) because that's where all the cool shit is

https://www.urbanadventures.com/blog/neighbourhood-locals-guide-rhine-cincinnati.html

not real far from downtown, but it seemed like a pretty sketchy area was between downtown and there.  Think hipster parts of east Austin.  We ate here, it was good

https://www.eaglerestaurant.com/menu/

OTR used to be one of the most notoriously dangerous neighborhoods in the US for years. There were race riots there in 2001. Just keep your eyes open and your wallet in your front pocket. 

[gecko 1104]

Is the Montgomery Inn still "a thing" for ribs?  Haven't been there in decades.....

[Eggo 4025]

12 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

i had that (Senate) written down because someone said something about poutine that i wanted to eat

ah, it was poutine with a fried egg on top.  i would eat the shit out of that

Yes. Damn good poutine.

[WhatTheBuck 28852]

12 minutes ago, gecko said:

Is the Montgomery Inn still "a thing" for ribs?  Haven't been there in decades.....

I don't know. Haven't been there (In Cincy) since the mid 90's. They opened a store in Dublin, OH some years back and it was horrendous. The ribs were boiled then put through a conveyor belt oven they called a "ribulator." One bite pulled all the meat off the bone. And the sauce tasted like ketchup. I wouldn't risk it, especially if I was from Texas. 

Edit: Also, that store closed some years back too. They probably only lasted a couple of years. 

Edited July 12, 2019 by WhatTheBuck

[WhatTheBuck 28852]

29 minutes ago, Eggo said:

Don't do this. 

It's probably better as a lunchtime option. Or late night after you've been at the bar. 

[Eggo 4025]

18 minutes ago, WhatTheBuck said:

I don't know. Haven't been there (In Cincy) since the mid 90's. They opened a store in Dublin, OH some years back and it was horrendous. The ribs were boiled then put through a conveyor belt oven they called a "ribulator." One bite pulled all the meat off the bone. And the sauce tasted like ketchup. I wouldn't risk it, especially if I was from Texas. 

Edit: Also, that store closed some years back too. They probably only lasted a couple of years. 

Ribulated for her pleasure

[Underdog 28891]

Goetta

[Anastasis 23518]

got to be fast here to knock down the low hanging fruit. 

[Eggo 4025]

4 hours ago, WhatTheBuck said:

It's probably better as a lunchtime option. Or late night after you've been at the bar. 

It would take more than alcohol to get me to eat "chili" laced with cinnamon, cocoa powder, and spaghetti noodles. 

[WhatTheBuck 28852]

1 hour ago, Eggo said:

It would take more than alcohol to get me to eat "chili" laced with cinnamon, cocoa powder, and spaghetti noodles. 

You should probably avoid moussaka too. Or is it not the spices you're afraid of but the word "chili" in the name "Cincinnati chili" that you're hung up about? Because you're from Texas goddammit and chili only means one thing to you so you can't like something with the name chili in it that doesn't conform to your definition? 

It's a spicy meat sauce first made by Greek immigrants, flavored with Mediterranean spices, that is served on pasta or hot dogs and covered with cheese. What's not to like about that? Oh, right, it has the word "chili" in the name. It's not chili. It's Cincinnati chili. They're not the same thing. 

Frito pie isn't pie but I'll bet you eat that. 

[BrazilHorn 6666]

I hit a dive bar and had a ok burger. I had caught a super early flight out from SFO so was pretty beat. I’ll be back out here in a couple of weeks and will hit the OTR area. 

Thanks all.