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Uncorked: Are restaurants ripping customers off?


Published July 30, 2009 at 4:25 p.m.


How often have you walked into a restaurant, opened the wine list and stared wide-eyed at the seemingly ridiculous prices? You scan down the list, looking for one or two of your most recent favorites, find them and can't believe that the restaurant wants $125 for the bottle you paid $35 for last week. Uncorked explores the meaning of this markup, explains the rationale and talks about a world with reasonably-priced wines.

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Chi-nnati's Pizza (Review)


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Published July 15, 2009 at 2:54 p.m.
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Where Chicago meets Cincinnati, in pizza form I’ve whined in the past about Cincinnati’s mediocre pizza offerings. Sure, there are some exceptions — Dewey’s springs to mind — but for the most part, nothing here wows me. So, would Chi-nnati, a new Cincinnati-Chicago hybrid, become my new pizza Mecca? I went with an open mind and two dining companions, including a bicycle racer with a youth-fueled appetite for carbs ...

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Cuban restaurant opens in Covington's Wedding District


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Published July 13, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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Covington's resurgent Wedding District welcomed a new dining option last month.  Cuba Cafe opened at 630 Madison Avenue and, unsurprisingly, features Cuban cuisine ... Theintimate cafe seats 20 to 25 people and is located in the heart ofCovington -  only a short walk fromthe popular Greenup Street and Main Strasse commercial districts. Cuban-born restaurant owner, Willie Rodriguez, came to the UnitedStates in 1980 when he was six during the Mariel Boatlift and came directly to the Cincinnati

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Transformation along Walnut Street downtown nearly complete


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Published June 15, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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In the early 1990s Walnut Street, through downtown began a significant transformation rooted in the development of the Aronoff Center for the Arts ... Thisanchor provided a spark for the surrounding area that led to newrestaurants geared towards serving hungry and thirsty theatre patronsbefore and after performances ... During that time, the city introduced a variety of entertainmentdistrict improvements around the Aronoff Center following itscompletion in 1995.  Those district improvements

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Hamburger Mary's is back, baby


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Published June 8, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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If you have been past the former Hamburger Mary’s location (map)on Vine Street in downtown Cincinnati you might have noticed some newactivity stirring about inside.  It is not the ghosts of Mary’s past,but rather Mary herself ... Hamburger Mary’s has announced that they will be reopening its Cincinnati location this summer around late July or early August ... The5,200 square-foot restaurant space is located within a single-storybuilding almost at the terminus of the Court Street

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World Food Bar opening at historic Findlay Market


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Published June 8, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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On Tuesday, June 16 World Food Barwill join the Findlay Market collection of vendors.  The carryout andeatery will be open Tuesday through Sunday, 8am to 6pm, and hopes tobring high quality gourmet food at an affordable price to theCincinnati region.  Prices range from $4.25 for soup to $6.95 for asandwich ... The eatery will specialize in “serving ethnic andworld foods that converge techniques which encompass advancedgastronomic and culinary techniques,"  says the owner and Chef deCuisine

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$24M Corryville Crossings pushing full steam ahead


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Published June 1, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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Ifyou have been past the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive andVine Street recently you may have noticed the bevy of constructionactivity at the Corryville Crossings site ... Thecleared site has sat somewhat lifeless for the past several monthswhile financing was being worked out and delivered for a new parkinggarage and hotel, says Franz Stansbury, director of real estatedevelopment with the Uptown Consortium ... The Uptown Consortiumis one of the entities providing financing for what

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New businesses opening in Over-the-Rhine


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Published May 25, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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Whatwas at one point one of the most troubled intersections in Cincinnatihas now become the trendiest shopping district in the GreaterCincinnati region. During the completion of the first phases of thewildly successful Gateway Quarter, dozens of new businesses have opened with more on the way ... GatewayQuarter leasing consultant, Kathleen Norris reports if the next roundof leases goes through, historic Over-the-Rhine will see 24 newbusinesses opened in just two years ... The first wave

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College Hill business district welcomes Shhhhh Restaurant


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Published May 18, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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The College Hillneighborhood business district (NBD) is one of Cincinnati’s lesserknown NBDs that ranks up there with some of the best.  Here in theNorthern ring of the city sits a diverse collection of local businessesamong a well-maintained urban fabric and an interesting streetscapethat encourages pedestrian activity ... The neighborhood is currently the focus of the City’s Neighborhood Enhancement Program– a 90-day focused effort that integrates community redevelopment andservices

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Downtown Cincinnati experiencing steady population growth and stable selling prices


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Published May 18, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
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During a time when residential markets are crashing and home buyers arewary to make a significant investment in home-buying, downtownCincinnati is experiencing not only steady population growth, but alsoa stable housing market ... Downtown Cincinnati Inc. released their 2008 studythat illustrates stable numbers of home sales and consistent homeprices. In 2008, 150 condo and single-family homes were sold indowntown Cincinnati for an average price of $241,516 for condominiumsand $172,551 for

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