Guidebook for Cincinnati

Valerie & John
Valerie & John
Guidebook for Cincinnati

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Nice park with tennis, basketball and sand volleyball courts, playground, picnic shelters, and fishing pond, three minute walk from our house through neighboring yards.
Swaim Park
Nice park with tennis, basketball and sand volleyball courts, playground, picnic shelters, and fishing pond, three minute walk from our house through neighboring yards.
Walking distance from our house.
Blue Ash Branch Library
4911 Cooper Rd
Walking distance from our house.
Walking distance from our house.
United States Postal Service
4914 Cooper Rd
Walking distance from our house.
University of Cincinnati.
Carl H. Lindner College of Business
2906 Woodside Drive
University of Cincinnati.
Xavier University.
Herald Avenue
Herald Avenue
Xavier University.
Curated art/flea market. Saturdays once a month June-October in Washington Park.
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Washington Park
1230 Elm St
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Curated art/flea market. Saturdays once a month June-October in Washington Park.
Many events are held here, including Riverfest.
Sawyer Point Tennis Courts
815 E Pete Rose Way
Many events are held here, including Riverfest.

Drinks & Nightlife

Downscale, but 15 min walk from our house. Pub grub.
Village Tavern
9390 Montgomery Rd
Downscale, but 15 min walk from our house. Pub grub.

Food Scene

Famous ribs! Walking distance from our house.
12 molta ag muintir na háite
Montgomery Inn The Original
9440 Montgomery Rd
12 molta ag muintir na háite
Famous ribs! Walking distance from our house.
Excellent Italian, fifteen minutes' easy walk from our house.
Germano's Restaurant
9415 Montgomery Road
Excellent Italian, fifteen minutes' easy walk from our house.
Upscale American cuisine. Walking distance from our house.
Stone Creek Dining Company - Montgomery
9856 Montgomery Rd
Upscale American cuisine. Walking distance from our house.
Pub fare, walking distance from our house.
Slatts
4858 Cooper Rd
Pub fare, walking distance from our house.
Best Indian in Cincinnati. Fifteen minutes walk (through our backyard, then left on Cooper Rd. Restaurant is behind two historic homes on right.)
Bombay Brazier
12140 Royal Point Dr
Best Indian in Cincinnati. Fifteen minutes walk (through our backyard, then left on Cooper Rd. Restaurant is behind two historic homes on right.)
The owner is an admirer of all things Scottish. Great selection of single-malt Scotch and craft beers, and the chef (Mark Bodenstein) is one of the best in town. Across the street from the Aronoff.
11 molta ag muintir na háite
Nicholson's Tavern & Pub
625 Walnut St
11 molta ag muintir na háite
The owner is an admirer of all things Scottish. Great selection of single-malt Scotch and craft beers, and the chef (Mark Bodenstein) is one of the best in town. Across the street from the Aronoff.
Chef Todd Kelly was American Culinary Federation's 2011 Chef of the Year. Try the chef's tasting menu. Setting is the Netherland, a fantastic old hotel.
10 molta ag muintir na háite
Orchids at Palm Court
35 W 5th St
10 molta ag muintir na háite
Chef Todd Kelly was American Culinary Federation's 2011 Chef of the Year. Try the chef's tasting menu. Setting is the Netherland, a fantastic old hotel.
Greasy spoon with excellent Cincinnati-style chili. Also open for breakfast. 20 minutes' walk from our house (thru the backyard to right at Cooper, then right at Kenwood.) Remember: it's not chili.
6 molta ag muintir na háite
Blue Ash Chili
11711 Princeton Pike
6 molta ag muintir na háite
Greasy spoon with excellent Cincinnati-style chili. Also open for breakfast. 20 minutes' walk from our house (thru the backyard to right at Cooper, then right at Kenwood.) Remember: it's not chili.
Cincinnati's celebrity chef. Excellent craft beer list, excellent food. Contemporary French.
22 molta ag muintir na háite
Jean-Robert's Table
713 Vine St
22 molta ag muintir na háite
Cincinnati's celebrity chef. Excellent craft beer list, excellent food. Contemporary French.
Farm-to-table.
Local 127
413 Vine St
Farm-to-table.
True Liege-style waffles, good selection of Belgian beers.
81 molta ag muintir na háite
Taste of Belgium - Over The Rhine
1135 Vine St
81 molta ag muintir na háite
True Liege-style waffles, good selection of Belgian beers.
Best egg salad in town.
Marx Hot Bagels
9701 Kenwood Rd
Best egg salad in town.

Essentials

Excellent produce market, walking distance from our house.
Pipkin's Market
5035 Cooper Road
Excellent produce market, walking distance from our house.
Fresh produce Saturdays 9am-12:30pm, May-Oct. 20 min walk (Wimbledon to R on Monte, L on ZigZag, R on Campus, through gate into school playground. Market is in school parking lot.)
Montgomery Farmers' Market
9609 Montgomery Rd
Fresh produce Saturdays 9am-12:30pm, May-Oct. 20 min walk (Wimbledon to R on Monte, L on ZigZag, R on Campus, through gate into school playground. Market is in school parking lot.)
Oldest continuously-operating public market in Ohio. Go Saturday morning when there's a farmers' market onsite too.
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Findlay Market
1801 Race St
292 molta ag muintir na háite
Oldest continuously-operating public market in Ohio. Go Saturday morning when there's a farmers' market onsite too.

Shopping

Artisan chocolatiers.
Haute Chocolate Inc
9424 Shelly Ln
Artisan chocolatiers.

Sightseeing

Major regional draw
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Kings Island
6300 Kings Island Dr
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Major regional draw
Cincinnati Zoo.
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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
3400 Vine St
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Cincinnati Zoo.
See an early-1800s slave pen used by a slave trader about 60 miles from here in Kentucky, moved and rebuilt inside the museum.
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National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
50 E Freedom Way
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See an early-1800s slave pen used by a slave trader about 60 miles from here in Kentucky, moved and rebuilt inside the museum.
Worth a visit.
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Aquarium Newport
1 Levee Way
290 molta ag muintir na háite
Worth a visit.

Arts & Culture

Reds stadium.
273 molta ag muintir na háite
Great American Ball Park
100 Joe Nuxhall Way
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Reds stadium.
ProScan Imaging Paul Brown Stadium
358 Paul Brown Stadium
Bengals stadium.
Natural History & Science Museum, Cincinnati History Museum, and Children's Museum.
247 molta ag muintir na háite
Ionad Mhúsaem Cincinnati ag an Téarmann Comhghuaillithe
1301 Western Ave
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Natural History & Science Museum, Cincinnati History Museum, and Children's Museum.
Taft Museum of Art
86 molta ag muintir na háite
Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike St
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Taft Museum of Art
Cincinnati Art Museum, one of the oldest art museums in the US.
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Cincinnati Art Museum
953 Eden Park Dr
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Cincinnati Art Museum, one of the oldest art museums in the US.
Top regional playhouse.
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Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
962 Mt Adams Cir
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Top regional playhouse.
Broadway Across America.
89 molta ag muintir na háite
Aronoff Center for the Arts
650 Walnut St
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Broadway Across America.
Contemporary art museum.
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Ionad Ealaíon Comhaimseartha
44 E 6th St
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Contemporary art museum.