Asian Food Fest or Cincitalia? Fortunately, if you like both Asian and Italian food, both go for more than one day. Cincitalia is presented by St. Catharine of Siena Parish of Westwood, and features Italian food, music and culture. It kicks off with an adults-only ³Carnevale!² complete with cooking demonstrations, music and Italian … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Cincitalia this weekend
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Polly Campbell talks with one of the organizers about this weekend’s festival at the Banks, via Twitter: [View the story "Polly's interview with Lam Dang from Asian Food Fest" on Storify] . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Twitterview with Lam Dang from Asian Food Fest Dishcrawl Cincinnati, which organizes walking tours of Downtown restaurants, is introducing a new mode of transportation for their upcoming taco tour event. They’ve teamed up with Pedal Wagon, the 15-seat pedal-powdered bicycle. They’ll be visiting several Downtown restaurants that serve tacos. As with all Dishcrawl events, the restaurants aren’t named until you show up for the tour. … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Dishcrawl About 10 to 12 food trucks will be at Washington Park tomorrow to inaugurate the new mobile food-vending spot there. They’ll get there are 11 and serve lunch. . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Food Trucks at Washington Park The Taste of Cincinnati has announced the winners of Best of Taste for 2013. The process of choosing the winners was different this year than it has been in the past. Rather than bringing the dishes to a panel of judges to try, the judges went to the d… . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Winners from 2013 Best of Taste of Cincinnati Kaze is now open for lunch on weekends. They’re serving a new lunch menu in the covered outdoor beer garden. It has a few items from their regular menu, along with new, light dishes such as the elly-belly, which is egg and crispy pork belly on a yeast bun, ramen tonkatsu, also with pork belly, a “Nice … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Kaze will have lunch on weekend SwampWater Grill and Smokehouse will soon be serving authentic Cajun-style food in the Riverside Centre Antique Mall in the East End. Owner Chris Ornella said he’s hoping to open in the first week of June. Ornella, who recently bought the antique mall, said his partner Kirk Prest is the man behind the Cajun menu. He’s a … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: SwampWater Grill will serve Cajun food Campbell’s Table I saved this recipe for Nutella pound cake and bought the jar of Nutella to make it – for some special occasion, I thought. Then recently – I’m not sure what came over me – I just made it during an evening’s worth of commercials. It hadn’t cooled before I went to bed, … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: This Nutella cake smells sweet in the oven Boca opens on Monday. More than just a new location for the Oakley restaurant, this is a complete re-making of a key location in Cincinnati dining, 114 E. 6th St. That was the address of Maisonette, where fine dining with high standards prevailed for a… . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Take a look inside the new Boca Sotto, the new Italian restaurant Downtown, is named for its location in a basement that was once La Normandie. Sotto means “under,” and I have been remembering the name by thinking of the term sotto voce, or under the breath. It’s a term from theater and music that means lowering your voice to emphasize something … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Review: The food speaks for itself at Sotto If you need restaurant ideas for Mother’s Day, check out the gallery above. And below are a few more ideas: Gabby’s in Wyoming has brunch on Sunday starting at 10 a.m. At 4 p.m., they serve their regular menu along with a fried chicken dinner. 515 Wyoming Ave. 513-821-6040 Chez Nora, Mother’s Day buffet: 10 … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Need Mother’s Day dining possibilities? The Munchies are People’s Choice style food award, with foods from around the country in various categories nominated by chefs and food experts, then voted for on-line on The Tablespoon, which is a General Mills site. Andrew Zimmern hosted the awards, which include quite a few categories, including TV shows, restaurants, bakeries, etc, mostly fitting … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Graeter’s wins Best Ice Cream from Munchies Awards On Friday, Taste of Belgium at Findlay Market is expanding its menu to include “Belgianized” pizzas and sandwiches. The sandwiches are Belgianized by making them on Belgian waffles, which makes an awesome sandwich, I can tell you from personal experience. They are selling a southwest sandwich with turkey and pepperjack cheese and chipotle mayo on … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: More to eat at Taste of Belgium in Findlay I imagine this promotion from Smashburger will be particularly successful here in Cincinnati, where it’s popular to be of German descent. On May 28, anyone with a last name ending in -berger or -burger can get a free Classic Smash hamburger. There are several locations of the national chain, one of the “better burger” chains … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Free Burgers for Burgers. Or Bergers. Just a reminder: “America’s Best Bites” features Dan and Lana Wright at Abigail Street, their Over-the-Rhine Mediterranean restaurant, on Saturday (4:30 p.m., Cooking Channel). The half-hour show was shot in January. Here’s what I blogged about it back in April: Abigail Street, the Mediterranean restaurant on Vine Street, will appear with its owners Daniel and … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Cooking Channel show spotlights OTR eatery Saturday [View the story "Polly's interview with 50 West Brewing" on Storify] . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Twitterview with Bobby Slattery of FiftyWest Brewing “Have you been to Yard House before?” our server asked, as servers at chain restaurants often do. “No? Well, we have great food and a whole lot of beer and loud music. That’s what we do.” That was the whole of the spiel welcoming us to the newest restaurant at The Banks, except she told … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Review: Yard House is wide-ranging On Tuesday, I interviewed Jean-Francois Flechet of TAste of Belgium on Twitter. Today I’ll see what’s up with the guys at Fifty West Brewing at 11:30 this morning . They’re @FiftyWestBrew. I’m @BeingPolly. If you miss it, it will be posted here, too. . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Today’s Twitterview May 3 at Frisch’s Restaurants honors the birthday of David Frisch, the restaurant company’s founder. He opened the Mainliner, which was Cincinnati’s first year-round drive-in restaurant, in 1939. His birthday is a bigger deal than usual this year. Mayor Mark Mallory has issued a proclamation naming Friday ”Frisch’s Big Boy Day.” “David Frisch was deeply committed to the … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Frisch’s ‘Big Boy Day’ on Friday The Assanuvat family will soon begin serving Thai egg rolls and curry rice bowls from a stall in Findlay Market. Mimi is Mimi Assanuvat (originally from Beatyville, Kentucky), and the chef is her husband Sithi Assanuvat (originally from Bankgkok Thailand.) “My father’s been shopping at Findlay Market ever since we moved here 23 years ago,” … . . . → Read More: Campbell’s Scoop: Mimi’s Eggrolls and Curry Bowls coming to Findlay Market |
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