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Remembering Tall Stacks Jim Kramer: Because BLINK is so much better... ***NOT*** this city doesn’t have a CLUE. Richard Tyree: Jim Kramer BLINK way better, times change Steve Stein: From a photographer’s point of view, Tall Stacks was a wealth of visual opportunities for images. Not just the ships, but on-shore historical representations of the time when riverboats were commonplace. I miss that.

Holly Stark: My hometown has been doing something similar since the ’70s, I think. The Sternwheeler is still Marietta’s biggest event!

Neil Sharrow: I’ve always maintained that part of the financial problems was because they took a bath on the “Music” part of the festival. Tickets for 2006 were only $22—ridiculous for the number of days and the unbeatable lineup of performers! They could have charged twice as much and it would still have been a bargain.

Deb Locke: I loved Tall Stacks and had hoped it would come back. Very good article! I was only 33 the first time Tall Stacks came to town...Loved it so much, especially going downtown early morning, walking and looking at all those beautiful riverboats!

Betsy Brunner Kline: Wish it would come back. It was so much fun to get dressed up and ride a riverboat in a riverboat race! Of course they have crappy concessions. They should have had homemade fudge, pies, corn on cob. Period concession... just wishing.

Sharon Wagner: I remember seeing Wilco at the very last Tall Stacks! Id love to see a revival but the logistics seem a bit too complicated these days. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.

Jeff Bertsch: What a wonderful written piece just like Tall Stacks so many other articles that cross your pages. Love your paper and your writers. Keep up the great work.

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NEWS The Soul of a Neighborhood A popular local soul food restaurant asks for help — and races against time — as it tries to relocate for FC Cincinnati’s stadium

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tarting about 15 minutes before 1 p.m., cars line up on West 15th Street in the West End and customers wait outside Just Cookin’ carryout for tender, crumbly cornbread, toasted dark brown around the edges; fall-off-the-bone ribs dripping in sauce; crispy fried chicken; and mountains of orange mac and cheese.

On a recent Friday, however, owner Monica Williams has some news for the customers lined up out the door: The business, one of three renting space around a pale blue 100-year-old theater-turned church in the footprint of the coming FC Cincinnati stadium, is asking for help moving — and says it may close if it doesn’t receive it.

Williams, who started the restaurant six years ago, got word earlier this year that she would need to move to make way for FCC’s $200 million soccer stadium after the team announced it was building on the site of Cincinnati Public Schools’ Stargel Stadium across the street. The team, which recently won a Major League Soccer franchise, will rebuild Stargel nearby.

FCC has offered Williams $20,000 in relocation assistance. But she claims that won’t be enough to keep her in business through a relocation, so she set up a GoFundMe account for Just Cookin’. She’s hoping to raise another $15,000 for the move through the crowdfunding site.

“I funded my own business without loans,” she says. “This is the first time ever I’ve asked for help. I really don’t know the future of Just Cookin’ at this point, if there is a future.”

In between pulling food trays from the buffet-style table that greets customers in the small carryout space, Williams juggles two phones. On one, she is taking calls about the restaurant, quickly rattling off to customers a long list of the day’s menu from memory without pauses or hesitation.

“No, I didn’t say cubesteak today, sorry,” she says. “But yes, we have the meatloaf and grilled salmon.”

On the other phone, she is calling up Cincinnati City Council members — asking what she needs to do next, telling them that she is committed to helping herself but also reminding them she isn’t

the only one depending on the business.

Sometimes, she’s on both phones at once, telling someone about ribs on one while council members promise help on the other.

There are still some zoning considerations and other city loose ends the stadium must navigate. Council approved a community benefits agreement between the team and a few representatives from the West End earlier this year — something a board mostly appointed by Mayor John Cranley will oversee.

Williams estimates she serves more than 100 people during the shop’s eighthour day and says eight other people work at the restaurant in addition to her. On this day, in the sweltering kitchen behind the service counter, that includes Williams’ grandmother, Ossie Mae Stewart, who sits at a table peering over her glasses as she carefully chops greens. Williams’ mother, meanwhile, is hustling food back and forth between the kitchen and the carryout window, and her father is cutting up chicken.

Williams credits Stewart with teaching her how to cook, especially when it comes to Southern favorites like yams and greens.

Stewart came to Cincinnati in her early 20s from Troy, Alabama. Her mother died young, and the tasks of supporting her brothers and sisters fell to her — including the cooking. She got a job at Lazarus downtown, where she sharpened her skills in the department store’s cafeteria kitchen.

“That’s where all this food originated from — Troy, Alabama,” Williams says.

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“My food doesn’t compare to her cooking.

I’ve got it a little bit, but I can’t touch her.”

These days, Stewart floats from station to station in the kitchen, filling in where she’s needed. She’s proud of her granddaughter, she says, and also likes getting out of the house and working.

“It’s just nice to have a job, to come in and do work,” she says. “I’ll be mad if the place has to go, but if it has to shut down, we just have to go along with it.”

Working the walk-up window is another relative of Williams’ — Dante Watson, who is her nephew. Watson says Williams gave him his first job, and he’s been working off and on between moves and school ever since. For him, currently couch surfing between family members, the restaurant is a now-fragile symbol of stability.

“We’re all a family, and we stick together and help each other out,” he says. “I’ve been down here my whole life and this is what we know, and now they want to come and build a stadium. It could cost me my job. I already don’t have anywhere to go, what are you trying to do? It’s just hard.

This is our community.”

Initially, Williams was hopeful about the development of the stadium, saying she was told she would need to move sometime before the new year and that the team would help her find a new place.

She even took some trips hunting for spaces with former Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, a West End fixture who works for the team doing community engagement.

Williams is less enthused about the move these days after learning that she will need to be out by November and that assistance will come as the single payment from the team and another $1,350 from her landlord, Rev. Patrick Winkler. In addition to Williams’ soul food restaurant, Winkler’s property includes his church, Lighthouse Ministries; a long-running barbershop run by Jason Briers; Briers’ residence; and a convenience store run by Briers’ brother.

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Greater Cincinnatians from Mauritania May Face Slavery If Deported

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Greater Cincinnati residents who fled oppression in their native country of Mauritania are at risk of being deported by the U.S. government back to that country, attorneys and advocates said in a news conference call on Oct. 10.

Ohio has the largest population in the country of black Mauritanians, who face slavery, torture and lack of basic citizenship and civil rights in their home country, according to CIA and State Department reports.

Mauritania officially outlawed slavery in 1981 — the last country on earth to do so — but human rights experts and U.S. officials say laws against slavery and racial violence are often not enforced.

Oumar Thiam and Issa Sao, both Greater Cincinnati residents, could face deportation as early as next week after they were arrested and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials recently.

Thiam, who lives in Kennedy Heights, has been in the United States for 18 years and has been working jobs under a work permit. Sao, who lives in Forest Park, has been in the U.S. for 14 years, is married to a U.S. citizen and has two U.S.-born children.

He applied for asylum, but that application was denied in 2004.

On Oct. 10, the Board of Immigration Appeals issued an emergency stay for Thiam’s deportation — but he remains in custody and could still be flown out of the country soon. It is unclear if a similar application for an emergency stay will be granted in Sao’s case.

“He was arrested while checking in with ICE agents as he has been faithfully doing for years,” Thiam’s attorney Patricia Y. Hernandez said in a statement yesterday.

“He’s lived peacefully and productively in Ohio for approximately 18 years and now, for no good reason, he is in detention.

He will be killed if he is deported to Mauritania. He said this to me multiple times, and I believe him.”

The situation is similar to that faced by another Lockland man from Mauritania, Amadou Sow, who was recently arrested by ICE and faces deportation.

The Cincinnati Enquirer profiled Sow last week.

Greater Cincinnati is home to roughly 3,000 people from Mauritania, civil rights advocates say — among the highest concentration in the nation. U.S. officials last year deported about 80 Mauritanians.

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Buses, Bridges and Bikes: Local Projects Get Millions in OKI Grants

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Another large federal grant will go to efforts to replace the Western Hills Viaduct. The roughly $330 million project to replace the crumbling, circa-1931 double-deck span will need funds from Cincinnati, Hamilton County and the state and federal governments. The project will get $6 million in grants

The Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority will get $5,347,765 for clean diesel buses as part of a Smart Technologies Advancing

Cincinnati Red Bike also came up big, grabbing a $500,000 grant to establish 20 more bike-share stations and 200 more bikes in and around the city. The majority of those bikes will be e-bikes, according to Red Bike’s application.

A shared-use path in west Covington along the Ohio River will get more than $700,000 in grants, and another shared-use path in Dayton, Ky. will get $800,000.

“With unanimous support, the board of OKI has delivered

a $41 million infrastructure package that will strengthen the eight-county region,” OKI Board President T.C. Rogers said in a statement. “Today’s awards are a meaningful investment in our multi-modal transportation network.

These projects improve mobility and safety for drivers, transit riders, cyclists and pedestrians. What’s more, they enhance quality of life.”

A number of other trail and pedestrian projects in the Greater Cincinnati region also received funding via the grants.

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The money will be used to replace 40 buses in Metro’s aging fleet, and to institute new, high-tech ways of tracking the maintenance needs of the vehicles.

though he expresses some doubt about whether he’ll be able to stay in the barber business.

The convenience store and the barbershop took the $20,000. Williams, however, initially held out, saying it wouldn’t be enough for her.

Eventually, she took the team’s offer, though she says she will still need more help from other sources.

“It has been my pleasure to work with Monica Williams for the past five months, meeting dozens of times, to help her relocate Just Cooking,” Mallory wrote in an Oct. 11 statement. “Ms. Williams has been a month-to–month tenant in a building owned and sold by a third party on the site of the future West End stadium.

“Jeff Berding and I had a fruitful, positive meeting with Ms. Williams yesterday. The parties have entered into a Relocation Assistance Agreement in connection with the relocation of Just Cooking. The parties have agreed that the terms of the agreement are confidential. FC Cincinnati is proud of our support and efforts for Ms. Williams and the other two property rental business tenants located in the future stadium site.”

Records with the Hamilton County Auditor don’t reflect the sale of the property yet, but sources close to the deal say FCC is paying $6 million for the land.

Another business a block away, Tristate Wholesale Building Supply, reportedly received $25 million from the team for its land. That business will receive tax abatements and city land worth $176,000 to move to Lower Price Hill, where it will construct a new, $6.7 million headquarters.

Originally, City of Cincinnati administration recommended selling a portion of the Queen City Barrel site owned by the city to Tristate for $1. But some members of Cincinnati City Council objected, citing the reported price the company had received from FCC. Council this week passed a deal that has the company contributing the $176,000 value of the land into a fund for affordable housing in the West End. Some community opposition to the stadium in the West End — including a community council vote opposing its construction — resulted in wrangling between the team and residents, though FCC eventually signed a last-minute community benefits agreement with a team of community representatives.

Williams has some relocation prospects but says places she’s found as potential relocation spots are charging at least double the $650 a month she’s paying now for rent. Plus, there will be costs for build-out at any spot she’s looked at. That expense alone could easily cost more than the money she has, she says. And if she’s going to move, she’ll need to market her new location and try to draw new customers in addition to her regulars, she says.

Competing with other businesses will also require more equipment and a few

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more employees, Williams says.

“I want to give it a good go and be competitive,” she says. “I want to give people the full experience.”

Chuck Martin is a manager at Gordon Food Service, which supplies everything from take-out containers to a variety of meats to Just Cookin’. He says he’s watched Williams’ business expand substantially during the five years GFS has worked with her.

She’s drawn her share of committed regulars, and also some special out-oftown guests.

“Her type of cooking appeals to different demographics,” Martin says, noting that Danny Glover and other celebrities have dropped by multiple times in the hunt for good homestyle cooking. “Definitely among some Hollywood actors familiar with soul food, that’s the place they go.”

Williams didn’t mention Glover’s visits at first, but when asked, she proudly showed a photo of the actor smiling inside the restaurant.

“What we’ve seen is a small, single minority, female-owned business that has really flourished and prospered,” Martin says, noting that Just Cookin’ is one of his top customers. “She single-handedly created a very successful business with few to no advantages. She went into a building where there was nothing. There

was very little foot traffic when she went in.

Unfortunately, it sounds like she’s going to have to do it all over again.”

Williams grew up in the neighborhood’s Lincoln Court, a Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority project, but moved to Westwood after a program called Hope VI was launched in 1999 and resulted in the apartment complex’s removal.

Years later, she returned to live in a townhouse in City West, the mixedincome development built as part of the Hope VI project. Fueled by her love for the neighborhood, Williams started Just Cookin’ six years ago. At first, she did her favorites — lasagna, hot wings, salads.

Those didn’t take off like she wanted them to, but the neighborhood spoke, and, as she says, designed the menu for her.

The fare is a continuance of a long tradition in the neighborhood, says regular customer John Lee Smith. For decades, Smith and his father, James Lewis, have lived in a building and run a barber shop at 15th and Elm streets a few blocks away in Over-the-Rhine.

“There used to be a lot of soul food restaurants here,” Smith says between inquiring about other regular customers’ families as he waits in line with them outside. “Now she’s the only one. She’s the only one who has taken the time to bring it back to the bottoms, as we call this neighborhood here.

The block at W. 15th Street and Central Avenue PHOTO: NICK SWARTSELL

It means everything. Where else can you get a filling meal? This is the only place you can come and get a good meal, where you get one plate and feed two people.”

Smith sees the changes coming with the stadium as part of a longer cultural shift.

“I’ve been here on 15th Street since 1960,” he says. “This has been my little stomping

ground my who life. I went to high school here. I’ve seen the area change, come back.

They’re knocking all this out, whatever they’re trying to do with that kickball stadium there. We’re one of the few black families that own a business here, and when we go, and she goes, that’ll be just about it.”

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FILM: Creepy Classics Double Feature “It’s Halloween; everyone’s entitled to one good scare.”

But you get two. Hotel Covington is hosting a cozy-creepy movie night in their courtyard. Two of the most iconic slasher films will be screened: Halloween (1978) and Nightmare on Elm Street (1984). Bring a blanket (maybe two — one to hide your face) and munch on popcorn to ease your nerves. If you need something stronger, $5 Rhinegeist cans and bucket specials will be available.

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ONSTAGE: 1984 at Cincy Shakes is a visceral gut punch set in a eerily familiar dystopian future. See review on page 44.

the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and May Festival Chorus. Bocelli has been performing for more than 20 years and has sold more than 90 million records globally. 6:30 p.m. doors; 8 p.m. show Friday. $75$359. U.S. Bank Arena, 100 Broadway, Downtown, usbankarena.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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ONSTAGE: RuPaul’s Drag Race Werq the World Tour For one night only, the queens of RuPaul’s Drag Race take over the Aronoff Center for the Werq the World Tour. Host Bob the Drag Queen will be joined by Season 10 winner Aquaria, plus Asia O’Hara, Kameron Michaels, Eureka, Kim Chi and Voilet Chachki. Werq

MUSIC: Punk stalwarts Social Distortion play Bogart’s. See Sound Advice on page 52.

MUSIC: Avi Buffalo brings fresh new cuts to MOTR Pub. See Sound Advice on page 53.

ONSTAGE: Andrea Bocelli Legendary and Grammynominated tenor Andrea Bocelli takes the stage at U.S. Bank Arena on Friday for an evening of song, accompanied by

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MUSIC: Singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones plays Ludlow Garage. See interview on page 49.

ONSTAGE: CCM’s Musical Theatre program celebrates 50 years with a staging of Broadway’s Guys and Dolls and a special gala. See feature on page 43.

EVENT: The City Flea It’s the final City Flea of the regular season before the

holiday market in December so if you want to stroll and shop, Saturday’s the day.

Check out unique items from hundreds of vendors, from handmade crafts and vintage finds to artisan food items and plant studios.

10 a.m. Saturday. Free admission. Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-theRhine, cityflea.org. — MAIJA ZUMMO EVENT: Neltner’s Fall Fest There’s only a couple more weeks until Halloween so soak up the season while you can. At Neltner’s Fall Fest, they’re taking fun seriously with acres of entertainment. There are horse-drawn wagon rides, a two-acre corn maze, pickyour-own-pumpkin patch, petting zoo, face painting, wine tasting, craft vendors, pony rides, live music and a fresh farm stand with fall produce (apples, gourds) and other goodies, like CONTINUES ON PAGE 10

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Doing sketch comedy at night opened up a whole new world for him. “It was so much easier than doing movies. It was way more fun.”

He parlayed that interest into stand-up and returned to New Orleans only to find there was a lack of venues at which to perform. “There was one show a week, sometimes two if you were

lucky,” he says. “In New York there are like eight million a night.” So, he headed back to the city and really paid his dues: “I got mugged, blackout drunk, lost on the subway, my landlord died of AIDS, and I got bed bugs.”

After six years in New Yok, he is able to do comedy full-time and now headlines clubs across the country and has made multiple appearances on Conan as well as The Tonight Show.

Through Saturday. $12-$45.

Funny Bone Liberty, 7518 Bales St., Liberty Township, liberty.funnybone.com.

— P.F. WILSON

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ONSTAGE: St. Nicholas at Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati Irish playwright Connor McPherson’s one-man monologue St. Nicholas is a slightly spooky and humorously droll tale about a hard-drinking and disillusioned theater critic who falls for a beautiful young actress — and a group of modern-day vampires. Cincinnati acting legend Bruce Cromer takes the stage at Ensemble Theatre for the show, with a plot described by the theater as: “A jaded theatre critic spins a tale beginning with obsession and ending with a descent into a macabre world of vampires. Is it all a drunken lie? A tantalizing fairy tale? Or is it his own

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homemade ice cream. This weekend, catch live music from Shiny & the Spoon on Saturday and Buffalo Wabs & The Price Hill Hustle on Sunday. Music starts at 1:30 p.m. each day. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; 9 a.m.-6 p.m. weekdays with limited events. $5 admission weekends; additional fees for certain events.

Neltner’s Farm, 6922 Four Mile Road, Melbourne, Ky., neltnersfarm.com. — MAIJA ZUMMO EVENT: Books by the Banks Festival Whether you love cookbooks, fiction, comic books or have a child who loves reading, fans of any and all book genres can find something they’re looking for at the Books by the Banks festival. Check their website for a list of attending authors and the schedule for panel discussions — a chance to pose questions to some of your favorite local and nationally renowned authors. In addition to the main event, at 11:30 a.m.

Books by the Banks will host the premiere of the new documentary, Saving Fiona: The Story of the World’s Most Famous Baby Hippo, based on the children’s book by the director of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Thane Maynard.

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.

Free admission. Duke Energy Convention Center, 525 Elm St., Downtown, booksbythebanks.org.

— MARLENA TOEBBEN

the most “extraordinary, unobtainable and unexpected” beers from across the country — like The Lost Abbey of San Diego, Indiana’s Upland Brewing Co., Chicago’s Half Acre Beer Co. and Other Half Brewing Co. of Brooklyn, N.Y. General admission includes 10 five-ounce samples and a tasting notebook. Bump up to VIP and you can snag a commemorative glass, four additional tastings with food pairings and exclusive info. Session one noon-4 p.m.; session two 6-10 p.m.

Saturday. $40; $65 VIP. Rhinegeist Brewery, 1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, rhinegeist.com.

— MACKENZIE MANLEY EVENT: The Official Cincinnati Witches Ball Want to celebrate All Hallow’s Eve early? Circle of Mother Earth, a close-knit pagan community, hosts this one-night Cincinnati Witches Ball. “Where Mobsters and Monsters Collide” is this year’s theme, so come whether you’re from the mafia’s underbelly or from under the bed.

But, any costume goes.

Peruse vendors, munch on

appetizers, join the splitthe-pot and get your fortune read. And hey, someone might just put a spell on you.

18 and up only. 7 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday. $25 single; $40 couple; $75 group of five. Thompson House, 24 E. Third St., Newport, Ky., circleofmotherearth.org.

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EVENT: Burlington Antique Show The Burlington Antique Show continues its 37th season this weekend. With more than 250 dealers selling everything from vintage jewelry and architectural elements to Americana, primitives and one-of-a-kind antiques, this outdoor event is worth an allday excursion. For dedicated diggers and historic hunters, early bird admission starts at 6 a.m. 6 a.m.-8 a.m. early bird; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. $4 adults; $6 early bird; free 12 and under. Boone County Fairgrounds, 5819 Idlewild Road, Burlington, Ky., burlingtonantiqueshow. com. — MAIJA ZUMMO EVENT: Tea Dance at American Sign Museum October’s second Tea

EVENT: Rare Beer Fest Weird brews aren’t only found in witches’ cauldrons; they’re also found in brewery taprooms. Rhinegeist is hosting Rare Beer Fest, which will showcase

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EVENT: Big Bone Lick Salt Festival Big Bone Lick Historic Site encompasses 512 acres of Kentucky parkland named after the Pleisotocene megafauna fossils found there, including mammoths, sloths and bison. The park is nicknamed the “birthplace of American paleontology” and is an official Lewis and Clark Heritage Trail Site. To celebrate its history, the annual Salt Festival features demonstrations of pioneer life. Learn frontier skills and traditions, shop a handmade crafter’s corner, listen to Bluegrass and Folk music, view prehistoric artifacts, watch blacksmiths at work, see how bison hair can be spun into yarn and discover how salt was extracted from the springs of Big Bone — the mineral is one of the reasons the site was so popular with prehistoric animals. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. $5; free ages 5 and under. Big Bone Lick Historic Site, 3380 Beaver Road, Union, Ky., parks.ky.gov. — MAIJA ZUMMO PHOTO: SARAH BETH

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EVENT: Zombie Ball: Dance of the UnDead at Pyramid Hill Pyramid Hill gets a haunted makeover during the Zombie Ball. Dress as your favorite creepy character for an evening of dancing, a haunted hayride, zombie photobooth and DJ music.

Arrive in a hearse and walk the blood-red carpet to the open beer and wine bar and horrorthemed buffet. The Zombie Club Package includes two tickets, two hearse rides, two cocktails, two swag bags and a family membership to the museum. 7-11 p.m. Saturday. $30; $50 couple; $10-$15 upgrade for a hearse ride; $100 Zombie Club Package. Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, 1763 Hamilton Cleves Road, Hamilton, pyramidhill.org. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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haunting) memory of the Oompa-Loompas and fear of getting stuck in a giant chocolate tube. Roald Dahl’s classic tale of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory now has a musical twist in this Broadway adaptation. Plenty of songs from your favorite childhood film — “Pure Imagination,” “The Candy Man” and “I’ve Got a Golden Ticket” — are combined with new tunes to amp up the entertainment. Join the lucky few who find the golden ticket into Willy Wonka’s fantastical chocolate factory.

Recommended for children ages 6 and up. Through Nov. 4. $31-$114. Aronoff Center, 650 Walnut St., Downtown, cincinnatiarts.org.

— MARLENA TOEBBEN

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EVENT: Findlay Market’s Fall Food Fest Findlay Market’s Fall Food Fest celebrates autumn edibles with themed treats

ranging from apple cider and cinnamon-flavored desserts to caramel apples and pumpkin pie. Participating vendors include Babushaka Pierogies, who will be slinging sweet potato pierogies; Gramma Debbie’s, with mulled cider; Dean’s Mediterranean Imports, with pumpkin ravioli; Maverick Chocolate with pumpkin pie truffles; and more. Tickets (one for $2; six for $10; 15 for $20) get you access to a variety of treats. Get beer from the biergarten or a bourbon cider cocktail; listen to live music; and kids can participate in a spooky scavenger hunt or pumpkin painting. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sunday. Free admission.

Findlay Market, 1801 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, findlaymarket.org. — MAIJA ZUMMO

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Dance takes place at the American Sign Museum.

The tea dance is a revived LGBTQ tradition that dates back to the 1940s and ’50s.

Richard Cooke and his husband Marty Wagner brought them to Cincinnati in April 2017 with new life.

Each month, the dances unfold at a different bar, but always on a Sunday afternoon. Historically, tea dances functioned as an event in which gay couples could openly dance with one another. In the 1940s and ’50s it was illegal for same-sex couples to dance and touch in public, so they had to go underground. This month’s Tea Dance takes place among the neon signs of the museum with special cocktails and DJs. 4-7 p.m.

Sunday. Free admission.

American Sign Museum, 1330 Monmouth St., Camp Washington, facebook.com/ teadancecinci.

— MACKENZIE MANLEY

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Hello. Are you hungry? You probably will be at some point today or in the near future (unless you’re a robot). And when you’re ready to eat, you may need a restaurant recommendation. That’s where we come in.

This year, CityBeat’s handy annual Dining Guide is a collection of some of the best places to eat in Cincinnati — as decided on by readers in our annual Best Of Cincinnati issue. We’ve been in the business of curating the BOC for more than two decades, highlighting the city’s most outstanding selections in Eats, Shops & Services, Music & Nightlife, et al, and the responsibility of selecting these exceptional entities is divided between our readers and staff.

In 2018, more than 900,000 votes were tallied to determine our Reader Picks — and readers logged on to the ballot site to vote for their favorites in a slew of categories. As this is the Dining Guide, we’re focusing on winners in the Eats section aka places where you can eat.

Note: This is obviously not a list of every restaurant in Cincinnati. And you may not agree with every pick on here. But it is certainly an excellent starting point in any conversation that begins with “Where should we eat?” that would otherwise end in a) tears b) loud arguments c) starvation. So close your eyes, point your finger at a random dining destination and get ready to bon voyage to bon appétit (unless you’re a robot).

BOUQUET RESTAURANT & WINE BAR

519 Main St., Covington, Ky., bouquetrestaurant.com.

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438 W. Pike St., Covington, Ky., 859-4319498, searchable on Facebook.

It’s verifiable: the more surreal the atmosphere, the better diner food tastes.

Three cups of coffee and a plate full of home fries deep into the witching hour, no local hole-in-the wall can compare to the Anchor Grill’s dream-like coziness. Its wood-paneled walls are festooned with lovably hokey knick-knacks and nautical memorabilia. Dim lighting fixtures and ferns form swirls of chiaroscuro color among black leather booths. To top it all off, your jukebox quarters yield a live show for you and your fellow diners: as your ’70s Soft Rock single of choice crackles to life over the Anchor’s speakers, a curtain opens in a small box attached to the ceiling, revealing an animatronic Jazz band comprised of nine handmade puppets and a Barbie doll. The stage, held behind glass, bears an uncanny resemblance to Twin Peaks’ “Red Room,” which is appropriate considering the diner’s Lynchian ambiance. Taking its blazing neon “We May Doze, But Never Close” sign to heart, the Anchor stays open 24/7, offering round-the-clock breakfast fare along with lunch and dinner comfortfood classics.

MUST TRY: The goetta and cheese omelet — the Glier’s Goetta factory is just across the street.

BOCA

114 E. Sixth St., Downtown, bocacincinnati.com.

MUST TRY: The Motherboard charcuterie board, featuring four cured meats, five cheeses and a multitude of accouterments. It’s huge.

DEWEY ’S PIZZA

Multiple locations including 3014 Madison Road, Oakley; 7767 Kenwood Road, Kenwood; Newport on the Levee, Newport, Ky., deweyspizza.com.

A hip neighborhood pizza chain with craft beers, seasonal salads, specialty toppings and a window where kids (and adults) can watch the pizzas being hand-tossed.

MUST TRY: Whatever the pizza of the

moment is. Seasonal salads and pies rotate based on, well, the seasons and feature fresh and fun toppings. The Tito Santana Pizza is back for fall with taco sauce, Chihuahua and cheddar cheese, seasoned ground beef, corn, shredded lettuce and Chipotle ranch.

THE EAGLE OTR

1342 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, theeagleotr. com.

The Eagle is nested inside a retired post office and has a relatively small menu, comprised of fried chicken, sandwiches, snacks and several side dishes. Booze-wise, they serve 100 kinds of beer and have about 15 different brews on tap. The fried chicken is free-range, all natural and sourced from Ohio farms. Opt for a whole, half chicken (white and dark meat) or a quarter of a chicken (select white or dark).

MUST TRY: While it is hard to look past all the ways in which you can indulge

FRIDA 602

602 Main St., Covington, Ky., fridaonmain. com.

The restaurant, named after the legendary painter Frida Kahlo, has Kahlo’s portrait and famous unibrow emblazoned all over the place. The cocktail list is divided into margaritas and house cocktails made with either tequila or mezcal, and they offer both alcohols in a flight, served in copitas (small clay cups). The menu is categorized into antojitos of chips and salsas, salads, nachos and several kinds of tacos, along with “mission style” burritos and two sandwiches — a Cubano and Oaxacan mezcal-glazed chicken.

200 E. Third St., Newport, Ky., hofbrauhausnewport.com.

Newport is home to the first authentic German Hofbräuhaus in America, modeled after the legendary Munich location.

Traditionally decorated rooms, beer brewed on-site (in line with the German Purity Law “Reinheitsgebot,” using only hops, malt and water), a huge biergarten and German dishes make this a fun dining option. Servers bring you your schnitzel and wurst in traditional German garb and there’s live music almost every night.

MUST TRY: A giant glass boot-stein

of whatever beer has been recently tapped and something German. The Bavarian sampler platter for two, or Schmankerlplatte, has schweinebraten (pork roast with bier sauce), schnitzel wiener art (breaded pork cutlet) and three types of wurst with fried cabbage, mashed potatoes and sauerkraut.

MUST TRY: The vegetarian Brussels

sprout tacos are the best, topped with a smoked peanut salsa on a fresh corn tortilla. ALSO A MUST: The queso dip. It’s a blend of melted cheeses, corn and hot peppers served in a round iron skillet and accompanied by a metal bucket of crispy tortillas to scoop up the gooiness.

GREYHOUND TAVERN

2500 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Ky., greyhoundtavern.com.

The Greyhound Tavern has offered down-home comfort food to Northern Kentuckians since the 1920s. The atmosphere is pleasantly country-fied, with wood paneling, vinyl tablecloths and multiple fireplaces, and so is the menu. The tavern is known for its herbed secret-recipe fried chicken, available daily with familystyle specials on Mondays and Tuesdays and a starring role on the Sunday brunch buffet, which also features a carving station, casseroles, goetta, biscuits, mashed potatoes and other hearty fare.

MUST TRY: A classic Kentucky Hot

Brown. Get country ham or ovenroasted turkey on toast points, topped with cheesy mornay sauce, cheddar cheese, bacon and tomato.

Other German Picks: MECKLENBURG GARDENS: 302 E. University Ave., Corryville, mecklenburgs.com.

WUNDERBAR!: 1132 Lee St., Covington, Ky., facebook.com/wunderbar.covington.3.

INCLINE PUBLIC HOUSE 2601 W. Eighth St., Price Hill, inclinepublichouse.com.

With a 1,400-square-foot deck for soaking in vistas and cocktails, IPH’s name is derived from the actual Cincinnati Incline that existed there from the late 1800s to the 1940s. Their upscale twist on pub food features sandwiches, salads, epicurean appetizers and a slew of craft cocktails and draft beers.

MUST TRY: Their pizzas are surprisingly delicious for a non-pizza-parlor. Build your own with toppings ranging from pepperoni and prosciutto to fried egg and oven-roasted tomato. Or order a house option like the Garbage pie with basically everything ranging from bacon, pepperoni and sausage to arugula, fried egg and cheese. Bonus: the crust is gluten-free.

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— puffy french fries — are a call back to the restaurant’s former iteration as the Maisonette.

Working closely with local sources, Bouquet’s farm-to-table approach means a fresh, frequently rotating menu packed with seasonal ingredients. Elegant small plates, entrées and thoughtful wine pairings set the stage for an intimate dining experience. Find options like pork from local Marksbury Farm with pickled ramps and bacon-fat Brussels sprouts or a Black Hawk Farm wagyu grass-fed beef burger on a Sixteen Brick brioche bun. Most menu items can also be modified to suit the needs of different diners, from vegetarians to those with a gluten intolerance.

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519 Main St., Covington, Ky., bouquetrestaurant.com.

in some deep-fried bird here, do so because you’ll land upon the grilled cheese. Forgoing poultry perfection in order to just have a sandwich featuring three cheeses, apricot preserves and granny smith apples may sound crazy, but it isn’t.

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A trip to chef David Falk’s Italian/French gemstone is an experience to be savored as much as the food itself. Take your time, invest a few hours and allow him and his attentive, knowledgeable staff to unfold an epic tale of two or three courses, plus dessert; most entrées are available in full or tasting portions. While the menu changes seasonally, look for satisfying pasta dishes, deliciously prepared fish and other meaty proteins and the always popular Boca Burger — a high-end American-style burger with cheese, red onion, tomato and the sauce maison on a brioche bun.

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JEFF RUBY ’S STEAKHOUSE

700 Walnut St., Downtown, jeffruby.com.

Modeled after a 1940s New York Art Deco steakhouse. If you love steak you have about a zero-percent chance of being let down with one of Ruby’s — they dry-age their own. There are several non-steak options on the menu, including good seafood dishes, but cow is king at Ruby’s.

MUST TRY: A steak, duh. Opt to go allou h ese he h hes grade) wagyu tenderloin, cut to order and market priced.

KUNGFOOD CHU’S AMERASIA 521 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky., facebook.com/kungfoodchu.

MUST TRY: Favorite dishes include the

5207 Madison Road, Madisonville, mazuntetacos.com.

Taco fillings range from shredded pork to crispy braised chicken, and specialties include Memelitas (open-faced tortillas),

OTTO’S

521 Main St., Covington, Ky., ottosonmain. com.

Otto’s does lunch and dinner, but it’s definitely a happening brunch spot. For brunch, Benedict Otto’s substitutes fried grit cake and smoked salmon for the English muffin and ham of a traditional eggs Benedict. It’s delicious, a bit rich and a true indulgence. There are a half-dozen mimosa options, from Violette Royale to citrus vanilla spice, and bloody marys made with house-infused cucumber or jalapeño-garlic vodka.

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MUST TRY: Otto’s is known for its pankocrusted fried green tomatoes, so if you go during brunch, order the B.L.F.G.T. aka the bacon, lettuce, fried green tomato, egg and cheese sandwich on a croissant. If you’re there for dinner, order the appetizer portion of tomatoes with dipping sauce.

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MUST TRY: The special Sunday brunch

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Quaint and comfortable with a huge beer list, AmerAsia offers all the usual Chinese dishes and chef specialties, but the food is anything but the usual. Chef Chu makes it all from scratch. His motto: “Do not take short cuts and do everything with passion and love.” Enjoy it all while taking in the eclectic décor of Kung Fu movie posters and paper lanterns.

corn husk tamales and corn empanadas with queso Oaxaca. It’s a refreshing and authentic culinary surprise, considering the restaurant’s location in a Madisonville strip mall. The Mazunte Mercado in the restaurant’s commissary (6216 Madison Road) serves meat by the pound, homemade salsa, dried goods and fresh produce.

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PLEASE

1405 Clay St., Over-the-Rhine, pleasecincinnati.com.

Savor.

Tucked away on Clay Street in Over-theRhine, Please serves modern and artful small plates. Chef Ryan Santos helmed Please as a gypsy pop-up from 2011 to 2016 and the design of the cozy brick and mortar is note-perfect down to the very instagrammable bathroom (search #pleasepotty for guest selfies with the abstract hand-painted wall tile). It feels like a first-class affair because it is one — each four-course dinner is served with fanfare and attention. Diners can choose from a vegetarian, pescetarian or omnivore menu, although gluten-free options are always available. Please also offers an à la carte and bar menu.

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4335 Glendale-Milford Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45242 (513) 794-1610 browndogcafe.com

POMPILIOS

600 Washington Ave., Newport, Ky., pompilios.com.

This restaurant, where the toothpick scene in Rain Man was filmed, has been offering classic family Italian since 1933. Can’t go wrong with any pasta dish. Play a game of bocce ball on the back court or grab a beerand-burger special in the attached Colonel Pomp’s Tavern.

MUST TRY: Anything with their famous

(and available-by-the-jar-at-Kroger) house marinara sauce. Spaghetti and meatballs is always an excellent option.

For vegetarians, the Ronaldo pasta is spicy and garlicky and very good, featuring olive oil, red pepper flakes, sundried tomato, black olives and feta cheese over pasta.

THE PRECINCT

311 Delta Ave., Columbia Tusculum, jeffruby.com/precinct.

You can always rely on a Jeff Ruby restaurant for a big, rare steak and platters of seafood. The Precinct, housed in a historical Romanesque-style former police precinct, was the first in a long line of Ruby steakhouses. You can’t go wrong with a sirloin or porterhouse, named after current and past Cincinnati sports greats. But there are other options, like blackened diver scallops or something from the tableside service menu like seafood fettuccine alfredo for two.

MUST TRY: Anything from the raw bar.

Options like Alaskan king crab and a daily selection of oysters are served over glowing, neon ice — they drop a light into the bowl before adding the sea creatures. It’s cool.

SOTTO

118 E. Sixth St., Downtown, sottocincinnati.com.

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Multiple locations including 16 W. Freedom Way, The Banks; 1135 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine; 2845 Vine St., Corryville; 3825 Edwards Road, Norwood, authenticwaffle.com.

Hot, fresh Belgian waffles are made from a thick dough and coarse Belgian beet sugar, which caramelizes on the cast iron press.

MUST TRY: Waffle & Chicken. This take

on chicken and waffles features a sweet, thick Belgian waffle accompanied by tasty fried chicken, Ohio maple syrup and hot sauce.

WALT ’S HITCHING POST

3300 Madison Pike, Fort Wright, Ky., waltshitchingpost.com.

Walt’s Hitching Post is a kick-back, casual place where everybody knows your name. Open in some iteration since the 1950s, classic menu items include Walt’s Legendary Fried Chicken, country fried steak with white-pepper-bacon gravy and fried chicken livers. All steaks are dusted with a unique seasoning blend and charred to perfection at 850 degrees.

MUST TRY: On Fridays, Kosher-salt

encrusted prime rib is on special — while it lasts.

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options change with the seasons, but if the cacio e pepe or short rib cappellacci

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Find the heavenly breakfast food topped with strawberries and cream or ricotta, or as the bread in a McWaffle sandwich (egg, gruyère and maple syrup). The crepe station prepares sweet and savory crepes, like the Nati Crepe with goetta, made fresh to order. At dinner, the sophistication goes up a notch with mussels, steak frites and Belgian specialties. Offers an exclusive selection of Belgian beers.

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MUST TRY: Any pasta. The handmade

are on the menu, order one of those.

The cacio is spaghetti topped with creamy pecorino cheese and black pepper and the cappellacci (little pasta “hats”) are filled with short rib and topped with shallot, Amish butter and thyme.

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approachable atmosphere and price point than its upstairs neighbor. With multiple dining rooms, the kitchen is open to view, including the custom-made wood-fire grill in front and a fresh-pasta room in the back hallway. Menu items include handmade pasta, house-cured salami and big-ticket items like Bistecca Fiorentina, a grilled creekstone porterhouse steak with daily sides. Sotto sources their bread from Blue Oven and also grows their own herbs and vegetables. Now serving lunch during the week.

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MUST TRY: Get an Aladdin’s Favorite Combo with beef kafta, shish kabob and shish tawook on a bed of rice with vermicelli to sample a selection of Aladdin’s eats.

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13TH STREET ALLEY

126 E. 13th St, Over-the-Rhine, searchable on Facebook.

Get a taste of Philly in Cincy via a window in OTR where Philly cheesesteak reigns supreme. But seriously, this little eatery is overflowing with wraps and bowls to get you through the day. Want some fries with that? Here, you definitely do.

MUST TRY: The OTR Philly, a classic

Philly cheesesteak with thin-cut grilled sirloin steak, topped with provolone cheese, sautéed onions, mushrooms, green peppers and mayo.

AGAVE & RYE

635 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky., agaveandrye.com.

Agave & Rye faces both Hotel Covington and The Madison Event Center and is just around the corner from the Braxton Brewing Company. With its full bar and kitchen open until 2 a.m. seven nights a week, this glossy taqueria has been an instant hit for patrons of those neighboring establishments and pulls in families and young couples earlier in the evening as well. Except for a few small side dishes and a couple of desserts, the menu consists entirely of tacos. They’re organized as “Graze” for meat-based fillings, “Swim” for fish-filled tortillas and “Grow” for veggie versions. Graze is the largest category, with eight different options that include kangaroo meat as well as chicken, pork, beef and duck confit.

MUST TRY: The monthly feature. Recent

ALADDIN’S EATERY + LOUNGE 1203 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook. com/aladdinseateryOTR.

MUST TRY: Get an Aladdin’s Favorite

6625 Gracely Drive, Sayler Park, buddhabarnthai.com.

Combo with beef kafta, shish kabob and shish tawook on a bed of rice with vermicelli to sample a selection of Aladdin’s eats.

ALTO PIZZA KITCHEN + BAR 43 W. Seventh St., Covington, Ky., altopizza.com.

ALTO is the first tenant in Covington’s $19 million Duveneck Square development, bringing pizza, pasta, sandwiches and more than 30 wines and craft beer and cocktails to the downtown area. The menu currently boasts items like brisket pasta (penne, brisket, barbecue sauce, caramelized onions, smoked gouda and mozzarella), a charcuterie pizza (pepperoni, salami and mortadella on a tomato sauce pizza with multiple cheeses), a roasted portabello mushroom sandwich and extras like cannoli and Charleston crab dip. Order at the restaurant or from the kiosk inside nearby Braxton Brewing Company’s taproom.

MUST TRY: Mac and cheese pizza because why not! Macaroni and cheese with bacon and roasted jalapeños on pizza.

BOOMTOWN BISCUITS & WHISKEY 1201 Broadway St., Pendleton, boomtownbiscuitsandwhiskey.com.

BUDDHA BARN THAI

Using family recipes and those gained from experience in New York City Thai restaurants, owner Niruti Puakkawe makes classics and new Thai dishes. Find Pad Thai, curries, soups and Thai iced tea.

BYOB. MUST TRY: Something from the “Out

tacos, PEI Blue Mussels with jalapeño and interesting vegetarian options like cauliflower and potato.

MUST TRY: Chorizo tacos with Betty’s

cheese blend, lime aioli and a flour and hard corn tortilla.

CITYBIRD

1344 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, citybirdotr. com.

The deep-fried offspring of The Eagle in OTR, CityBird is the latest addition to the Thunderdome Restaurant Group, dishing out cage-free, all-natural chicken paired with housemade craft sauces. CityBird’s “house-brined, fresh fried” chicken leans more toward tenderness than crispiness, but still packs a considerable punch.

of the Ordinary” section, like GaGa Gangpa — pork or beef cooked in coconut-less red curry sauce with anchovy, squash, string beans, peppers, Thai ginger and basil.

MUST TRY: The CityBird Sandwich, made

CAMPOROSSO

22 N. Fort Thomas Ave., Fort Thomas, Ky., colonelde.com.

This wood-fired pizza destination in Northern Kentucky is a neighborhood hang in a converted auto shop. Enjoy ItalianAmerican classics and crusty wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizzas topped with options ranging from sopressata and local hot honey to four cheeses. The Americanstyle pies are more traditional.

With creative takes on breakfast fare such as pancakes, French toast and egg dishes to sandwiches, salads, soups and biscuit concoctions, the place delivers “fast-casual from scratch.” Colonel’s Kitchen offers breakfast and lunch six days a week, with brunch specials on Sunday. While it’s not any kind of fancy, both the layout and décor make it feel homey and welcoming.

Chalkboards tell you what’s to eat and the cooking is done behind a long counter.

2475 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Ky., camporosso.com.

MUST TRY: A classic margherita pizza,

topped with san Marzano tomatoes, fresh housemade mozzarella, basil and extra virgin olive oil.

CASA FIGUEROA

6112 Montgomery Road, Pleasant Ridge, casafig.com.

This highly-anticipated Cali-Mex eatery in Pleasant Ridge is as fresh and colorful to look at as its food is delicious. Well before you sip or bite anything, you’ll be wowed by the artwork and décor — from displays of Mexican folk art to wall-sized murals (mostly on the façade outdoors) and a gorgeous wooden-flower creation adorning the main dining room. They’ve mastered the basics — housemade guacamole, carne asada tacos, churros with chocolatecaramel sauce — and push the envelope with dishes like Nova Scotia lobster

up of tenders covered in coleslaw, sauce and pickles.

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MUST TRY: Not Your Mama’s Veggie

Burger. Made from roasted falafel and red pepper and topped with arugula and harissa cream this burger is creamy and flavorful with a crunchy crust — not your typical mushy and bland housemade veggie burger.

COMMONWEALTH BISTRO 621 Main St., Covington, Ky., commonwealthbistro.com.

Commonwealth Bistro brings the principled sensibilities of farm-to-table dining to the treat-yo-self spirit that so often accompanies brunch (they also serve a scrumptious lunch and dinner). This quaint spot on Main Street in Covington puts their own spin on each and every brunch classic, whether it’s the arugula salad with berries, ricotta and spiced

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The Pendleton restaurant is inspired by the trappings of the American frontier and California’s 19th-century gold rush. Order a cocktail when you sit down so you have time for another before dinner is over — and then another for “dessert.” But at Boomtown, the true delight comes plated.

The signature biscuit isn’t a run-of-the-mill thousand-layer flaked baked good. It’s a buttery, soft disc with a close crumb and a browned, lightly bubbled top that no breakfast chain can compete with. Choose from sandwiches, “Prospector Plates,” bowls, sides and dessert.

is the Yukon, with fried chicken, gravy, smoked cheddar and thickcut bacon. The option to add an egg s heo e ll o o l upcharge), but better thought of as an intrinsic part of the dish.

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Although the Aladdin’s Eatery chain has been around since 1994, their new location in OTR marks something novel and adventurous for the Lebanese-American franchise: a full bar. Now, you can not only grab a freshly squeezed juice, smoothie or freshly brewed mint tea, you can also opt for a drink from a clever selection of cocktails. Housed in the space on the

MUST TRY: The most popular sandwich

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tacos have included The Sensei — soy-and-ginger kangaroo tenderloin with sticky hoisin glaze and crispy rice noodles —or The Covlove, with crispy calamari, pomelo, feta and passionfruit and watermelon in a wonton shell.

corner of Main and 12th streets that once held Mixx Ultra Lounge, Aladdin’s boasts the same food menu as other locations, but with the addition of a large patio and outdoor bar, plus industrial-modernmeets-Lebanese décor. This location is also open late-night, with hours until midnight on Friday and Saturday.

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pecans, or a Scotch egg wrapped in Flattop Farms goetta.

MUST TRY: The Fried Chicken and

Cornmeal Waffle, served with a scoop of buttermilk ice cream, is a nonnegotiable and worth the trip itself. So is the goetta sandwich with pimento cheese and a fried egg — for that true Southern splurge.

CROWN REPUBLIC GASTROPUB

720 Sycamore St., Downtown, crgcincy. com.

MUST TRY: Octopus tabbouleh. The

At Court Street Lobster Bar, there is nary a bright-red shell in sight. Instead, there are several ways to enjoy tender, buttery lobster meat — in a creamy bisque or as an ingredient in poutine; as part of the decadent lobster mac and cheese; or in one of two styles of lobster rolls. The Maine roll is a chilled lobster salad with lemon mayonnaise while the Connecticut roll has warm lobster meat drizzled with hot butter.

MUST TRY: A lobster roll, for sure,

but also something unusual like the Loboutine: hand-cut fries topped with lobster bisque, white cheddar cheese curds and Maine lobster.

CWC THE RESTAURANT

1517 Springfield Pike, Wyoming, cwctherestaurant.com.

3108 Price Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45205 M-Th: 11A-10P Fri-Sat: 11A-11P Sun: 11A-9P

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To borrow from the tagline for the original Disneyland in California, CWC the Restaurant might just be the friendliest place on Earth — or at least in Cincinnati.

CWC, from Cooking with Caitlin chef Caitlin Steininger’s longtime catering business, opened on Springfield Pike in a building that used to be a carwash. The menu isn’t extensive, with seven items listed as “shareables” or “starters” — just about everyone orders homemade baby biscuits with tomato jam and corn butter — and a half-dozen “Mains,” like the Char Cheddar Burger covered in a housemade

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octopus is tender, served on a bed of farro tabbouleh under creamy, zesty duck-fat hummus and loaded with fresh herbs and merguez. It is delicious food confetti.

Fri-Sat: 11A-11P Sun-Th: 11A-9:30P

28 W. Court St., Downtown, courtstreetlobsterbar.com.

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This casual from-scratch kitchen offers up a range of inventive entrées and shareables for lunch, dinner and dessert. The menu draws on a Mediterranean influence, with clean and light flavors in dishes like duck fat hummus, octopus tabbouleh and hanger steak with chimichurri. The dessert menu is the brainchild of “Fat Ben,” who also operates an attached walk-up breakfast and sweets window during the week. The restaurant is closed on Sundays to give the staff time to spend with their families.

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cheese sauce. Dessert is a strong suit here.

MUST TRY: The restaurant is only open

for dinner on Friday and Saturday and brunch on Sunday. Go for brunch and order the Breakfast Nachos, which everyone raves about. Chips come topped with charred tomato-chipotle salsa, homemade queso, crumbled goetta and fried egg.

DOPE! NOODLE AND DUMPLING SHOP 29 E. Court St., Downtown, dopecincinnati.com.

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Dope! serves ramen bowls, dumplings and lighter fare like a green papaya salad. The big difference is the theme — the music, artwork and names of some dishes are a paean to the 1990s. Noodle bowls are graced with names like Baby Got Beef or Wu-Tangy chicken noodle, and rice bowls have punny names like Ice Ice Baby chicken.

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MUST TRY: Grammy’s Laksa, Cantonesestyle noodles, sprouts, green onion, arugula, fried shallot and grilled lemongrass chicken in a creamy laksa curry broth.

HARVEST PIZZERIA

1739 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, harvestpizzeria.com.

Harvest Pizzeria pizzas have a magically crunchy-yet-chewy and light-butsubstantial crust with gourmet toppings like fennel sausage, almond pesto and

vegan chorizo; the menu is rounded out by yummy small plates, salads and burgers.

Also try the buttermilk-fried pickles with zesty remoulade. They’re addictive.

MUST TRY: The whipped cheese,

cherry tomato and candied prosciutto bruschetta is almost good enough to fight over.

KITCHEN 1883

9003 US Highway 42, Union, Ky., kitchen1883.com.

Kitchen 1883 lives up to its “New American comfort food” concept by taking the guesswork out of any dish for the consumer, and leaving them with a nice, pleasantly full feeling. The restaurant is sandwiched between a Kroger supermarket and a Kroger liquor store. This might seem strange unless you know that Kitchen 1883 is the grocery chain’s first foray into sitdown casual dining. In fact, it’s one of the first grocery-chain-affiliated restaurants in the country. Fun fact: It’s named after the year Kroger founder Barney Kroger opened his first store.

MUST TRY: The braised beef short ribs

with horseradish smashed potatoes and blistered carrots are incredibly tender and the beer-battered cod— made inhouse, with Braxton beer — is a distinct winner.

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LIL’S BAGELS

308 Greenup St., Covington, Ky., lilsbagels. com.

Lil’s Bagels are a bite of Brooklyn in Cincinnati — hand-rolled, boiled, baked and superbly chewy, they’re “made with chutzpah” and come in flavors ranging from sesame and salt to Old Bay and cranberry cardamom. Follow a stone pathway down a cute little alley to find Lil’s take-out “windough,” where you can order a bagel and housemade schmear, plus local bonuses like Smooth Nitro Coffee and Teeny Pies (literally tiny pies). The bagels and menu choices change frequently (based on how quickly they sell out), but expect to see creative sandwiches that turn deli staples into gourmet mashups and spreads like Dolly’s Caviar (pimento cheese), Lil’s famous egg salad and Dream Cream (Nutella + cream cheese). cheese, bacon, bibb lettuce and pickled green tomato on a bagel.

LOUVINO

1142 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, louvino. com.

— fried balls that are crunchy on the outside and the consistency of cheesy mashed potatoes on the inside.

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LUCIUS Q

1131 Broadway St., Pendleton, luciusq. com.

MUST TRY: Veggie Q is a fake pulled

pork made with trumpet mushrooms, cabbage and onions and topped with housemade Luscious Lucius Kansas City-style barbecue sauce.

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While the name of this barbecue joint may look like “luscious” — which isn’t a bad association — the restaurant is actually called Lucius Q (loo-shus q), a moniker taken from a Roman general with special ties to Cincinnati. The restaurant logo is a Centurion riding a pig. But the Italian influence stops there. The menu is all about the meat; no pizza or pasta in sight — unless you count the macaroni and cheese waffle. Instead, it draws influence from regional barbecue specialties and the partners’ own backgrounds: there’s Texas brisket, Carolina pulled pork, Memphisstyle ribs and Avril-Bleh sausage from Cincinnati. Everything is smoked out back.

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This Louisville-based wine bar offers Southern-inspired small plates, as well as bourbon, cocktails, beer and 17 preselected wine flights. Brunchers: Louvino serves up $2 mimosas on Saturdays and Sundays plus foodie items like pancake tacos, stuffed French toast and chicken biscuit sliders.

Get a little more traditional with dishes like

MUST TRY: Loaded baked potato tots

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MUST TRY: The Gawd Father: pimento

steak and eggs, eggs benedict or a croissant BLT sandwich. As for non-brunch dishes, their Brussels sprouts salad topped with pickled cherry peppers and a cilantro-lime vinaigrette is a customer favorite. A portion310346_4.75_x_4.75.indd 1 of the menu changes once per quarter, so guests can expect something new.

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MAIZE

1438 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, maizeotr. com.

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Maize specializes in a unique fusion menu that honors traditional recipes from across Latin America, with an emphasis on Venezuelan cuisine. The restaurant takes its name from maize, a corn flour dating back some 10,000 years and first utilized by indigenous Mexicans. The flour serves as the basis for the arepas, cachapas and empanadas served at Maize and acts as an access point for the rich world of Latin American cuisine. The bright blue accents of the restaurant lend to the tropical vibe, as do the multitude of rum options on the drink menu — there are more than 30 in house.

MUST TRY: The ceviche is perfect: plump

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and plentiful mahi, snapper and shrimp with diced mango, serrano pepper and lime.

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Foodies, take note: a lot of excellent food is coming out of the kitchen division of the new Overlook Kitchen + Bar at Madisonville’s The Summit hotel. The fourth-floor dining facilities of The Summit, which include a separate space open only for breakfast and lunch, features a large patio. Chef Kyle Goebel most recently was executive chef at Cooper’s Hawk, and also previously worked with chef Todd Kelly

at Orchids. He’s now overseeing all the food service at The Summit and deserves attention and praise for the delightful and seasonally changing fare he’s created.

MUST TRY: Stand-out entrées include

gnocchi with lions mane mushrooms and spring peas and perfectly cooked bass on top of potatoes, onion and parsnip.

SACRED BEAST

1437 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, sacredbeastdiner.com.

“Simple food. Taken seriously” is the motto for Sacred Beast, the modern diner at 15th and Vine streets in Over-the-Rhine, helmed by chef Jeremy Lieb, most recently of the Boca Group, and his wife Bridget.

The menu is a collection of Lieb’s favorite things, which run the gamut from a “Diner Breakfast” with scrambled eggs, mapleglazed pork belly and ricotta pancakes to a double or triple burger with Dijonnaise, onions, pickles and American cheese on a freshly made Blue Oven bun.

MUST TRY: Literally the best French-style omelet in town — fluffy, soft and full of goat cheese and piquillo peppers.

SARTRE OTR

1910 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, sartreotr. com.

Located at street level in the Rhinegeist building on Elm Street is Sartre, a Frenchish brasserie that serves spirits and victuals in a majestic and intimate space. The décor

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is industrial bonhomie, warmly lit, cozy and at times playfully absurd (in line with its French existentialist motif ) and a perfect space to indulge in the inviting seasonal menu of shareable hors d’oeuvres, entrées and thoughtful cocktails. The mostly French wine list is catnip for a Francophile and nicely compliments dishes like sea scallop and king crab with fennel bouillon, burger frites with American cheese or suckling pig poutine. Sartre even offers barstyle bites delivered to the upstairs brewery via a pneumatic tube.

MUST TRY: The vegetable beignets,

Kristen Bailey’s ascendancy in the often male-dominated world of barbecue is

TAFT ’S BREWPOURIUM

4831 Spring Grove Ave., Spring Grove Village, taftsalehouse.com/brewpourium.

An extension of Over-the-Rhine’s Taft’s Ale House, the Brewpourium is fitted with all of Taft’s top beers, New Haven-style “apizza” and enough televisions to satisfy all of Cincinnati’s sports fans. Apizza is a crispy, coal-fired version of Neapolitan pizza that originated in Connecticut, which the Brewpourium opted to serve over other styles (e.g. New York, Chicago) because William Howard Taft — former president,

a barbecue sauce made with Taft’s Cherrywood amber ale, the pizza includes pulled pork, red onion, jalapeño and smoked cheddar.

THE TAKEAWAY

1324 Main St., Over-the-Rhine, facebook. com/takeawayonmain.

The Takeaway’s premise is simple: grab a really good sandwich …and go. Step inside, though, and you’ll probably be tempted to stay as long as possible. The cheerful white subway-tiled interior is full of blonde wood surfaces — including long, thin countertops, which line the huge picture windows looking out onto Main Street — complemented by a gleaming silver deli case. Business is split between the deli — with sandwiches and cut-toorder meats and cheeses — and a tidy retail grocery. The deli offers an assortment of sandwiches, sides, daily soups, salads and a kids menu.

on a Mainwood Pastry croissant.

The croissant lasts to the very last triumphant bite — no soggy bottom slice here — and the housemade mayonnaise sets the salad apart from others of a similar ilk.

ZUNDO RAMEN & DONBURI

220 W. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, zundootr. com.

Han Lin, the chef behind Montgomery’s traditional Japanese sushi restaurant Mei, has taken his talents to Over-the-Rhine in an effort to captivate the district’s foodies with ramen done the soulful way.

Donburi — the other half of the restaurant moniker — is a Japanese stew that consists of various meats and vegetables served over steamed rice, topped with options like chicken teriyaki, eel or sashimi. Zundo also offers sake, Japanese beer, soju and latenight dining on weekends.

MUST TRY: Loco Moco Don, which is

a deep-fried beef patty with egg and green onion over rice, like a hearty, Japanese-inspired meatloaf.

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2249 Beechmont Ave., Mt. Washington, sweetsandmeatsbbq.com.

meat (can’t go wrong with any of them) and two sides. Choose from homemade mac and cheese, sweet potato casserole, vinegar-based coleslaw, loaded baked potato salad and more.

MUST TRY: The BBQ Pork pie. Featuring

MUST TRY: The housemade tuna salad

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MUST TRY: A combo with any smoked

Cincinnati native and brewery namesake — went to Yale in New Haven. The dough is made with filtered water and flour imported from Italy, and toppings range from classic white clam to a BBQ Pork Pie.

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especially if the veggie happens to be a sweet potato. Now, the word “beignet” conjures up images of deep-fried delicate pastry covered in a sprinkling of powdered sugar, but these potato balls aren’t sweet: they’re puffy, yet filling and served in a bowl with a swipe of delicious harissa sauce that honestly looks a little bit like it belongs on a Big Mac.

no surprise: Sweets & Meats hits all the barbecue fundamentals with ribs, brisket, pulled pork and the fan-favorite pulled chicken sandwich. The store and food truck also sometimes offer more unique fare, including smoked meatloaf and a strawberry crunch cake that makes the trip to Cincinnati’s eastern-most neighborhood worth it all by itself.

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MAPLEWOOD KITCHEN & BAR 525 Race St., Downtown, maplewoodkitchenandbar.com.

MUST TRY: The Lemon Ricotta

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Pancakes, with seasonal fruit, berry compote and local syrup. Go ahead and add a side of Daisy Field Farms bacon if you’re in an indulgent frame of mind. The pancakes were recently featured on the TODAY Show.

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Best of the Rest Here are some other top picks from different BOC dining categories

BARBECUE: ELI’S BBQ

3313 Riverside Drive, East End; Findlay Market, 133 W. Elder St., Over-the Rhine, elisbarbeque.com.

Eli’s specialty, the pulled-pork sandwich, is a good intro to his amazing barbecue sauce, and you can move on from there to hickory-smoked ribs and smoked turkey to mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, baked beans or the jalapeño corn bread.

MUST TRY: You haven’t done Eli’s right

u l ou e h he ll eef o s You’ll still get a barbecue fix because the two smoked franks come in a bun with Eli’s famous sauce, however the flash fry preparation and pork crispins and coleslaw toppings will make you forget that Eli’s is known for anything else

If you’re feeling like a light meal, order a classic Zip burger, with fresh, flame-broiled meat from local butcher Avril-Bleh & Sons, nestled in a toasted honey-egg bun from Klosterman Baking Company, and a side of super crispy onion rings. Or go big with the Girth Burger, a Zip burger topped with a split Avril-Bleh mettwurst. Or even bigger with the Train Wreck, a Zip burger topped with shaved ham, the aforementioned split grilled mettwurst and three types of cheese.

MUST TRY: The restaurant’s “famous” hl s o hl s actually chili chili — like beef and om o Te s hl h h ou h o o s he l e o

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Other Top Burger Picks: Other Top Barbecue Picks: CITY BARBEQUE: Multiple locations including 7706 Voice of America Drive, West Chester; 10375 Kenwood Road, Blue Ash; 8026 Burlington Pike, Florence, Ky., citybbq.com.

MONTGOMERY INN: 9440 Montgomery Road, Montgomery; 925 Riverside Drive, Downtown, montgomeryinn.com.

PONTIAC: 1403 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, pontiacbbq.com.

PICKLES AND BONES: 1149 OH-131, Milford, picklesandbones.com JUST Q’IN: 6901 Valley Ave., Newtown; 975 E. McMillan St., Walnut Hills, justqin.com.

BIG ART’S BBQ GRILL: 2796 Struble Road, Colerain, bigartsq.com.

SMOQ: 275 Pictoria Drive, Springdale, smoqbbq.com.

BEE’S BARBECUE: Find Bee’s next stop at facebook.com/beesbarbecue.

Zip’s has been doing burgers right since 1926, and generations of East Side Cincinnatians call Zipburgers their favorite.

BARD’S BURGERS & CHILI: 3620 Decoursey Ave., Covington, Ky., bardsburgersandchili.com.

NATION KITCHEN & BAR: 1200 Broadway St., Pendleton, nationkitchenandbar.com.

KRUEGER’S TAVERN: 1211 Vine St., Overthe-Rhine, kruegerstavern.com.

GORDO’S PUB & GRILL: 4328 Montgomery Road, Norwood, gordospub.com.

TICKLE PICKLE: 4176 Hamilton Ave., Northside, ticklepicklenorthside.com.

BRUNCH: SLEEPY BEE CAFÉ

3098 Madison Road, Oakley; 8 E. Fourth St., Downtown; 9514 Kenwood Road, Blue Ash, sleepybeecafe.com.

Whether you’ve got your BFFs or your toddler in tow for a weekend (or weekday) brunch, Sleepy Bee caters to both. The flagship Oakley location of this breakfast-and-lunch destination now

ORCHIDS AT PALM COURT: 35 W. Fifth St., Downtown, orchidsatpalmcourt.com.

HANG OVER EASY: 13 W. Charlton, Corryville, hangovereasycincinnati.com.

KEYSTONE BAR & GRILL: 313 Greenup St., Covington, Ky.; 3384 Erie Ave., Hyde Park; 249 Calhoun St., Clifton, keystonebar.com.

NATION KITCHEN & BAR: 1200 Broadway St., Pendleton, nationkitchenandbar.com.

BUSINESS LUNCH: MAPLEWOOD KITCHEN & BAR 525 Race St., Downtown, maplewoodkitchenandbar.com.

Do not be dismayed if the line is out the door when you arrive at Maplewood. For one thing, it’s worth the wait, but just as importantly, they have a super-efficient operation that moves you along quickly.

While you wait, you can ponder your many excellent choices. There are toasts — such as avocado with chopped pistachios and honey, or roasted mushrooms with caramelized onions and whipped goat cheese — and an egg dish or two. But wait, there’s more. How about something with a little kick, such as Chicken Tinga (chipotle chicken provides the spice)? Or you can go lunch-like with a salad or sandwich. The

CAJUN/SOUL FOOD: KNOTTY PINE ON THE BAYOU 6302 Licking Pike, Cold Spring, Ky., theknottypineonthebayou.com.

Knotty Pine offers Louisiana cooking featuring alligator, lobster bisque, oysters, fried catfish and frog legs with a mess of sides. Be sure to ask about the nightly special.

MUST TRY: The section of Louisiana

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CHILI (NON-CHAIN): BLUE ASH CHILI 9565 Kenwood Road, Blue Ash, blueashchili.com.

This family-owned chili parlor, established in 1969, not only offers traditional Cincinnati-style chili with coneys and 3-, 4- and 5-ways, but also a menu loaded with sandwiches, burgers, salads and sides.

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HOT DOG: SENATE

1212 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine; 1100 Summit Place Drive, Blue Ash, senatepub. com.

Pushers of beer, wine and gourmet street food. Senate’s mission is to present upscale street food, and they do a terrific job of it, grabbing national attention from the likes of the New York Post, Forbes and more.

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1036 Delta Ave., Mount Lookout, zipscafe. com.

CHANDLER’S BURGER BISTRO: 10533 Harrison Ave., Harrison; 6135 Cleves Warsaw Pike, Delhi, chandlersburgerbistro.com.

GRAND FINALE: 3 E. Sharon Road, Glendale, grandfinale.info.

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ARTHUR’S CAFÉ: 3516 Edwards Road, Hyde Park; 8221 Beechmont Ave., Anderson, arthurscincinnati.com.

Other Top Brunch Spots:

MUST TRY: The Lemon Ricotta Pancakes,

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ALABAMA QUE: 2733 Vine St., Corryville, alabama-q.com.

FLIPDADDY’S BURGERS & BEERS: Multiple locations including 7453 Wooster Pike, Mariemont; 8863 US Route 42, Union, Ky.; 12071 Mason Montgomery Road, Symmes Township, flipdaddys.com.

cocktails include good versions of a bloody mary, margarita and mimosa, but try the cucumber sangria, made with Sauvignon Blanc, dry vermouth, juices and prosecco.

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MUST TRY: Senate is known for gourmet hot dogs, but they also have the best mussels in town. The Mussels Charmoula features bivalves served in a tomato and saffron broth that is both thick and flavorfully vibrant.

INDIAN: AMBAR INDIA

350 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, ambarindia.com.

The old Cincinnati Color building on Vine Street is such a landmark that it would have been dreadful had it been torn down.

Thankfully, Japanese gastropub Kaze saved it. With a distinct bar and dining room, favorites are the pork belly buns, pork belly ramen and the OTR Roll with tuna, avocado, cucumber and ponzu. The huge patio and attached bar do one of the city’s best daily happy hours, with $5 specialty cocktails, discounted sushi rolls and halfprice wine bottles on Sunday.

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MUST TRY: Meatloaf. This Asian take on a traditional American dish features peas, carrots, Korean barbecue sauce, onion straws and wasabi mashed potatoes.

KOREAN: RIVERSIDE KOREAN 512 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky., riversidekoreanrestaurant.com.

For authentic Korean dishes, Riverside Korean Restaurant is an excellent choice. They offer traditional rice-based, steaming hot Dolsot Bibimbap with mixed vegetables, a sunny-side up egg and your choice of beef, chicken or tofu. All entrées are served with a delightful selection of traditional side dishes called Ban Chan.

Floor tables are available.

MUST TRY: During the Korean War, Spam was introduced to the country by the United States army. When post-war rations ran low, the country sought

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vegetarian meatballs cooked — not fried — and submerged in a sweet, savory and creamy sauce with tomato and onion.

1400 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, kazeotr. com.

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Nestled near the University of Cincinnati, Clifton’s Gaslight District is home to a plethora of global dining destinations, including a thrilling selection of Indian restaurants. Among several other nearby choices like Dusmesh and Grill of India is Ambar. Ambar is more of a casual, whitetablecloth Indian eatery — which sadly doesn’t do a lunch buffet — with a vast selection of creamy, perfectly cooked and highly fragrant North Indian cuisine. Think favorites like saag, korma, tikka masala and more, including popular Tandoori grilled dishes.

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The menu plays heavily on hot dogs, from gourmet Chicago dogs to more interesting dog-of-the-days and menu staples like the Trailer Park, with applewood bacon, American cheese and crushed Grippo’s.

The lobster BLT is great, as is the “$25 wood-grilled, dry-aged ribeye,” which costs just $24 and is served with marrow butter and truffle fries.

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LATE-NIGHT: GOMEZ SALSA 107 E. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine; 2437 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills, gomezsalsa. com.

Gomez’s walk-up taco window in OTR has it all: tacos, burritos, salad bowls and turtles (a hybrid burrito with crusty cheese to seal the deal). On weekends, it’s open until 2:30 a.m., making it the perfect drunk-offyour-ass Saturday pit stop before piling into your Uber.

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LIVE MUSIC WHILE YOU EAT: ARNOLD’S BAR & GRILL 210 E. Eighth St., Downtown, arnoldsbarandgrill.com.

Open since 1861, Arnold’s is the oldest continuously running tavern in town, complete with dark wood walls, vintage memorabilia and a big ol’ bathtub in the dining room, rumored to have been used to make gin during Prohibition. A Cincinnati classic, it serves up a nice range of lunch and dinner options — pasta, sandwiches and burgers, plus vegan and gluten-free options — at bargain prices. Enjoy a local draft in the outdoor beer garden and almost daily live music. Named as one of the best bars in America by Esquire magazine.

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PIZZA (NON-CHAIN): A TAVOLA

1220 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine; 7022 Miami Ave., Madeira, atavolapizza.com.

Armed with a pizza oven from Naples, Italy, A Tavola strikes a resounding chord of authenticity while redefining the perfect pie.

Their playful selection of signature pizzas — such as the Fig + Prosciutto, Sweet Pea + Bacon or Sausage + Sage — are a blend of the familiar coupled with the exotic. Whet

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your appetite with their roasted cauliflower or wagyu beef meatballs, or share a plate of Tagliatelle al Ragu.

MUST TRY: The Supreme Pizza. This

tomato-sauce topped pie comes with red onion, green pepper, mushroom, aged mozzarella, house sausage, spicy capicollo and maldon sea salt.

Other Top Pizza Picks: ADRIATICO’S: 113 W. McMillan Ave., Clifton, adriaticosuc.com.

CATCH-A-FIRE PIZZA: 3301 Madison Road, Oakley, catchafirepizza.com.

SUSHI: CLOUD 9 SUSHI

1018 Delta Ave., Mount Lookout, facebook. com/cloud9sushi.

An unpretentious sushi joint serving half-price sushi all day, every day, with a selection of more than 50 different rolls.

Open until 4 a.m. on the weekends.

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MUST TRY: It’s all half price all the time, so you can’t really go wrong with any roll. But the Hot Mama roll is a fave, with chopped tuna, salmon, tilapia, white tuna and yellow tail in a roll with garlic, red pepper paste, Sriracha and green onion. For vegetarians, the Premium Veggie roll is a regular veggie roll (avocado, cucumber and pickled radish, carrot and squash) topped with more avocado, radish and carrot.

FIRESIDE PIZZA: 773 E. McMillan St., East Walnut Hills, firesidepizzawalnuthills. com.

CAMPOROSSO: 2475 Dixie Highway, Fort Mitchell, Ky., camporosso.com.

TWO CITIES PIZZA CO.: 202 W. Main St., Mason, twocitiespizza.com.

NEWPORT PIZZA CO.: 601 Monmouth St., Newport, Ky., newportpizzacompany.com.

KAZE: 1400 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, kazeotr.com.

GREEN PAPAYA: 2942 Wasson Road, Hyde Park; 4002 Plainville Road, Mariemont, greenpapayacincinnati.com.

FUSIAN: Multiple locations including 600 Vine St., Downtown; 3780 Paxton Ave., Hyde Park; 8060 Montgomery Road, Kenwood, fusian.com.

E+O KITCHEN: 3520 Edwards Road, Hyde Park, eokitchen.com.

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TROTTA’S PIZZA & DRIVE THRU: 3501 Werk Road, Western Hills, trottaspizza.net.

ICHIBAN: 1020 Delta Ave., Mount Lookout, ichibancinci.com.

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Other Top Sushi Spots:

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STRONG’S BRICK OVEN PIZZERIA: 336 Monmouth St., Newport, Ky., strongsbrickovenpizza.com.

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MR. SUSHI: 580 Walnut St., Downtown, mrsushiusa.com.

ANDO JAPANESE RESTAURANT AND SUSHI BAR: 5889 Pfeiffer Road, Blue Ash, andojapaneserestaurant.com.

WABI SABI: 508 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky., wabisabicovington.com.

WILD GINGER: 3655 Edwards Road, Hyde Park, wildgingercincy.com.

TACOS: BAKERSFIELD

1213 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, bakersfieldtacos.com.

Part bar, part taco joint, all classy. Bakersfield specializes in gourmet tacos (pollo rojo, al pastor, huitlacoche, etc.), quality tequilas and whiskeys and hand-crafted margaritas made the old-fashioned way, not from a pre-made mix.

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MUST TRY: The short rib tostada. This

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little Mexican sandwich features the most delicious braised short rib, served on a crispy tortilla and topped with a fried egg, cilantro-buttermilk dressing, hot sauce, black beans and queso fresco. While this tostada is still in the Mexican-food genre, know that it’s worth passing up an order of al pastor tacos to order this instead.

Other Top Taco Spots: MAZUNTE: 5207 Madison Road, Madisonville, mazuntetacos.com.

GOMEZ SALSA: 107 E. 12th St., Over-theRhine; 2437 Gilbert Ave., Walnut Hills, gomezsalsa.com.

NADA: 600 Walnut St., Downtown, eatdrinknada.com.

LA MEXICANA RESTAURANTE CANTINA & TIENDA: 642 Monmouth St., Newport, 859261-6112.

CANCUN MEXICAN RESTAURANT: Multiple locations including 6385 Glenway Ave., Western Hills; 4747 Montgomery Road, Norwood, cancunmexicanrestaurantes. com.

FRIDA 602: 602 Main St., Covington, Ky., fridaonmain.com.

DJANGO WESTERN TACO: 4172 Hamilton Ave., Northside, djangonorthside.com.

TACO CASA: Multiple locations including 3711 Paxton Ave., Hyde Park; 1202 E. McMillan Ave., Walnut Hills, tacocasacinti.com.

TAPAS: ABIGAIL STREET 1214 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, abigailstreet.com.

The Mediterranean-inspired menu of small plates revels in Italian, Spanish, Turkish and Greek influences, with unique twists only chef Daniel Wright could pull off — chorizo-stuffed dates, grilled octopus, Batata and more. Wines are available on tap, by the bottle or the glass.

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MUST TRY: The menu offers some

seasonally changing items, but the fattoush salad is a mainstay, featuring yellow peppers, radish, tomato, scallion, cucumber, zaatar, pita, cheese and lemon.

THAI: GREEN PAPAYA

2942 Wasson Road, Hyde Park; 4002 Plainville Road, Mariemont, greenpapayacincinnati.com.

MUST TRY: The Rachel has always been one of the restaurant’s most popular sandwiches, with smoked turkey, red cabbage, apple sauerkraut and Swiss cheese on Sixteen Bricks rye.

MUST TRY: The veggie burger, duh.

VIETNAMESE: PHO LANG THANG

114 W. Elder St., Findlay Market, Overthe-Rhine, pholangthang.com.

1211 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, kruegerstavern.com.

Located in the heart of Findlay Market, Pho Lang Thang offers dishes like hot pho soup, spring rolls and the ever-popular banh mi sandwiches, which come sprinkled with assorted pickled vegetables and your choice of meat or tofu. They also serve Vietnamese coffee sweetened with condensed milk and brewed right on the table into your glass.

Krueger’s Tavern has legit the best veggie burger — possibly ever. The housemade patty is a blend of beets, breadcrumbs and other binding ingredients, all mushed together into a sort of disc, then dropped in

with “Pho” in the name, eat the pho.

The hou eef o h he Pho Bo can be filled with rice noodles and combos like rare steak and meatballs, tendon and tripe or brisket.

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MUST TRY: If you’re going to a restaurant

WATERFRONT DINING: MONTGOMERY INN

9440 Montgomery Road, Montgomery; 925 Riverside Drive, Downtown, montgomeryinn.com.

World-famous for its ribs, Montgomery Inn has been a staple in Cincinnati for more than 60 years. Along with ribs, the Inn offers barbecued spring chicken, salmon, pulled-pork sandwiches, burgers, salads and more, including everyone’s favorite: Saratoga chips served with the Inn’s famous barbecue sauce.

MUST TRY: Are you iron deficient? Try

Ted’s Platter: original and smoked ribs lus slo smo e s e se e h onion straws and cornbread.

Other Waterfront Options: MOERLEIN LAGER HOUSE: 115 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown, moerleinlagerhouse.com.

CABANA ON THE RIVER: 7445 Forbes Road, Sayler Park, cabanaontheriver.com.

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comes with coconut milk curry sauce, pineapple chunks, eggplant, tomato, baby corn, peas, squash, zucchini, red pepper and basil leaves with your choice of tofu, meat (duck, pork, etc.), fish or seafood like shrimp, squid and scallops.

Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free diners aren’t an afterthought at Melt, especially with its new owners who have taken Melt back to its roots. But the carnivorous can feast, too. A plethora of sandwiches, wraps, soups and salads tempt every palate.

Sandwiches include items like the veggie cheesesteak made with seitan and the Joan of Arc, with braised brisket, blue cheese, caramelized onions and provolone on flatbread.

a fryer. Deep frying anything is a good idea, especially vegetables, and this is no exception — a friend recently noted that the end result is falafel-like in texture. The burger is crispy on the outside and super flavorful on the inside. Topped with melty provolone cheese, pesto mayo, mixed greens and housemade pickles on a challah bun, it’s got substance, tang and crunch.

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4100 Hamilton Ave., Northside, meltrevival.com.

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If you’re a Thai food fan, this mainstay — locally owned by Bangkok-born husband and wife Sak Kertpet and Sunee Panichluechachai — focuses on unique sushi rolls, curries and noodle dishes. Sak, a former chef, and Sunee, a sushi chef, bring their expertise to dishes like Massaman curry, Pad Woonsen noodles and a TaTa roll (lightly fried shrimp, smoked salmon, cream cheese and avocado).

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University of Cincinnati’s Musical Theatre program at CCM celebrates 50 years with a production of this classic musical

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Scenic design by faculty member Tom Umfrid takes into account the big dance numbers.

A celebratory event on Saturday (Oct. 20) will include a 7 p.m. performance of Guys and Dolls followed by a 9:30 p.m. gala — “The Saints and Sinners Bash” — in the Great Hall of UC’s Tangeman University Center, adjacent to the CCM complex.

There will be a Sinners Lounge with music by the CCM Jazz Band. CCMpower, a volunteer group comprised of dedicated fans, advocates and alumni is staging the event. Funds raised will be used for student scholarships and grants. (This event is being produced in lieu of CCM’s popular annual gala, Moveable Feast, which is scheduled to return in January 2020.)

Guys and Dolls, presented by the University of Cincinnati’s CollegeConservatory of Music, continues through October 27. Tickets to performances other than the Saints and Sinners Bash can be ordered through CCM’s Box Office: 513556-4183. Gala tickets: 513-556-2100.

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and Dolls’) score are quite different from those required for Jesus Christ Superstar or Rent,” he says. “We always talk about why each musical number is in the show and how we can make it as seamless from the scene and song to the dance. It is important for dance in musical theater to be about something. While dancing, acting cannot be put aside; the acting needs to inform all the movement.”

And in a broad comedy such this show, he says the characterizations need to be carefully controlled “so they do not slip into caricature.”

The show’s traditional Broadway choreography places heavy demands on the dancers. Lala is especially excited about “The Crapshooters’ Ballet,” an iconic number featuring the men.

“This has been a fun number to stage,” she says. “We have a lot of boys who can tumble get a chance to show off some of their skills.”

“We are also doing the new restoration of the original 1950 Broadway orchestration,” she adds.

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the 1930s, has been frequently revived.

The show has numerous roles for singers, dancers and actors, including some classic comic creations like gambler Nathan Detroit and his long-suffering fiancée, Miss Adelaide. There are full-scale dance set pieces such as the gamblers’ ballet set to “Luck Be a Lady,” as well as numbers including “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat.” The diverse numbers give the students a chance to showcase their “triple threat” abilities, Berg says.

The show follows the story of Detroit as he tries to elude authorities while still raising enough cash to set up a big craps game. To land the necessary funds, he challenges fellow gambler Sky Masterson to win the affections of strait-laced missionary Sister Sarah Brown.

If Masterson fails, he’ll owe Detroit the money needed for the craps game.

Guys and Dolls’ dance demands made this production a natural for CCM faculty member Diane Lala, who is directing and choreographing.

“The dance numbers in the show help set the scene,” she says.

The opener, “Runyonland,” introduces an imaginary Times Square that’s quite unlike its modern NYC incarnation. Lala has put together routines in the Hot Box Club where Miss Adelaide works as a dancer as though someone from that time period and type of establishment put together the choreography. She also has had the opportunity to create dance routines for nightspots in Havana, Cuba, where Sky escorts the uptight Sarah in an attempt to overcome her romantic reserve.

Beyond entertainment, a show like this is an opportunity for education, Berg says.

“Students have researched the period, the lifestyles, the look of the period and the relationships between men and women that the time presented,” he says. He compares what they learn to the research needed for a TV series such as Mad Men. “The vocal demands for singing (Guys

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iftieth anniversaries are celebrated as “golden” and that’s what is happening at University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music as its Musical Theatre program hits the half-century mark this school year.

Underscoring this noteworthy moment, a production of Guys and Dolls — one of the best “Golden Age” musicals — is onstage at UC’s Corbett Auditorium through Oct. 27.

The CCM Musical Theatre program was the first of its kind; its four-year curriculum for the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree became the model for accreditation at similar programs nationwide. And students from the school are snagging spots on Broadway, too — in a recent Playbill.com survey, CCM was among the top-three programs placing grads on Broadway. CCM grads have appeared in Aladdin, Anastasia, Beautiful, The Book of Mormon, Chicago, Frozen, Waitress, Girl from the North Country and The Lion King, as well as national tours including Dear Evan Hansen and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, both of which make stops at the Aronoff Center this season.

For three decades, Aubrey Berg has headed the Musical Theatre program at the school. He says that the training is rigorous and adheres to a “triple threat” approach (aka, training in voice, dance and acting).

Berg and his colleagues audition roughly 900 students annually in Cincinnati, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. From that, they assemble a freshman class of 18 to 20 students yearly. It’s an elite program: Roughly one in 50 who try out are selected.

In addition to stage performers, CCM grads have become musical directors, choreographers, producers and professionals throughout the entertainment industry.

So why choose Guys and Dolls to mark this anniversary? Berg says the theme for the anniversary year is “Moving Forward; Looking Back.” The fall semester features two legendary shows — Godspell is coming in November. Next spring it’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the area premiere of Yeast Nation.

“Guys and Dolls is a golden oldie with a score of songs that have become standards in recordings by Jazz greats such as Frank Sinatra and Sarah Vaughan,” Berg says.

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It should come as no big surprise that early in 2017, just weeks after the startling election of Donald Trump to the U.S. presidency, sales of George Orwell’s dystopian novel, 1984, spiked monumentally — growing by 9,500 percent. The rise of right-wing authoritarian rule in nations around the world certainly seemed to have echoes here in North America, and Orwell’s dark vision of a future where the government Cincinnati Shakespeare Company’s 1984 dictated its own version of appropriate thought did PHOTO: MIKKI SCHAFFNER PHOTOGRAPHY not seem far-fetched.

British playwrights ripped open during a nightmare.

Robert Icke and Duncan MacMillan were Justen N. Locke’s cold gray institutional well positioned to ride the crest of this design is the perfect palette for Andrew frightening wave with their 2013 no-holdsJ. Hungerford’s lighting design and Brave barred adaptation of Orwell’s tale. It Berlin’s projections of cityscapes, a wooddebuted at suburban London’s Almeida land escape, a train station and more.

Theatre, moved to the West End in 2014, Underscoring these elements, Jessica and found its way to Broadway in 2017.

Pitcairn’s gray-scale costumes are sparked And now it’s landed in Over-the-Rhine just once by Julia in a scarlet dress — plus in a fearsome production by Cincinnati some serious blood splattering. Douglas Shakespeare Company.

J. Borntrager’s sound design ramps up It’s 101 minutes of terrifying perforseveral anxiety-ridden scenes. mance by the classic theater company, Brian Isaac Phillips’ taut direction with actor Justin McCombs turning in a gives 1984 a riveting forward momentum. stunning performance as Winston Smith, Even before the lights go down, stern a functionary working in a totalitarian warnings are issued in the ominous tones regime who rewrites and deletes history of dominant power: “Re-admission to the while secretly yearning to overthrow the auditorium is NOT permitted once the government he works for, simply known performance has commenced.” A slip of as “The Party.” Smith has enough spine to paper inserted in the program stresses pursue a secretive and forbidden love affair this message: “Comrades, this show does with Julia (Sara Clark), a co-worker, and not have an intermission and patrons that believe they can carry out their romance exit will not be re-admitted. Please plan beyond the all-knowing eyes of Big Brother. accordingly.”

But they’re wrong. Sucked into an Icke’s and MacMillan’s script gets apparent resistance movement (dubbed around the now-past date of 1984 by fram‘The Brotherhood’) by avuncular O’Brien ing the story with a crowd of people late in (Jeremy Dubin), they’re eventually harshly the 21st century who have read a diary that punished when his cruel reality comes might have been written by Winston. A to the fore. Anyone with an aversion to seed of doubt is planted: Could the account graphically portrayed torture should think of a regime supposedly overthrown possitwice about attending this production: bly be one more manipulated tale to mask It’s terrifyingly real, and everyone in the the continued existence of the Party? audience is made to feel wholly complicit 1984 is not easy or entertaining in allowing Smith to be broken with theater; in fact, it’s a visceral gut punch; horrendous pain and fiendish mental audiences will leave the theater in a manipulation into betraying the woman state of heightened anxiety. But as he has come to love.

America approaches an important and Cincy Shakes’ high-tech production, perhaps decisive mid-term election, this created with extensive video animation production is a desperate notice that by multimedia designers Brave Berlin we must be on the alert to cope with a — the creative minds behind the BLINK government that dismisses the rights of light festival that dazzled thousands of and abuses its citizens. In its 25th season, visitors to Cincinnati’s urban core a year Cincy Shakes is producing some of the ago — is a magnificent demonstration of most compelling theater on any local stage. the capabilities of the company’s theater 1984, presented by Cincinnati Shakespeare facility. A large overhead video screen Company, continues through Nov. 3. More provides an intimate view into Winston info and tickets: cincyshakes.com. and Julia’s secret hideaway, vulnerably

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However, his predictable journey takes a dark turn into Bruce Cromer in St. Nicholas at the Ensemble Theatre the paranormal world of vampires, whose immortal, P H O T O : R YA N K U R T Z irresistible existence gives him newfound confidence.

Despite this mystical twist, the show spot, which created an ethereal backdrop becomes trope-heavy and lands on every for the narrator as he recounted his cliché that might exist in a perfect parody supernatural encounters. of a one-man show, particularly one that is Though the set was sleek and gothic, the centered on a writer of any kind. movement choices were oft confused, as The critic, though played emotionally if there was lingering uncertainty as to and vulnerably well by Cromer, is the where exactly each element of the different perfect stereotype of the tortured creative settings existed in the space. Despite this soul: a washed-up, self-loathing writer staging flaw, Cromer used the space effecwho self-medicates with alcohol and fuels tively. Park benches became steps, chairs himself on emotional unavailability. became beds, and no part of the stage There is ample room in the play to take was left untouched, either physically or by these tropes and flip them into someCromer’s abounding stage presence. thing radical and enlightening. However, The sound, designed by Matt Callahan, McPherson’s work doesn’t provide enough was impressively subtle. Callahan masternuance in the few reflective moments for fully incorporated background ambiance any of the observations to be revelatory. and ghostly remnants of parties, street Though the critic’s one and only noise and laughter to accompany the reflection seems to be half-hearted disdain critic’s recollections. The effect of the low, for his actions, the entire production faraway sound design added an excellent seems to be one long half-apology, where layer of dreaminess to the atmosphere. he seeks redemption after having learned Fans of gothic literature and of Cromer’s no real life lessons. At the end of the booming charisma will undoubtedly find production, the only person who could moments of charm and curiosity within quite possibly carry a greater amount St. Nicholas. Despite the superb set design of disdain for the theater critic (other and Cromer’s consistent, stage-filling perthan himself) might be the average formance, these elements aren’t enough audience member who watches one man’s to break through the tired material that monologue as he navigates a midlife crisis. makes up the production’s base.

St. Nicholas offers an abundance of the Ensemble Theatre’s production of St. same content that the one-man genre Nicholas plays through Oct. 27. More info/ is known for: the same self-loathing, tickets: ensemblecincinnati.org. lecherous old man lusting after an

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‘MST3K’ Anniversary Tour Comes to the Taft

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Talking in a movie theater used to get you escorted out of the building by officious ushers. But in 1976, The Rocky Horror Picture Show made talking to screens a cultish national pastime. A decade later, former stand-up comedian Joel Hodgson converted cracking wise at quirky films into an eventual 30-year career with Mystery Science Theater 3000. Now, on its 30th-anniversary tour, the show comes to Cincinnati’s Taft Theatre Oct. 24.

“I wasn’t surprised that it worked,” Hodgson says. “Some people go, ‘We didn’t know people would like a little private thing like a TV show.’ I don’t play that. I thought it would work like gangbusters. Did I think it would last 30 years? No. I was hoping for a 10-year run and it exceeded that.”

Hodgson’s inspiration for MST3K came early. The primary trigger was the illustration accompanying the lyrics to Elton John’s “I’ve Seen That Movie Too” from 1973’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, which depicts a couple silhouetted in front of a scene from Gone With the Wind.

“I was in high school looking at that, thinking, ‘You could do this with a green screen, pick a movie and have people say stuff,’ ” Hodgson says. “Then we started working backward. MST was the first comedy show to use a shared screen, meaning the comics and the audiences were looking at the same thing at the same time.”

Hodgson originally created MST3K in 1988 for the KTMA channel in Minneapolis, where it was an immediate sensation. The Comedy Channel (now known as Comedy Central) heard the buzz about the show — whose premise revolved around a space lab janitor stranded in an orbiting satellite with his self-created robot companions and an evil scientist who forces him to watch bad science fiction movies to monitor his reactions — and gave it a national platform. A cultish adoration followed by self-proclaimed “Mysties” nationwide.

After dozens of bad films and scores of adventures with companions like aforementioned robots Crow, Tom Servo and Gypsy, and mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester and his sidekick TV’s Frank, Hodgson left MST3K at the conclusion of the fifth season, citing discomfort with acting in general. Show writer Mike Nelson took over, but the newly reconfigured Comedy Central canceled the show after two more seasons.

When the Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) picked it up, it was handed its second cancellation after a two-year run, followed by a 60-episode syndication package. Five years ago, Hodgson worked with reissue label Shout! Factory to release MST3K on DVD, and two years later he acquired the show rights from former creative partner Jim Mallon. Hodgson then launched what became the largest Kickstarter film/video campaign in the site’s history. This led to Netflix picking up a reboot, featuring new

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riff host Jonah Ray, and new mad scientists Felicia Day and Patton Oswalt. The highly anticipated second season will air on Netflix next month.

“We’re the highest-rated show on Netflix right now, and we’re 100 percent fresh on Rotten Tomatoes,” Hodgson says. “It was scary to bring it back and have an all-new cast and writers and great to have it land and have people be happy with it.”

If MST3K is a cult show, it’s mankind’s biggest cult. In addition to a recentlyrelease Mystery Science Theater comicbook, ’bots Crow and Tom Servo will soon be inducted into Fort Mitchell, Ky.’s Vent Haven ventriloquism museum. Hodgson grew up as a ventriloquist and says that Tom and Crow are rigged based on dummies. The Vent Mask will join them, a device he invented that turns people into real dummies.

For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live 30th-anniversary tour, Hodgson will be joined onstage by new host Ray as the two riff on a Canadian science fiction film called The Brain. As Hodgson notes, the cast is constantly editing on the fly because they’re tied inextricably to the film being presented, and they have to wait for the audience to stop laughing before setting up the next joke.

For the new production, Hodgson felt he needed to take an active role to celebrate the re-launch’s success.

“We tried to figure the best way to celebrate and since I’m the first guy and Jonah’s the latest guy riffing, we felt it was important,” Hodgson says of the two of them appearing onstage together. “We’re thrilled to go out and meet the people that kept it going.”

Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live 30thanniversary tour comes to Cincinnati’s Taft Theatre on Wednesday, Oct. 24. More info/ tickets: tafttheatre.org.

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Amazon’s ‘Forever’: A Marriage Dissected

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Sometimes it’s best to go into a new series blind.

That’s what I took away from Alan Yang (Master of None) as he promoted his new series Forever (Amazon Video) by sharing reviews, but also encouraging folks not to read them until they watched the entire season.

Created, written and produced by Yang and Matt Hubbard (30 Rock, Parks and Recreation), Forever has been shrouded in mystery.

Amazon even requested that Maya Rudolph (left) and Fred Armisen as June and Oscar. critics with early access to the episodes leave some of PHOTO: COURTESY OF AMA ZON STUDIOS the pertinent plot details out of their articles. Having followed those instructions as a viewer — feeling in the beginning, but the more we tuning in without the slightest notion of learn about them, the more it seems like what this show starring Maya Rudolph and Oscar was June’s safe choice — and Oscar Fred Armisen was about — I’ve decided to was perfectly fine with that. So was June, follow suit as a reviewer. until — over the years — she just…wasn’t At its heart, Forever is about marriage as quite so anymore. it plays out for one couple: June (Rudolph) When they both face a life-changing and Oscar (Armisen). As actors who have experience, Oscar comes out believing worked together for five years on Saturday they’re closer than ever — they’re destined Night Live and recently played bumbling to be together. Meanwhile, June is left Emmys “experts” at the TV awards show, reevaluating everything. You don’t know Rudolph and Armisen have obvious comewhat you’ve got ’til it’s gone, but you don’t dic chemistry. As an onscreen couple, they know what else might be out there when initially appear like a pretty perfect pair, you’re with the one you’ve got. operating on the same wavelength and There are some really funny moments in attuned to one another’s idiosyncrasies.

Forever. I swear.

But every relationship has its drawbacks.

Over the course of the series, June Together for 12 years, June and Oscar and Oscar encounter a variety of people have their routine down pat. Predictabilwho offer different perspectives on ity isn’t the most awful characteristic of a relationships, including one played by marriage, but it doesn’t do much to keep the always delightful Catherine Keener. things interesting. So when June itches to The entire cast captures an understated, change things up a bit, they decide to ditch relatable feeling that makes the characters their usual vacation plans for a ski trip that seem so real, even in the most surreal ends up changing their lives…forever. situations. The plot takes such profound “Forever” can be a comforting concept. turns, venturing into territory that you But the word can carry a foreboding really don’t see much on TV, now or ever, connotation, too, which is explored in the and certainly not with this dark tone show. Eternal damnation. The Sandlot’s balanced with simple silliness. A certain legend of the beast. Outkast. “Forevernetwork comedy in a new season right now ever, forever-ever?” It’s enough to make comes close. It rhymes with The Shmood a commitment-phobe out of any viewer.

Shmace. (Sorry, Mr. Yang. I cracked.)

There’s certainly an ever-so-slightly Armisen generally steals the spotlight awkward aspect to watching this with on screen, whether on SNL or Portlandia your partner. As characters question their or in a movie cameo. He’s a fantastic relationships, wondering if being content comedic talent, and Forever is no exception, is enough, the show may confront you with but Maya Rudolph truly shines here. those very same thoughts. The intricate, Forever is really June’s story. Complex intimate ways the show looks at the and compelling, she faces a number of connections we make as humans should crossroads throughout the season and come as no surprise coming from Yang, Rudolph does her justice with a stellar as he and Aziz Ansari delved into similar performance. subject matter in Master of None.

With a distinct brand of pitch-black One of the keys to most relationships is humor, surprising cliffhangers and an finding the balance between comfortable eight-part season of 30-minute episodes, stability and exciting newness. The Forever is an easy binge. Go see what all butterflies of a new fling versus the trust the fuss — or, rather, hush — is about. instilled in a long-term love. Maybe June Contact Jac Kern: @jackern and Oscar had that new-car-smell kind of

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she hits the stage.

“The first time I played it, the song was now alive,” she says of her ongoing creative process. “I need to experience it that way.

It has to be in front of me, a song I discover.

As the decades go by, the challenge is to keep discovering them. The songs are like a house. The living room is there, the bedroom is there. They’re always in the same place… When I sing, all of my emotions are engaged. That’s kind of cool.”

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connected Jones with her listeners since 1979.

“I don’t think I do that on purpose,” she says. “I think I’m intimate. I draw you in as a human being. That’s the way I am with my improvisations. When I make things up, it’s very real to me. It’s work of emotion. ‘Those buildings over there are made of sorrow,’ like that. When you traverse that emotional landscape, it’s a complex experience.”

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maybe ‘The Last Chance Texaco.’ I think I do that the same way.”

“The Last Chance Texaco” comes from Rickie Lee Jones, her 1979 debut album. But the imagery comes from Arizona, one of the places Jones lived while growing up.

After moving to Los Angeles, Jones fell in with hipsters (which meant something far different in the ’70s) Chuck E. Weiss and Tom Waits, with whom she was later romantically involved.

Powered by the Jazz-inflected single “Chuck E’s in Love,” based on a rumored romance of Weiss’, Rickie Lee Jones became a smash album, hitting No. 3 on the Billboard albums charts and eventually selling more than two million copies. The album led to four Grammy nominations, with Jones taking home the Best New Artist award.

Jones won her first Grammy in 1980, a time when Punk and New Wave were fashionable and on the rise. But Jones’ experimental mix of Pop, Jazz and Rock didn’t endear her to Punk fans any more than it did the mainstream.

“I’ve been a little too wild for the middle of the road and I’m a little too conservative for the Punk Rock edge,” she says. “I feel like I’m an odd bird.”

Dubbed the “Duchess of Coolsville” (also the title of a 2005 anthology release through Rhino Records), Jones had another Top 5 album with 1981’s Pirates and has continued to regularly release albums and EPs over nearly 40 years. She won another Grammy in 1990 for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Duo or Group for her 1989 version of “Makin’ Whoopee,” and crafted a masterpiece with the critically acclaimed 1997 experimental electronic album Ghostyhead.

In 2015, Jones crowdfunded her 16th recording, The Other Side of Desire, and released it on her own. Unlike many artists who emphasize their most recent work in concert, Jones says she’ll likely only do one song from the record at her forthcoming shows.

“That was a good record, but it takes me a long time to become a fan of my records.

That record hasn’t fallen in yet,” she says.

“What’s exciting to me is the ensemble I work with, the directions they go with the music.”

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f renowned singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones had her way, she’d never sing a song that had been written before she and her musical collaborators walk out on stage.

“To be honest, my best songs are probably improvised on the spot,” she says. “While I can do that, taking the other (musicians) along is a challenge. If I stand up there and make up a song, when I’m done it will be a whole song, not a series of images. It’s a big deal to make up lyrics and a melody in front of people. It’s a risk emotionally.

You’re not going to get stoned or shot. But you can fail.”

For that kind of performance to occur, Jones says, she’d have to find the right people to play with.

“My goal in life is to have an ensemble of people so intimate we can go out and improvise music,” she says. “I’m not talking about Jazz guys improvising over the same old chords, but new songs, new music. I know I can do it.”

To become a reality, such performances would also have to be properly billed and capable of turning a profit. From experience, Jones knows “Rickie Lee Jones Improv Night” wouldn’t be a big money maker without really smart promotion.

“It’s another thing with the business.

You’d have to market it as, ‘You won’t hear any of those (old) songs,’ ” she says. “When I’ve attempted to do that in the past, it’s been difficult and I’ve lost money. I don’t have the money to lose now.”

The improbability doesn’t make her love the concept any less, though.

“I enjoy the feeling of it as a dream,” she says.

Jones says maybe she’d try out the makeup-songs-on-stage concept in a residency at a club somewhere in New Orleans, where she’s lived for the last few years. But for now, she has been touring a more traditional show, combing through her catalog for material. Still, it almost certainly won’t sound exactly like the record when it’s performed.

“It’s probably because I’m super creative and I don’t say that as a compliment,” Jones says of her need to change the songs. “My mind won’t stop making up new ways to do things. If I’m with super creative people, that can be great. If they’re not so creative, it can be difficult. I can’t stop making something new out of things, except

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In this month’s edition of “Stop Playing My Music at Your Rallies, Mr. President,” there’s a surprise special guest star — Prince! Actually, it was the late superstar’s estate that requested Donald Trump no longer play “Purple Rain” to get his supporters hyped before campaign appearances. Trump has previously been asked to stop using the songs of Queen, Luciano Pavarotti, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Adele, R.E.M., Elton John, Twisted Sister, Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones. Despite having the rights to play the songs via a blanket licensing agreement, the artists argue that Trump’s use falsely implies endorsement, which violates federal trademark law.

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has released a pair of singles and music videos to set the stage for the release of its debut album. Cool Life features Foxy Shazam’s horn player/singer Alex Nauth, who’s currently also fronting The Skulx; Chris Harrison (guitar) and Kamal Hiresh (drums) of Cincinnati rockers Honeyspiders; Sam Duff on bass; and Cole Walsh-Davis, who built the new project and is the thread between all of the players — he plays with Honeyspiders and Columbus, Ohio rockers Cadaver Dogs. Cool Life’s first single, “Waves,” featured guest Eric Nally, the Foxy Shazam frontman who garnered mainstream attention via his collaborations and tours with rapper Macklemore.

This Friday (Oct. 19) at 9 p.m., Cool Life is hosting a special album listening party at Northside Yacht Club (4227 Spring Grove Ave., Northside, northsideyachtclub.com).

The album (plus some visuals) will be spun at the event, where the band members will also announce the album’s release date. The band’s debut is expected before year’s end on Chicago’s Mind Over Matter Records, which is releasing the LP digitally, as well as a limited-edition vinyl version.

For more info, visit coollife.band.

On Oct. 11, as expected, President Trump signed into law the Music Modernization Act, which, by the time it reached his desk, had become the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act. The OGHBGMMA updates copyright law for the digital music era, putting in place a more fair and efficient royalty payment system for creators. The signing ceremony guest list didn’t exactly reflect the nearly unanimous bipartisan support the act received from lawmakers, though the musical representatives in attendance definitely passed Trump’s “Do you like me? Then I like you” loyalty test. Vocal Trump supporters Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Kid Rock were joined

by Trump inauguration performers Sam Moore and Big & Rich’s John Rich, plus conservative Country singer Craig Morgan and Christian music stars MercyMe, who performed at the 2107 National Prayer Breakfast.

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Four acclaimed Cincinnati-based Blues Rock guitarists are joining forces Saturday (Oct. 20) for the Four Aces Guitar Fest at Madison Theater (730 Madison Ave., Covington, Ky., madisontheateronline.com).

The event features celebrated Blues Rock players Sonny Moorman, Jay Jesse Johnson, Johnny Fink (who is representing Cincinnati in January at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, Tennessee)

and Dudley Taft, who regularly tours throughout the U.S. and Europe. The four musicians first teamed up for a Four Aces show in February. At the event, the artists play individual sets of their original music, then team up to jam on some Blues classics.

Showtime Saturday is 8 p.m. Tickets are $15 in advance (through cincyticket.com) or $17 at the door.

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Since its renovation and reopening in late 2016, Over-the-Rhine’s Memorial Hall (1225 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine, memorialhallotr.com) has become one of the best mid-size concert venues in the city, offering a theater-like setting with an intimate feel. Since reopening, the 560seat facility with state-of-the-art sound (built to complement the well-designed natural acoustics) has hosted shows by Rosanne Cash, Richard Thompson, Poliça, Los Lobos, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, I’m With Her, Cincinnati’s own Over the Rhine (who return to the venue Dec. 21-23 for their annual holiday concerts) and many others.

The MEMO (as it goes by now) has an impressive roster of concerts coming up before the year’s end, including a few in the Longworth-Anderson Series, which launched in early 2017 and has featured several Grammynominated and -winning artists. Forthcoming LAS concerts include Stephen Marley (Oct. 30) and The Lone Bellow (Nov. 28).

This Thursday (Oct. 18), The Tillers a pair of great Greater Cincinnati acts — AmeriPHOTO: MICHAEL cana favorites The Tillers and Honey & Houston — will perform at “Celebrate the Series,” a special LAS celebration/preview/fundraiser concert at The MEMO. The Tillers recently announced on social media that the first 50 ticket holders through the door will receive a free copy of a new split 7-inch single from the local Shake It Records label. The single features the band’s song “Migrant’s Lament” (which was featured on The Tillers’ 2018 self-titled album release on SofaBurn Records), plus a track from fellow area musical act Frontier Folk Nebraska.

Thursday’s Celebrate the Series event begins at 6 p.m. with a reception; music begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $25; the money raised supports the LAS, as well as the Friends of Memorial Hall organization, which helps with the preservation of the theater.

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Listening to the music of Ray LaMontagne is an act of self-care. His newest album, Part of the Light, is an all-new indulgence with which to spoil yourself. It’s like stretching across your bed in a beam of Sunday-morning sunlight and petting your cat until she falls asleep. It’s like letting your friends go out on a Friday night while you sit in the bathtub and paint your nails. His whisper-soft voice doesn’t crack through anything; his music is meant for relaxing, basking and feeling.

Part of the Light’s opener, “To The Sea,” is an especially unique moment for listeners.

At first, the sound is reminiscent of early Johnny Cash albums. But as the melody picks up and the lyrical adventure takes off, it conjures up thoughts of Simon & Garfunkel’s “America” — quirky and fun.

During an appearance on NPR’s World Café, LaMontagne said the heart-stirring track “Such A Simple Thing” was never supposed to make it on the new album; instead it was something he’d planned to send to his publisher to give to another artist. LaMontagne’s wife coaxed a change of heart and it not only ended up being on Part of the Light, but it was also the album’s first single.

LaMontagne is now on a second run of shows in support of Part of the Light. The string of acoustic appearances will once again feature Wilco’s John Stirratt on bass. Together, the two create an evening perfect for simple indulgence and musical escapism. (Deirdre Kaye)

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Punk Rock and Country have long shared a deep ethos that goes beyond any outward differences. While each genre may seem to be at opposite ends of the sonic spectrum, they are defined by an uncompromising adherence to doing things the “true” way and never backing down. Whether the stories of endless trials and thumbing your nose at authority rocket out of a distorted guitar or are picked on a steel-bodied acoustic, the two styles are more alike than surface listens can attest. And seminal Punk band Social Distortion has embodied the correlation better than anyone still playing today.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Social Distortion has grown from a band of young kids looking to make their mark on the Los Angeles Punk scene to mainstream stalwarts. And the group has done it the old-fashioned way: by grinding year after year and continuing to churn out

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Avi Buffalo is not quite a band, not quite a man — it’d be more accurate to call it the disembodied inspiration of Los Angeles’ Avigdor Zahner-Isenberg, imbuing whichever musicians cross its path with a taste for vintage Folk Rock stylings and a hint of College Rock crunch.

Named for Zahner-Isenberg’s appetite for peppery chicken wings, the project emerged in the late ’00s as a proper quartet of teenagers with talent beyond their years.

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in 2010, riding Sub Pop Records’ wave of ’70s-inspired singer/songwriters to critical acclaim. At just 19, Zahner-Isenberg seemed poised to share in the indie prestige of his stylistic peers.

The Guardian even dubbed Avi Buffalo “The US Indie Band Most Likely to Cross Over From the Verbose Endorsements of Pitchfork.com to Mainstream Success” — a tongue-twisting title as indicative of the band’s talent for crafting memorable melodic hooks as it is the momentum that Indie Folk music accrued during the Obama administration’s infancy.

While Avi Buffalo never fulfilled The Guardian’s somewhat sardonic prophecy, they did produce a solid sophomore effort with 2014’s At Best Cuckold, a more minimal effort equally likely to draw comparisons to both Neil Young and Pavement.

Completing his two-record contract with Sub Pop, Zahner-Isenberg dissolved the band in 2015, citing creative exhaustion and stress.

“The Avi Buffalo project went too far, and I don’t think this project was meant for even the minute exposure on a ‘professional’ scale that it got,” ZahnerIsenberg said in a statement. “It ended up causing a lot more pain and drained my creative energy.”

The hiatus didn’t keep him from making music, though. Creatively re-energized, Avi Buffalo has returned as a solo outfit, midway through its 2018 “Requiem Tour” with Chamber Pop ensemble Haunted Summer. Expect classic cuts and new material at Zahner-Isenberg’s show at MOTR. And drop by his newly-opened Bandcamp page (avibuffalo.bandcamp. com) to scope out his new collection of home-recorded synthesizer experiments.

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Mike Ness, Social Distortion’s songwriter, vocalist and guitarist, is the heart of the band; he has kept the ship afloat through its myriad lineup changes and battles with his own inner demons, which he has overcome each time to start a new, brighter chapter. Ness’ gravelly delivery belies his emotive range as he channels Country greats of old, like Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, through a deep and soulful croon. The music itself also bears more than a passing resemblance to the Country forefathers, but with increased speed and intensity injected into the normally plodding chords.

Time has been kind to Ness’s songwriting; the complexity has increased to coincide with the band’s age.

Mix the composite musicianship with Ness’ artful and continuously improving storytelling and it’s easy to see how Social Distortion was and continues to be proof positive that finding common ground in music is good, but forging your own path is even better. (Nick Grever)

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20TH CENTURY THEATER–Fruition with Daniel Rodriguez. 8 p.m.

Roots/Rock/Various. $15, $17 day of show.

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Blue Wisp Big Band. 8 p.m. Big Band Jazz.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT–Pam Mallory Trio. 6 p.m. Jazz. Free.

KNOTTY PINE–Dallas Moore. 10 p.m. Country.

Free.

THE LISTING LOON–Ricky Nye. 9 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie. Free.

MADISON LIVE–Spafford. 9 p.m. Rock/Jam/Various MANSION HILL TAVERN– Losing Lucky. 8 p.m. Roots.

Free.

MARTY’S HOPS & VINES– Mike Biere and Rick Boyer. 7 p.m. Acoustic. Free.

MERITAGE–Sonny Moorman. 7 p.m. Blues. Free.

MOTR PUB–Buhu. 10 p.m.

Indie/Electronic/Pop. Free.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)– Michael Moeller with Jamonn Zeiler, Zac Roe. 8 p.m. Singer/songwriter. Free.

STANLEY’S PUB–Public Safety and Tajlyn. 8:30 p.m.

Rock/Soul/Jam. Free.

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TAFT THEATRE–Ray LaMontagne with Liza Anne. 7:30 p.m. Singer/songwriter. $39.50-$75.

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CAFFÈ VIVACE–Spherical Agenda. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.

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THE GREENWICH–The Voyager Sextet. 8:30 p.m.

Jazz. $5.

HILTON NETHERLAND PALM COURT–Brent Gallaher Quartet. 6 p.m. Jazz.

Free.

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MEMORIAL HALL–The Tillers and Honey and Houston. 7 p.m. Folk/Americana. $25.

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MOTR PUB–The Peaks with Here Come Here.

10 p.m. AltRock. Free.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB–Daikaiju with The Mimics. 10 p.m. Progressive Surf Rock. $8, $10 day of show.

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THE REDMOOR–Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz Orchestra with Scott Robinson. 7 p.m. Jazz. $20.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM)–Michael Moeller, Maria Carrelli and Dan Zlotnick. 7:30 p.m. Americana. $5.

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TAFT THEATRE–Pete Yorn. 8 p.m. Acoustic. $30, $35 day of show (in the Ballroom).

URBAN ARTIFACT–Desmond Jones with Mockery. 8 p.m. Rock.

FRIDAY 19

ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL–Ben Knight and the Well Diggers. 9 p.m. Americana. Free.

Youth. 8 p.m. Alt/Rock/ Various.

MANSION HILL TAVERN– Chuck Brisbin & the Tuna Project. 9 p.m. Blues. Cover.

BOGART’S–Southern Accents. 8 p.m. Tom Petty tribute. $10.

MEMORIAL HALL–Storm Large. 8 p.m. Pop/Various. $20-$40.

BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE–The Emmaline Band. 9 p.m. Soul/Jazz.

Free.

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MOTR PUB–Us, Today with Near Earth Objects.

10 p.m. Post Rock/Indie Rock/Various. Free.

CAFFÈ VIVACE–John Zappa Quartet. 8:30 p.m.

Jazz.

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THE COMET–Robert Inhuman. 10 p.m. Experimental.

Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN–A Voice For The Innocent Benefit Show with Anna Applegate, Elsa Kennedy, Lipstick Fiction, Jess Lamb and the Factory, Raised x Wolves and Triiibe.

9 p.m. Rock/Hip Hop/Pop/ Various. Free.

SUNDAY 21

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THE REDMOOR–Lost In Eden with Acarya and Chakras. 8 p.m. Rock. $10.

STANLEY’S PUB–Stolen Faces. 10 p.m. Grateful Dead tribute. Cover.

TAFT THEATRE–Celtic Thunder. 8 p.m. Irish/Celtic. $32.50-$54.50.

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TOP CATS–Rockstead, Zoo Trippin’, Room For Zero and The Grove. 8 p.m.

Alt/Rock/Reggae/Various. $10.

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LUDLOW GARAGE–Ted Vigil. 8:30 p.m. John Denver tribute. $15-$35.

WASHINGTON PLATFORM SALOON & RESTAURANT– Mambo Combo. 9 p.m.

Latin Jazz. $10 (food/drink minimum).

URBAN ARTIFACT– Corey Glover. 7 p.m.

Rock. $12, $18 day of show.

MADISON THEATER– Four Aces Guitar Fest with Sonny Moorman, Jay Jesse Johnson, Johnny Fink and Dudley Taft. 8 p.m.

Blues/Rock. $15, $17 day of show.

MARTY’S HOPS & VINES– Two Blue. 9 p.m. Acoustic.

Free.

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MOTR PUB–Avi Buffalo and Haunted Summer with Big Hit. 10 p.m. Indie/ Pop/Rock/Various. Free.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN–The Dirty Delusions, Motel Faces and Smoke Parade. 10 p.m.

Rock. Free.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB–Deceased, Ball of Light, Verment and Fuckin Basterd. 9 p.m. Metal. $8, $10 day of show.

RIVERSIDE MARINA BAR & GRILL–Trailer Park Floosies. 9 p.m. Rock/Pop/ Dance/Country/Hip Hop/ Various. Free.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB– CinciSon. 8:30 p.m. Latin Jazz. Cover.

THE SANCTUARY–The Hunts. 7 p.m. Folk/Alt Rock.

TUESDAY 23

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THE REDMOOR–School of Rock Mason: That 70s Show.

7 p.m. ’70s Rock. $6, $8 day of show.

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Pamela Mallory with Wayne Yeager.

7:30 p.m. Jazz

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MADISON LIVE–The Last Ten Seconds of Life. 8 p.m.

Metal. $10.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB–Sunday Tea Time Jazz with Thiago Camargo.

3:30 p.m. Brazilian Jazz.

Cover.

SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (SANCTUARY)– Don Ross & Ian Ethan Case.

4 p.m. Guitar/Various. $20, $25 day of show.

MADISON LIVE–The Main Squeeze. 8 p.m.

Funk. $18, $22 day of show.

NORTHSIDE YACHT CLUB–The Ataris. 9:30 p.m. Pop Rock. $15-$17.

MOTR PUB–Danielson with Static Falls. 8 p.m.

Indie Pop/Rock. Free.

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PLAIN FOLK CAFE– Hey Mavis. 7:30 p.m.

Americana. Free.

JAG’S STEAK AND SEAFOOD–3 Piece Revival. 9 p.m. Rock. $5.

MADISON LIVE–Yungblud with Arrested

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM)–Endive, The Miners, Stella’s Demise and Lady Handsome. 8:30 p.m. Rock. $5.

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URBAN ARTIFACT– Cult of Sorrow, Black Spirit Crown, Blind Scryer and Archarus. 8 p.m. Doom/ Stoner/Psych. Free.

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KNOTTY PINE–Kenny Cowden. 9 p.m. Acoustic.

Free.

MADISON THEATER– Lovelytheband, Ocean Park Standoff and Brynn Elliott. 8 p.m. Pop/Various. $35.

NORTHSIDE TAVERN– Northside Jazz Ensemble.

10 p.m. Jazz. Free.

LUDLOW GARAGE– Rickie Lee Jones. 8:30 p.m. Alt/Folk/Pop/Jazz/Various. $40-$75.

BROMWELL’S HÄRTH LOUNGE–Scott Robinson with the Phil DeGreg Trio. 9 p.m. Jazz. Free.

HILLSIDE GASTROPUB– Sonny Moorman Group. 8:30 p.m. Blues

JAPP’S–Ricky Nye Inc. 7 p.m. Blues/Boogie Woogie.

TOP CATS–Green Light Morning. 8 p.m.

Pop/Rock. $10-$12.

OCTAVE–Chachuba with Bad Dagger. 7 p.m. Electronic/Jazz Fusion/Jam/ Various

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THE GREENWICH–Rollins Davis Band featuring Deborah Hunter. 9 p.m. R&B/ Jazz. $5.

THE GREENWICH–Spear Shakers. 9 p.m. Blues Rock. $10.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (LOUNGE)– Freight Train Rabbit Killer with The Hooten Hallers. 8 p.m. Blues/Roots/Rock/Various. Free.

SCHWARTZ’S POINT JAZZ & ACOUSTIC CLUB–On a Limb. 8:30 p.m. Jazz. Cover.

THE COMET–Gentlemen Ghosts, Kid ESP and Dark Habor. 10 p.m. Rock. Free.

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ARNOLD’S BAR AND GRILL–Jake Speed and the Freddies. 9 p.m.

Folk/Americana. Free.

MARTY’S HOPS & VINES– Encore Duo. 9 p.m. Rock.

Free.

BOGART’S–Social Distortion. 8 p.m. Rock. $39.50.

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Lee Stolar Trio. 8 p.m. Jazz.

SATURDAY 20

STANLEY’S PUB–Stanley’s Open Jam. 8 p.m. Various.

Free.

BOGART’S–Lecrae and Andy Mineo. 7:30 p.m. Hip Hop. $26.

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NORTHSIDE TAVERN–Berndsen with Founding Fathers. 9 p.m.

Alt/Rock. Free.

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SOUTHGATE HOUSE REVIVAL (REVIVAL ROOM)–Peter Bradley Adams with Machaela Nesler. 7:30 p.m. Singer/ songwriter. $15, $18 day of show.

TAFT THEATRE–Postmodern Jukebox. 8 p.m.

Jazz/Swing/Pop/Various. $26-$43.

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TOP CATS–Wilson with The Skulx and Nightbeast. 7 p.m. Alt/Rock. $13.

WASHINGTON PLATFORM SALOON & RESTAURANT– Traditional New Orleans Jazz Brunch with BufLary Over – Nov. 8, Bogart’s falo Ridge Jazz Psychodots – Nov. 23, Trio. 11:30 a.m.

Woodward Theater Jazz. $10 (food/ drink minimum).

Joe Robinson – Dec. 2,

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MONDAY 22

CAFFÈ VIVACE–Faux Frenchmen. 7:30 p.m. Jazz.

Southgate House Revival The Mortals – Dec. 28, Woodward Theater

GWAR – Dec. 28, Bogart’s Greensky Bluegrass – Jan. 16, Madison Theater

THE GREENWICH–The Flying Circus Big Band. 7:30 p.m. Big Band Jazz. $5.

James Taylor and Bonnie Raitt – Feb. 5, U.S. Bank Arena

MOTR PUB– Waterfall Wash with Season Sleep. 9 p.m.

Pop Rock. Free.

New Kids on the Block with Salt-N-Pepper, Debbie Gibson and more – May 2, U.S. Bank Arena

Eric Church – Feb. 22 and 23, U.S. Bank Arena

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