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Opening Day 08: Where to See the Game

March 31, 2008 in Bars, Events

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The following is an excerpt from our BuyCincy Opening Day Guide.  Click here to check out the complete guide.

Don’t have a ticket to the game?  Here are 6 places we recommend you check out to catch the game over food and drinks with other Reds fans.

1. Fountain Square

Sure to be packed with Reds Fans, a jumbo screen and lots of entertainment, Fountain Square is a great place to watch the game.  Give Back Cincinnati is putting on an Opening Day event, with food, drinks, live music, and of course the Game on the Jumbotron. The schedule for events is:

  • 2:00- 6:00 Food, drink and the game
  • 6:00 The Flight Station
  • 7:00 Ellison
  • 8:00 Heroes and Madmen
  • 9:00 TBA

2. Gabby’s Cafe

Owner Dino DiStasi is a huge Reds fan.  Gabby’s is not a sports bar, but it is a great restaraunt with lots of great flat screen TVs, and really good food.  Located in Wyoming on Wyoming Ave, it is the perfect spot for people in the north/central region to watch the game.  Visit www.gabbyswyoming.com for directions and a menu.

3. Tickets

A good locally owned sports bar in Covington with lots of TVs and a happy hour from 2pm to 7pm.  Visit www.ticketssportscafe.com

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Opening Day 08: Where to See the Parade

March 29, 2008 in Uncategorized

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The following is an excerpt from our BuyCincy Opening Day Guide.  Click here to check out the complete guide.

Where to watch the parade (courtesy of the folks at Findlay Market):

The Parade route starts at Findlay Market and heads down Race St to Fifth, and then travels east on Fifth ending at Broadway.  The best spots to watch the parade are:  

Findlay Market: Nothing beats the excitement of watching the hustle and bustle of getting the parade together, and when the parade is finished, you can pick up some great food!  

Race and Central Parkway the Gateway Quarter:  Come and see all the progress and development in the Gateway Quarter just north of Central Parkway.  The new School for Performing Arts building is being constructed, and the new location for the Art Academy is just a block away.  After the parade is finished you can pop over for some shopping on Vine St, at Park and Vine, MiCA, or Metronation.  Then you can get a little something to eat at Jean Robert’s new restaraunt, Lavomatic. 

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Freda’s Restaurant Closes Its Doors

March 28, 2008 in News, Restaurants

We’re always sad to see a local business close, and this time it’s Freda’s Restaurant on North Bend in Finneytown. Freda’s was a breakfast and lunch joint that had been in the location for some time. Signs on the windows simply read “Lost our lease. Had to close.”

A local alternative for breakfast, lunch (and dinner), Angelo’s, seems to be doing well, so if you’re in the area make sure to stop by and support your neighbors.

 

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Enjoy Your Weekend (W/E March 30th)

March 28, 2008 in Events

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Obviously if you checked out the column last week, you saw that we mentioned a very exciting Art Gallery opening. After a series of red faces, we discovered that we had apparently entered a time machine as its opening is THIS weekend, not last. Apologies for anyone that was starving for art from starving artists. We’re making up for it this week (we hope)!
 
Hit the jump for this weekend’s recommendations:

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Cincinnati Reds Opening Day Guide 08

March 27, 2008 in Events

We openly admit it, we love opening day.  This Monday we most likely will skip work and school to head down to Findlay Market and watch the very beginnings of the parade.  And, some of our staff is even lucky enough to attend the events of all events in Cincinnati, the opening day game at Great American (grrrrr).  The rest of the BuyCincy staff will be kicking back with some Kroeger and Sons brats and a few Christian Moerleins as we welcome Spring in Cincinnati.  


BuyCincy wanted to commemorate this very special event, so we put together a local guide to Opening Day full of great places to check out during the baseball festivities.  So, to get your local on, go check out our 2008 Opening Day Guide.

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Best of Cincinnati 2008: And the Winners Are…

March 26, 2008 in About

“Local business” was the word in this year’s CityBeat Best of Cincinnati.  The guide starts out with a nod to our friends over at Cincinnati Locavore, and continues to talk about the importance of locally-owned business in the city.  

Both of the best restaurants (there was a tie between Boca and Pigall’s), the best new restaurant (Nada), the best bar (Northside Tavern), the best new bar (Twist) and the best new store (Park + Vine) highlighted the cream of the crop when it comes to locally-owned restaurants and shops.  But, that just scratches the surface, plenty of familiar faces litter the pages of the guide, way too many to list here, so a big congrats to all the winning shopowners and restauranteurs!

Oh, and I guess we forgot to mention the local business that won “Best Blog,” some website by the name of BuyCincy.com.  That’s right, in the words of Stephen Colbert, “We did it!”  What’s more, our Cincinnati Unchained event won the staff pick for “Best Retail Promotion.”  A huge thanks to everyone who voted for us!  

We also wanted to give a shoutout to the other really, really, really great blogs that were listed with us, Building Cincinnati (lead by the unstoppable Kevin Lemaster), the Lance McAlister Blog, the Cincinnati Blog (lead by the grandfather of Cincinnati blogging, Brian Griffin), and Urban Cincinnati (lead by our good friend and urban advocate Randy Simes).  

We are looking at and hoping for great things this year so we can live up to the “Best Blog” title.

- Sean Fisher
  co-founder, BuyCincy.com   

  

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Nicholas Gallery

March 25, 2008 in Stores

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When Nicholas Paddock first opened Nicholas Gallery only two years ago, the easy way to get visibility would have been to situate himself next to a host of other galleries, not on a diverse downtown street where businesses such as butchers and florists would be his next door neighbors.  However, that is exactly what Paddock did, a nod to his vision that art should be experienced every day.  ”I feel art should be in the whole downtown,” says Paddock, “not just split up into groups.”  So, he found a funky space on Court St. complete with a functioning garage door for a front wall and started his gallery.  Nicholas Gallery immediately became a part of his Court St. neighborhood and downtown as a whole.    

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Prohibition Resistance Tour

March 21, 2008 in Uncategorized

BuyCincy has learned that, due to the Blizzard a few weekends ago, the Prohibition Resistance Tour is being rescheduled for  April 12th and 13th.  Look for more details coming soon.

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Enjoy Your Weekend (W/E March 23rd)

March 21, 2008 in Events

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This weekend you’ll have an opportunity to check out the opening of an extremely unique art show, and meet the Easter Bunny where he shops.
 
Hit the jump for details:
 

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Woodstone Creek: Local Wine and Spirits

March 17, 2008 in Products, Stores

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What’s the deal?

Tucked away on an unassuming corner near Dana Ave in Evanston lies an
unassuming red brick building with an unassuming green door. 
Inside the old warehouse, though, lies Ohio’s first microdistillery and one of Cincinnati’s few urban wineries.  Woodstone Creek has been at this Evanston location for the past 6 years in Evanston (and 3 years before that in Lebanon), creating local, national and internationally-awarded wines, meads and even a locally-produced vodka.


Woodstone makes 20 different wine and mead varietals, and like any winery worth its weight in grapes, they let you come in and taste the available wines and purchase them directly from the winemakers (every Saturday 1-5 p.m.).  Unfortunately, due to Ohio liquor laws (laws Woodstone Creek are working hard to change), not all of Woodstone’s creations can be tasted or even bought directly from the company.  In 2006, the company introduced the first in a line of locally-produced spirits – Woodstone Creek Vodka.    

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