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Baba Budan’s: Food, Drinks, and Entertainment in Clifton Heights

May 31, 2008 in Bars

babas2.jpgIt has been the long touted goal of certain corporate coffee chains to make people feel connected to their coffee shop. Of course, this is rather difficult if the shop doesn’t reciprocate. The alternative? Slip into a chair at Baba Budan’s in Clifton Heights for some coffee, food, or cold one. You’ll find local artists on the walls and stage (or perhaps at the end of the bar) and a friendly barista behind the counter.

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Market Watch: Essen Strasse

May 29, 2008 in Uncategorized

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 Great weather has brought the crowds back, just in time for the Opening of Essen Strasse last Saturday.  Sounds good, but what, exactly is Essen Strasse?  

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What Was Your Best Damn Dish

May 26, 2008 in News

We have given you what we thought was the best of the Taste of Cincinnati. 
Now, we want to know what great non-corporate dishes you tried at the
Taste.  Leave us a comment here and tell us what you think was the
real Best of Taste.

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Taste of Cincinnati: A Vegetarian’s View

May 26, 2008 in Uncategorized

As a vegetarian, I’m usually limited to pretzels, fried potatoes and a liquid diet (beer) at Cincinnati’s street festivals. Not at Taste of Cincinnati! This year, I left as stuffed and happy as my bratwurst-loving boyfriend.
Check out our local Best of Taste winners. During two trips to the Taste this weekend, we visited no corporate chains.

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BuyCincy Taste of Cincinnati Challenge: Rounds 1 and 2

May 24, 2008 in News

Well we are through Round 1 and 2 of delicous local food and we have some definite winners.  In case you forgot (or never heard), our Taste of Cincinnati Challenge brings what we consider the actual taste in the city – only locally-owned restaurants and no chains winning Best Damn Dish.

So, go check out our Taste of Cincinnati Challenge page for the winners so far, including Strauss Haus, Bangkok Bistro and Taste of Belgium.

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ZZ’s Pizza Returns to Cincinnati

May 23, 2008 in News, Restaurants

HelloGerard tipped us off that ZZ’s Pizza, a staple of Walnut Hills for many years, plans to reopen in late June.  It has been three years since ZZ’s served its last pizza pie, but the neighborhood has grown since then, with the introduction of several new developments:

I can’t wait. Now I have a place to find good pizzas, hoagies, and grinders within walking distance.  This is good news for the neighborhood, and for all the workers in the Baldwin Building, LAGA, and up and down Gilbert Ave.

The Business Courier is reporting that ZZ’s will open with the same menu and bar that it had when it opened.  

We can’t wait to get in there and stuff our faces.

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The Locavore Report: Linwood Sausage Company

May 23, 2008 in Columns

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Every month, our good friends at Cincinnati Locavore visit BuyCincy to give us the latest on locally-produced foods in the Greater Cincinnati area. Good eatings!

With Cincinnati’s strong German heritage, it isn’t surprising that you’d be able to find some great artisanal sausage here. I met Jose Almeida of the Linwood Sausage Company last year at the Hyde Park Farmers’ Market (Sundays starting June 1st, 10am – 2pm at the US Bank parking lot, 3424 Edwards Rd) where he and his wife Susan sell their handmade sausages. Each week they bring four different sausages to market and offer samples of each type they’re selling that week. This year, thanks to the efforts of MaryIda Compton and Judy Williams in obtaining a mobile teardown license to meet Hamilton Co Board of Health requirements for selling ready-to-eat food, they’ll also be selling sausages sandwiches grilled onsite in addition to their frozen packages.

 

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Streetcar Stuff: Part Deux

May 22, 2008 in Uncategorized

If plastering your bumpers with streetcar stickers isn’t your style — or maybe you’re already rocking public transit — might we offer you another suggestion? 


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The Streetcar’s No. 1 fan Brad Thomas rocked his new T-shirt (with a Nati Evolvement cap) at Taste of Cincinnati!

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BuyCincy Best of Taste

May 22, 2008 in Uncategorized

With the Taste of Cincinnati starting on Saturday, we at BuyCincy are busy expanding our stomachs and adding an extra notch to the old belt in order to bring you the best of what The Taste has to offer in local food.  The BuyCincy crew will be hitting the Square early on Saturday to give you a heads up about what to try when you head down.  If you’ve ever wondered how a Mytho’s Gyro, a Veggie Mango Spring Roll from Shanghai Mama’s, an Izzy’s Rueben, and Graeters ice cream all sit in your stomach along with a variety of other foods, just check back to BuyCincy, Saturday afternoon to find out. 

 

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A Reds Fan’s Fantasy: “Chief” Bender Auction

May 21, 2008 in Uncategorized

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Reds fans have a rare opportunity to collect some amazing pieces of Reds history now through May 25th.  A local auction company, Everything But The House is holding an on-line auction of the estate of Sheldon “Chief” Bender the former Director of Player Development for the Cincinnati Reds.

 

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