The Hamilton Avenue business district in Northside is one of Cincinnati's most impressive stretches of indie businesses - its no wonder we are enamored with the neighborhood. We've scoured the BuyCincy archives to find 5 of our favorite articles on Northside businesses.
- NVISION: Funky Shopping in Northside - This ecletic Northside shop has everything from vintage furniture to local, handmade jewelry.
- Cluxton Alley Coffee Roasters - Tucked away on a small storefront in the Northside Business District, this coffeehouse was described in our comments as a "hidden gem."
- Top 5: Cincinnati Vegetarian Restaurants - Northside's Melt was the first restaurant on this veggie-friendly Top 5 list, and for good reason. The half veggie, half meat-eater menu keeps this Hamilton Ave. eatery consistently busy.
- Casablanca Vintage: Fabric Adventure in Northside - If you are on the lookout for vintage fashions, look no further than Casablanca. With clothing from the 20's to the present, this is a must stop for Cincinnati style mavens.
- BuyCincy Holiday Guide 08: Northside - Our holiday shoppers hopped around Hamilton Avenue, heading to Schaeper's Drugstore, Ace Hardware, Sidewinder Coffeeshop and Shake-It Records.
Everytime we return to Northside we find another place we like. They really got it going on. Cluxton is where we get all our coffee.
boy, are you guys off the mark! Of course, I used to think Northside was kinda nice, too, but commenters at Cincinnati.com haz set me straight.
(a smattering)
Northside is so many things to so many people...a destination for the regions' crack and heroin addicts, a sexual perversion mecca, a section 8 landlords cash cow, safe haven for thugs, and deadbeats.....and soon to be...a retail shopping destination. What next?
$1,600,000 tax dollars to put apartments in a ghetto.
Whoever would want to live or work in Northside?
Per the business district:
mostly ghetto type stores that would suffer if Northside improved
Per the housing stock:
unsellable withouts 10s of thousands of $ in insulation upgrades under Obama's plan