Restaurants in Cincinnati
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Skyline Chili
Don't worry - you can keep your clothes on for this experience, though you may want to loosen your belt. A 'five-way' in Cincinnati has to do with chili, which is a local specialty. It comprises meat sauce (spiced with chocolate and cinnamon) ladled over spaghetti and beans, then garnished with cheese and onions. Although you can get it three-way (minus onions and beans) or four-way (minus onions or beans), you should go the whole way - after all, life's an adventure. Skyline Chili has a cultlike following devoted to its version. There are outlets throughout town; this one is downtown.
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Graeter's Ice Cream
It's a local delicacy, with scoop shops around the city. The flavors that mix in the gargantuan, chunky chocolate chips top the list.
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Chez Nora
Its tables sprawl throughout a quaint multistory building, while its menu sprawls from chicken-and-goetta spring rolls to chilled mussels to walleye sandwiches to vegetarian pesto pasta. The rooftop bar provides views of Cincinnati's skyline (especially nice on Tuesdays with half-price bottles of wine).
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Hathaway's
Hathaway's hasn't changed its retro dinette tables, or apron-wearing waitresses, since it started feeding hungry business people 30-plus years ago. Try the goetta (pork, oats, onions and herbs) for breakfast - it's a Cincy specialty. The milk shakes will please sweet tooths.
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Greenup Café
Greenup's French owner has imported the flavors of his homeland to this cheerful, bohemian bistro in an old brick warehouse. Get your croissants and croque monsieur (egg and ham sandwich) for breakfast; meatloaf hoagies and black-bean burgers for lunch; and pastries anytime.
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Bootsy's
True, it's trendy. And loud. But you gotta love a place vibed after Bootsy Collins, a Cincy boy done good as the funk bassist for James Brown and George Clinton. Check out Bootsy's gold records and other memorabilia while sipping mojitos and noshing on sushi, paella and duck tacos.
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Slims
This bright, simple Northside restaurant serves organic and seasonal dishes - maybe a Chilean vegetarian stew or citrus-braised pork belly - at long communal tables from 5:30pm 'until the food runs out.' Cash only; bring your own vino.
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Montgomery Inn at the Boathouse
Almost as renowned and addictive as Cincinnati chili are Montgomery Inn's barbecued ribs. There are a couple of outlets, but this riverside one is the best, taming carnivores with 13.5 tons of meat weekly.
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