On the subject of criticism, a friend recently told me, "Critics work under the assumption that someone is trying to impress them." After two visits to Negrill on the Hill, I've come to understand   

The other night in the restaurant where I work a server asked a guest if she'd like coffee with dessert. Looking down at the French press coffee offered on the menu, she replied, "I would like   

My favorite Newport destination is the cultural equivalent of the food pyramid, with actual food at the bottom, music and performance art in the middle and visual art at the top. You can juggle the  

My sister is telling me she wants to wrap herself up in a gigantic roti for her boyfriend on Valentine's Day. We're grinning and giddy, but sitting up straight. This is no delirium, but a state of   

The entrance to La Normandie Taverne and Chop House peeks from an indented brick wall that continues to the prominent black awning of its big sister upstairs, the Maisonette. While the ascending en  

When I returned from the restroom during a recent visit to the newly opened Bonefish Grille -- the latest outpost in the sprawl of trendy chain restaurants near Rookwood Commons on Cincinnati's Eas  

With a dual love for sushi and Thai, it's rare that I can combine them in a single meal. A recent experience at Hyde Park's Bangkok Bistro convinced me that I should do so more often. I recruited   

"Tavo ... isn't that Italian for table?" I ask a server on a recent outing to the new bistro in Hamilton. Her brow fully furrowed, she says she's not sure, but thinks the decorator named it Tavo's   

If not for a sign noting Allyn's 1991 birth, I would have assumed the place had been around longer. The eclectic, sometimes eccentric, home-style food and atmosphere have won Allyn's a large repeat-  

Slip into The Cincinnatian Hotel's Cricket Lounge in the early evening hours, and you're in another era. A concierge in a top hat opens the door for you. Herb Kirchner could be playing on the ba