The Drinking Issue
On imbibing in Cincinnati from happy hour to hangover
This year, CityBeat’s annual “Drinking Issue” goes where no drinking issue has gone before: ’til morning. Spanning the hours from happy hour to hangover, this handy guide takes you from after-work cocktails and nighttime bar-crawls to late-night munchies and mid-morning brunch remedies. ...
Bar Guide
Our digital guide to (some of) Cincinnati's best places to drink
We can't list 'em all, but here's a preliminary amalgamation of some of the city's best libation locations — in the best drinking neighborhoods — to carry you from happy hour drinks to late-night munchies.
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How Alcohol Works
The science of getting drunk (or why your liver hates you)
Humans have been producing ethanol and
getting drunk on it since the Neolithic period, making brewing booze one
of mankind’s oldest pastimes (besides sex). But how does alcohol work?
And why do we get drunk … and like it?
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Bar-Crawl Bingo
Bar-Crawl Bingo is a game of chance, but instead of sitting in a Bingo hall while someone calls out random letter and number combinations, you take your Bar-Crawl Bingo card with you as you travel from bar to bar, observing and marking off occurrences as you go. ...
Working 9 to 5
Reflecting on the merits of celebrating the survival of the workday with cheap drinks in cool spots
I’d always scoffed at the notion of a
“happy hour” at a bar. Then I got a big-girl job, working 9 to 5. love my job, but sometimes it is stressful and hard
and I just want to sit in a neighborhood bar with my good friend Jack
Daniel’s. And so I became initiated into the “happy hour” society.
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Brunch (with a Side of Booze)
Damn good bloody marys, mimosas and beyond
Regardless of whether or not you have
a hangover (or you just start your Sunday morning drinkin’ real early)
you can experience the best of both brunch worlds — i.e. alcohol and
edibles — at these distinctive local eateries.
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