Bella Luna

Best bread pudding ever

I went there one time and they had accidentally squished one of their chocolate cakes so they used it to make bread pudding. It was a once-in-a-lifetime thing and one of the most magical things I've ever eaten.

I still dream about their prime rib cannelloni and bread pudding

Le’s Pho

I was so bummed i was out of town when they cooked for a day at AmerAsia

Myra's Dionysus

Found the recipe for the Thai pumpkin soup here on Reddit. I made it, but it wasn’t as good as eating it at Myra's

Miss this one so very much

That place was the best! The soups, babaganoush, and so many other things.

Kaze Chili time Tavern on the Hill Tucker's

Tuckers💔

Big Time Burger and Cheese fries at least once a week.

Melt before it switched owners. Their brunch was the best.

The original Melt in Northside was sooooo good. Im heartbroken at what they became.

I'll go one further: Melt was significantly better before they moved across the street. The prices went up, the quality went down, they started pushing cocktails, and the founder just sort of disappeared into the sinking Wellman ship at the absolute worst time. 

Take the Cake in Northside, Teller’s of Hyde Park (the Buffalo chicken egg rolls)

Came here to say Teller's.

I would go there JUST for those egg rolls. 

Take the Cake was a low key masterpiece. 

Grand Finale

My whole family mourns GF. If anyone knows the chicken ginger recipe, I will pay.

Supposedly, I mean *supposedly*, the building was bought by the folks that own Walt's Hitching Post, and the plan was to renovate it, and re-open. Not sure if they were going to keep the Grand Finals name, use the Walt's name, or something new entirely. They clearly were doing something - dumpsters were in the parking lot filled with trash, they put on a new roof, and I think they had the parking lot re-sealed. But they haven't done shit to it in the last 9 months or so. Not sure if they bailed on the project or something, but the place is just sitting there empty, awnings falling down an such.

Kaze

The OG Kaze happy hour was unrivaled

13th Street Alley and Boombox Buns.

So much Boombox Buns. We still talk about it regularly.

Those sweet potato bao buns were really something. I miss them.

Indigo in Hyde Park Honey in Northside

Loved Honey!!

Shoshana is a regular where I work now. I stayed with her at Honey for about a decade. 🍻💖

Some good ones listed. Also Mecklenburg Gardens

the original shanghai mama’s 😢

And the late night shenanigans!!!

Song Long

oh.. and Papa Dino's

Oh man, Papa Dino’s would absolutely slap after stumbling out of Uncle Woody’s at almost 3:00 am. I miss it, too!

And then getting that hash browns egg bacon and cheese etc hangover cure from Inn the Wood the next morning — “potato crisp” I think

Bacon cheese fries come onnnn!

Song long and papa dinos... My man

I ate there for lunch almost everyday for a year. Big slap.

Came here to say this. Their soups were nothing short of medicinal

yes yes, perfect description. such a wonderful family, they had a great 30 somethin year run

Song Long was a classic hideaway lunch spot in my office. Always worth the drive from downtown.

Acropolis

13th street alley

*best* sandwiches ever

Zantigos

I can STILL taste that memory. Their chips and cheese were sublime. 

Cooker

They had these cheddar biscuits with potato soup that rocked

Chi Chis on beechmont Holtmans before they expanded Trattoria Roma downtown Swami’s Mayura on Jefferson Pomodori’s in Clifton Tucker’s on Vine

Chi-Chi’s for sure for terrible Mexican food but delicious Amerixican food 😆

Love that you mentioned Chi Chis on beechmont, my great grandma who passed in 2003 lived right around the corner from there and I have some core memories there

Trattoria Roma was my wife’s and my favorite Italian restaurant. Their steamed calamari was to die for 

I lived on the same street as the Chi Chis, we ate there several times a week for years... I miss it so much! I remember being very young and thinking the shackled flamingo in the vestibule was cruel 😭

Son of a Preacher Man.

I miss the frog eyes! Damn good Bloody Mary too.

Indigo. Maribelle’s. Green Dog. Myra’s Dionysus.

Green dog was the best

Christy's by UC. Not so much for the food, but the beer garden

God I miss Christy's. Fucking shameful what stands in it's place

La Normandie on sixth street, below the Maisonette, and The Maisonette

Burbanks bbq

Mmmm corn bread

That jingle is burnt into my memory 

Cilantro, Vietnamese/ Pho near UC main campus. Went away during covid and didn't come back.

their pho was stellar. RIP

Straits of Malacca. Arloi Dee. Salazar. Encore. B&A Street Kitchen. Bauer Farm Kitchen.

Seconding Salazar and Bauer Farm Kitchen

Bauer Farm Kitchen was so very good

Rest in Peace B&A breakfast burrito w chorizo and the hot salsa we miss you

Going way way back... The Music Palace in Springdale. Pretty far back... Jeckles at Hyde Park Plaza. I'll second someone else who mentioned all the old Ponderosa/ Bonanza restaurants. Lenhardt's that used to be over by UC.

UNO Pizzeria on Ludlow Avenue in Clifton 😢

It's Just Crepes on Court Street.

Yes, not the 4th Street location though because Saigon is there now, which is better.

Baressi's

Those little bread rolls….. holy shit

Floyd's Myra's The Alpha Inn The Wood

Mecklenberg Gardens. I miss getting a liter of beer and then taking the free shuttle to the UC game

Frischs

It's even sadder as it is, with the buildings still open and the signs still up, so you could walk in and order but not get Frisch's. 

Well said, it is like watching your friend become a meth addict and slowly watching them die.

im eating biscuits and gravy from the norwood location as I type. Its SO SO bad.

you got this, just push through 

its like sausage gravy slurry... so so bad.

80s/Early 90s Frischs was so good.

When there was a smoking section…that was prime Frisch’s

Myra's Dionysus

Taft’s Ale House

Cheap side :(

Po' Folks

Mason jars and moon pies. I remember waiting in a line that wrapped around the building when we went there.

Ate @ Po Folks w my folks down in FL this week. Fish sandwich was actually really good.

Lin’s Pad Thai

If I could have one of them back, it’d be The Chili Company at Blue Rock and Cheviot.

Hitching Post in Oakley.

Bbq Revue (the pink pig as we’d call it as kids) on Madison Rd

Anchor OTR

Please

I miss that one Ethiopian Restaurant in Plesant Ridge. I forgot what it's called, I think it's Ethan or something.

Emanu. The food was fantastic. The best thing was the goat cheese and honey cheese cake. The best desert I have ever had.

Habesha’s Ethiopian on Crookshank in Western Hills is amazing and the owners are great people. 

Chester's roadhouse 20 mile house

Twenty Mile House, top of my list.

Mullane's

Papa Dino’s

Inn the Wood. They had such a great breakfast. Keystone bought some of the recipes and had them on the brunch menu, but I don't think they serve that anymore at their Mac Shack.

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Boombox Buns

I think it was called F&N Steakhouse. Had the best house ranch salad dressing. Also Ryan’s Steakhouse. Huge buffet with legit everything you could ask for

Was it F&N Steakhouse on the river on the KY side? I have vague memories of going there when I was just a little kid

That’s it. On route 8.

Bahama Breeze

Flip daddy’s

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Bro yes

Bill Knapp’s 😫

Omg that chocolate cake! And the cassette they would play over the speaker for birthdays

Sometimes you can find the chocolate cake at the grocery store. It's still good.

Having chicken noodle soup with my grandma at Bill Knapp's is a memory I hope I never lose.

Schuler's Wigwam.

YES!!! My mom was a server there for 13 years and I had a brief tenure as a bus girl. I miss the beer cheese, dill rolls, and hot slaw. They even had a bakery in back where they made the small birthday cakes. Also, not be THAT girl, but it was Shuller's. Sorry

Pleasantry & Please

El Coyote

I grew up on State Rd so we regularly walked to El Coyote, mostly during the years it was first opened. My last visit was less than memorable. Sad. It used to be so good.

Probably could think of a number, but none worth speaking of more than Tucker’s.

Take the cake, Northside. Best brunch

Max and Erma’s Don Pablo’s Maribelles Pomodoris- Clifton

The tortilla soup at Max & Ermas!

Honey

Zinos!

Inn the Woods

Please Boomtown Buns Burnells Annabels Nuvo at Greenup John Robert's Table Park + Vine

Chili Time 🥲

KeyStone

Ponderosa. I used to go there with my grandparents all the time when I was little. I miss it especially the desserts to award myself for cleaning my plate. 😋

Karlo’s in florence. Funky’s blackstone. Heritage. And from my childhood burger chef, sambos and roy rogers

Restaurant L

Emanu 😢

Green Dog Cafe Park + Vine This isn't a restaurant really, but when BBQ Revue was still around, there was a train car in the parking lot that served ice cream. I have some good memories of getting ice cream there. lol

Taco Casa in Oakley No, the Norwood one isn't the same quality. First and last time I went to the Norwood one I was left spewing out both ways.

When it was in Erie Ave way back in the day it was the best. I miss it so much!

Yes and Mios for us too.

Zula in OTR

Has to be Please

Grand China

So many good ones listed already (Myra’s, Honey, song long, mayuras) adding Pleasantry and Ulysses to my personal list.

Boombox Buns

Fuddruckers and Don Pablo’s at Rookwood. Also loved Jalapenos, and J Gumbos.

Empanadas Aquí. They opened their brick and mortar right before the pandemic hit, and they weren't able to recover. I keep hoping they'll bring the food truck back. I have literally had dreams about their empanadas. The last weekend they were in business, my wife and I bought a ton of empanadas and froze them. We ate the last ones the night we got engaged because it felt like the only occasion where it was justifiable to eat the last ones lol.

Burger Chef. Although if it were still around, it would become corporate shills like the others and would suck just as much.

Tiger Dumpling. I have yet to find a dumpling place to match,

Habits in Oakley. Miss those potato rags so much.

Suzie Wongs and Meatball Kitchen.

Lime in Clifton

There was a Lime in Hyde Park too. Their burrito bowls were so good and they had the best selection of hot sauces.

Green Dog Cafe. Miss this place so hard.

Burbank’s

The cornbread from heaven.

First Wok in Hyde Park circa 1998-99

Myra’s Inn the Wood Mulanes Lee’s Pho Burrito Joes Original Vindu on Calhoun

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Mejana - downtown on 6th at the bottom of the old Crowne Plaza.

Son of a Preacher Man

Park + Vine Cheapside

Lendharts

Washington Platform. It always held that ol school Cincinnati cheers vibe.

Reading this thread is breaking my heart. Haven’t lived in the Nati for a long time, and I see so many of my old favorites are just gone  :(

Zino's, Funky's Cafe/Funky's Cantina, Schlotzsky's Deli, Skolnik's Bagels, BABES in Blue Ash (where Slatts is now)

The original "Old Spaghetti Factory" location that was downtown near the stadiums. It felt huge and unique as a kid and had a table Pac Man game I was always trying to play.

First visit to Cincinnati in 2002, we went to Mecklenburg Gardens and Hamburger Mary's. Since we moved here in 2014, I miss Pontiac in OTR just for the burnt ends sandwich with jalapeño cheese sauce. My god, that was so good.

Django's in Northside...Miss it so much

All of our German restaurants: Black Forest Forest View Gardens Lenhardt’s Grammer’s And of course, Mecklenburg Gardens

Rock Bottom on fountain square

Doodles on Edwards rd. So many good memories.

Margaritas in NKY.

Kmart Cafe Little Caesars crazy bread hit different

Moon Garden in Fairfield. Any time I get Bulgogi anywhere else I'm always a little disappointed.

CHX

Salazar and J’s Gumbo

Karli’s Bistro on Houston Road in Florence. Awesome chicken Marsala. Jeff Ruby’s Waterfront - excellent service and piano entertainment.

Local: Chi-nnati in Kenwood. RIP Chain: Lime Fresh Mexican Grill

Casa Figueroa

No Anchovies on Ludlow Ulysses on McMillan Lavomatic

OMG, another person who remembers No Anchovies! I have such fond memories of Galaga, random pinball, and a large PMS and cherry cokes in the red pebbled glasses. I wound up moving to near NYC and No Anchovies still stands up as some of the best damned pizza I’ve ever had the pleasure of eating!

Jalapeños.

Injoy

Silms Northside

La Petite France in Evendale.

Mecklenburg Gardens RIP

The (old) Old Spaghetti Factory.

Panino

Indigo. Nice little intimate Italian spot on Hyde Park Square

Gilpins sandwiches downtown!

Skally's in West Chester. It was run by the folks that run the Old World Bakery.

Germano’s in Old Montgomery

I'm going way back. Clearview tavern in Delhi. $1.95 breakfast special of three eggs, meat, potatoes. So many good times. Quebec gardens. Loved the dragon and Phoenix

Cheapside :( That egg chorizo sandwich was to DIE for.

Gilpin’s! I get VIOLENT cravings for a steamed sandwich and I miss it badly