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Looking for a more organized list of participating CARRY-OUT eats + drinks in the Cincinnati, Ohio + Northern Kentucky area? Franz and I have compiled a list of some of our favorite LOCAL CARRY-OUT eats and drinks, for your Quarantine pleasure, located below. The art world and food world are one, we hold our culinary art scene near and dear to our hearts. Now is a time to create, not hate. I grew up eating Ambar in Clifton as a little girl, I’ve been spoiled with romantic food memories at Please, Mita’s, Kiki, and many more, and refuse to let the food memories stop. Let’s help out our community safely,  by supporting participating carry-out businesses. Creatives and Foodies, this is only Part I of our local Quarantine Carry-Out Spotlight list, check the blog next Foodie Friday for a list of more brilliant food! Wash your hands, Keep creating, and eating!

*Love Mediterranean, Russian, German, French cuisine, + more? Then, YES, you’ll definiely want to come back to the blog to check out even more of our scrumptious local CARRY-OUT list of eats, drinks, and more next week.

Do you not see your business on our list?*If you, or a business you love, would like to be added to the list – please email vvblair25@gmail.com.

 

Latin Cuisine

Condado Tacos, downtown
condadotacos.com

El Pueblo

Los Potrillos Mexican restaurant bar &grill-316 Ludlow AveCincinnati 45220(513) 221-0313 Www.Los-potrillos.wix.com/home

La Mexicana

Maize Arepas and Bar

Nada, downtown
Carryout
instagram.com/eatdrinknada

Veracruz Mexican Grill

Frida 602

El Pueblo

Habanero

The Comet

Findlay Market, OTR
Merchants open; several restaurants have carryout and delivery options available (see link below for details)
findlaymarket.org/news/carry-out-and-delivery-options-at-findlay-market

-Call to place your order from the menu and photos below, 513-541-8900 or the back up number 859-474-2587 that’s 859-4PICKUP, pick-up turnaround times may vary. We will now be adding an auto-gratuity of 15% for the Comet staff., unless you tell us to change it.

-You can also see their dinner menu on the website at http://cometbar.com/dinner-menu, but check here for the 32oz draft and beer package updates. Lots of N/A bevs available too!

3501 SEOUL

Adeep India

Amol India Carry Out

Ambar India 

Asian Paradise

Asian Spice Bistro

Asiana Thai & Sushi

Amma’s Kitchen

Baba India

Ban Thai

Bao Bun Bowl

Bridges Nepali Cuisine

Casual Chinese

Chako Bakery Cafe

China Gourmet

China Star

Christine’s Casual Dining

Chung Ching

Cloud 9 Sushi

Dai Trang Bistro

Delhi Palace Indian Cuisine

Dumesh Indian Restaurant

Dolsot Bistro

First Wok

Fortune Noodle House

Grand Oriental

Great Tang

Green Papaya

HARU

House of Bangkok

iPho Vietnamese Cuisine

kanakindiacincy.com

Korea House

Korealistic

LALO

Lemon Grass

Mai Thai Restaurant

Mala Hotpot

Mango Tree

Mei Japanese Restaurant

Miyoshi Japanese Restaurant

Noodle & Hot Pot

Nawab Grill & Restaurant

Oriental Wok

Pho Kimmy

Pho Lang Thang

Pin Toh Asian

Quan Hapa

Red Sesame

Riverside Korean Restaurant

Saigon Noodle Bar

Saigon Subs and Rolls

Sakura Steakhouse & Sushi

Shaan Indian Cuisine

Shanghai Mamas

Siam Orchid Thai Restaurant

Singha

Song Long

Stone Bowl

Sukhothai Thai Cuisine

SuRa Korean

SWAD Indian Restaurant

Szechuan Garden Bistro

Taj Mahal Indian Cuisine

Tea ‘n’ Bowl

Thai Namtip

The Pacific Kitchen

Uncle Yip’s Restaurant

Wabi Sabi

Zundo Ramen and Donburi

 

SOTTO – Carry-out Cincinnati! Pasta-fanatics have been working tirelessly on an ode to Italy, made to carryout & enjoy with those you love. To place a carryout order please call  513.977.6886.

Carryout menu-
https://www.sottocincinnati.com/menus/⁠
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New Hours: Monday – Sunday, 4pm – 9pm

Baker’s Table // Try their new focaccia pizzas. Order at bakerstablenewport.com.
instagram.com/bakerstablenewport

Vincenzo’s Restaurant — Vincenzo’s is open for carry-out meals Tuesday-Saturdays. Details are on their website, vincenzos.net. 11525 Chester Road, Sharonville.

Via Vite and Forno Osteria —  Via Vite, 520 Vine St., Downtown, 513-721-8483; Forno Osteria and Bar Hyde Park, 3514 Erie Ave., Hyde Park, 513- 818-8720; Forno Osteria and Bar Montgomery., 9415 Montgomery Road, Montgomery, 513-231-5555.

Brixx Wood Fired Pizza —  In addition to eats, they have 64 oz. growler fill-ups available for $12 and 32 oz. growler fill-ups available for $8. Call 513-486-1805 or place a delivery order online. 9640 Mason Montgomery Road, Deerfield Township.

Catch-a-Fire Pizza — Catch-a-Fire Pizza inside the MadTree taproom will be offering wood-fired pizza and MadTree beer in six-packs for carry-out and delivery (within a 2 mile radius). Their hours of operation are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday and 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 3301 Madison Road, Oakley.

Crown Republic Gastropub — Crown Republic Gastropub is featuring DIY pasta dinners that families can prepare at home. They’re offering pasta with red sauce ($22), pasta with bolognese ($25), kale or Caesar salad ($10), minestrone soup ($9) and pints of cookie dough ($8). The meals feed 2 to 4 people and can be pre-ordered by calling 513-246-4272. They are also offering a carry-out menu with favorites including their chicken gobbets, CRG burger and spinach cavatelli. 720 Sycamore St., Downtown.

deSha’s – deSha’s is offering carry-out until 8 p.m. daily. They are also taking orders for Friday fish fries. 11320 Montgomery Road, Loveland

Dewey’s Pizza, Harper’s Point and West Chester
Carryout food and beer/wine with shortened hours of operation. Make-your-own-pizza “pizza packs” with dough ball, sauce, cheese, and toppings. Following along to their YouTube videos to learn how to make your pizzas like a pro at home.
deweyspizza.com

E+O Kitchen — The restaurant says it is offering curbside pick-up and delivery, depending on your location, for the Hyde Park E+O. Call E+O Kitchen in Hyde Park at 513-832-1023. Menus can be found at eokitchen.com. 3520 Edwards Road, Hyde Park.

Fireside Pizza — The Walnut Hills pizza joint is offering carry-out, as well as delivery via UberEats and GrubHub. 773 E McMillan St., Walnut Hills.

Larosa’s – 347-1111 Same Menu per usual.

Giovanni’s Family Italian Restaurant — The restaurant is open for carry-out and is temporarily offering delivery within a three mile radius. Find their menu on their Facebook page. 4050 N. Bend Road, Westwood.

Gramma’s Pizza — Gramma’s Pizza is offering carry-out and delivery in the Clermont County area. Call 513-743-6644 to place your order. 154 E. Main St., Batavia.

Goodfellas Pizzeria — This pizzeria is offering take-out via phone or online order between 11 a.m.-10 p.m, daily. 1211 Main St., Over-the-Rhine; 603 Main St., Covington.

The Gruff — The Gruff in Covington offers a full-service drive-thru window during regular business hours as well as DoorDash and local 53T Courier. Just call your order in if you want to pick it up. 129 E. Second St., Covington.

Joe’s Pizza Napoli — Joe’s Pizza Napoli will be open for carry-out beginning 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17. The restaurant will offer their wood-fired pizzas, salads, appetizers, wine, beer and sodas. Place your order at 513-248-0082. 507 Chamber Drive, Milford.

 

 

Vegetarian / Vegan

Melt Eclectic Cafe
4165 Hamilton Avenue (45223) — Northside

SITWELL’S ACT II– Carryout/curbside pickup, free delivery. Order at (513) 821-7487

Rooted Juicery and Kitchen
6844 Wooster Pike (45227) — Oakley

 

Green Dog Cafe
3543 Columbia Parkway (45226) — Columbia-Tusculum

Pleasantry, OTR
Carryout
instagram.com/pleasantryotr

 

Tela Bar and Kitchen
1212 Springfield Pike (45215) — Wyoming

 

Aladdin’s Eatery

The Loving Hut
6227 Montgomery Road (45213) — Pleasant Ridge

 

Krueger’s Tavern
1211 Vine Street (45202) — Over-the-Rhine

YES, THEIR VEGGIE BURGER IS MY FAV! – Although, extreme VEGS, FYI- the burger is cooked in chicken stock/EGG

Arthur’s Cafe
3516 Edwards Road (45208) — Hyde Park
8221 Beechmont Avenue (45244) — Anderson

Happy Belly
1344 Vine Street (45202)

Kitchen Factory
1609 Chase Avenue (45223) — Northside

Conscious Kitchen
4516 Clifton Avenue (45219) — Clifton

 

Picnic and Pantry
1400 Republic Street (45202) — Over-the-Rhine

 

Coffee Emporium
110 E. Central Parkway (45202) — Over-the-Rhine
3316 Eerie Avenue (45208) — Hyde Park
301 E. 4th Street (45202) — Downtown
Gallagher Student Center / Williams College of Business — Xavier University

Info found here

Southern Grace Cincy

Holtman’s Donuts– GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE

Marcella’s Doughnuts & Bakery – Call for hours (513) 843-4338

Oliver’s Desserts

Greater’s

BOL

Libby’s Southern Comfort

Taste the World in Cincy Catering &Spices

The Phoenix

Kitchen 1883

Taste of Belgium Their signature Waffle & Chicken is available in both single and family entree sizes for carryout and delivery by calling 513.396.5800!

Sweets & Meats BBQ – Carry Out, Catering & Food Truck

Ari & Mia’s Small Town Cafe — Ari & Mia’s is open for carryout orders. Call 513-975-1003 to place your orders. 6856 State Route 128, Miamitown.

Deeper Roots — Both locations of Deeper Roots Coffee — Oakley and Findlay Market — are offering full-service coffee for carry out as well as pastries and toasts from Sixteen Bricks. Bags of fresh-roasted coffee are also available. 3056 Madison Road, Oakley; 1814 Race St., Over-the-Rhine.

 

Continue reading “S.O.S Foodie Friday // Carry-Out List Part I: Local Eats +Drinks” →

In a world of reality TV, social platforms, apps, podcasts, celebrities, online debates, and influencers, the one thing I want to convey as a blogger right now to my readers, is not the latest hair trend this week, but that our world is in a blanket of a pandemic, and that we as humanity and as a whole need to stay quarantined, to prevent the spread of COVID-19.   COVID-19 doesn’t care if you’re a boomer or a millennial, what religion, what class, what sex, what race, if you’re family members, it doesn’t care what music you listen to, how above it you think you are, what you have been through, what ivy league you went to,  what your favorite team is, or what fashions you wear. COVID-19 will attack your respiratory system if you do not self-quarantine and practice social distancing. Our medical field  will not be equipped to handle the numbers of those infected if we do not start waking up and taking the necessary steps to flatten the curve.

So, yes I got your attention with an aesthetically pleasing posed picture, but the revolution will not be televised, as Gil Scott Heron once said, and even if it is televised and not sensationalized, people still have their eyes closed.  Also, quarantine time doesn’t mean pure loneliness, many forget that most of us were glued to our phones when society first only associated the words “corona” with the Mexican lager. If you are looking for activities,  i’ll be posting lists of things to do and watch on this blog and our other social media platforms. Read books, cook, and just know that studies do show by following the precautions listed, and insisted by our governor, we can lower the number of those infected.

I do not want to see my city, the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, once a boom-town, turn into a ghost town, like the song by the Specials. I know this city, and I know when COVID-19 is ready to tumbleweed the hell out of the wild Midwest, our city will be there to support all of our small businesses.

I just hope our government will have the same love for our small business owners, as it does for wallstreet. One can hope, it is an apocalypse right, anything can happen.

( Immense sarcasm).

2020 has also been a year where we have both opened VADA GALLERY, a life long “American” dream, and like many other small business owners, we have now moved our sales of our entire art collection online, to help flatten the curve.  Every single person in this world is affected in one way or another by this pandemic. I personally have a brother whom is a doctor in DC/Baltimore with a specialty in infectious diseases, and sister in law whom is also a doctor in the DC/Baltimore area, as well as a cousin whom is a teacher, wife, and mother with twin boys there as well.  My best friend will spend the next three weeks in quarantine 24/7, in San Francisco and LA, with another friend sick and unable to receive any diagnosis because of the lack of COVID-19 tests in Denver,CO. I have family members all over the country and world, just like everyone else. I have seen countless friends lose their jobs in the restaurant world and beyond. I personally spent my early twenties living and studying art history in Florence, Italy and studied and and lived in Tours, France. I have watched these beloved countries where I found parts of my soul, fully be torn apart with death. I have watched and listened to journalists who in the midst of this epidemic, which fastly turned into a pandemic, tirelessly fight to give the mass public what we have the right to know, and that is the truth.

I think the world is hurting on an entire vibe level that was unknown to some, until now. We are all hurting as one, we are fleeing to our homes, to shelter, to safety from COVID-19.  Let’s hope and trust we will find a vaccine for COVID-19 and not treat it is as a race to the fucking moon, but as a way to band together to save humanity.

 

Continue reading “AMERICA // Social Distancing + Quarantine time” →

I have always loved the Arts community in Cincinnati, Ohio and I absolutely adore it even more with the opening of Destiny of Desire, a dramatic stage play comedy and homage to Latin American soap operas playing at Playhouse in the Park FEB. 29 – MARCH 28, 2020   |  This melodramatic,hilarious, passionate, well written play, brings to the stage and audience, comical soap opera takes on classism, mother daughter relationships, love, coming of age, sorrow, loss, betrayal, lust, secrets, more, secrets, and ( look back and forth) even more secrets. I have to say with a much deserved standing ovation, Destiny of Desire is the best play I have seen in years. Even if you didn’t grow up watching telenovelas, this play will make you full belly laugh. With wonderful comedic outlandish scenes, to highlighting topics that need to have a spotlight in this country and beyond, this play still holds the audience’s attention, captivating and intriguing, with jaw dropping dramatic hilarious twists with shock and aw scenes. Needless to say, my loud laugh came out in the Marx Theater that night, but thankfully it was matched with simultaneous roars of laughter and enlightenment from my fellow play goers.

This largely Lantinx cast, Directed by JOsÉ Luis Valenzuela , with playwright by Karen Zacarias, is a switched-at-birth comedy full of music and dancing, broken up into two acts. It was beautifully choerographed by Robert Barry Fleming. My eye could not stop moving with  brilliant + fluid set designs by Francois-Pierre Couture, and lighting by Pablo Santiago. The music and solos amid this wonderful team was simpatico for all things that make for a terrific performance from all aspects of the production. This piece light hearted and enthralling is really needed in our country at this moment in time. This play is full of social, cultural and political issues that literally play out and enfold. Destiny of Desire AWAKENS the audience. Buy your tickets today! 

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Heart Shaped Pavlova 

 

White Chocolate Raspberry Tart

Cookies and Cream Bark 

Chocolate Cream Cups 

A Gooey, Decadent Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Creme Brulee

Towering Flowerless Chocolate Cake 

Get the Recipe: Chocolate Layer Cake

Mini Chocolate Ganache Cupcakes

Chocolate Truffles

Get the Recipe: Chocolate Pots de Creme

Triple Chocolate-Hazelnut Cookies

 

• Chocolate-Hazelnut Drop Cookies
• Chocolate Truffles
• Made Over Deep Dish Brownies
• Moist Mocha Cake
• Chocolate Dipped Clementines
• Hot Chocolate Cake
• Chocolate Fondue
• Chocolate Hazelnut Smooches
• Chocolate Covered Strawberries
• Dark Chocolate Bark
• More Loveable Treats
  If chocolate isn’t your thing, these sweet treats contain a good-for-you ingredients like fruit or nuts.

  • Devilish Angel Cake With Wine Soaked Berries
  • Perfectly Poached Fruit
  • Almond Snowballs
  • Mini Upside Down Cakes
  • Mascarpone Mini Cupcakes With Strawberry Glaze (above)

 

 

Turkey Brie Grilled Cheese Sandwich With Cranberry Mustard – Get the recipe HERE

One of my favorite eats of the holiday seasons is a plump Provisions-like sandwich, jam packed with our families holiday favorites from the night before- turkey, stuffing, cranberrys, mashed potatoes, and more stuffing. EVERYTHING goes in the sammie. This holiday tradition came about when Anne Black, told me about the famed turkey terrific sammie, from one of my now favorite sandwich shops in all of the world, Provisions.  Provisions is  located on the small island of Nantucket, MA – and is one of the must stop eat spots when on the island. Also, another amazing sammie shop on the island is Something Natural. Now back to the Turkey Terrific – the Turkey Terrific is a smoked turkey/stuffing/ cranberry sauce & mayo on Portuguese bread, and really is as amazing as it sounds. If you’re not on the island in the Winter, check out some of the recipes below. Try them as a homage to our Provisions turkey terrific favorite from afar.

Enjoy, indulge, and happy Holidays!

Peace + Love,

V

Leftover Turkey, Brie, Bacon, and Cranberry Sandwich – Get the recipe.

 

 

 

 

1. “Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over” by Alison Roman

This year there are so many amazing cookbooks to put on the holiday cookbook Gift Guide, that I am considering writing a part deux, to feed all of your must-have cookbook appetites for 2019. Even though there are countless recipes posted online and on instagram, there is something wonderful and special about cooking, reading along the steps while flipping through the pages of a solid thick cookbook. Even with hands doused in flour while flipping through pages, it somehow makes the recipe more memorable. I personally recount each dish that I have successfully whipped up while looking at my old cookbooks, it even reminds me to attempt the recipes I need a little more practice on. I adore a good Sunday filled with attempting new and old recipes. Enjoy some of my favorite cookbooks below, happy almost Sunday + happy cooking!

Peace + Love,

V

 

 

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2.“Antoni in the Kitchen” by Antoni Porowski and Mindy Fox

3.. “Jubilee: Recipes from Two Centuries of African-American Cooking” by Toni Tipton-Martin

4. “Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen” by Adeena Sussman

5. Asma’s Indian Kitchen: Home-Cooked Food Brought to You by Darjeeling Express

 

6. Life Is a Party: Deliciously Doable Recipes to Make Every Day a Celebration

7.Oven to Table: Over 100 One-Pot and One-Pan Recipes for Your Sheet Pan, Skillet, Dutch Oven, and More

8.The Unofficial Downton Abbey Cookbook, Expanded Edition: From Lady Mary’s Crab Canapes to Christmas Plum Pudding-More Than 150 Recipes from Upstairs and Downstairs

9.Milk Street: Tuesday Nights: More than 200 Simple Weeknight Suppers that Deliver Bold Flavor, Fast

10.Between Harlem and Heaven: Afro-Asian-American Cooking for Big Nights, Weeknights, and Every Day

 

Looking to entertain this Friendsgiving? If you are like me, the Holiday months are your time to really give back to your family and friends. Whether you enjoy gift giving, cooking, shopping local, or donating your time and energy to helping those less fortunate, the magical months to do so are upon us. I love the Holidays, and really can’t pick which holiday is my favorite, during the colder months. Give me a table to decorate, put on some Bing Crosby, let me create hours of goodness in the kitchen, throw a little snow into the mix with a perfect dress, and goodness you’ll just find this happy girl singing fa lalalala, all the way to the New Years. Enjoy some of my favorite tablescapes just in time for you to throw a hearty decor filled Friendsgiving, with whomever is your family.