while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place! the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here. we ordered: oysters fish and chips crawfish beignet fresh-squeezed lemonade bloody mary we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows! happy weekend everyone!
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while we were out taking pictures last saturday around washington park/OTR area, we got hungry and needed to find a lunch place that was close by, hopefully in walking distance - we were starving at that point. luckily, we eyed the anchor-otr, on the corner of race and 15th, and our bellies were happy, plus we got to try a new place!

the interior was what caught my attention as soon as we walked in. i let cheeks peruse the menu, while my eyes darted around the room to look at all the details that the owner had thoughtfully put together in this restaurant. it’s a lovely lovely space! i was happy that it was way after the lunch rush so i could roam around and take all these pictures. more from the set here.

we ordered:

  • oysters
  • fish and chips
  • crawfish beignet
  • fresh-squeezed lemonade
  • bloody mary

we hope when we return we get to sit at the table by the window with all the pillows!

happy weekend everyone!

this past weekend … took pictures around the city -  spied more old buildings through alleyways, while we were on foot in OTR. 80s prom style - to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday, it was all about teal and pink eye shadows, hair spray, puffed sleeves, ruffles, leggings, patterned stockings and high hair.  hope your weekend was just as fun!
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this past weekend … took pictures around the city -  spied more old buildings through alleyways, while we were on foot in OTR. 80s prom style - to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday, it was all about teal and pink eye shadows, hair spray, puffed sleeves, ruffles, leggings, patterned stockings and high hair.  hope your weekend was just as fun!
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this past weekend … took pictures around the city -  spied more old buildings through alleyways, while we were on foot in OTR. 80s prom style - to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday, it was all about teal and pink eye shadows, hair spray, puffed sleeves, ruffles, leggings, patterned stockings and high hair.  hope your weekend was just as fun!
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this past weekend … took pictures around the city -  spied more old buildings through alleyways, while we were on foot in OTR. 80s prom style - to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday, it was all about teal and pink eye shadows, hair spray, puffed sleeves, ruffles, leggings, patterned stockings and high hair.  hope your weekend was just as fun!
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this past weekend … took pictures around the city -  spied more old buildings through alleyways, while we were on foot in OTR. 80s prom style - to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday, it was all about teal and pink eye shadows, hair spray, puffed sleeves, ruffles, leggings, patterned stockings and high hair.  hope your weekend was just as fun!
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this past weekend …

  • took pictures around the city -  spied more old buildings through alleyways, while we were on foot in OTR.
  • 80s prom style - to celebrate a friend’s 40th birthday, it was all about teal and pink eye shadows, hair spray, puffed sleeves, ruffles, leggings, patterned stockings and high hair. 

hope your weekend was just as fun!

after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations. this was the (pescetarian) menu: first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron squid ink bread skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue “my girlfriend’s cookies” we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner! don’t judge. quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki. (in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”). OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization.  this city of ours continue to surprise me.
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after many months of trying, we made it to a Please dinner last friday. we got the first of two covers, at 5:45pm, at the streetpops shop in over-the-rhine, and let me say we walked away awed and inspired. chef ryan santos was careful not to toss around his skills on making foams, and uncommon cooking techniques. his intro for each dish was brief, which gave us time to focus on the plates set before us, and to taste the unique flavor and texture combinations.

this was the (pescetarian) menu:

  • first of the year green onion fried in ash tempura, with pine nut emulsion
  • smoked potato, clam emulsion, turnip milk, lemon, honey and sea lettuce
  • arctic char, uni, carrot, egg yolk, saffron
  • squid ink bread
  • skate, meyer lemon, celery root, broccoli stem, pickle kohlrabi, salted cultured butter
  • grilled milk with black cardamom, euchalyptus, hazelnut and salted meringue
  • “my girlfriend’s cookies”

we left with full bellies around 7:30, and walked right to … second dinner!

don’t judge.

quan hapa is an asian gastropub brought by the same owners of super good (and super popular), pho lang thang. even after a 7-course meal, none of us could resist trying out a couple of their sliders (pork belly and duck), an order of squid ink soba, and the okonomiyaki.

(in case you were wondering, we’re working on living the hobbit life and trying to get to “elevensies”).

OTR felt new to me that night. side streets that we would never have passed through before were now well-lit, and took us from main to vine without having to go down 12th street. we discovered the real OTR, which was inaccessible to us prior to the revitalization. 

this city of ours continue to surprise me.

this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries. we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go. we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry! i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned.  and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now. sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)
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this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries. we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go. we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry! i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned.  and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now. sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)
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this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries. we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go. we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry! i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned.  and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now. sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)
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this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries. we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go. we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry! i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned.  and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now. sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)
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this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries. we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go. we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry! i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned.  and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now. sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)
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this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries. we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go. we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry! i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned.  and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now. sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)
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this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries. we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go. we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry! i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned.  and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now. sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)
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this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries. we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go. we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry! i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned.  and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now. sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)
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this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries. we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go. we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry! i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned.  and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now. sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)
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this past weekend turned out to be a productive one, and i am happy as can be to be able to tick some things off my long to-do list! what makes a weekend of to-do wrangling even more fun is when it’s sprinkled with side trips and new discoveries.

we planned a stop at collective espresso. i had read about them in a back issue of domestica magazine, and had since wanted to visit this new coffee shop in over-the-rhine. it is located on a small side street that we’ve passed so many times, and are glad that now there is a (very good!) reason to walk through. just so you know, collective espresso offers the regular coffee items like mochas, and macchiatos, etc, but if you are an afficionado, or appreciate the many ways a coffee can be served, they also offer pour overs, like chemex and hario. from what i understood, their coffee bean selections change regularly, so you’ll always get to try something new when you go.

we were surprised (shocked even!) to have caught shadeau breads open, and with still some items left! it was a snowy weekend, so i guess we lucked out, and rarely do we make it downtown that early (early = 11:30am). so, with bellies empty, we walked out with two types of focaccia, a german “twist” baguette, a loaf of salt-top rye, and some pastries. we can definitely do some damage when we’re hungry!

i am not a spontaneous person, most of the time – i’m game, as long as you tell me in advance! but there is this sense of thrill, and wonder, when i experience something totally unplanned. 

and in this city of ours, there are plenty of new things to discover – if you are open, if you appreciate anything, if you love that feeling of thrill and wonder, you’ll never be bored. it is with these in mind, that we share this blog with everyone. cincinnati is not new york, not san francisco, not miami, but it has a charm uniquely it’s own. to live here is to experience it as much as we can, learn about the old, and welcome the new. and we hope you are on a similar journey wherever you live right now.

sidenote: i hit my head with the car door last friday - if you didn’t notice my “injury” the first time, now you know why the sad look. the pains i take to capture the great (and small) moments! you should see how the car door looks ;-)