Cincinnati Dining - Riverbend Music Center Hotels

Cincinnati Dining

Cincinnati boasts enough excellent home-grown gourmet and continental restaurants to ensure that national chains have a low profile in the city. It's also famous for fast-food Cincinnati chili with chains such as Skyline Chili, open from breakfast to midnight at more than forty sites, including Vine and 7th streets downtown.

Aralia 815 Elm St tel 513/723-1217. Excellent Sri Lankan curries in a handy downtown location.

Courtyard Café 1211 Main St, Over-the-Rhine tel 513/723-1119. Good grill food, burgers and desserts at value-for-money prices.

Dee Felice 529 Main St, Covington, KY tel 859/261-2365. This small and atmospheric restaurant/jazz venue specializes in Cajun cuisine, with lots of fresh seafood dishes.

Longworth's 1108 St Gregory St, Mount Adams tel 513/651-2253. Good meals are menued at attractive prices in a delightful garden setting. Food is served all day until midnight, with music until 2.30am.

Mullane's Parkside Café 723 Race St tel 513/381-1331. This friendly joint, bedecked with local art, has an excellent choice of vege tarian options.

Rookwood Pottery 1077 Celestial St, Mount Adams tel 513/721-5456. Steaks and sandwiches are served inside the former kilns of Cincinnati's celebrated pottery.

Scalea's Ristorante 320 Greenup St, Covington, KY tel 859/491-3334. An atmospheric and inventive Italian eatery lists entrees at $12-25; the restaurant's attached deli/market offers cheaper options.

Tucker's 1637 Vine St tel 513/721-7123 and 18 E 13th St, Over-the-Rhine tel 513/241-3354. Get a perfect start on your day with traditional and gourmet breakfasts in a 1950s setting.