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A New Endeavor From a Local Flavor:

Per the Cincinnati Enquirer:

The Cincinnati-based company (Scripps), which owns a high-flying roster of household cable companies and Web sites, hopes that its latest media foray at www.Food2.com will find plenty of 21- to 35-year-old fans.

Launched May 1, the site takes an irreverent, pop culture approach to food but unlike other network shows, this one is attempting to capture flavors of cooking on Web video and through cyber-social interaction with readers.

Check out the full article here.

Purple People Bridge to host diners | Cincinnati.com | Cincinnati.Com

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Feeling Like Some Greek (Olive Oil That Is)

Looking for something to do the weekend of 6/26- 6/28? Heady to Panegyri, the Greek Festival. While there make sure to check out the Mt. Kofinas Olive Oil they'll be stationed next to the pastry lines inside the large indoor room, and they'll be offering free samples of their delicious extra virgin olive oil along with some delicious bread for your dipping pleasure.

Local Fodder

To follow up on a previous IGT story...the guys over at a OMGreds.com have taken the Taco Helmet to a local flavour (see the "u" in there Tommy? cool, huh?). Check out their beautiful photography when you have a chance.

NEW BURGER JOINT IN THE QUEEN CITY!!!!

Maybe I'm the only THAT excited about this, I don't use exclamation points often, but I do love my burgers. The acclaimed Five Guys burger chain is opening a location in Clifton...with 15-20 more area locations to follow.

Per the Business Courier

Quick Plug for a -Nu- Favorite

If you haven't been to what Cincinnati Magazine rated the "Top New Restaurant" in the area, you should get there quickly. I think we Cincinnatians are so accustomed to reading negative news that a positive review tends to mean long lines at the door or 9:30pm reservations. Perhaps we are starved for new and exciting endeavours by local entrepreneurs? Or maybe someone will just open another chain Scottish/Irish hybrid restaurant on a vacant nearby corner! Yay! Either way, my sarcasm gets the best of me. Chef Mark Bodenstein and his staff do it up right, and on behalf of all Cincinnatians, thank you. This from their website:

Starting March 4, 2009 every Wednesday NuVo will feature tapas night! $20 per person unlimited tapas and $4 by the glass wine features. No reservations will be accepted on Wednesdays.

Adieu, Jean Robert

Jean-Robert at Pigall’s, the fine-dining restaurant downtown, will close on Feb. 28, and the partnership between owners Jean-Robert de Cavel and Martin and Marilyn Wade has been dissolved.

Cincinnati Enquirer

All I care to eat . . . Pasta

So, we found out that the Hilton Netherland in downtown Cincinnati has a pasta buffet (all I care to eat) for lunch, and as with any buffet, it must be tried.

Overall the buffet ($13 ish with entrees, salad, fixins, and dessert) was about 3.14 stars out of 5. The Italian chef pretty much made what he wanted to put in your pasta and loved topping it with excessive cheese. Afterwards I kind of wished it was the Olive Garden, love their salad dressing flavored salads.