Jean-Robert at Pigall's was named one of the 11 best restaurants in the country by Zagats, so I'd say that's a pretty good place to start. I've also dined at The Palace and enjoyed it immensely; it is routinely reviewed as an excellent place to dine. The Celestial in Mt. Adams is also very good and has won awards such as AAA's 4 diamonds and was name one of the most romantic restaurants in the country by multiple publications.
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Little Ceasar's was the first pizza I ever had many years ago..... as an adult it might have been the worst pizza I ever had.
As for LaRosa's and Skyline, both are chains and both probably get most of their ingredients from Sysco, which automatically makes it iffy IMO.
As a non-native, non-partisan, I have to say Gold Star is a bazillion times better than Skyline. But if you really want to enjoy Cincinnati chili hit up some of the small local parlors like Blue Ash Chili or Camp Washington.
It's not fine dining by any means, but the northern suburbs (particularly Hamilton and the Tri-County area) have a growing number of VERY good Mexican joints due to the booming Latino population. I've been to the southwest many times and some of these places rival anything there. If you are not a vegan many of them have great vegetarian dishes. Disclaimer: their quality can swing drastically overnight if one cook quits!
FYI, the Skyline cheese is shredded daily, and it is a specific LandOLakes Wisconsin mild cheddar. There is a guy who works there whose entire responsibility is picking the correct cheese for Skyline.
Best meals I have had recently in the city were at Boca in Oakley, Nectar in Mt. Lookout (formerly Aoili downtown), and Honey in Northside. Brown Dog Cafe in Blue Ash was surprisingly good. I cant wait to try Nada and the Oceanaire that recently opened downtown.
I have not been to Pigalls, but will gather the nerve soon enough.
Unfortunately, I've been to a Little Caesar's ONCE before...never again. As for Pizza Hut, the last time I was there I was in little league and the coach brought us there. It gave me the runs and I've never been back. That must have been 25 years ago?!Originally Posted by *BaseClogger*
Chains like Pizza Hut, Little Caesar's, Dominoes, Papa Johns, etc are pretty much expected to be gross, aren't they, so that's why I excluded them from my initial comments. I mean, how many more places within the dough does Pizza Hut need to add cheese? Every commercial it seems there's a new "creation"
I meant no disrespect to the Cincy locals, but with all the hype I hear on LaRosa's, it was very disappointing to say the least.
For what it's worth, even though I'm from Chicago, I detest Chicago "deep dish style" pizza. It's really bad. That's not to say that we don't have some excellent pizza parlors here, just that deep dish pizza is not my thing.
Give me a slice of mama's Margherita pizza anytime, and I'm all set. No need to add all that extra garbage.
I still swear by Adriaticos in Clifton, although Deweys is also yummy. My favorite pizza of all time is from Pizza Za in San Francisco, Russian Hill. Amazing cornmeal crust and topping combos that make your mouth water.
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