By Elaine Stone, Photo by Joe Simon
Marx Hot Bagels in Blue Ash looks like the typical storefront restaurant nestled among a variety of stores in a strip mall, but the sign posted on the door is the first clue this is far from the typical bagel shop. It reads, “This is an experience, not a restaurant. Owner is not politically correct. Enter at your own risk.”
Upon entering the shop, you are immediately confronted with all the wonderful smells of fresh made bagels: the cinnamon, the honey wheat and the savory smells of onion and garlic.
If you happen to visit the shop when the owner, John Marx, is calling the shots, you might be in for a different kind of confrontation. On any given day, Marx can be heard barking at his employees to keep up the frenetic pace, Read the rest of this entry…
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The Destination
Chi-nnati’s Pizza
7980 Hosbrook Road, Maderia
(513)985-4445
It’s kind of like putting Ernie Banks in a Red’s uniform, or watching lake-bound steamers from a perch on the Serpentine Wall. What happens when you combine the Midwest’s two greatest cities? You get Chi-nnati’s Pizza in Maderia – near Kenwood Towne Center. Deep dish pizza, Cincinnati atmosphere. When it comes to blending the Queen City and the Windy City, you can’t go wrong.
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The Rizzle Buck
Tonic on 4th
125 W. Fourth Street
(513)721-1345
The Rizzle Buck is old school and modern at the same time. A modern twist on the classic buck-style drink invented in the 1920s at London’s Bucks Club, the Rizzle Buck is Blue Coat Gin, sugar, lime, gruet and basil. Leave it to the master mixologists at Tonic on Fourth to revive this kind of classic.
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