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Cosmetic Provider With the start of a new year, you may also be thinking about new ways to care for yourself. If cosmetic treatments such as Botox, filler, lasers, or tightening treatments are on your list, choosing the right provider will be a critical first step. The board-certified team at Mona Dermatology shares their top tips for what to look for when choosing a provider, whether you are getting treated at their Kenwoodbased office or elsewhere.

The No. 1 thing to remember is that cosmetic treatments are still medical procedures. Oftentimes, we perceive popular treatments as easy to perform and risk-free. Serious side effects, including infections, compromised veins or arteries, tissue damage, scars, burns, pigmentation disorders, and more can occur. These side effects Adapted from the American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS)

are always a possibility with any cosmetic treatment, but are much more likely when consumers visit untrained, unqualiﬁed practitioners. Just as you would for any other medical procedure, we recommend choosing an experienced and qualiﬁed provider to perform your cosmetic treatments.

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What To Look For Credentials Start by looking for a credentialed provider with extensive experience and training in the cosmetic field. The office you are visiting should be led by a board-certified physician who is trained in facial anatomy, such as a dermatologist or plastic surgeon. This directing physician will ensure that proper safety protocols are being followed within the office, and even if they are not the one performing your treatment, they are on-site in the rare case that something may go wrong. At Mona Dermatology, all providers hold advanced medical degrees: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.), Nurse Practitioner (N.P.), or Physician Assistant (P.A.). Not only do they receive months of extensive cosmetic training prior to treating patients, they also receive ongoing education in the medical aesthetics field. Experience Look for a provider with experience in the treatment you are seeking. How many treatments of this kind have they given? What kind of training have they received? At Mona Dermatology, our providers see over 7,000 skin exams, 4,000 Botox appointments, 1,000 filler appointments and 2,000 laser/light appointments combined in any given year. Results As the saying goes, “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” and the same is true for cosmetic treatments. It can be helpful to select a provider who specializes in giv-

ing the type of results you seek to achieve. Some ways to research this would include asking to see before and after photos, following the office or provider on social media, or even seeing what the staff and providers’ results look like. At Mona Dermatology, we specialize in creating naturallooking results. Price If the cost of a treatment seems too good to be true, it probably is! Often, heavily discounted procedures are being performed by non-medical personnel or less experienced providers. Cosmetic treatments require extensive training and experience to achieve safe and optimal results. Saving money on a treatment in the short term could end up costing you more if a complication occurs. Questions to Ask Before having a procedure, it’s important to get to know your provider and ask them questions to learn more about it. Consider asking why you are a good candidate for this treatment, what you should expect during the treatment, what results may be, what the risks are, who will perform your treatment, and what will happen if complications arise. On the other hand, your provider should also be asking what you are hoping to achieve to make sure you are both on the same page. Don’t forget that they should also be asking you for your medical history, medications you are on, and allergies you may have.

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WE FIND OURSELVES IN A CULTURAL MOMENT WHEN DISTRUST OR FEAR OF SCIence is promoted openly. Some people benefit politically by encouraging us to rely on beliefs over facts, while others create chaos and make money by scaring us into doubting breakthrough technologies like clean energy and artificial intelligence. It’s almost as if science deniers are more interested in their own political or financial gain than humanity’s overall benefit; that couldn’t possibly be true, right? Even the most strident fearmonger, though, would be thrilled to read this issue’s Top Doctors stories (page 33) and discover so many medical professionals using novel approaches to treat sick and injured Cincinnatians. One doctor is using knee replacements with sensors that track a patient’s post-surgery step count and stride length. Another is perfecting a kidney dialysis machine for tiny newborn babies. A third is leading clinical trials for an experimental therapy that separates a patient’s healthy white blood cells from cancer cells to allow the cancer cells to be targeted. We’re fortunate to live in a city where so many top-notch medical institutions invest time and funds in entrepreneurial doctors and researchers. Not every new technology improves outcomes, but there’s only one way to find out—and that’s to try. The sheer number of Cincinnati professionals trying to help us is impressive and comforting. Speaking of numbers, this version of our Top Doctors list features 935 physicians in 68 different medical specialties. Some doctors appear in more than one specialty. The process starts with a survey of every M.D. and D.O. in the region asking them who they’d turn to for medical services, other than themselves, and vetting the highest vote-getters with medical boards in Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Another step in our process is choosing one of those top doctors to appear on the cover, and this year we received some outside help. Imran Naqvi, M.D., emailed to recommend his wife, Maryam Ahmed-Naqvi, M.D. “Her patients love her,” he wrote. “She’s also an incredible mother and wife. She obviously doesn’t know I’m asking.” She does now.

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Paul Wellington turned his lifelong love of LEGO into a TV star turn thanks to his sister and his endless creativity. S A R A H M c C O S H A M

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able little bricks with unlimited potential are a ubiquitous part of pretty much every kid’s childhood, with schools and even retirement homes finding creative uses for these boundary-crossing building blocks. LEGO isn’t so much a toy as it is a cultural touchstone, but most kids move on from that phase as they get older. They don’t, say, grow up to become a reality TV show contestant on the fourth season of LEGO Masters on Fox. Paul Wellington, clearly, was not like most kids. He began his foray into the wonderful world of LEGO at the tender age of 4. “It was a city-themed set, which led to my love of building cities,” he says. Like many things in life, LEGO building is more fun with a partner, and Wellington was thrilled to take his younger sister under his wing. “Nealita and I are nine years apart, and I got her involved in LEGO as soon as she could hold a brick,” he says. “When she was around 3, I left her on my bed next to a tub full of LEGO and walked downstairs for a moment, then I heard a CONTINUED ON P. 18 I L L U S T R AT I O N BY A DA M H AY E S

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ESCAPE TO SPRING One of the best ways to deal with Cincinnati’s January and February doldrums is to duck into the Duke Energy Convention Center downtown and start dreaming of spring and summer. The annual parade of outdoororiented shows (Cavalcade of Customs; Boat, Sport & Travel; Golf Expo; and Cincinnati Home + Garden Show) is guaranteed to help warm up our imaginations, says General Manager Ric Booth of OVG360, which manages the city’s convention center. Do you enjoy giving Cincinnatians some hope that spring is just around the corner? Absolutely! Who doesn’t get a little cabin fever during the winter months? We know the calendar year has rolled over when our ears start ringing and our bodies vibrate from the rumbles of the hot rods, custom cars, trucks, and motorcycles moving in for the Cavalcade of Customs (January 12–14). What do show attendees or vendors enjoy about their brief winter getaways at your events? So many cool moments come to mind, including the individuals and families who can’t wait to get autographs from the top NASCAR drivers or the trending WWE

star in attendance, the fan-favorite turkeycalling contest, Twiggy the Waterskiing Squirrel making laps around the pool, the 30-foot-long bass ﬁshing tank that provides some insight into how the new ﬁshing lures work, and Ty Pennington of HGTV shouting “Move that bus!” at the Home + Garden Show. Do any large purchases get made in person at the shows, or are they just for looking and dreaming? Attendees come for a variety of reasons, whether it’s to cure their cabin fever, have a friends’ weekend out that includes indoor golf, shop the latest home and garden trends or the new selection of boats, or plan their getaway— but those who are ready to buy enjoy some great discounts. Our consumer shows support local and regional businesses and provide an opportunity for attendees to shop all vendors under one roof and then spend the day downtown enjoying the arts, shops, and restaurants in Over-the-Rhine, the ice rink at Fountain Square, or strolling The Banks when the tulips start to bloom. Our downtown location provides so many opportunities for a great day out with family and friends as they look forward to the arrival of spring. —J O H N F O X

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crashing sound followed by cryLEGO Masters is a reality competition ing. My sister had fallen into the show first and a talent show second,” he tub of LEGO, and that’s where our bond says. “The show prioritizes personalitruly began.” ties, which is why producers loved the The duo continued building throughdynamic between my sister, who’s outout childhood, with Wellington prefergoing, and me, who’s reserved.” ring to build in “microscale” by using The siblings picked up where they’d 10-by-10-inch baseplates. This approach left off as kids, with Paul helping Nealita led him to create his own “baby scale” brush up on her brick-building skills. style. “A handful of current and past She lives in Milwaukee but came to LEGO sets include baby figures, which Cincinnati for the final interview with are roughly half the size of typical minishow producers, because the two had figures,” he says. “Currently I’m to do a live team build. “Since building a baby scale modular my sister hadn’t built with LEGO in 15-plus years, she had city, and I’m enjoying all the details I’m able to create.” to practice building before we With his own “voice” as a started filming,” he says. “She builder and a growing presence purchased a few small sets and on Instagram (@luapbricks), Brick by Brick learned some techniques that Stream Paul and Wellington’s creations caught we eventually used on the show Nealita competing the eye of the LEGO Masters in some of our challenges.” on LEGO Masters T h e d u o wo rke d h a rd team. “A show representative Season 4 at fox.com/ through all 11 episodes and has actually approached me lego-masters. credit their family dynamevery season,” he says, but he never applied because his job with Milic as a crucial part of their success. waukee Public Library didn’t allow him to “Throughout the first few weeks we take time off to compete. That changed learned our strengths and weaknesses after moving here in May 2022 to become and how to work together as a team,” social media specialist at the Cincinnati says Wellington. “Things didn’t always and Hamilton County Public Library. go as planned, like our disaster of a volcano in Episode 3. But we persevered and When Wellington was approached by the show again, his new position offered made it pretty far in the competition.” So what’s next for the librarianthe flexibility to compete at long last, so he applied with Nealita and they were turned-LEGO-Master? Having fun. selected for Season 4. “Outside of the show, LEGO is just a Wellington, 33, is quick to point hobby,” says Wellington. “The best part about LEGO, though, is that you can out that becoming a LEGO Master is build anything you can dream of. The more than just building awe-inspiring structures. “A lot of people don’t realize possibilities are endless.”

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nent families have called this west side manor their home. The estate was destined for an illustrious cast of characters from the beginning, when Kroger board of directors member George Meiners and his wife Clara Estermann (from another well-known Cincinnati family) built it as a place to raise their 13 children. Their thoughtfully selected site overlooked the Western Hills Country Club, and they christened the 4,300-square-foot house “Clarestone.” To design their dream home, the Meiners enlisted the help of Rendigs, Panzer, and Martin, the same architectural ﬁrm that brought nearby Pine Meer—probably better known as the Schott Estate—to life before going on to design hallmark structures including the Cincinnati YWCA, the Mt. Echo Park pavilion, and the Cincinnati Art Museum’s Alms Wing. It’s rare that the Tudor Revival changes hands. In the early 1940s, the home was purchased by the Garrison family, whose patri2 4 C I N C I N N AT I M A G A Z I N E . C O M

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arch, Stuart, was an insurance man, philanthropist, and diehard Bearcats fan who endowed the first-ever full tuition football scholarship at the University of Cincinnati. He lived at Clarestone with his wife, LaVaughn, and their three daughters, who were known by their Western Hills High School classmates as “The Garrison Girls.” Clarestone was meticulously maintained by the sisters and remained in the family for another 80 years before hitting the market. Much of the home, with its 10-foot ceilings and leaded glass windows, has remained just as it was in the mid-1900s, down to the original hardwood and tile floors. Even the kitchen is largely untouched, with old-school stainless steel kitchen counters and patterned wallpaper that harkens back to a far different time. Similarly, in the attic, the owners preserved the largerthan-life cartoons drawn on the wall by Roger Sampson L. Meiners, one of the 13 Meiners children, who was among the first to call this timeless manor home.

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discreetness, courtesy, and advice from our legal department. Traveling incognito, the Doctor nonchalantly asked two pharmacy employees how long they thought the bird family may have been residing within the letter C. Each shrugged and guessed “at least a year.” But please do not assume an indifference here. Reasons other than neglect or uncleanliness might explain why the nest has been left undisturbed, and like everyone, we wish to assume only the best of intentions from our friends at Big Pharma. Hopefully the Doctor’s nudge will inspire action, and your pharmacy will do what pharmacies do best: Insert the nest inside an amber-colored plastic bottle that could easily hold 12 nests, place the bottle inside a paper bag that’s triple-stapled to a four-page receipt with unreadably small print, and hand it to the next drive-thru customer.

There’s a bird’s nest in my pharmacy’s drive-thru lane. Inside it, actually. It bulges from the middle of the C in the large words Drive Thru Pharmacy. It’s been there forever, stained with droppings. It’s disgusting. I’m a regular customer and don’t want to be annoying. Please tell them to get rid of it. —GRUMPTY NESTER

DEAR GRUMPTY:

We must occasionally remind readers that the Doctor is not a “troubleshooter” for aggrieved citizens. Local television news provides that service during big ratings months. Also, we have expunged the pharmacy’s name and location from your question, based upon simple

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I am five generations removed from Cincinnatian Louis Lipp, who, in the late 1800s, had a very successful company making plumbing fixtures. Family lore says he invented America’s first flush toilet, but I never see his name when I research the history. Can you find out more about him? —FLUSH THIS OUT DEAR FLUSH:

The Doctor shall try to resist making bathroom jokes. The Louis Lipp Company was indeed an impressively large business. It had branches from Boston to Los Angeles, with its Winton Place factory covering 14 acres behind today’s Michel Tire store. Mr. Lipp designed and manufactured some of the most modern porcelain bathtubs and toilets of his era, some of which are still sought online. The ﬂush toilet (hold that snicker) was developed incrementally by many contributors over many decades, so the Doctor cannot support claims that Mr. Lipp invented it. He deserves thanks, however, for his 1893 patent of the “strap and pivot ILLUSTR ATIO N S BY L A R S LEE TA RU

hinge,” better known today as the double-hinged toilet seat (must… resist…joke…). He also achieved immortality with an 1896 patent for the inner-tank “ﬂoat-operated ballcock” (mmphh! mmphh!). Profits flowed freely (just stop!) until 1913, when the company was convicted of antitrust activity and Mr. Lipp’s partner went to prison. A few years later the company went down the tubes (sigh). Case (and lid) closed.

As a high-schooler in the late 1960s, I worked at Western Hills Plaza with buddies I’m still friends with. I remember enjoying lunches at a nearby fast food restaurant called Teddy Bear, but they don’t. I’m sure I’m right. It was a small burger/ﬁsh sandwich place on Werk Road. Set them straight! —REDDY TEDDY DEAR REDDY:

Consider your friends straightened. Your memory cells win—this time, anyway. There were ﬁve Teddy Bear restaurants in Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky between 1963 and 1969, launched by late restaurant mogul David Frisch of the famous “Frisch’s Big Boy” franchise. Newspaper articles seemed rather clumsy explaining the Teddy Bear restaurant concept, describing it with quotation marks as a “drivethrough service.” This was a novelty, because back then even McDonald’s required customers to park ﬁrst. “It is possible for the customer to place his order and pick it up in less than a minute without ever leaving his car,” they said, as if explaining the telephone to Vikings. Today, of course, everything has improved. Now it’s possible to drive right up and idle behind a line of motionless cars, conveniently yell your order into a squawk box, park in a numbered space, and cheerily be handed someone else’s order. Or if you wish, you can go inside and cheerily negotiate with a screen. (Insert broken ice cream machine joke here.)

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WE LCO ME TO MIDDLEHOOD BY JUDI KETTELER

The Eyes Have It

I’VE TAMED NEARSIGHTEDNESS, BUT NOW I CAN’T SEE CLOSE UP EITHER. METAPHOR ALERT!

IN SECOND GRADE, I GOT MY FIRST PAIR OF EYEGLASSES TO CORRECT MY SUBSTANTIAL nearsightedness. They were a novelty for several months—a year even. Eventually, though, I decided I hated them. I didn’t want to be “Judi four eyes.” I already thought I was strange looking, with hair that wouldn’t feather the way Farrah Fawcett’s did. I grudgingly wore my glasses at school when the teacher wrote on the chalkboard, but I stashed them in my desk as often as I could. When I went places, say shopping at the Covington JCPenney with my mom or walking with my older sisters to get a banana split at Grandpa’s Ice Cream in Ft. Wright, I always “accidentally” left them at home. It wasn’t that bad walking around in a fuzzy world, I rationalized. It did get a little dicey when doing gymnastics, especially when it was time to vault. 2 8 C I N C I N N AT I M A G A Z I N E . C O M J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 4

I would stand at the end of the vault runway and stare at the blurry expanse before me. I knew the vault was there, even if it was a vague brown blob 75 feet away. During competitions, I could usually make out the gymnastics judge raising their arm in the air to indicate I could start. I’d lift my own arm in the air to salute back and take off running. Unsurprisingly, vault was my worst event. When I was around 12, it was decided that I was mature enough for contacts. Turns out that being able to see the beat-up brown leather horse at the other end of the runway didn’t improve my vaulting all that much. Apparently, I wasn’t great at running with all my might toward a solid object, even if it was one I could see crystal clear. But vault aside, getting contacts revolutionized my preteen life. On the Saturday morning the optician first showed me how to put a contact lens into my eye, I was overwhelmed by a feeling of intense clarity. Everything around me was suddenly bright and sharp, as if it glistened with dew. Being able to tease out the subtle striped pattern on the blue carpet in the optometrist’s office made me feel almost dizzy. This world of straight lines and crisp letters was available to me in a new way. No pair of geeky-looking plastic glasses stood between me and its edges. All I had to do was open my eyes, and clarity was mine. That was 37 years ago, and I’ve worn contacts ever since. It’s been tedious at times, constantly buying contact solution and continually reordering boxes of lenses. Not to mention that my eyes have gotten drier (thanks, menopause!) and springtime pollen and late-summer ragweed do a number on them. I often swap my contacts for glasses by midafternoon, especially if I’ve spent the morning on a long run and sweat has poured into my eyes for hours. Still, I’m grateful that this feat of medical engineering first conceived by Leonardo DaVinci 500 years ago and perfected just decades before I was born has allowed me easy access to the world at large, from vault runways to stop signs to my children’s faces. But now, inevitably, the farsighted fog of middle age has arrived, the longawaited counterpart to my prepubescent, nearsighted haze. Or put a less graceful ILLUSTR ATIO N BY D O L A SU N

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WELCOME TO MIDDLEHOOD way: When it comes to what’s directly in front of me, I just can’t see shit anymore. IT STARTED WITH STRUGGLING TO SEE text messages on my phone, expiration dates on packages, and charging ports of computers in dim rooms. I bought reading glasses, enlarged the font on my phone, turned on lights, and started holding things I needed to see just a bit farther away.

me with their dancing black words as my close-up vision becomes worse. To be clear, I am a sighted person experiencing the normal range of vision issues. It’s not a disability, and complaining about it feels small and ungrateful. But is that a g, a p, or a q I just typed in the word ungrateful? A u or an o? Is the r even there? Am I the only one who sets Word at 300 percent? I suppose I would just like to make

I’M USED TO SQUINTING INTO THE DISTANCE, TO NEEDING HELP TO SEE ITS EDGES. BUT TO CONSTANTLY BE QUESTIONING WHAT’S RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IS NEW. But after a few years, I’ve fully arrived at a place where there is no longer any ideal distance for anything. I am perpetually too close or too far. The screens of my life—the screens that are my life, as a writer—taunt

something of this farsighted bookend to my lifetime of nearsightedness. If you’ve read my column long enough, or probably even just once, you know that I’ve got to make something out of everything that happens,

especially in midlife; the title of my column is a bit of a giveaway. I’m a person who relies on metaphor to frame situations and who especially—like, especially—loves a lesson that involves an unexpected comparison. But how to ﬁnd what I’m looking for? It has occurred to me to crack open some poetry, because the poets know how to grab things from the air and set them on the page. But who has time for the poets when you have a headache from eye strain? That’s why I decided to ask ChatGPT. Do you know you can ask it anything? I requested that it write a short essay about why it’s frustrating to be nearsighted when you’re young and then farsighted when you get older. The piece it returned to me was quite dramatic. “The emotional impact of this vision shift cannot be underestimated,” my chatbot wrote. “It’s a constant reminder of the passage of time and one’s mortality, a tangible sign that youth is giving way to the inevitable march of age.” That was more existential than I ex-

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pected from generative AI. Then again, it’s learned from the internet, which is full of everything about humanity, including our collective angst and lots of books OpenAI has probably illegally scanned. Still, my gut says that my current frustration with my eyes isn’t about the passage of time. I do write about the passage of time. Often. You might even say it’s my thing. But as I think back to that young girl who used to stand at the end of the runway and just start running, trusting the vault was there, I don’t think, Oh, how I miss that girl. Instead, I think, Age has made me better, smarter, and happier. I just watched the movie Nyad, for crying out loud! I’ve been leaning hard into age-positivity these past few years, and I’m ready to make my turning 50 later this year a battle cry. As I stare at my fuzzy screen, trying to bring it into focus, I recall that intense moment of clarity all those years ago when I ﬁrst got contact lenses. It isn’t the youth I crave. It’s the clarity.

In fact, if someone asked me right now what I want most, that’s exactly what I would say: clarity. Because it feels like I can never actually see the situation I’m staring directly at, especially when it comes to parenting my teenage children. It’s the deﬁnition of blurry, like holding a plastic container with a recycling symbol I absolutely cannot discern no matter how I twist it to catch the light. It’s cloudiness and darkness 90 percent of the time. At least once a day I say some version of, “If I could have just seen X, I would have Y”—usually in response to one of my kids doing something stupid that I’m sure is my fault because of poor parenting. (Facebook usually conﬁrms this supposition.) I’m used to squinting into the distance, to needing help to see its edges. But to constantly be questioning what’s right in front of me is new. The future always felt like an exciting mystery, one I was sure I could tackle with my corrected 20/20 eyes. Now the present

feels like a cloud of muck, and I turn my head this way and that, trying to sharpen my focus onto the right answers. Do we ground the kids for this transgression? Does the fact that something is normal teenage behavior mean you don’t punish? Do we hug or do we yell? Do we step in to prevent the mistake or let it happen? Which battle do we pick? The vastness of my presbyopia seems to extend in all dimensions, and that’s the heart of the problem. I’m so frightened by what I can’t see as I put the ﬁnishing touches on this project of launching adults. What a feeling of helplessness this blurriness is, because there is nothing you can do about it. That’s not exactly right. It turns out there is one thing you can do: Go to the eye doctor. And she will tell you about monovision contacts: one eye for distance, one eye for close up. The screens will magically pop into focus, even as the rest of the world is a murky bog.

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FIFTH TIME’S A CHARM After spotty luck with four other therapies, an experimental cancer treatment put an Oakley woman in remission. B Y J A C LY N Y O U H A N A G A R V E R AT T Y L I V E R M O R E ’S FAT H E R was an original 1968 Bengals season ticket holder. They attended games together, and eventually, he passed the tickets to her. Now, Livermore’s son holds the tickets. He still brings his mom, but for a while, going to a game was a challenging proposition. It was partially due to COVID—but it was also because of Livermore’s cancer treatments. Before any large outings, she sought advice from her care team, headed by James Essell, M.D., her oncologist at Oncology Hematology Care. She started treatment for follicular lymphoma, a slow-growing and incurable blood cancer, in spring 2019. She went into remission. In fall 2021, it came back. Then, two years later, during an October appointment discussing her cancer and treatment, Livermore says, Essell declared she was “in CR.” “I don’t like ‘CR,’ ” says Livermore, of Oakley. “I want to hear the whole thing.” Complete remission. It’s thanks to BiTE, an experimental treatment. Where chemotherapy attacks both cancer cells and T-cells, the white blood cells that help the immune system protect against disease and germs, BiTE therapy acts as a sort of u-shaped magnet, Essell says. One end targets the cancer and the other, the T-cell, separating the two and attacking only the cancer. BiTE, or “bispeciﬁc T-cell engager,” is Livermore’s ﬁfth type of treatment, and it’s considered a clinical trial because it’s FDAapproved for a different kind of lymphoma, but not Livermore’s. At least not yet. “Things are changing with cancer treat-

ment,” Essell says. “Twenty years ago, it was, ‘How much poison can we give you and how much radiation can we give you where you’ll survive and the cancer won’t?’ Fortunately, we’re getting away from that.” To receive a round of BiTE therapy, Livermore gets a small shot in her stomach. “It’s a very easy treatment to live with,” she says, especially compared to the side effects of other treatments, like CAR-T, which requires isolation. CAR-T wipes out a patient’s immune system and replaces their T-cells with donor or re-engineered T-cells. Livermore developed cytokine release syndrome— her immune system responded more aggressively than it should have. “I’m still living with that. It can take years to come back.” Because Livermore’s cancer is incurable, even though she’s in remission, she will continue with the treatment, weaning off the shot until she receives it just once a month. She still needs to be cautious with crowds, but it’ll be nice to feel more confident going to big outings. Though Essell was always good with the important things: In 2022, when Livermore’s son invited her to watch the Bengals in the Super Bowl (which she accepted), Essell joked, “Yes, you can go. As long as you take me.”

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THE LIST The professionals listed herein—active physicians in Hamilton, Butler, Warren, and Clermont counties in Ohio; Boone, Kenton, and Campbell counties in Kentucky; and Dearborn County in Indiana—were selected by their peers in a survey asking them which physicians they’d turn to for care conducted by Professional Research Services Company of Troy, Michigan. Professionals may be screened and selected through the verification of licensing and review of any infractions through various applicable boards, agencies, and rating services. For further information visit www.prscom.com or e-mail PRS at sshevin@ hour-media.com. This list does not, of course, include every caring, knowledgeable, and responsible physician in Greater Cincinnati. Unless indicated, physicians on the list are M.D.s. Some physicians appear in more than one specialty. Not all listed physicians are accepting new patients.

BE FAST, SAVE LIVES This Mayﬁeld doctor is using advanced technology to save stroke victims. B Y M I C H E L E D AY

ADDICTION MEDICINE Michael Binder UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 584-1000 Jeremy Carpenter LIFESTANCE HEALTH, 10200

Alliance Rd., Suite 150, Cincinnati, OH, 45242, (216) 468-5000

351 Centre View Blvd., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 757-4446 Teresa Koeller ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – JOURNEY RECOVERY CENTER – CRESTVIEW HILLS,

351 Centre View Blvd., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 757-0717 Amit Patel BRIGHTVIEW HEALTH, 446

Isaiah Fry ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – EDGEWOOD, 1 Medical

Morgan St., Cincinnati, OH, 45206, (513) 861-0222

Village Dr., Hospitalist, Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-2465

Parag Patel BRIGHTVIEW HEALTH, 446

Jennie Hahn UC HEALTH, 3131 Harvey

Ave., Suite 202, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 585-8227 Jessica Lynn Hoying FOCUS HEALTH & WELLNESS,

5160 Socialville-Fosters Rd., Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 972-8007 Mina Kalfas ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – JOURNEY RECOVERY CENTER – CRESTVIEW HILLS,

Morgan St., Cincinnati, OH, 45206, (513) 861-0222 Shawn Ryan BRIGHTVIEW HEALTH, 446

AMIE HUGHES TELLS THE story of that day in March as a series of fortunate events. She had just ﬁnished walking her dogs, Louie and Luna. She remembers bending down to pick up a tennis ball and feeling faint. Then, for a minute, everything went black. Hughes dismissed it as nothing. She did feel tired, though, so she walked into her Delhi Township bedroom to lie down. That’s when her husband Brad asked if something was wrong. Hughes responded in what she thought was her normal voice. But Brad heard garbled words and became alarmed. He called for their son Jake, a student at Elder High School, who had taken a physiology test on stroke symptoms that day. Jake walked his mom through the BE FAST test, which stands in part for balance, eyes, face, arms, and speech. Hughes couldn’t raise her left arm and her face had started to droop. Jake remembered what T stands for: Time to go to the emergency room. Andrew Ringer, M.D., the Mayﬁeld

ADOLESCENT MEDICINE Lesley L. Breech CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-2601 Emmanuel L. Chandler CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-2601 Lee Ann E. Conard, D.O. CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – FAIRFIELD, 3050 Mack Rd.,

Fairﬁeld, OH, 45014, (513) 636-4681 Jessica A. Kahn CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Christine Wilder UC HEALTH, 3131 Harvey

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Brain & Spine neurosurgeon who operated on Hughes at Good Samaritan Hospital that day, says it’s crucial to be able to identify stroke symptoms. Every second counts, even once patients like Hughes arrive at the hospital. Doctors have been able to effectively treat minor strokes with clot-dissolving drugs since the 1990s, Ringer explains. But in 2015, researchers determined a procedure known as a thrombectomy is more effective at treating larger, life-threatening clots. The procedure involves removing the clot from the blood vessels. This restores blood ﬂow and can reverse the stroke, preventing permanent brain damage. But thrombectomies require a specialized medical team and expensive equipment that many hospitals don’t have. Since 2015, Ringer and his colleagues at Mayfield have worked to establish specialized stroke centers across Greater Cincinnati. So far, they’ve developed centers at Good Samaritan, Bethesda North, Jewish, and St. Elizabeth hospitals. Hughes was rushed into surgery

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sevelt Blvd., Middletown, OH, 45044, (513) 793-5772 Masood Ahmad CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4355 David I. Bernstein BERNSTEIN ALLERGY GROUP, INC., 4665 E. Galbraith Rd.,

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2194 Kings Mills Rd., Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 229-9090 John Eckman ALLERGY & ASTHMA ASSOCIATES, INC. – DR. STEVEN A. SUTTON & DR. JOHN A. ECKMAN, 7144 Office Park Dr.,

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Rd., Suite 350, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 221-2544 Patricia K. Ghory CINCINNATI ALLERGY & ASTHMA CENTER, 7495 State

Rd., Suite 350, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 961-8861 Justin C. Greiwe BERNSTEIN ALLERGY GROUP, INC., 4665 E. Galbraith Rd.,

Floor 2, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (833) 510-4357 Heather Hartman CINCINNATI ALLERGY ASSOCIATES, 10495 Montgomery

Rd., Suite 24, Cincinnati, OH, 45242, (513) 636-4432 Yasmin Hassoun CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4611 Gurjit “Neeru” Khurana Hershey CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4611 Jeffrey R. Leipzig FAMILY ALLERGY & ASTHMA,

7927 Jessie’s Way, Fairﬁeld Twp., OH, 45011, (513) 894-0500

quickly, which greatly improved her odds of recovery, Ringer says. She also benefited from another recent development in stroke treatment—an artificial intelligence tool, developed by a company called Viz.ai. The technology sends images of brain scans to a server where an algorithm looks for patterns that indicate large blockages. If it detects one, it sends an alarm to a network of neurosurgeons, including Ringer. A surgeon then reviews the scans and consults with neurologists to determine if the patient needs surgery. Because the AI identifies all potential blockages, the human review is an important step, Ringer says. But patients like Hughes show how effective the combination of a well-educated public, rapid detection and notification using AI, and the availability of a stroke center can be when everything goes right. “All of those things were ready and available for her and cut down her treatment time dramatically,” Ringer says. Hughes’s family saw the results when they visited her in intensive care shortly after the surgery. “They all cried,” Hughes says, “because I was back to normal.”

Ashish Mathur ALLERGY & ASTHMA CARE/ ALLERVIE HEALTH, 422

Ray Norrish Dr., Suite 2, Cincinnati, OH, 45246, (513) 935-1218 Kelly Allred Metz FAMILY ALLERGY & ASTHMA,

8250 Kenwood Crossing Way, Suite 200, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 275-0847 Gordon E. Myers CINCINNATI ALLERGY & ASTHMA CENTER, 7495 State

Rd., Suite 350, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 636-4589 Hans F. Otto FAMILY ALLERGY & ASTHMA,

5001 Houston Rd., Florence, KY, 41042, (859) 980-7180 Jeff Raub ALLERGY & ASTHMA CARE/ ALLERVIE HEALTH, 422

Ray Norrish Dr., Suite 2, Cincinnati, OH, 45246, (513) 935-1218 Kimberly A. Risma CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4454 Justin T. Schwartz CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4200 John Seyerle ALLERGY & ASTHMA CARE/ ALLERVIE HEALTH, 422

Ray Norrish Dr., Suite 2, Cincinnati, OH, 45246, (513) 935-1218 Melissa K. Skupin FAMILY ALLERGY & ASTHMA,

5001 Houston Rd., Florence, KY, 41042, (859) 980-7180 Steven A. Sutton ALLERGY & ASTHMA ASSOCIATES, INC. – DR. STEVEN A. SUTTON & DR. JOHN A. ECKMAN, 10597 Montgomery

Rd., Suite 200, Cincinnati, OH, 45242, (513) 793-6861 David E. Tapke CINCINNATI ALLERGY & ASTHMA CENTER, 7495 State

Rd., Suite 350, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 636-4531

I L LU S T R AT I O N BY M AT T C H I N W O R T H

Manuel S. Villareal ENT & ALLERGY SPECIALISTS,

40 N. Grand Ave., Suite 101, Ft. Thomas, KY, 41075, (859) 781-4900 ANESTHESIOLOGY Masroor Alam SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 612-1111 Kirt Beckes SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150 Stuart Bertsch UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 558-4194 Michael Cardosi SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150 Shawn M. Carson ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES OF CINCINNATI – THE CHRIST HOSPITAL, 2139 Auburn

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Ave., Level A – Anesthesia Dept., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 585-2422 Kristopher Durbin SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150 Thomas Elsass SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150 Russell Graf SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150 Erin Grawe UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 558-4194 Sai Gundavarpu SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150

John Anthony Herold III SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150 Ahmed Khalil UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 558-4194 Steven Kuester SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150 Justin Little, D.O. SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150 Mohamed A. Mahmoud CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Dept., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 585-2422 Michael Z. McReynolds, D.O. ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES OF CINCINNATI – THE CHRIST HOSPITAL, 2139 Auburn

Ave., Level A – Anesthesia Dept., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 585-2422 Prashant Nayak SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150 Stephen M. Powell THE CHRIST HOSPITAL,

2139 Auburn Ave., Level A, Anesthesia, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 585-2422 Thomas Sobolewski SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4200

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150

Mark D. Manley ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES OF CINCINNATI – THE CHRIST HOSPITAL, 2139 Auburn

James F. Weller SEVEN HILLS ANESTHESIA,

Ave., Level A – Anesthesia

4030 Smith Rd., Suite 325, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 817-1150

BREAST SURGERY Patricia Abello ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – EDGEWOOD GENERAL SURGERY, 20 Medical Village

Elizabeth Shaughnessy UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Ave., Suite 5300, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-7630

Dr., Suite 132, Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-2238

Anna P. Sobolewski MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD BREAST SURGERY, 4700 E.

Bianca Chin BIANCA CHIN, MD, 2139 Au-

Galbraith Rd., Suite 102, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 924-8535

burn Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 424-1856 Joseph Guenther ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – GENERAL SURGERY – EDGEWOOD, 20 Medical Village

Dr., Suite 254, Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 572-3298 Lydia Hernandez CINCINNATI BREAST SURGEONS, 4030 Smith Rd.,

Abigail M. Tremelling OHC, 601 Ivy Gateway,

Suite 2300, Main Entrance, Cincinnati, OH, 45245, (888) 649-4800 Barbara Wexelman TRIHEALTH CANCER INSTITUTE – GOOD SAMARITAN BREAST CENTER, 375 Dix-

myth Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 865-5110

Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 636-4744

CARDIAC SURGERY

Anne Kuritzky TRIHEALTH CANCER INSTITUTE – GOOD SAMARITAN INFUSION CENTER – THOMAS CENTER, 10506

Robert Douglas Adams TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – THOMAS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER, 10506A

Montgomery Rd., Suite A, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 853-1300

Montgomery Rd., Suite 300, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 865-5120

Jaime Lewis UC HEALTH, 3151 Bellevue

Geoffrey A. Answini THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR,

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 584-8900 Jennifer B. Manders THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – SURGICAL ONCOLOGY, 2123 Auburn Ave.,

Suite 108, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 564-5000 Kelly M. McLean THE CHRIST HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, 2123

Auburn Ave., Suite 108, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 564-5000 Nicole M. Melchior, D.O. OHC, 601 Ivy Gateway,

Suite 2300, Main Entrance, Cincinnati, OH, 45245, (888) 649-4800 Jacquelyn A.V. Palmer MERCY HEALTH – FAIRFIELD BREAST SURGERY, 3050

Mack Rd., Suite 202, Fairﬁeld, OH, 45014, (513) 924-8535 Kathleen M. Raque TRIHEALTH CANCER INSTITUTE – GOOD SAMARITAN INFUSION CENTER – THOMAS CENTER, 10506

Montgomery Rd., Suite A, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 853-1300 Dianne Runk CINCINNATI BREAST SURGEONS, 4030 Smith Rd.,

Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 636-4222

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 201, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 206-1170 Louis Albert Brunsting III TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – THOMAS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER, 10506A

Montgomery Rd., Suite 300, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 865-5120 Mario Castillo-Sang ST. ELIZABETH HEALTHCARE – CARDIAC SURGEONS – EDGEWOOD HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, 711 Medical

Village Dr., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (513) 860-0371 George Christensen III, D.O. ST. ELIZABETH HEALTHCARE – CARDIAC SURGEONS – EDGEWOOD HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, 711 Medical

Village Dr., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-9010 Jeffrey M. Griffin THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR,

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 201, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 206-1170 Saad M. Hasan THE CHRIST HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, 2123

Auburn Ave., Suite 201, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 206-1170

CHILDREN’S SEIZES THE DAY

How one progressive Cincinnati Children’s Hospital doctor saved a newborn patient using a groundbreaking dialysis machine. B Y A L E X A N D R A F R O S T T ’S CALLED CARPEDIEM CRRT FOR A reason—for those rusty in Latin, it means “seize the day.” It is also a life-saving machine that brings safer dialysis treatments to the tiniest patients at Cincinnati Children’s, and now across the country, thanks to the research and implementation efforts by Stuart Goldstein, M.D., director of the Center for Acute Care Nephrology at Cincinnati Children’s. He was a clinical consultant in developing the new technology—CARPEDIEM: Cardio-Renal Pediatric Dialysis Emergency Machine—in conjunction with Italian physician Claudio Ronco, M.D., who designed the technology in 2014. “This is the first true advancement in acute dialysis technology in over 20 years,” says Goldstein. “And it is the only device specifically designed for and indicated by the FDA to support children with kidney failure under 8 kilograms in size.” Cincinnati Children’s has three machines and expects to use CARPEDIEM for 10 to 15 patients a year, typically for a treatment course of seven to 14 days. The family of one of those patients is “eternally grateful” for Goldstein and his team. After trying to conceive for five years, Ashley and Geoff Hart found out they were expecting. But when they headed into Ashley’s 20-week ultrasound, they found out she didn’t have very much—if any—amniotic fluid. Their daughter Selah, now 2, was diagnosed with bilateral multicystic dysplastic kidneys, which meant that she had cysts on her kidneys that started to eat away at the organs’ tissue, so urine wasn’t leaving her kidneys. Their OB/GYN suggested terminating the pregnancy. A maternal-fetal medicine physician, however, suggested embryo infusions, which would help give

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Selah time to develop. Fifty-one infusions later, Selah was born just a few weeks early. She would still need dialysis, but “very few medical devices are ever developed or designed speciﬁcally for children,” Goldstein says. ICU doctors have made do by modifying larger machines, but those makeshift solutions often aren’t good enough. Luckily for Selah and her family, this option for care existed, provided by what Ashley calls the “incredible, beautiful, amazing, loving team” at Children’s Nephrology. Today, Selah is on dialysis ﬁve times per week, and struggles with occasional seizures. And in November, her family received life-changing news: Selah will be receiving a transplant within months. “Sometimes when there aren’t other options like CARPEDIEM, it’s really sad,” Ashley says. “It’s a miracle that we’re here. I really believe that the clearance CARPEDIEM gave us helped Selah’s neurodevelopment.”

James Locher Jr. ST. ELIZABETH HEALTHCARE – CARDIAC SURGEONS – EDGEWOOD HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, 711 Medical

Village Dr., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-9010 Louis Louis UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8521 Mohi O. Mitiek MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGEONS, ANDERSON, 8000 Five Mile

Rd., Suite 260, Cincinnati, OH, 45230, (513) 421-3494 Kathryn Lynne O’Keefe TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – THOMAS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER, 10506A

Montgomery Rd., Suite 300, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 865-5120 Eric J. Okum TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – THOMAS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER, 10506A

Montgomery Rd., Suite 300, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 865-5120 Antonio Panza UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8787 Steven E. Park TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – THOMAS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER, 10506A

Montgomery Rd., Suite 300, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 865-5120 J. Michael Smith THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR,

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 201, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 206-1170 Karl Ulicny ST. ELIZABETH HEALTHCARE – CARDIAC SURGEONS – EDGEWOOD HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, 711 Medical

Village Dr., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-9010 S. Russell Vester UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Ave., Suite 1000, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-7398 CARDIOLOGY Asimul Haq Ansari TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – ARROW SPRINGS, 100 Arrow Springs

Blvd., Suite 2500, Lebanon, OH, 45036, (513) 246-2400

Najamul Ansari TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – ARROW SPRINGS, 100 Arrow Springs

Blvd., Suite 2500, Lebanon, OH, 45036, (513) 246-2400 Imran Arif UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Ave., Suite 1000, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8521 Mohanjit Brar ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR – EDGEWOOD HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, 711 Medical

Village Dr., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 344-1600 Timothy D. Brennan MERCY HEALTH – THE HEART INSTITUTE, WEST, 3301

Mercy Health Blvd., Suite 125, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 215-9200 Eugene S. Chung THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR,

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 138, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 206-1180 Gregory F. Egnaczyk THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR,

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 138, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 206-1180 Gaurang D. Gandhi TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – ANDERSON,

7777 Beechmont Ave., Suite 220, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 246-2400 Sai K. Hanumanthu TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – ANDERSON,

7777 Beechmont Ave., Suite 220, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 246-2400 David Harris UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8521 Jonathan L. Hassel TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – KENWOOD,

8240 Northcreek Dr., Suite 4300, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 246-2400 Charles Hattemer UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8521 Dean J. Kereiakes THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR,

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 136, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 206-1060 Prasanth Lingam KETTERING HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP CARDIOVASCULAR,

1010 Cereal Ave., Suite 207, Cardiovascular, Hamilton, OH, 45013, (513) 867-3331 Wojciech Mazur THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR,

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 320, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 206-1120 Santosh G. Menon THE CHRIST HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT CENTER – ANDERSON, 7545 Beechmont

Ave., Suite D, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 206-1320 Kevin J. Miller ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR – EDGEWOOD HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, 711 Medical

Village Dr., Edgewood, KY, 41071, (859) 287-3045 Erica Pivato, D.O. ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – COVINGTON, 1500 James

Simpson Jr. Way, Covington, KY, 41011, (859) 301-0124 Damodhar Suresh ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – HEART & VASCULAR – EDGEWOOD HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, 711 Medical

Village Dr., Florence, KY, 41071, (859) 287-3045 Anil Verma MERCY HEALTH – THE HEART INSTITUTE, WEST, 3301

Mercy Health Blvd., Suite 125, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 215-9200 Hareeprasad Vongooru ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – ADVANCED HEART FAILURE MANAGEMENT CENTER – EDGEWOOD HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE, 711 Medical

Village Dr., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-8074 COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY Cory D. Barrat MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD COLON AND RECTAL SURGERY,

4750 E. Galbraith Rd., Suite 207, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 686-5392 Jai Bikhchandani ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS EDGEWOOD COLORECTAL SURGERY, 20 Medical Village

Dr., Suite 132, Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 578-5880 John P. Cullen MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD & WEST GENERAL AND LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY,

4750 E. Galbraith Rd., Suite 207, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 686-5392

John H. Frankel THE CHRIST HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, 2123 Auburn

Ave., Suite 524, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 585-2888 Hamza Guend TRIHEALTH GROUP HEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS, 379

Dixmyth Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 853-9000 Ramesh Kumar ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS EDGEWOOD COLORECTAL SURGERY,

20 Medical Village Dr., Suite 132, Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 578-5880 Gennaro D. LaBella TRIHEALTH SURGICAL INSTITUTE – BETHESDA NORTH CAMPUS,

10506 Montgomery Rd., Suite 304, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 853-9000 Mahendra K. Matta COLON & RECTAL DISEASE CENTER, 10496 Montgomery

Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45242, (513) 793-9835 Ian Paquette UC HEALTH, 2123 Auburn Ave.,

Suite 400, Cincinnati, OH, 45219-2906, (513) 929-0104 Janice F. Rafferty THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – COLON & RECTAL SURGERY, 2123 Auburn Ave.,

Suite 524, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 585-2888 Jonathan Snyder UC HEALTH, 2123 Auburn Ave.,

Suite 400, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 929-0104 Earl V. Thompson UC HEALTH, 2123 Auburn Ave.,

Suite 400, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 929-0104 CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE AND PULMONARY DISEASE Muneer M. Basher Al Zoby MERCY HEALTH – CLERMONT PULMONARY, SLEEP AND CRITICAL CARE, 2055 Hospital Dr., Suite

200, Batavia, OH 45103, (513) 735-1701 Mudher N.M. Al-Shathir MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE,

4760 E. Galbraith Rd., Suite 206, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 791-4490 Samir Ataya MERCY HEALTH – CLERMONT PULMONARY, SLEEP AND CRITICAL CARE, 2055 Hospital Dr., Suite

651 Centre View Blvd., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 757-2927

Dixmyth Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 793-2654

Irfan Budhani ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – PULMONOLOGY – CRESTVIEW HILLS,

Chaitanya Mandapakala ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – PULMONOLOGY – CRESTVIEW HILLS,

651 Centre View Blvd., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 757-2927

Christopher R. Butler, D.O. MERCY HEALTH – WEST PULMONARY, SLEEP AND CRITICAL CARE,

Scott Thomas McCardle TRIHEALTH PHO, 10500 Mont-

3301 Mercy Health Blvd., Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 559-7025 Kyle A. Darnell MERCY HEALTH – WEST PULMONARY, SLEEP AND CRITICAL CARE,

3301 Mercy Health Blvd., Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 559-7025 David R. Dinuoscio PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE AND SLEEP MEDICINE ASSOCIATES, LLC, 25 Office Park Dr., Hamilton,

OH, 45013, (513) 527-9999 Craig Eisentrout TRIHEALTH PULMONARY MEDICINE – ANDERSON, 7697 Beechmont

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 793-2654 Jean Elwing UC HEALTH, 200 Albert Sabin

Way, Holmes Bldg., 3rd Fl., Cincinnati, OH, 45267-2800, (513) 475-8523 Michael Gabrilovich PULMONARY, CRITICAL CARE AND SLEEP MEDICINE ASSOCIATES, LLC, 25 Office Park Dr., Hamilton,

gomery Rd, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (734) 756-8270 Neal Moser ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – PULMONARY HYPERTENSION – CRESTVIEW HILLS, 651 Centre

View Blvd., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 757-2927 Daniel E. Murphy MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE,

4760 E. Galbraith Rd., Suite 206, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 791-4490 Christopher M. Orabella THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – PULMONARY MEDICINE,

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 401, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 241-5489 Mohammad Sheatt TRIHEALTH PULMONARY MEDICINE – BETHESDA NORTH CAMPUS,

10506 Montgomery Rd., Suite 501, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 793-2654 Daniel Tanase UC HEALTH, 7675 Wellness Way,

Asma Ansari TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – MASON, 6010 S. Mason Mont-

gomery Rd., Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 246-7546 Jennifer A. Cafardi THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – DERMATOLOGY, 4440 Red Bank

Rd., Suite 220, Cincinnati, OH, 45227, (513) 564-1325 Mohammad Diab THE DERMATOLOGY GROUP,

7795 Discovery Dr., Suite B, West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 770-4212 Drore Eisen DOCS DERMATOLOGY GROUP – MONTGOMERY, 10506B

Montgomery Rd., Suite 402, Cincinnati, OH, 45242, (513) 791-6161 Molly Eisner DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY, 7766

Ewing Blvd., Suite 100, Florence, KY, 41042, (859) 283-1033 Dena M. Elkeeb DERMATOLOGY SKIN CARE ASSOCIATES, 7249 Liberty Way,

West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 770-3263 Mona S. Foad MONA DERMATOLOGY, 7730

Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 984-4800 Rachel E. Gustin MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD DERMATOLOGY, 4700 E. Galbraith

OH, 45013, (513) 893-5864

Suite 211, West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 475-8523

Christopher E. Hayner TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS, 379

Erich W. Walder MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE,

Dixmyth Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 793-2654

4760 E. Galbraith Rd., Suite 206, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 791-4490

Suite 5300, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-7630

Eric J. Weinstein THE CHRIST HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, 2123 Auburn

Drew Kurtzman ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – DERMATOLOGY – HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, 2626 Alexandria Pike,

Michael Hellmann UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 558-4831 Vishal D. Jivan THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – PULMONARY MEDICINE,

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 401, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 241-5489 Sai Konduri ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – PULMONARY HYPERTENSION – CRESTVIEW HILLS, 651 Centre

View Blvd., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 757-2927 Kiranmayee Lanka THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – PULMONARY MEDICINE,

200, Batavia, OH, 45103, (513) 735-1701

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 401, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 241-5489

Latonya Brown-Puryear ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – PULMONOLOGY – CRESTVIEW HILLS,

Shahla Mallick TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS, 379

Ave., Suite 401, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 241-5489 William Willmott ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – SLEEP MEDICINE – CRESTVIEW HILLS, 651 Centre View Blvd.,

Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 301-9140 DERMATOLOGY Brian Adams UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont Ave.,

Suite 5300, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-7630 Christina Alexander ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – HIGHLAND HEIGHTS DERMATOLOGY, 2626 Alexandria Pike,

Highland Heights, KY, 41076, (859) 287-3045

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Rd., Suite 105, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 924-8860 Rachel Johnson UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont Ave.,

Highland Heights, KY, 41076, (859) 957-0052 LeAnna R. Lane TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS, 379

Dixmyth Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 246-7546 Paul Lucky DOCS DERMATOLOGY GROUP – MONTGOMERY, 10506B

Montgomery Rd., Suite 402, Cincinnati, OH, 45242, (513) 791-6161 Matthew J. Meier MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD DERMATOLOGY, 4700 E. Galbraith

Rd., Suite 105, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 924-8860 Mona Mislankar ADVANCED DERMATOLOGY AND COSMETIC SURGERY, 4834

Socialville – Fosters Rd., Suite 20, Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 459-1845 Emily A. Moosbrugger MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD DERMATOLOGY, 4700 E. Galbraith

Rd., Suite 105, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 924-8860 Michael A. Morgan THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – DERMATOLOGY, 2123 Auburn

Ave., Suite 210, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 579-9191 Elizabeth A. L. Muennich DERMATOLOGY & SKIN CARE ASSOCIATES, 7249 Liberty Way,

West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 770-3263 Scott Neltner UC HEALTH, 2701 Chancellor Dr.,

Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (513) 475-7630 Samir Patel THE DERMATOLOGY GROUP, 5298

Socialville-Foster Rd., Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 770-4212 Tiffany Pickup DERMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS OF GREATER CINCINNATI, INC., 7794

Five Mile Rd., Suite 240, Cincinnati, OH, 45230, (513) 231-1575 Stephanie B. Sayles, D.O. THE CHRIST HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, 2123 Auburn

Ave., Suite 210, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 579-9191 Cristin Shaughnessy UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont Ave.,

Suite 5300, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-7630 Clay Shearer THE DERMATOLOGY CENTER,

10060 Demia Way, Florence, KY, 41042, (859) 525-6770 Kerith Spicknall UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont Ave.,

Suite 5300, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-7630 Jennifer Mary Walker TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS, 379

Dixmyth Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 246-7546 Sarah E. Weinel DERMATOLOGY SPECIALISTS OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY, 215

Thomas More Pkwy., Suite A, Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 341-9588 Mark J. Zalla DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY, 7766

Ewing Blvd., Suite 100, Florence, KY, 41042, (859) 283-1033 Kristine Zitelli THE DERMATOLOGY GROUP, 5298

Socialville-Foster Rd., Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 770-4212

A SMARTER KNEE REPLACEMENT

Beacon’s new “smart knee” makes it easier than ever to track progress after joint replacement. B Y L A U R E N F I S H E R OU’ VE HEARD OF SMARTPHONES, SMART CARS, AND SMARTWATCHES. BUT WHAT about a smart joint replacement? That’s the new, revolutionary reality at Beacon Orthopaedics, where, starting this year, patients have the opportunity to forgo the traditional knee replacement for a tech-forward “smart knee.” Designed by U.S.-based Zimmer Biomet, the first-of-its-kind smart implant uses a set of small sensors to track the patient’s movement and progress following surgery. The sensors communicate with a special iPhone and Apple Watch app that allows both the patient and their care team to access the data and make adjustments to the plan of care as needed. John Larkin, M.D., was the first surgeon in the region to perform the procedure. “This is really where the future of joint replacements is headed,” he says. Larkin performed the inaugural surgery on Ann Patten, a retired nurse who experienced ongoing knee problems, including pain and loss of cartilage, after tearing her meniscus in 2004. Using the smart knee, Patten can keep track of everything from the number of steps she takes in a day to her walking speed, range of motion, and stride length. The sensors collect data several times throughout the day and analyze the number overnight, sending a detailed report to the care team for review the next morning. Traditional knee replacements are still going to be the norm for the foreseeable future. But Larkin says that other smart replacements, like shoulders and hips, are on the horizon. Patients, he says, are already reaping the benefits of the new replacement, which costs about the same as a traditional implant and doesn’t require an overnight hospital stay. And with the overall forecast for joint replacements expected to increase by as much as 400 percent by 2030, the new technology is arriving just in time for active, tech savvy baby boomers. “These aren’t the old patients that used to come in and say, Hey, Doc. Just fix it and tell me what to do. Those patients are going away. These patients want to know, What’s the effect of this? How long does it last? Are there complications involved? And so I think [the demand] is just going to continue to increase for interactive devices. No doubt about it.”

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DEVELOPMENTAL – BEHAVIORAL PEDIATRICS Tanya E. Froehlich CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4200 Lisa W. Kuan CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4200 Susan E. Wiley CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4200 EMERGENCY MEDICINE William Knight IV UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 558-5281 Stephen J. Lewis TRIHEALTH HEART & VASCULAR INSTITUTE – KENWOOD,

8240 Northcreek Dr., Suite 4300, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 246-2400 Kenneth Patton, D.O. TRIHEALTH – BETHESDA NORTH HOSPITAL, 10500

Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45242, (513) 478-5822 David Sower BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 600

Rodeo Dr., Erlanger, KY, 41018, (513) 354-3700 Charles E. Whalen ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 560 S.

Loop Rd., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (513) 232-2663 ENDOCRINOLOGY, DIABETES, AND METABOLISM Susannah M. Becker THE CHRIST HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT CENTER – RED BANK, 4440 Red Bank

Expressway, Cincinnati, OH, 45227, (513) 272-0313 Ann Beers ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – COVINGTON REGIONAL DIABETES CENTER, 1500

James Simpson Jr. Way, Covington, KY, 41011, (859) 655-9500 Colin Carracher UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Ave., Suite 6300, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-7400

HEALING THROUGH INTEGRATIVE HEALTH

How a triple-cancer patient combined traditional and alternative therapies to beat the odds and thrive—during treatment and beyond. B Y L A U R E N F I S H E R A JA F L A N N E RY WA S R E CO V E R I N G F R O M A S U C cessful surgery when she got the news: Doctors found cancer cells in her bladder. Already living with endometrial cancer and a cancerous lung disease, Flannery was facing down a grueling triple diagnosis, the treatment of which would involve chemotherapy and targeted radiation. That’s when she met Mladen Golubic, M.D. “And he told me, We can do this,” Flannery says. Golubic, medical director of the Osher Center at UC Health, specializes in integrative health, a growing ﬁeld that combines conventional treatments like chemotherapy with evidence-based therapies like Tai Chi, culinary medicine, and massage. “People often think that integrative health [means] using alter-

native therapies instead of modern medicine,” Golubic says. “But in fact, integrative health combines the best from high-tech, modern medicine with low-tech, low-cost traditional therapies.” With his team’s input and an eye toward Flannery’s medical treatment and history, Golubic developed a personalized plan for her that integrated yoga, acupuncture, and meditation classes. Golubic says research increasingly backs the power of holistic, supportive therapies and lifestyle changes like yoga, group support, and regular physical activity. “Cancer is just one set of chronic illnesses that are heavily inﬂuenced by our lifestyle, the foods we eat, how much movement we get, our sleep, and how we relieve stress,” Golubic says. “Do we meditate and do yoga, as Maya is doing? Or are we smoking, drinking, and relieving stress with unhealthy foods? We know that these

Amanda M. Denney THE CHRIST HOSPITAL – DIABETES & ENDOCRINE CENTER, 4440 Red Bank

Aileen Heras-Herzig ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – COVINGTON REGIONAL DIABETES CENTER, 1500

CARE, 2626 Alexandria Pike, Highland Heights, KY, 41076, (859) 371-3376

Expressway, Suite 210, Cincinnati, OH, 45227, (513) 272-0313

James Simpson Jr. Way, Covington, KY, 41011, (859) 655-8910

Lina Mitchell MERCY HEALTH – DEERFIELD ENDOCRINOLOGY, CHOLESTEROL AND DIABETES, 5075

Hamilton Mason Rd., Suite 300, Fairﬁeld Township, OH, 45011, (513) 863-6222 Shoaib Asgher TRIHEALTH – WEST CHESTER MEDICAL GROUP – LIBERTY,

Christopher R. Bernheisel UC HEALTH, 2123 Auburn

Parkway Dr., Suite 101, Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 891-3636

8020 Liberty Way, Liberty Township, OH, 45069, (513) 777-8300

Fumie Jill Nishiyama TRIHEALTH GROUP HEALTH – WESTERN HILLS, 2001

Jon H. Baker, D.O. KETTERING HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP PRIMARY CARE, 2449

Anderson Ferry Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45238, (513) 246-1900

Ross-Millville Rd., Suite 100, Hamilton, OH, 45013, (513) 737-6068

Abid Yaqub UC HEALTH, 7675 Wellness

Elizabeth A. Beiter TRIHEALTH – BETHESDA FAMILY PRACTICE CENTER, 1775

Dima Diab UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Ave., Suite 6300, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-7400 Wael Eid ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – REGIONAL DIABETES CENTER – COVINGTON, 1500 James

Simpson Jr. Way, Covington, KY, 41011, (859) 655-8910 Bradley Eilerman ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – REGIONAL DIABETES CENTER – COVINGTON, 1500 James

Simpson Jr. Way, Suite 301, Covington, KY, 41011, (859) 655-8910 Mercedes Falciglia UC HEALTH, 3130 Highland

Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 584-1000

Linda Hermiller ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – REGIONAL DIABETES CENTER – COVINGTON, 1500 James

Simpson Jr. Way, Suite 301, Covington, KY, 41011, (859) 655-8910 Jyothi Joseph-Hayes TRIHEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN ENDOCRINOLOGY – BETHESDA NORTH CAMPUS,

10506B Montgomery Rd., Suite 203, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 246-1900 Elie Klam TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS, 379 Dixmyth Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 246-1900 Padma Mangu TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – MASON, 6010 S. Mason

Montgomery Rd., Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 246-1900

Way, West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 475-7400 Nadia Yaqub MERCY HEALTH – FAIRFIELD ENDOCRINOLOGY, 2960 Mack

Rd., Suite 200, Fairﬁeld, OH, 45014, (513) 603-8352

W. Lexington Ave., Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH, 45212, (513) 977-6700 Patrick A. Beiter TRIHEALTH – NORTHCREEK FAMILY PRACTICE, 8240

FAMILY MEDICINE

Northcreek Dr., Suite 1400, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 792-4700

Wafa Akkad TRIHEALTH PHYSICIAN PARTNERS – HERITAGE BUTLER FAMILY PHYSICIANS, 3145

Bryan Berman ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – HIGHLAND HEIGHTS PRIMARY

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Ave., Suite 340, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 588-5630 Stacey Bishop Yeatman ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – HIGHLAND HEIGHTS PRIMARY CARE, 2626 Alexandria

Pike, Highland Heights, KY, 41076, (859) 781-4111 Vickie Chan ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – HIGHLAND HEIGHTS PRIMARY CARE, 2626 Alexandria

Eleanor Glass INTEGRATED FAMILY CARE,

2200 Victory Pkwy., Suite 603, Cincinnati, OH, 45206, (513) 457-4073 Hillary R. Mount THE CHRIST HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING, 2123

Auburn Ave., Suite 340, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 588-5630 Brian J. Peerless MERCY HEALTH – BLUE ASH FAMILY MEDICINE, 4700

Galbraith Rd., Suite 202, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 891-5532

Pike, Highland Heights, KY, 41076, (859) 781-4111

Sarah Pickle UC HEALTH, 175 W. Galbraith

Philip Diller UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Rd., Family Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, 45216, (513) 821-0275

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 584-1000 Mohammad Fattal TRIHEALTH – BETHESDA GROUP PRACTICE – MILFORD,

5861 Cinema Dr., Milford, OH, 45150, (513) 248-8800

Eshwar H. Ramadas TRIHEALTH – QUEEN CITY PHYSICIANS – MADEIRA,

7825 Laurel Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45243, (513) 561-4811

have profound effects on our health.” Flannery, who finished conventional treatments in 2021, still begins each morning with meditation and hasn’t missed a single yoga session since she began, calling the classes a “lifeline” and practicing at home or via Zoom when she’s unable to make it to the studio. “During my first chemo treatment, I was petrified,” Flannery says. “The yoga instructor came in that day and that was a big deal for me. She led me through a meditative practice before they started the treatment. And I wasn’t afraid. I feel like I can handle just about any situation at this point.” Golubic hopes more patients like Flannery will take advantage of holistic therapeutic interventions, many of which the Osher Center provides free of charge to patients with cancer and other chronic illnesses. UC Health patients and survivors enrolled in the program can connect with specialists for everything from counseling and emotional support to nutritional guidance and group fitness classes. “All of these things that I’ve learned are integral to how I feel like I can impact my outcome,” Flannery says. “So I’m not just sitting back and being inactive. I’m actively participating in my wellness. I’m all-in on doing everything that I can on my end to stay alive—and not just alive, but living in a way that is helping others.”

Eugene W. Reilly TRIHEALTH – WHITE OAK FAMILY PRACTICE, 7631

Cheviot Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45247, (513) 923-1886 Heidi Sharp ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – HIGHLAND HEIGHTS PRIMARY CARE, 2626 Alexandria

Pike, Highland Heights, KY, 41076, (859) 781-4111 Michael T. Trombley MERCY HEALTH – DEERFIELD FAMILY MEDICINE AND SPECIALISTS, 5232 Socialville

Foster Rd., Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 339-0800 Lauren Wang UC HEALTH, 3120 Burnet

Ave., Suite 406, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 584-8600 David G. Weiskittel TRIHEALTH NORTHCREEK FAMILY PRACTICE, 8240

Northcreek Dr., Suite 1400, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 792-4700

FOOT AND ANKLE SURGERY Sameh M. Arebi MERCY HEALTH – WEST ORTHOPAEDICS AND SPINE,

3301 Mercy Health Blvd., Suite 450, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 347-9999 Tonya Dixon UC HEALTH, 200 Albert

Sabin Way, Suite 2011, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, (513) 475-8690 Ryan P. Finnan ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 560 S.

Loop Rd., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-2663 Nicholas T. Gates ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 2626

Alexandria Pike, Highland Heights, KY, 41076, (888) 649-4800 Robert Kulwin THE CHRIST HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT CENTER – MONTGOMERY, 11140 Montgomery

Rd., Suite 1100, Cincinnati, OH, 45249, (513) 221-5500 I L LU S T R AT I O N BY M AT T C H I N W O R T H

Richard Laughlin UC HEALTH, 7690 Discovery

Rd., Suite 1100, Cincinnati, OH, 45249, (513) 271-3222

Florence, KY, 41042, (859) 331-6466

Dr., Suite 1000, West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 475-8690

GASTROENTEROLOGY

Angeli Chopra GASTRO HEALTH – CLERMONT, 3020 Hospital Dr.,

John Linz ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 4355

Chike Anusionwu ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – FLORENCE GASTROENTEROLOGY, 4900 Houston Rd.,

Ferguson Dr., Cincinnati, OH, 45245, (859) 301-2663

Florence, KY, 41042, (859) 344-1600

Adam G. Miller BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 500 E.

Matthew R. Atkinson GASTRO HEALTH – WEST SIDE, 3301 Mercy Health

Business Way, Sharonville, OH, 45241, (513) 354-3700 Robert A. Raines BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 6480

Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45247, (513) 354-3700 Vincent J. Sammarco BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 8099

Cornell Rd., Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH, 45249, (513) 354-3700 Jeffrey K. Wu THE CHRIST HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT CENTER – MONTGOMERY, 11140 Montgomery

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Blvd., Suite 445, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 389-7300 Pradeep K. Bekal GASTRO HEALTH – CLIFTON,

2925 Vernon Pl., Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 751-6667

Suite 200, Batavia, OH, 45255, (513) 794-5600 Andrew B. Chun GASTRO HEALTH – WEST SIDE, 3301 Mercy Health

Blvd., Suite 445, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 389-7300 Kevin M. Cronley GASTRO HEALTH – WEST SIDE, 3301 Mercy Health

Blvd., Suite 445, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 389-7300 Peter D. Dryer GASTRO HEALTH – MONTGOMERY (8231), 8231 Cornell

Rajagopal R. Chadalavada GASTRO HEALTH – CLIFTON,

Rd., Suite 320, Cincinnati, OH, 45249, (513) 794-5600

2925 Vernon Pl., Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 751-6667

Amit Gajera GASTRO HEALTH – CLIFTON,

Suma Chennubhotla ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – FLORENCE GASTROENTEROLOGY, 4900 Houston Rd.,

2925 Vernon Place, Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 751-6667

Steven R. Gay GASTRO HEALTH – WEST SIDE, 3301 Mercy Health

Blvd., Suite 445, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 389-7300 Nav K. Grandhi GASTRO HEALTH – MONTGOMERY (8231), 8231 Cornell

Rd., Suite 320, Cincinnati, OH, 45249, (513) 794-5600 Chadwick Hatﬁeld TRI-STATE GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES, 425 Centre

View Blvd., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 341-3575 Michael E. Jones TRI-STATE GASTROENTEROLOGY ASSOCIATES, 425 Centre

View Blvd., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 341-3575 Robert M. Kindel GASTRO HEALTH – WEST SIDE, 3301 Mercy Health

Blvd., Suite 445, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 389-7300 Marvin J. Lopez CINCINNATI GI, 7661

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BEYOND THE EPIDURAL

How local birthing options are expanding with the help of midwives, doctors, and doulas. B Y A L E X A N D R A F R O S T

HEADED INTO THE BIRTH OF my ﬁfth baby feeling tired—not from the late nights and diaper changes and exhaustion of parenting, but from the idea that I’d have to endure another birth without an epidural. Due to a medical condition, epidurals don’t work for

me. I’d felt I’d had all of the birth interventions Cincinnati doctors had to offer. So, it was a completely unmedicated birth standing between me and meeting my ﬁrst daughter after four sons. That is, until I met Michelle Zamudio, a 28-year Air Force veteran who’s now a certiﬁed nurse PAGE 44

midwife affiliated with The Christ Hospital Health Network. My ﬁfth birth unfolded quickly, and without the traumatically painful experience I’d had into the past. “[Women] aren’t aware of the options,” Zamudio says.“And to be fair, sometimes the providers aren’t aware of the options.” She says women learn it’s “epidural or nothing.” Zamudio says the maternal mortality statistics have increased interest in selfeducation about birthing options. “Women aren’t willing to accept a patriarchal approach to labor and delivery.” Neither was I. And it was worth the extra steps to learn and advocate for my body and baby. These are a few of the tools Zamudio hopes more patients will ask their providers about: • Doulas who know what they’re doing: Ohio is legislatively working to support doulas, she says, as having a support person is essential and leads to more successful birth outcomes. If affording a doula seems out of reach, look to student doulas, Zamudio says. • Massage, heat, and cold therapies: Prenatal and labor massages can be helpful, whether done by your partner or a doula. “There are pressure points you can hit that will interfere with pain signals that can help women during labor.” • Water immersion: Most hospitals offer water opportunities such as showers and baths, which often feature jacuzzi handles. If you plan to complete the birth in water, seek out a team specially trained in waterbirth. • TENS units: For contraction pain, Zamudio says she has researched the TENS unit, which uses electrical stimulation through small pads placed on the lower back, which are rentable through labor and delivery units in some cases. • The birthing environment: Aromatherapy and music can make the birthing room a much more manageable place to be. Zamudio even shows up with playlists. “I have different music for different labors,” she says. “Labors progressing quickly, labors that need to speed up a little bit, for people focused on pain who need a little laughter.”

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PHYSICIANS College of Medicine

Left to right: Anisa Shomo, MD, Department of Family and Community Medicine; LeAnn Coberly, MD, and Estrelita Dixon, MD, Department of Internal Medicine; and Joseph Kiesler, MD; Department of Family and Community Medicine

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C i nc i n nat i ROGUE S’ G A LLERY You can learn as much about the city’s authentic history and character from our infamous and notorious rascals as from our leading citizens.

By Greg Hand Illustrations by Lars Leetaru

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H E R E I S A D E E P LY T R E A S U R E D D E L U S I O N A M O N G T H E L O C A L P O P U L A C E T H AT T H E R E E X I S T S a Cincinnati “type.” We imagine ourselves as unfailingly polite, conservative in the oldfashioned sense of that word, and reverential toward our Germanic roots so long as that heritage includes Macedonian chili and French-pot ice cream. We tend to downplay our scoundrels, scofflaws, and poltroons as exceptions. For the past decade in my Cincinnati Curiosities blog, which is shared on the web through Cincinnati Magazine, I have attempted to expose the inconsistencies in our mythology and the shoddy underpinnings of our mythologies. It’s a labor of love. In my research, I’ve uncovered a number of real rascals who, whether we like it or not, have helped define Cincinnati. We need not be embarrassed by them; in fact, I think of them as contributing to the “authenticity” we all profess to admire about our city. Any list on any topic is bound to be incomplete and controversial, and this roundup is no different. It’s apparent I have ignored some obvious reprobates (a tip of the cap to Pete Rose), but I do so because they’re obvious. Obvious bores me. These are the infamous and notorious folks I find most fascinating. Each one materialized from a bottomless rabbit hole of legends, tall tales, and newspaper clippings. For the first century or more of Cincinnati’s history, the local population swelled as fanatics, swindlers, connivers, and visionaries bolted the constraints of Europe and uppity East Coast America for what was then the Wild West. Face it, the Cincinnati “type” was half-bonkers from the very beginning.

BODY SNATCHER William “Old Cunny” Cunningham (c. 1820–1871)

H I L E H E WA S A L I V E , C I N C I N N AT I M O T H E R S C A L L E D W I L L I A M C U N N I N G H A M “ O L D M A N D E A D ” A N D I N V O K E D H I S N A M E T O F R I G H T E N naughty children. At a time when the city boasted five medical schools, all clamoring for anatomy specimens while laws prohibited body donations, the assistance of a “resurrectionist” was very much in demand. Over a career of 25 or 30 years, it’s been estimated that Cunningham “resurrected” 100 or more buried corpses every year and sold them for between $20 and $30 each. Doctors as far afield as Michigan and Kansas subscribed to “Old Cunny’s” anatomical supply service. He was a regular at the American Express office, shipping bodies out of town in crates labeled “Glass. Handle With Care.” Grave-robbing was rampant in the Queen City in the mid-1800s, and the cops and nightwatchmen had itchy trigger fingers. Old Cunny carried a load of buckshot in one leg for most of his life. His encounters with the law were rare and his escapades legendary. On at least one occasion, Cunny propped his latest acquisition next to him on the seat of his wagon. Whenever someone approached, Cunny loudly chastised his “passenger” for drinking too much. It was a heart condition that eventually brought William Cunningham to his doom, but the old ghoul didn’t rest in any graveyard. He sold his own earthly remains to the Medical College of Ohio, where his skeleton was displayed for decades. The students set his bones atop a tombstone and stuck a spade in his hand and a pipe in his eternally grinning mouth.

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authentic. But Dawson had the voodoo market all to himself, inspiring an incredulous judge to conjecture that maybe Dawson really did have some mystical power. The Voodoo Doctor had been hauled into court on charges he’d effected an abortion by supplying herbal concoctions to a pregnant woman. Dawson testiﬁed he knew nothing about abortions and, in any event, was in Xenia on the evening in question. With alibi witnesses from both locations, the judge could only hypothesize that Dawson could clone himself. The jury was certainly impressed; Dawson was acquitted. It would have been difficult to misidentify our own Voodoo Doctor. He was extraordinarily tall for the time and wore his snowwhite hair in a long Mohawk. His mustaches—they were always referred to in the plural—hung down to his chest. Although clearly Black, he claimed descent from Cherokee royalty, Tartar royalty, Zulu royalty, or whatever noble lineage would impress his clients or the law. Dawson most certainly did induce abortions, but he found himself on trial more often on account of missing poultry. When he was run over by a train, his body lay unclaimed for some weeks before a daughter traveled down from Dayton to claim it and to give our Voodoo Doctor his true name: Dawson Brock, freed slave and Civil War cook.

Roberts Bartholow (1831–1904)

C R % ʺ ʺ % _ % ʺC _ ʺ h ] % ʺ] ʺ] _ ˬ ʺT h h ´ ʺ C 8 > ʺh ʺh 7ʺ a classic horror movie, a Cincinnati doctor stabbed several electriﬁed needles into a patient’s brain in 1874. Although this experiment inspired new avenues for neurological research, Roberts Bartholow succumbed to public pressure and publicly apologized, opening a new chapter in the evolution of medical ethics. Generally admired as a brilliant physician, Bartholow had a huge ego that precipitated feuds with many of his colleagues. After being driven out of Cincinnati’s Commercial Hospital, he landed at Good Samaritan Hospital, where he built the region’s ﬁrst electrical medical laboratory. Claiming that electricity could cure anything from hemorrhoids to nasal polyps to cysts caused by tapeworms, he used the apparatus housed in his high-voltage facility to instruct students convened in the operating theater next door. One day Mary Rafferty, a 30-year-old Irish immigrant with a hole in her skull caused by an eroding cancerous ulcer, walked into this laboratory looking for help. Over the course of a few days, Bartholow repeatedly inserted electrically charged needles into her exposed brain. The probing usually elicited little more than tingling and giggles but did precipitate seizures, convulsions, and weeping. Eventually Rafferty’s condition worsened, the experiments were terminated, and she died. Other doctors were horrified by Bartholow’s treatment of his “patient,” so he felt compelled to publish a detailed apology in the British Medical Journal. His reputation didn’t suffer at all, and he enjoyed a prestigious career. Bartholow’s death followed a debilitating nervous breakdown.

SLUMLORD

William Devou Jr. (1855–1937)

VOODOO DOCTOR

King Prince Dawson (c. 1840–1907)

C _ 8 ʺ C _ % ʺ ® h _ʺ said he was a Voodoo Doctor, and who in Cincinnati was going to prove him wrong? Back in 1888, all sorts of spiritualists, theosophists, agnostics, cultists, and philosophers set up in the Queen City—some even (sort of)

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ˬ ʺ C 7 7 C T ʺ h ʺ C ] 8 ine the psychological machinations at work in transforming a pampered rich boy into a slovenly slumlord. The historian searches in vain for any hint of trauma in William P. Devou Jr.’s upbringing. His father made a lot of money crafting hats for Cincinnati’s society dames, and William was educated at the finest Eastern finishing schools and sent to Europe for college. On his return to the U.S., Devou clerked in his father’s millinery on Pearl Street and began investing in real estate, particularly very cheap real estate in the West End. Occupants of his many tenements recall him riding around the neighborhood on a swaybacked white nag come the first of the month, carrying a book of rent receipts with eviction notices

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printed on the back for those who couldn’t pay. Devou slept on a cot at the back of his office next door to a brothel, cooked his own meals, and never spent a dime to hire a repairman, insisting on doing all work himself. Devou’s neglected buildings earned a deserved reputation as Cincinnati’s worst slums. He was constantly in court paying ﬁnes for ignoring complaints from his impoverished tenants. After his parents died, Devou donated their farm to the city of Covington for use as a park. When he joined them in the cemetery, it took years for the courts to sell all his real estate, while the rents from whorehouses, speakeasies, and gambling dens paid for lots of ﬂowers in scenic Devou Park.

Lotta Burke (1869–1960)

ʺ % ʺ > ʺT h ʺ R % ʺ% ] % 8 % ʺ7 h ] ʺ> % ʺ] h > % ˬ ʺ womb already ﬁghting for justice. Born to Irish immigrants of extremely modest means, she was forced to work as soon as she was capable, most often as a seamstress or dressmaker. That work led her into union organizing and Socialist politics. Burke befriended the leading lights of the international Socialist movement as well as Irish nationalists on the run from British agents. She had some role in every Labor Day celebration, mostly through her activity in the Women’s Union Label League, which promoted “equal pay for equal work, regardless of sex.” When the U.S. entered World War I in 1917, a dozen Cincinnati Socialists, including Burke, were arrested on charges of sedition for distributing leaﬂets advising men to avoid the draft. The case dragged on for years and was finally dismissed by the U.S. Supreme Court. While under indictment, Burke ramped up her radicalism by organizing an office of the Communist Labor Party in Cincinnati. That effort landed her on the front page again when members of a local American Legion post broke into her offices, demolished the furniture and carried piles of literature into a bonfire in the middle of the street. Burke sued the American Legion for damages but lost, the jury no doubt swayed by her unapologetic commitment to the Bolshevik cause.

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Annie Florein (c. 1860–1927)

R O U N D 1 9 0 0 , C I N C I N N AT I O F fered a half-dozen maternity hospitals at a time when women overwhelmingly preferred to give birth at home. In general, these hospitals offered services to women who could not give birth at home because their families didn’t know they were pregnant, whose families knew they were pregnant and threw them out, or who had no family at all. Most maternity hospitals were legitimate. A couple were not. “Doctor” Annie Florein’s Sanitarium was ﬁrmly in the “not” category. Although she claimed to have earned a medical degree at the age of 16 in India, Florein made sure that physicians with more authentic credentials signed all medical documents at her facility. Florein’s special skill was discretion. She took in women facing social ruin and made their problems disappear, sometimes through adoption but just as often through abortion. She was convicted only once, but was cleared on appeal. Ohio’s anti-abortion laws at the time, in the interest of delicacy, were so vaguely worded that they couldn’t be enforced. Her activities were exposed by a highly publicized case in 1914 in which she was accused of helping a phony spiritualist procure “spirit children” for a gullible politician whose mistress had died. Despite the revelations, Florein operated her sanitarium and its discreet services until just before her death in 1927. As she shuffled off this mortal coil, it was discovered that her name wasn’t Florein: Annie had been preceded in death by her husband, Orange Flowers.

KONJOLA KING

Gilbert Mosby (1887–1944)

S T H E 1 9 2 0 S D AW N E D A N D T H E S O B E R C L A M P S O F P R O H I B I tion tightened on Americans’ throats, a young man slaving away in the sweaty bowels of a Cincinnati patent-medicine factory had a brilliant idea. The slop is mostly ﬂavored alcohol, Gilbert Mosby reasoned, and as long as it won’t kill you it can be legally sold as medicine. Mosby resigned from the factory and incorporated his own tonic manufactory, the Mosby Medicine Company, to produce an elixir sold as “Konjola.” With not the slightest shred of evidence, Mosby claimed Konjola CONTINUED ON PAGE 102

FEVER PITCH After just eight years in existence, FC Cincinnati şŪǄ ǝ şđƘ ĽƤƘĘŔİ îƤ ƤĸĘ ƍĽşşîĊŔĘ Ūİ ÀȢ¬Ȣ ƘŪĊĊĘƐȢ gĘƤɁƘ ĊŪƬşƤ đŪǄş ƤĸĘ top 10 moments in franchise history as we trace its ƤǄĽƘƤĘđ ƍîƤĸ ƤŪ ƤĸĘ ƤŪƍȢ

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hroughout its brief existence, FC Cincinnati’s highs have produced silverware (Supporters’ Shield) and the lows have been rock bottom (three straight Major League Soccer last-place ǝ şĽƘĸĘƘȱȢ ĽƐƤĸĘđ Ľş ǤǢǣǧ îşđ ǝ ƐƘƤ ƤîőĽşı ƤĸĘ ƍĽƤĊĸ Ľş ǤǢǣǨȝ F ıƐîđƬîƤĘđ ƤŪ ƤĸĘ ŝîŎŪƐ ŔĘîıƬĘƘ Ľş ŎƬƘƤ İŪƬƐ ǊĘîƐƘȢ ¹ĸĘ organization was forced to weather the challenges of its rapid rise before being rescued from purgatory by a collecƤĽŪş Ūİ ĽşǞ ƬĘşƤĽîŔ ƍŔîǊĘƐƘȝ ĊŪîĊĸĘƘȝ îşđ ĘǉĘĊƬƤĽǃĘƘȢ

With so much history packed into eight years, it’s difficult to limit the franchise’s key moments to just 10, but that’s my mandate—and so I’ve omitted deserving chapters of the FCC saga. Honorable mention goes out to (in chronological order) the club’s inaugural match; the friendly against English Premier League side Crystal Palace, which drew more than 35,000 fans to Nippert Stadium; the first playoff victory in 2018; the maiden MLS match in Seattle in 2019; and the ﬁrst MLS playoff win last season. Positive and negative player- and coach-driven moments can’t be ig-

nored, either: Ron Jans’s resignation in 2020 after allegedly using a racial slur; the ill-fated signing of Jürgen Locadia the same year; Brenner joining the club in 2021 for a reported $13 million, as well as his Decision Day hat trick later that season; and Álvaro Barreal’s ﬁrst start at the left wing back, a position switch integral to FC Cincinnati’s turnaround. Excising those matches, events, and transactions still leaves plenty of amazing moments to chronicle FC Cincinnati’s feverish rise from Jeff Berding’s imagination to the top of North America’s premier professional soccer league. Here are the top 10 in order of impact.

The MLS Supporters’ Shield Is Secured SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

The Supporters’ Shield, awarded to the MLS team that accumulates the most points each regular season, must have seemed out of reach to the average FC Cincinnati fan as recently as 2021. And yet the club’s first piece of silverware was acquired less than two years later. In fact, not only was FCC’s 69 total points just four shy of the league record, but among active expansion sides only Los Angeles FC won the Shield faster. The 3–2 Shield-clinching victory in Toronto in late September was a just reward for the Orange and Blue’s devoted fan base. Even as the club suffered through its third successive last-place finish in 2021, it still finished fourth in attendance. FC Cincinnati was fifth in average attendance in 2023, second among teams with soccer-specific stadiums. Aaron Boupendza’s deciding goal in the 72nd minute in Toronto cued up soggy locker room celebrations, though the most poignant moment was a post-match interview by Lucho Acosta, in which the captain

conveyed his deep appreciation for the club and its fans. The merriment continued upon FCC’s arrival back home, with Cincinnati native Nick Hagglund and other players dancing and chanting with diehards who waited into the morning hours at CVG. The joyous scenes won’t be soon forgotten—after all, it’s not often a franchise goes from worst to ﬁrst in two seasons.

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Lucho Acosta Is Named League MVP NOVEMBER 27, 2023

It’s hard to believe now, but Acosta was hardly a sure thing when he was acquired by the Gerard Nijkamp–led FC Cincinnati regime in March 2021. Acosta was fresh off a lost season in Mexico’s top division (33 appearances, 3 goals), but he had been an above-average player with D.C. United from 2016 to 2019, racking up 24 goals and 35 assists in 126 appearances. His top season came in 2018 (10 goals, 17 assists) when he was paired with former Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney. Following a solid 2021 campaign (7 goals, 10 assists) carrying a wretched FCC side, Acosta’s proliﬁc creative potential was unleashed in 2022. Stationed further up the pitch and tasked with fewer

defensive duties playing in front of fellow midfielders Júnior Moreno and Obinna Nwobodo, he notched 10 goals and led the league in assists (19). The 29-year-old was even better in 2023, leading MLS in goal contributions (31). Acosta’s MVP moment arrived in late September. He collected the ball just behind midﬁeld and toyed with a trio of Charlotte defenders, all the while keeping the ball fastened to his feet. The marauding run and score was later named MLS Goal of the Year and evoked comparisons to similarly cherished goals by fellow Argentines Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona. Acosta isn’t going anywhere, either, having signed a contract extension through the 2026 season.

FC Cincinnati’s MLS Bid Is Accepted MAY 29, 2018

FC Cincinnati’s courtship of MLS began 11 months before its ﬁrst match. In May 2015, majority owner Carl Lindner III and club founder Jeff Berding met with MLS Commissioner Don Garber, who informed them that FC Cincinnati would receive consideration for an eventual expansion franchise and that they wouldn’t be barred from

expansion candidacy due to proximity to the Columbus Crew. But Garber made no further promises to Lindner and Berding. The club’s profile rose quickly, with single-match and season-long attendance records biting the dust, along with the majority of the Orange and Blue’s United Soccer League opponents. Concurrently, though, the club was plotting its trajectory to MLS. FCC shed its coat of innocence in its journey to constructing TQL Stadium (see No. 8), but there’s no denying that a midsized Midwestern city obtaining access to the highest level of American professional soccer less than three years after its club’s founding—especially with a league member just 100 miles up I-71—is an achievement worth commemorating. Unfortunately, the 11-month runway to prepare the franchise to compete on and off the field in MLS proved to be too short. The five franchises that joined MLS prior to FC Cincinnati and the three sides accepted after FCC all enjoyed a minimum of two years to steel themselves properly. Lindner later aptly referred to the quick run-up as a “bullet train,” but one that FCC couldn’t afford to miss—the alternative meant falling down the league’s expansion pecking order. FCC compounded its own problems with puzzling player, coaching, and front office decisions but finally righted the ship with the Chris Albright/ Pat Noonan partnership (see No. 6).

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FC Cincinnati Is Born JANUARY 2015

Berding’s preliminary FC Cincinnati ponderings date back to 2014 when he worked for the Bengals. Knowing he would need a home ﬁeld to attract ownership funding, he met with Xavier Athletic Director Greg Christopher and then-UC AD Mike Bohn after the Bengals and the Reds passed on potential involvement. Intrigued, Bohn passed Berding’s concept on to then-UC President Santa Ono, and Bohn and Ono presented the idea to UC’s Board of Trustees. Lindner, who had atPP H I NI CL ILNI SN A T I HO O TT O O GG RR AA PP H H SS CB OY UJROTNEASTYHFACN CW

tended the UC board presentation, contacted Berding in early January 2015 to hear more about the concept. He’d previously attended a World Cup and, like Berding, had kids who played soccer. The two hashed out FCC’s basic framework over lunch, with Lindner agreeing to become majority owner and to recruit other Cincinnati-area business leaders to join the ownership group. Months later, at Lindner’s insistence, Berding quit his job with the Bengals and focused full-time on FC Cincinnati. The club went public on August 12, 2015, and announced that it would begin play in the United Soccer League at Nippert Stadium in 2016.

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2023 Playoff Drama NOVEMBER– DECEMBER 2023

FC Cincinnati began its postseason run by dispatching the pesky New York Red Bulls in two matches, including a riveting 10-round penalty kick win, and then vanquished perennial East power Philadelphia on a controversial extra-time goal in the conference quarterﬁnals. The latter was a measure of retribution for FC Cincinnati’s 2022 playoff exit and for Albright and Noonan, former members of the Union’s front office and coaching staff, respectively (see No. 6). Unfortunately, the Orange and Blue’s

dream 2023 season culminated in the latest somber chapter in Cincinnati sports history. In the Eastern Conference ﬁnal, the club bungled both a 2–0 second-half advantage at TQL Stadium to Columbus, its loathed in-state rival, and the opportunity to host the MLS Cup against defending champion Los Angeles FC. The defeat featured the usual allotment of what-if scenarios. What if Acosta’s creativity hadn’t been compromised by an ailing heel/foot? What if central defender Matt Miazga hadn’t gotten himself suspended? What if the ball had bounced off of Boupendza’s chest, not his hand, and the home side had taken a 3–0 lead with just over 20 minutes to play? Columbus, the league’s highestscoring team, deserved the 3–2 extra time victory, though, its constant pressure driving FCC into fatigue-caused defensive breakdowns.

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Chris Albright and Pat Noonan Sign on OCTOBER 4, 2021 & DECEMBER 14, 2021

The definitive history of FC Cincinnati should designate the club’s MLS years as “Before Albright and Noonan” and “After Albright and Noonan.” Trophies are the club’s ambition moving forward because the general manager (Albright) and head coach (Noonan)—and their respective staffs—reshaped the roster and fostered

a culture of winning and professionalism. The two men won 13 MLS trophies during their combined playing, coaching, and front office roles prior to FC Cincinnati. Whether it’s imparting your tactics or persuading ownership to invest millions of dollars in certain players, credibility isn’t hard to come by with Albright and Noonan’s track record of success. Albright has nailed high-profile and high-priced transactions: Nwobodo is irreplaceable as the team’s defensive midfielder, and Miazga was named 2023 MLS Defender of the Year. Albright also supplemented the starting XI with less-heralded and cheaper solutions, such as bringing in central defender Yerson Mosquera on loan from the English Premier League and signing MLS pros Moreno and Dominique Badji. Noonan’s 3-5-2 formation fully unlocked Acosta’s playmaking prowess, and his cool-tempered management has earned the respect of the locker room and prevented the extended losing streaks that defined the franchise’s early days in MLS.

“Mitch Says No” JUNE 28, 2017

In one of the most exciting sports scenes in Cincinnati history, thenUSL club FCC edged past Chicago Fire in penalties (3–1) in a U.S. Open round of 16 tilt, knocking off its second straight MLS club. Columbus Crew had been the ﬁrst victim. Following 120-plus minutes of scoreless soccer, Mitch Hildebrandt saved Chicago’s ﬁrst, second, and fourth penalties, capping off a goalkeeping masterpiece; he also stonewalled all 10 Chicago shots on target before penalties. Played before a pulsating crowd of

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32,000-plus at Nippert Stadium and a national TV audience on ESPN and with Garber in attendance, this game cemented FCC’s viability as a Major League Soccer franchise (as the MLS commissioner would later admit). The Orange and Blue advanced to the U.S. Open Cup semiﬁnals after beating Chicago, but succumbed to the New York Red Bulls in extra time.

TQL Stadium Opens MAY 16, 2021

TQL Stadium’s grand opening wasn’t exactly a spectacle to remember. Because of pandemic restrictions, only 6,000 fans (20,000 short of stadium capacity) were permitted to attend FC Cincinnati’s 3–2 loss to Inter Miami. The disappointing initial match and rough forthcoming results—FCC needed nine tries before its first home win—were reminiscent of the battle to build the stadium. The club flip-flopped among land preferences in Oakley, Newport, and the West End and engaged in public disagreements with longtime West End residents before inking a community benefits agreement there. FC Cincinnati has turned TQL Stadium into a soccer citadel, posting the league’s top home record in 2023. The facility has also played host to U.S. men’s and women’s national team matches, most notably a crucial World Cup qualifier for the American men against archrival Mexico in November 2021.

to World Cup glory in November 2022, the 36-year-old Messi arrived in the U.S. in late July and promptly piloted Miami to Leagues Cup glory, scoring a tournamenthigh 10 times in seven matches. Demand to witness the author of 800plus goals for club and country was reflected in Cincinnati ticket prices, which were well into four figures for seats in the first level of TQL Stadium. In front of a capacity crowd, FC Cincinnati led 1 through 68 minutes and possessed firm control of the match. Miami, fatigued by its Leagues Cup run, looked finished. But, like hundreds of teams before it, FCC fell victim to Messi Magic when the maestro conjured his second expertly placed assist of the night in the 97th minute to level the match. FC Cincinnati grasped defeat from the jaws of victory, losing in penalty kicks and missing out on a chance to claim its first trophy. The Orange and Blue exercised a measure of revenge later in the season, though, by bouncing Messi and Miami from playoff contention via a 1–0 road victory.

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Brenner Is FC Cincinnati’s First Outbound International Transfer APRIL 26, 2023 Brenner confronted outsized expectations from the start, a product of the exorbitant

price required to lure the young striker from his native Brazil. The 21-year-old logged plenty of minutes in his debut season (33 starts in 2021) but found little joy (8 goals, 2 assists) in what was FC Cincinnati’s third straight last-place finish. Immigration issues, an injury, and a transfer request caused a slow start to 2022, but he found goal-scoring delight once he became a regular and formed a menacing dual striker partnership with Brandon Vazquez. Brenner notched three hat tricks that season—including one on Decision Day, the regular season finale—en route to 24 goal contributions (18 goals, 6 assists), all the while displaying his arsenal of finishing moves. After missing out on a desired move abroad during the European transfer window last winter, Brenner was absent for FCC’s 2023 preseason and played in just seven matches before his transfer to Italian first division side Udinese was completed for a reported $10 million, an FC Cincinnati record. FCC reinvested a portion of the transfer fee to acquire Boupendza less than two months later for a reported $7 million. Though ownership ultimately lost money on Brenner, the business model of cultivating young talent and selling it to Europe—a practice MLS eschewed for much of its near30-year existence—is fundamental to building a consistent winner here. As usual, it’s hard to argue with Albright’s roster decisions given the end results.

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Lionel Messi Breaks Orange and Blue Hearts

AUGUST 23, 2023

The eyes of the soccer world were ﬁxated on Cincinnati this summer as the greatest player to ever grace a pitch, Lionel Messi, brought his star-studded Inter Miami squad to town for a U.S. Open Cup semiﬁnal match. Less than a year after scoring seven times in seven matches to lead Argentina

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Redden, Brian R. #VFDIOFS )BGGFS .FZFSTª ,PFOJH $P $JODJOOBUJª0) 1H ªS-18

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Rudell, Barry .BSLFTCFSZª 3JDIBSETPO $P $JODJOOBUJª0)

Dunham, Brian %VOIBN -BX 'PSUª.JUDIFMMª,:

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Feazell, Kevin R. $PSTª #BTTFUU $JODJOOBUJª0)

CIVIL RIGHTS SUPER LAWYERS Dinkler, Lynnette %JOLMFS -BX 0GGJDF %BZUPOª0) Gerhardstein, Alphonse A. 'SJFENBO (JMCFSU (FSIBSETUFJO $JODJOOBUJª0) 1H ª4

Harmon, Sean H. 4UBDIMFS)BSNPO %BZUPOª0)

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Hurley, Brian E. 4DISPFEFS .BVOESFMM #BSCJFSFª 1PXFST .BTPOª0)

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Burrell, Peter M. 1JOBMFT 4UBDIMFS :PVOHª #VSSFMM $P $JODJOOBUJª0)

Smith, Joshua M. 4UBHOBSP 4BCBª 1BUUFSTPO $P $JODJOOBUJª0) 1H ªS-15

Byrne, Mark J. +BDPCT ,MFJONBO 4FJCFMª .D/BMMZ $JODJOOBUJª0)

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Colvin, Jennifer W. $BMGFF )BMUFSª (SJTXPME $JODJOOBUJª0)

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Dame, Juliette Gaffney 3JUUHFST 3JUUHFSTª /BLBKJNB -FCBOPOª0) 1H ªS-5 DeCenso, William A. 4BOUFOª )VHIFT $JODJOOBUJª0)

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Levy, Danielle L. 5IF 'BNJMZ -BXª 'FSUJMJUZ -BX (SPVQ $JODJOOBUJª0) Link, Diana M. -JOL /FTUIFJEF 'BNJMZ -BX $JODJOOBUJª0) Millard, Melissa Thompson #BSCBSBª+ )PXBSE $P $JODJOOBUJª0) 1H ªS-9 Mullins, Brook +BDLTPO 'BNJMZ -BX $SFTUWJFXª)JMMTª,: Nestheide, Maggie M. -JOL /FTUIFJEF 'BNJMZ -BX $JODJOOBUJª0) Nidiffer, Justin C. ,JSLMBOEª 4PNNFST $P %BZUPOª0) Pettinato, Rachel S. 1FUUJOBUP -BX $JODJOOBUJª0) Satariano, Anthony C. 'FSHVTPO -FHBM (SPVQ 9FOJBª0) Schulz, Katherine ,BUIFSJOF 4DIVM[ -BX /FXQPSUª,: Suhre, Courtney L. 4USBVTT 5SPZ $P $JODJOOBUJª0) Thudium, Laura E. 5IVEJVN -BX $JODJOOBUJª0) Waymeyer, Jenna 8BZNFZFS -BX 'MPSFODFª,: Wright, Amie 4IVS -BX $P $JODJOOBUJª0) Zemmelman, Rebecca 5IF 'BNJMZ -BXª 'FSUJMJUZ -BX (SPVQ $JODJOOBUJª0)

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Augmentation & Lift, Tummy Tuck, Laser Treatments, Swiss Medi-Spa, Injectables. MEDICAL SCHOOL: University of Zurich, Switzerland RESIDENCY: University of Illinois at Chicago, General Surgery FELLOWSHIP: University of Illinois at Chicago, Plastic Surgery, Bellevue Klinik Zurich, Aesthetic Surgery BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Plastic Surgery, American Board of General Surgery, Swiss Board of Surgery PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS: Member of American Society of Plastic Surgery, American College of Surgeon, AMA, Swiss Society of Plastic Surgery HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS: Mercy Health Jewish Hospital ADDITIONAL INFO: Swiss born Dr. Daniel Kuy has been performing plastic surgery for over 30 years. Known for his “Swiss precision” and advocating the least invasive, most conservative approach, he has been named a Top Doctor by his peers for the last nine years. 3825 Edwards Rd., Suite 550 Cincinnati, OH 45209 (844) 794-7763 www.drkuy.com

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RYAN M. WILSON, M.D. THE PLASTIC SURGERY GROUP

PRACTICE FOCUS: Aesthetic and reconstructive surgery

of the face, breast, and body. MEDICAL SCHOOL: West Virginia University RESIDENCY: University of Kentucky FELLOWSHIP: Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Plastic Surgery PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS: American Board of Plastic Surgery, American Society of Plastic Surgery, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, Alpha Omega Alpha, Gold Humanism Honor Society Hospital Affiliations: The Plastic Surgery Group ADDITIONAL INFO: In his free time, he enjoys traveling and hiking with his fiancé, Laura, and spending time with his English bulldog, Gus.

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PRACTICE FOCUS: Cosmetic breast surgery and facial

plastic surgery

MEDICAL SCHOOL: MD, University of Kentucky 1981;

Master’s degree in health administration University of Cincinnati 2017 RESIDENCY: The Ohio State University Plastic Surgery; General Surgery Jewish Hospital of Cincinnati and Indiana University BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Plastic Surgery PERSONAL AFFILIATIONS: Dr. Williams is a proud supporter of The Pink Ribbon Girls; former director of Cincinnati Friends of Charity ADDITIONAL INFO: He is a member of the prestigious American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and a member of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons (ASAPS). He is also a national trainer for Juvéderm (an injectable facial filler). Dr. Williams loves to ski and play golf in his free time. He is always thinking about his family throughout his workday. 4030 Smith Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45209 https://theplasticsurgerygroup.com

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SHAHRYAR TORK THE PLASTIC SURGERY GROUP

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CHRIS R. BUTLER Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Disease

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TOP DOCTORS Elizabeth LeRoy TRIHEALTH WOMEN’S SERVICES – SAMARITAN OB-GYN – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS,

3219 Clifton Ave., Suite 230, Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 559-9411 Abby Loftus-Smith ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS WOMEN’S HEALTH – NEWPORT/FT. THOMAS, 1400

Grand Ave., Newport, KY, 41071, (859) 781-6222 Caitlin McCarthy AXIA WOMEN’S HEALTH – SEVEN HILLS WOMEN’S HEALTH CENTERS – GREEN TOWNSHIP, 3301 Mercy

Health Blvd., Suite 215, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 481-5100 Mamata V. Narendran OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY ASSOCIATES, INC., 3050

Mack Rd., Suite 375, Fairﬁeld, OH, 45014, (513) 221-3800 Leanne M. Olshavsky THE CHRIST HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT CENTER – ANDERSON, 7545 Beechmont

Ave., Suite B, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 564-1600 Meredith Pensak UC HEALTH, 3130 Highland

Ave., Suite 1200, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 584-5239 Mable M. Roberts MT. AUBURN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY – MT. AUBURN,

2123 Auburn Ave., Suite 724, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 241-4774 Stephen J. Schuermann TRIHEALTH WOMEN’S SERVICES – SAMARITAN OB-GYN – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS,

3219 Clifton Ave., Suite 230, Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 559-9411 Marianna C. Vardaka TRIHEALTH WOMEN’S SERVICES GLOBAL PARTNERS IN OBGYN MONTGOMERY, 10506

Montgomery Rd., Suite 204, Montgomery, OH, 45242, (513) 985-9017 OPHTHALMOLOGY Maryam Ahmed-Naqvi MIDWEST EYE CENTER, 8270

Pine Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 791-5999 Hisham H. Arar CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

1945 CEI Dr., Blue Ash, OH, 45242, (513) 984-5133 Charles Breen ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – OPHTHALMOLOGY – FLOR-

ENCE, 7370 Turfway Rd.,

Florence, KY, 41042, (859) 757-2141 Mark A. Cepela MIDWEST EYE CENTER, 8270

Pine Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 791-5999 Haroon A. Chaudhry CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

Edward Meier CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

6150 Radio Way, Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 984-5133 Aaron R. Noll MIDWEST EYE CENTER,

500 Thomas More Pkwy., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 341-4525

563 Wessel Dr., Fairﬁeld, OH, 45014, (513) 984-5133

Jean Noll MIDWEST EYE CENTER,

Michael E. Daun MIDWEST EYE CENTER, 2055

500 Thomas More Pkwy., Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (859) 341-4525

Reading Rd., Suite 330, Cincinnati, OH, 45202, (513) 381-1900

Michael L. Nordlund CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

Sean Davitt MIDWEST EYE CENTER, 1577B

Goodman Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45224, (513) 729-1321 Stephan G. Dixon MIDWEST EYE CENTER, 6779

Colerain Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45239, (513) 752-5700 Alison D. Early CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

5850 Innovation Dr., Middletown, OH, 45005, (513) 984-5133 Mark H. Gooch MIDWEST EYE CENTER,

2135 Dana Ave., Suite 310, Cincinnati, OH, 45207, (513) 221-7788 Laura L. Hanson CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

1945 CEI Dr., Blue Ash, OH, 45242, (513) 984-5133 James Osher CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

1945 CEI Dr., Blue Ash, OH, 45242, (513) 984-5133 Jonathan M. Pargament CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

1945 CEI Dr., Blue Ash, OH, 45242, (513) 984-5133 Kavitha Sivaraman CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

1945 CEI Dr., Blue Ash, OH, 45242, (513) 984-5133 Michael Wehmann ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS OPHTHALMOLOGY – NEWPORT/FT. THOMAS, 1400

Grand Ave., Newport, KY, 41071, (859) 781-3110

Peter Cha BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 500 E.

Business Way, Sharonville, OH, 45241, (513) 354-3700 Haleem Chaudhary BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 500 E.

Business Way, Sharonville, OH, 45241, (513) 354-3700 Tonya Dixon UC HEALTH, 200 Albert

Sabin Way, Suite 2011, Cincinnati, OH, 45267, (513) 475-8690 John Fritch ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 560 S.

Suite 110, Cincinnati, OH, 45227, (513) 791-5200

Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 354-3700

Matthew A. Langenderfer BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 5900

Robert Rolf BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 6480

Boymel Dr., Fairﬁeld, OH, 45014, (513) 354-3700

Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45247, (513) 354-3700

John J. Larkin BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 2900

Brian A. Rottinghaus BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 9100

Chancellor Dr., Bldg. 40, Crestview Hills, KY, 41017, (513) 354-3700

Centre Pointe Dr., Suite 150, West Chester Twp., OH, 45069, (513) 865-1675

Edward V.A. Lim THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 4460

Kevin J. Shaw BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 8099

Loop Rd., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-2663

Red Bank Expressway, Suite 110, Cincinnati, OH, 45227, (513) 791-5200

Steven J. Goldfarb BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE,

Timothy B. McConnell BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 100

8311 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 354-3700

Arrow Springs Blvd., Suite 2600, Lebanon, OH, 45036, (513) 354-3700

Brian M. Grawe UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Charles T. Mehlman, D.O. CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Matthew S. Grunkemeyer ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 560 S.

Adam V. Metzler ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 560 S.

J. Trevor Stefanski ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 8734

Loop Rd., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-2663

Loop Rd., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-2663 Krista I. Migliore, D.O. KETTERING HEALTH MEDICAL GROUP ORTHOPEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 840 NW

Union Centre Blvd., West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 232-2663

Edward J. Holland CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

Michael Archdeacon UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Red Bank Expressway, Suite 110, Cincinnati, OH, 45227, (513) 791-5200

Washington Blvd., Suite A, Hamilton, OH, 45013, (513) 867-5770

Steve Hamilton BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 600

Joshua M. Murphy BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 5900

Sameh M. Arebi MERCY HEALTH – WEST ORTHOPAEDICS AND SPINE,

Rodeo Dr., Erlanger, KY, 41018, (513) 354-3700

Boymel Dr., Fairﬁeld, OH, 45014, (513) 354-3700

3301 Mercy Health Blvd., Suite 450, Cincinnati, OH, 45211, (513) 347-9999

Suresh Nayak ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 4355

1945 CEI Dr., Blue Ash, OH, 45242, (513) 984-5133

Ronald G. Hess, D.O. BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 9100

Ferhan Asghar UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Karen Klugo CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

Ave., Suite 2200, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8690

Centre Pointe Dr., Suite 150, West Chester Twp., OH, 45069, (513) 931-0775

Colerain Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45239, (513) 752-5700 Adam H. Kaufman CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

5240 E. Galbraith Rd., Suite B, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 984-5133 Radhika Kumar CINCINNATI EYE INSTITUTE,

1945 CEI Dr., Blue Ash, OH, 45242, (513) 984-5133 Daniel C. Love MIDWEST EYE CENTER, 1017

Main St., Hamilton, OH, 45013, (513) 868-2181

Ronald Auer ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 605

Matthew T. Hummel ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 560 S.

Loop Rd., Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 301-2663

Wilson Creek Rd., Suite 101, Lawrenceburg, IN, 47025, (859) 301-2663

Matthew A. Johansen BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 6480

Ankit Bansal CINCINNATI SPORTSMEDICINE & ORTHOPAEDIC CENTER, 4700 E. Galbraith Rd.,

Harrison Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45247, (513) 354-3700

Suite 300A, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 347-9999

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Jonathon M. Spanyer ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 2626

Alexandria Pike, Highland Heights, KY, 41076, (859) 301-2663

Jacob M. Gunzenhaeuser THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 4460

Saif Jaweed MIDWEST EYE CENTER, 6779

Cornell Rd., Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH, 45249, (513) 354-3700

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4432

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Joel I. Sorger BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 8099

Ave., Suite 2200, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8690

1945 CEI Dr., Blue Ash, OH, 45242, (513) 984-5133

580 S. Loop Rd., Suite 200, Edgewood, OH, 41017, (513) 984-5133

Cornell Rd., Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH, 45249, (513) 354-3700

Patrick G. Kirk THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 4460

Red Bank Expressway,

Ferguson Dr., Cincinnati, OH, 45245, (513) 232-2663 Michael P. Palmer THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 6939

Michael L. Swank BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 500 E.

Business Way, Sharonville, OH, 45241, (513) 354-3700 Dinesh Thawrani THE CHRIST HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT CENTER – GREEN TOWNSHIP, 5885

Harrison Ave., Suite 2300, Cincinnati, OH, 45248, (513) 791-5200 M. Scott True BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 9100

Centre Pointe Dr., Suite 150, West Chester Twp., OH, 45069, (888) 372-2446 Marc Wahlquist BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 7794

Cox Rd., Suite 370, Liberty Township, OH, 45069, (513) 791-5200

Five Mile Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45230, (513) 354-3700

Robert Pettit BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 775 Alex-

Jason P. Welter, D.O. BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE,

andria Pike, Fort Thomas, KY, 41075, (513) 354-3700

8311 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 354-3700

Ian S. Rice BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE,

8311 Montgomery Rd.,

Brian A. Wissel ORTHOCINCY ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 605

Wilson Creek Rd., Suite 101,

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Sean Lewis TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS, 379 Dixmyth Ave.,

Nathan Wiebracht ENT & ALLERGY SPECIALISTS, 40 N. Grand Ave.,

Collin M. Burkart THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – EAR, NOSE & THROAT, 5885 Har-

rison Ave., Suite 3700, Cincinnati, OH, 45248, (513) 421-5558 Mark D. Deutsch TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – FINNEYTOWN, 740

Galbraith Rd., Suite 110, Cincinnati, OH, 45231, (513) 853-9000 Michael Domet ENT & ALLERGY SPECIALISTS, 20 Medical Village Dr,

Suite 368, Edgewood, KY, 41017, (859) 781-4900 Nicholas A. Eberly, D.O. MERCY HEALTH – FAIRFIELD EAR, NOSE AND THROAT,

2960 Mack Rd., Suite 200, Fairﬁeld, OH, 45014, (513) 860-5200 Brian D. Goico TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – KENWOOD, 8240

Northcreek Dr., Suite 2000, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 853-9000 Joseph R. Hellmann THE CHRIST HOSPITAL – ANDERSON HEALTH PLAZA,

7691 Five Mile Rd., Suite 214, Cincinnati, OH, 45230, (513) 421-5558 Brian Lee Hendricks TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – FINNEYTOWN, 740

Galbraith Rd., Suite 110, Cincinnati, OH, 45231, (513) 853-9000 Matthew S. Hensler THE CHRIST HOSPITAL PHYSICIANS – EAR, NOSE & THROAT, 7691 Five Mile Rd.,

Suite 214, Cincinnati, OH, 45230, (513) 421-5558 Rebecca Howell UC HEALTH, 7690 Discovery

Dr., West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 475-8400 Seth Joseph Isaacs TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – ANDERSON, 7794 Five Mile

Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 853-9000 Ernest Manders THE CHRIST HOSPITAL OUTPATIENT CENTER – MONTGOMERY, 11140 Mont-

gomery Rd., Suite 2200, Cincinnati, OH, 45249, (513) 421-5558 Umesh Suresh Marathe TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – ANDERSON, 7794 Five Mile

Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45230, (513) 853-9000 Anna Marcinow TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – KENWOOD, 8240

Northcreek Dr., Suite 2000, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 853-9000 Yash Patil UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8400 Perry Poteet ENT & ALLERGY SPECIALISTS, 40 N. Grand Ave.,

Suite 101, Ft. Thomas, KY, 41075, (859) 781-4900 Eric L. Schwetschenau TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – KENWOOD, 8240

Northcreek Dr., Suite 2000, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 853-9000 Ahmad Sedaghat UC HEALTH, 3113 Bellevue

Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8400 David Steward UC HEALTH, 3113 Bellevue

Ave., Suite 4400, Otolaryngology, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8400 Thomas A. Tami TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS, 379 Dixmyth Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 853-9000 Alice Tang UC HEALTH, 3188 Bellevue

Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45230, (513) 853-9000

Ave., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8400

Todd Kirchhoff ENT & ALLERGY SPECIALISTS, 40 N. Grand Ave.,

Matthew R. Vajen, D.O. MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD EAR, NOSE AND THROAT,

Suite 101, Ft. Thomas, KY, 41075, (859) 781-4900 Bryan J. Krol ENT & ALLERGY SPECIALISTS, 40 N. Grand Ave.,

4760 E. Galbraith Rd., Suite 108, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 936-0500 Jamie Lea Welshhans TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – ANDERSON, 7794 Five Mile

Suite 101, Ft. Thomas, KY, 41075, (859) 781-4900 Keith M. Wilson TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – GOOD SAMARITAN CAMPUS, 379 Dixmyth Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45220, (513) 853-9000 Chad Zender UC HEALTH, 3113 Bellevue

Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8400 Lee A. Zimmer MERCY HEALTH – KENWOOD EAR, NOSE AND THROAT,

4760 E. Galbraith Rd., Suite 108, Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 936-0500 PAIN MEDICINE Humam Akbik CINCINNATI COMPREHENSIVE PAIN CENTER, 2818 Mack

Rd., Fairﬁeld, OH, 45014, (513) 900-0750 C. Duane Bellamy PAIN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES – THE CHRIST HOSPITAL, 2139 Auburn Ave.,

Level A – Anesthesia Dept., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 924-5550 Brian Braithwaite BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 600

Rodeo Dr., Erlanger, KY, 41018, (513) 354-3700 James R. Bruns TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – ANDERSON, 7794 Five Mile

Rd., Cincinnati, OH, 45230, (513) 246-2300 Atul Chandoke BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 8099

Cornell Rd., Suite 100, Cincinnati, OH, 45249, (513) 354-3700 Laura DeVita UC HEALTH, 222 Piedmont

Ave., Suite 3200, Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 475-8282 James K. Fortman II TRIHEALTH – GROUP HEALTH – WEST CHESTER, 8040

Princeton Glendale Rd., West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 246-2300 Jonathan Grainger ST. ELIZABETH PHYSICIANS – SPINE CENTER – FLORENCE, 4900 Houston Rd.,

Florence, KY, 41042, (859) 212-7000

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Samuel P. Hanke CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

andra Pike, Fort Thomas, KY, 41075, (513) 354-3700

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4200

Vivekanand (Vic) Manocha BEACON ORTHOPAEDICS & SPORTS MEDICINE, 7423 S.

Russel Hirsch CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Mason Montgomery Rd., Suite A, Mason, OH, 45040, (513) 354-3700

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4334

Muhammad A. Munir SOUTHWEST OHIO PAIN INSTITUTE, 7760 West VOA

Park Dr., Suite D, West Chester, OH, 45069, (513) 721-7533 Sara E. Nashi TRIHEALTH GROUP HEALTH – KENWOOD, 8240 Northcreek

Dr., Cincinnati, OH, 45236, (513) 246-2300 Marc P. Orlando MAYFIELD BRAIN & SPINE,

3825 Edwards Rd., Suite 300, Cincinnati, OH, 45209, (513) 221-1100 Ankit D. Patel ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES OF CINCINNATI – THE CHRIST HOSPITAL, 2139 Auburn

Ave., Level A – Anesthesia Dept., Cincinnati, OH, 45219, (513) 585-2422 Harsh Sachdeva UC HEALTH, 7759 Univer-

Angela Lorts CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4200 Thomas D. Ryan CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4334 Christopher J. Statile CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – ANDERSON, 7495 State Rd.,

Suite 355, Cincinnati, OH, 45255, (513) 636-4355 Chet R. Villa CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4200 PEDIATRIC CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Ranjit S. Chima CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Maya Dewan CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Centre Pointe Dr., Suite 150, West Chester Twp., OH, 45069, (888) 372-2446 Gururau Sudarshan CINCINNATI PAIN PHYSICIANS, 8261 Cornell Rd.,

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Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4432 James F. Cnota CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4432 Allison A. Divanovic CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4334

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4215 Sue Poynter CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4744 Carley Riley CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4744 Erika Stalets CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4744 Ken Tegtmeyer CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4744 PEDIATRIC DERMATOLOGY Cheryl Bayart CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4200 Anne Lucky CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET/DERMATOLOGISTS OF CENTRAL STATES, 7691

Five Mile Rd., Suite 312, Cincinnati, OH, 45230, (513) 232-3332 Kalyani S. Marathe CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4415 Nancy A. Crimmins CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4415 Iris Gutmark-Little CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 636-4415 Sarah Lawson CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – ANDERSON, 7495 State Rd.,

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Joseph G. Pressey CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

Cincinnati, OH, 45229, (513) 517-2234 Brian K. Turpin, D.O. CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Rebecca C. Brady CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Lara A. Danziger-Isakov CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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David B. Haslam CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Grant C. Paulsen CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Stella M. Davies CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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Eileen Broomall CINCINNATI CHILDREN’S – BURNET, 3333 Burnet Ave.,

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KILLER CLOWN William Shewmaker (1890–1961)

H E E I G H T H A N D S TAT E N E I G H B O R H O O D in Lower Price Hill has had a tough reputation since the old Incline landed there, but killer clowns? Seriously? As William Shewmaker testified, he and a couple of friends were walking along State Street to a party on Halloween night in 1921. They were all dressed as clowns when a group of strangers hassled them about their costumes. One of the strangers tried to grab someone’s mask, and a fracas erupted. The assailants, Robert and William Cahill and four of their friends, outnumbered the clowns and were getting the best of the motley crew when Shewmaker whipped out a revolver and ﬁred several shots. When the

NEWPORT GANGSTER BOSS Frank J. “Screw” Andrews (1911–1973)

O ONE IS BORN WITH A NAME LIKE “Screw.” You have to ﬁght for a moniker of that caliber. Over the course of a decidedly checkered career, Frank Joseph Andriola certainly earned his bones. Born into the “Little Italy” neighborhood clinging to the fringe of Walnut Hills, he found a lucrative hustle shuttling bootleg hootch in the West End, where he learned the numbers racket. Cincinnati cops were too honest at the time, so he relocated to Newport. The law in Northern Kentucky mostly looked the other way, but competition in the underworld there was ferocious, with the Cleveland mob muscling in and homegrown operatives reluctant to welcome a newcomer. Unleashing a brutal repertoire of shakedowns, buyouts, and rubouts, Andrews put the screws on his mostly African American rivals and soon had a tidy little sinecure as a numbers king. It’s been estimated that Andrews’s Sportsman’s Club on Central Avenue raked in as much as $2 million in 1959 alone. Tough guys and made men didn’t

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bother Frank, but the taxman was another matter. Shady bookkeeping landed him in jail for years at a time, and declining health sent him into lengthy hospitalizations. Newport legend claims that some thugs in trench coats tossed Andrews out a hospital window. The coroner ruled that the befuddled old man fell to his death accidentally.

YIPPIE YUPPIE Jerry Rubin (1938–1994)

I N C I N N AT I WA S F I R S T I N T R O D U C E D T O the self-promotional skills of Jerry Clyde Rubin in 1955, when he and a Walnut Hills High School colleague wrangled a slot at The Cincinnati Post reporting local basketball scores. A few years later, as a UC student, Rubin moved on to reporting campus news for The Post’s society columns. This early immersion in the media machine might suggest why some people, including Rubin himself, suspect that his later infamy was based more on Groucho Marx than Karl Marx. Rubin’s life was a trail of public spectacles and humorous high jinks. Testifying at the House Un-American Activities Committee dressed as Santa Claus? Attempting to levitate the Pentagon? Nominating a pig for President? Paralyzing the New York Stock Exchange by tossing dollar bills onto the trading ﬂoor? Guerilla theater while on trial with the Chicago Seven? Pure Rubin. Throughout the 1960s, Rubin’s political schtick sent conservative nabobs into apoplexy while goosing an addiction to fame for fame’s sake. When the hippie zeitgeist cooled, he took a sabbatical to explore the human potential movement, emerging as a socially conscious entrepreneur. His new persona confused (and often outraged) his left-wing comrades as he appeared to embrace the establishment he’d once tried to incinerate. While everyone else debated, Rubin banked millions from investments. True to form, he was breaking the law— jaywalking—when a motorist ran him over in Los Angeles in 1994.

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would cure anything from acne to zygomycosis. The people who bought it—and they bought lots of it—cared not a whit. It was legal, readily available, and saved them the inconvenience of trying to locate an honest bootlegger. Within six years, Mosby hauled in enough sales revenue to erect a Hyde Park mansion. Konjola was a national triumph. Mosby installed a spectacular 84-by-32foot neon sign advertising Konjola on the central pier of the Atlantic City boardwalk. His advertisements ﬁlled newspapers from coast to coast. And then it all collapsed. Both Mosby and his wife had wandering eyes, multiple love affairs, and expensive tastes. They ended up in divorce court just as Prohibition faded away and, with it, the thirst for vegetable nostrums. A couple of divorces later, Mosby found himself bankrupt and trying to convince George Remus, King of the Bootleggers, to invest in his latest elixir scam.

shooting stopped, an innocent passerby was dead and Robert Cahill was fatally wounded. The clowns split the scene. It took almost a year to locate suspects and witnesses so the case could be tried. Despite the prosecution’s efforts to paint Shewmaker as the perpetrator, witnesses testified that Shewmaker’s first shots were aimed at the ground and failed to deter the Cahills, who thought he was shooting blanks. Only then did he aim at his attackers. The defense paraded Shewmaker’s sympathetic wife and tiny children for the benefit of the courtroom artists. The jury failed to reach a verdict on a charge of second-degree murder or on a charge of manslaughter. When they couldn’t even agree on an assault charge, they threw in the judicial towel and the Killer Clown of Price Hill walked free.

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Latin Beat These three spots further reﬁne our city’s Latin ﬂavors. —BRANDON WUSKE

LATIN FOOD FROM CARRIBEAN COUNtries, like so many other cuisine categories in our quickly diversifying food scene, is rapidly expanding. You can eat it alongside a full cocktail menu and Cuban beats at Amador in Newport. You can eat it at Chacabanas, a combination Cuban/Dominican spot in Over-the-Rhine. And you can try it at a Dominican restaurant in Fairﬁeld called MofonGo City. Each of these places opened within the last year and a half, adding depth to the local Latin food scene. Even if you still haven’t been to Amador, you probably know its owner’s work: Nick Pesola also owns Revolution Rotisserie in Pleasant Ridge and retro burger joint Milkman in Over-the-Rhine. So how did he go from chicken and burgers to Cuban food? The restaurant’s space inspired the decision. Initially, North American Properties (Newport on the Levee’s owners) approached him about opening a new location of Revolution, but when he saw the space in the heart of the Levee, he knew he had to open a restaurant that was “fun and lively.” To him, the space screamed for a Cuban spot. According to Pesola, Amador’s breezy, vibrant aesthetic was informed by one question: “What if Cuba were still the holiday isle of the tropics?” It was also inspired by trips to some of America’s great Cuban restaurants in cities like Miami, Tampa, and (believe it or not) Louisville, where La Bodeguita de Mima continues to draw crowds. True to his vision, a visit to the riverside restaurant feels like a vacation. The space’s every design touch transports diners to the tropics, from the ﬂoralpatterned wallpaper to the tropical plants to the infectious Latin beats (and occasional live music) playing on the loudspeaker. The 1 0 6 C I N C I N N AT I M A G A Z I N E . C O M J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 4

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food menu skirts the line between Cuban tradition and American modernity. “It’s kind of a dance because we want the flavors to be authentic, but we want to do a modern interpretation of the cuisine,” he explains. “We want to do a playful concept.” Such playful touches include guacamole with grilled pineapples and plantain chips, Cuban mustard (with hints of garlic and citrus) and mojo mayo (a zesty orange juice and garlic blend) on a smashburger, and a refreshing tropical salsa on the blackened mahi mahi. These dishes fit Amador’s laidback vibes perfectly. Meanwhile, on Elm Street, Chacabanas serves up an authentic-yet-novel combination of Cuban and Dominican classics. The restaurant’s dual lineage is a reflection of its owner. Helen Ortega moved to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic in 1994, but her stepmother is Cuban. “I base my food on traditional Dominican seasonings and Cuban condiments,” she says. This fusion is subtly evident in Chacabanas’s tasty and popular Cuban sandwiches. Whereas the traditional Cuban’s tender pork is often marinated in mojo, Ortega uses Dominican sofrito, a more vinegary tomato, cilantro, and pepper blend. She also uses “picnic pork” (from the shoulder) as opposed to the more traditional pork butt. The mojo can be found in creamy aioli form as the perfect dipping sauce for the crisp, cheese-flecked tostones. It, like all of the restaurant’s condiments, is scratch-made. Ortega, who attended the International Culinary Center in New York City (formerly the French Culinary Institute) and has cooked with acclaimed Latin American chefs like Bill Telepan and Top Chef’s Angelo Sosa, says that she’s had a strong response from the local Cuban and Dominican communities and plans to expand to a full-service restaurant and bar. Never one for the spotlight, Ortega intentionally opened Chacabanas without fanfare, hoping that the food would speak for her. It does. At MofonGo City in Fairfield, the menu is pure Dominican. CONTINUED ON P. 108 CUBAN LINKS Restaurant owners like Nick Pesola (middle left) are expanding our palates with more Latin food from Caribbean countries like Cuba and the Dominican Republic; the Cubano and yuca fries from Chacabanas (top right) and MofonGo City’s chicken breast stuffed with cheese and plantain (center).

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Mofongo, mashed starches (usually plantains) seasoned with garlic, salt, and broth and mixed with proteins, is a dish that we have covered in this magazine before. Based on a West African dish called fufu, mofongo is beloved in both Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic (MashRoots, a Puerto Rican food stall in Madisonville’s Element Eatery, also does a delicious version of the dish). The massive mound of mofongo that you’ll ﬁnd at MofonGo City comes with a side of sancocho, a garlicky Dominican pork and beef broth mixed with cassava and plantain. Owner Esdras Lopez tells me that many of his Dominican customers compare it to their grandmas’ sancocho, the ultimate compliment for any stew. I couldn’t get enough of the longaniza, a fatty, smoky sausage, which was served on the side. MofonGo City’s menu is full of other classic Dominican dishes (I’m already eyeing the Salpicon Abdiel, a cocktail of queen conch, crab, octopus, shrimp, and oysters, for my next visit). And though the restaurant is relatively new, its chef— Esdras’s brother Arismendy Lopez— cooked professionally in the Dominican Republic for more than 30 years. He was even part of a culinary team that holds the record for world’s largest mangù (a sort of boiled mofongo that is purely Dominican), weighing in at more than 1,000 pounds. Esdras runs the front of the house and occasionally serenades customers (like Amador, MofonGo City often features live music). If you go, he may ask you what your favorite song is and then proceed to play it. And, trust me, he’ll want you to try to stump him. Win or lose, you’ll be rewarded with some exceptional Latin food in a city suddenly brimming with it. FYI

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Wingin’ It ITH DRINKS ONLY A FEW STEPS AWAY AT 13 BELOW Brewery, the Incline Smoke Shack’s menu gives beer-guzzling guests more reasons to sit and sip a pint with friends. While this food truck is best known for its sandwiches (like the pulled pork, chopped brisket, and brisket grilled cheese), if you’re looking for all the flavor of smokehouse meat with fewer distractions, try the wings. These jumbo house-smoked chicken wings get flash-fried just before they land on your plate. This crisps up the skin and seals the smoke inside. Tender and savory, they’re so flavorful you’ll think twice about reaching for the barbecue sauce. There are eight per order, which is conceivably enough to share as an appetizer, but you’ll want to fly away with the whole box once you try them. (The Smoke Shack recently added wings to its boxed lunch catering menu, so think outside the bread for your next wing-ding.) Tater kegs (potatoes, cheddar, bacon, and chives) are the ultimate side and another of Incline Smoke Shack’s claims to fame. They’re tater tots for grown-ups—big enough to require a fork and multiple bites, and surprisingly creamy. The outside is nice and crisp, but the inside is a blend of fluffy mashed and grated potato, so there’s a good variety of textures to support the salty cheese and bacon mix-ins. The chives brighten each bite, and the sour cream dip rounds the various elements with just enough tartness to elevate the kegs to greatness.

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Upon noticing the lack of diversity in the wine space, Natasha Williams, owner of local wine brokerage ﬁrm Lush Life Brands, was frustrated. “What many consumers don’t realize is globally, there are 200-plus Black winemakers, producers, etc.,” she says. “We never see these brands on the shelves or on menus.” Williams turned her frustration into action when she launched Cincinnati Black Wine Fest last winter. The event—which returns for its second year on February 17—welcomes 34 Black vintners and two Black liquor brands to Music Hall for a day of tastings, with a commitment to making the hobby more approachable. “It’s like hosting a big happy hour with a few hundred of my closest friends!” Williams notes. The inaugural festival attracted more than 600 attendees and was nominated in the “best new festival” category of USA Today’s annual 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. For tickets and info, visit lushlifebrands.net.

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LET IT WHIP WITH MOST (IF not all) of the area’s traditional creamy whips closed for the season, what are you supposed to do when you’re craving some soft serve during the winter months? Enter Lang Thang Whip. Vietnamese favorite Pho Lang Thang now slings soft serve from its former carryout spot next door—and it’s a little bit of summer in a cone. If you’re a fan of the restaurant’s Vietnamese iced coffee, the cà phê sua dá ﬂavor is sure to give the jolt of caffeine you’re looking for. In addition, Lang Thang Whip features an interesting rotation of ﬂavors such as green tea and lychee, Thai tea, honey melon, and vegan coconut taro. Add a twist of classic vanilla to your cone (waffle or cake available) and dream of basking in the summer sun. —AIESHA D. LITTLE Lang Thang Whip, 1828 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 376-9177, pholang thang.com

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WHERE TO EAT NOW

AMERICAN 114 BARBECUE 117 CAJUN/CARIBBEAN 118 CHINESE 118 ECLECTIC 119 FRENCH 122 INDIAN 122 ITALIAN 122 JAPANESE 124 KOREAN 124 MEDITERRANEAN 125 MEXICAN 125 SEAFOOD 125 STEAKS 126 THAI 126 VIETNAMESE 126

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Boomtown leans hard into the Gold Rush theme: prospector-style overall aprons on servers, bluegrass tunes humming, and rustic decor details. And the dense grub isn’t for the faint of heart. Arrive with an empty belly, ready for a carbo load. The biscuits are all they’re cracked up to be, and the gravy’s not playing around, either. Sample its biscuits and gravy styles with a gravy ﬂight. Or try The Yukon, an anytime breakfast sandwich, featuring fried chicken on par with the best the city has to offer. By the end of the meal, you’ll feel a little out of place without your own denim getup. 9039 U.S. Route 42, Suite H, Union, (859) 384-5910, boomtownbiscuitsandwhiskey. com. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Wed–Sat. Breakfast and lunch Sun. MCC. $

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If you haven’t had a plate of Shawn McCoy’s design set in front of you, it’s about time. Many of the menu’s dishes show his knack for the plate as a palette. A trio of grilled lamb T-bone, sirloin, and prawns in scampi butter is a standout. The eye for detail and contrasts of colors and textures belongs to someone who cares for food.

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RedTree Gallery and Coffee Shop recently opened a second location in Over-the-Rhine. The spot, inside of the historic Strietmann Center building near 12th Street and Central Parkway, will eventually include a cocktail bar.

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THE EAGLE OTR

The revamped post office at 13th and Vine feels cozy but not claustrophobic, and it has distinguished itself with its stellar fried chicken. Even the white meat was pull-apart steamy, with just enough peppery batter to pack a piquant punch. Diners can order by the quarter, half, or whole bird—but whatever you do, don’t skimp on the sides. Bacon adds savory mystery to crisp corn, green beans, and edamame (not limas) in the succotash, and the crock of mac and cheese has the perfect proportion of sauce, noodles, and crumb topping. The Eagle OTR seems deceptively simple on the surface, but behind that simplicity is a secret recipe built on deep thought, skill, and love.

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The menu here is built for celebration: poshly priced steak and sushi selections are meant to suit every special occasion. Appetizers are both classic (shrimp cocktail) and Asian-inspired (shrimp tempura); fashionable ingredients are name-checked (micro-greens and truffles); a prominent sushi section (nigiri, sashimi, and rolls) precedes a list of archetypal salads; Kobe beef on sushi rolls sidles up to steaks of prime; non-steak entrées (Chilean sea bass or Dover sole with haricots verts and almondine) make for high-style alternative selections. Talk about a party. 8170 Montgomery Rd., Madeira, (513) 9848090, embersrestaurant.com. Dinner seven days. MCC, DC, DS. $$$$

GOOSE & ELDER

The third restaurant from chef Jose Salazar, Goose & Elder is a more everyday kind of joint compared to his others. The prices are lower, and most of the dishes, from burgers to grits, are familiar. Salazar’s menus have always hinted that the chef had a fondness for, well, junk food. But junk food is only junk if it is made thoughtlessly. Goose & Elder has pivoted toward breakfast and brunch fare recently, but everything here is still made with little twists, like the fried bologna sandwich with Dijonnaise and pickles. Even the fries, crinkle cut and served with “goose sauce,” a mildly spiced mayonnaise, are wonderfully addictive. The restaurant demonstrates that what we now consider “fast food” can be awfully good if someone makes it the old-fashioned, slow way. 1800 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 5798400, gooseandelder.com. Breakfast and lunch Mon & Wed–Fri, dinner Mon & Wed–Sun, brunch Sat & Sun. MCC. $$

IVORY HOUSE

The menu here generally doesn’t reinvent dishes or introduce outlandish ﬂavors, but simply pays attention to enough little things to make the results unusually good. The Wagyu is served in cheeseburger form, but the exceptional tomme from Urban Stead gives it that extra something. The cocktails are things you’ve Top 10

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probably seen before, but everything—from the Death Valley Old Fashioned to the Queen City’s Bees Knees—had an extra dash of liveliness from a house-made element, like a rhubarb honey syrup or the raspberry shrub. Even when an ingredient seems out of left ﬁeld, like the burnt grapefruit hot sauce on the Hamachi, it never tastes as unusual as it sounds. The hot sauce is just a hint of sweet citrusy spice that melts into the grits—a softly intriguing element rather than a slap in the face. 2998 Harrison Ave., Westwood, (513) 3890175, ivoryhousecincy.com. Dinner Tues–Sat, brunch Sun. MCC. $$$

OTTO’S

Chef/owner Paul Weckman opened Otto’s, named after his father-in-law, with $300 worth of food and one employee—himself. Weckman’s food is soothing, satisfying, and occasionally, too much of a good thing. His tomato pie is beloved by lunch customers: Vine-ripe tomatoes, fresh basil, and chopped green onions packed into a homemade pie shell, topped with a cheddar cheese spread, and baked until bubbly. Weckman’s straightforward preparations are best. This is, at its heart, a neighborhood restaurant, a place with its own large, quirky family. 521 Main St., Covington, (859) 491-6678, ottosonmain.com. Lunch and dinner Tues–Fri, brunch and dinner Sat–Mon. MCC. $$

RED FEATHER KITCHEN

Historically peasant-grade cuts of meat get the full Pygmalion treatment at Red Feather in Oakley, where there’s deep respect for the time and tending necessary to bring a short rib, pork chop, or steak to its full potential. After a quick sear to lock in juices, the steak takes a turn in the wood-ﬁred oven. While primal cuts play a leading role, the supporting cast is just as captivating. The asparagus soup is especially pleasant on a spring evening and the crispy skin on the salmon acts as the foil to the plump, rich ﬂesh. Service here only improves the experience. 3200 Madison Rd., Oakley, (513) 407-3631, redfeatherkitchen.com. Dinner Wed–Sat, brunch Sun. MCC. $$$

RED ROOST TAVERN

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lenge with verve: offering a locally sourced sensibility to an increasingly demanding dining public while introducing out-of-town guests to unique Cincinnati foods. Take the goetta, rich pork capturing the earthiness of the steel-cut oats, served as a hash with sweet potatoes and poached eggs. The seasoning added a restrained, almost mysterious hint of black pepper. But the kitchen’s talent seems straightjacketed. Chefs thrive on instincts not covered by the ﬁve senses; restaurants thrive by taking careful risks. Red Roost seems to be struggling to ﬁnd its third eye, and sometimes the entrées don’t live up to their ambitions. 151 W. Fifth St., downtown, (513) 354-4025, redroosttavern.com. Breakfast and lunch Sat & Sun, dinner seven days. MCC,DS. $$

RON’S ROOST

Ron’s stakes its reputation on its fried chicken, serving roughly 10,000 pieces weekly. It takes a few minutes, since each batch is made to order. Ron’s also serves chicken 18 other ways, including chicken livers in gravy. It’s all about the chicken here, but the menu is ﬁve solid pages of other stuff good enough to be called specialties: Oktoberfest sauerbraten, Black Angus cheeseburgers, fried whiteﬁsh on rye, hot bacon slaw, lemon meringue pie (homemade, of course), and the best Saratoga chips this side of Saratoga. 3853 Race Rd., Bridgetown, (513) 574-0222, ronsroost. net. Breakfast Sun, lunch and dinner seven days. MCC, DS. $$

THE SCHOOLHOUSE RESTAURANT

An old ﬂag stands in one corner and pictures of Abe Lincoln

and the ﬁrst George W. hang on the wall of this Civil War–era schoolhouse. The daily menu of familiar Midwestern comfort fare is written in letter-perfect cursive on the original chalkboard. Once you order from a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to your high school lunch lady, the elevated lazy Susan in the center of the table begins to ﬁll up with individual bowls and baskets of cornbread, slaw, salad, mashed potatoes, chicken gravy, and vegetables. The deal here is quantity. More mashed potatoes with your fried chicken? More cornbread with your baked ham? You don’t even have to raise your hand. 8031 Glendale-Milford Rd., Camp Dennison, (513) 8315753, theschoolhousecincinnati.com. Lunch Thurs–Fri, dinner Thurs–Sun. MCC, DS. $$

SOUL SECRETS

You no longer need an event to celebrate with a fish fry. At Candice Holloway’s restaurant, Soul Secrets, fried chicken and fish are always on the menu. Servers wearing T-shirts that read “my ancestors sent me” introduce guests to a trim menu full of the best soul food. You can’t go wrong with the fried fish platters. The whiting is good, but the catfish is divine. The cornmeal breading is so perfectly seasoned you won’t need salt, and the light crunch it adds doesn’t hide the star of the show. So soft it’s nearly fluffy, the catfish melts in your mouth. Each catfish platter delivers two enormous pieces of fish along with two sides and a cornbread muffin that may be the best in Cincinnati. This is the kind of meal you take home with you—not just in your heart but in a box—because chances are low you’ll conquer all the fish and sides in one go. 1434 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 721-7685, soulsecretscincy.com. Lunch and dinner Tues–Sat. MCC. $

SUGAR N’ SPICE

This Paddock Hills diner, with other locations in Over-theRhine and Blue Ash, has been dishing up wispy-thin pancakes and football-sized omelettes to Cincinnatians since FDR was signing new deals. Breakfast and lunch offerings

mix old-hat classics like steak and eggs, corned beef hash, and basic burgers with funky iterations that draw on ethnic ingredients such as chorizo and tzatziki. Get here early if you don’t want to stand in line. 4381 Reading Rd., Paddock Hills, (513) 242-3521; 1203 Sycamore St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 762-0390; 10275 Summit Pkwy., Blue Ash, (513) 447-6453, eatsugarnspice. com. Breakfast and lunch seven days. MCC. $

SYMPHONY HOTEL & RESTAURANT

Tucked into a West 14th Street Italianate directly around the corner from Music Hall, this place feels like a private dinner club. There’s a preferred by-reservation policy. Check the website for the weekend’s five-course menu, a slate of “new American” dishes that changes monthly. You can see the reliance on local produce in the Greek lemon chicken soup. Salads are interesting without being busy, and the lemon lavender sorbet is served as the third-course palate cleanser with the five-course menu. Main courses of pan-seared rainbow trout, grass-fed strip steak, and a veggie burger hit all the right notes, and you can end with a sweet flourish if you choose the strawberry lavender shortcake. 210 W. 14th St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 721-3353, symphonyhotel.com. Dinner Fri & Sat. $$

TANO BISTRO

This Loveland bistro is comfortable, with reasonably priced food and amenable service. The menu is tidy—25 or so dishes divided between appetizers, salads, and entrées, plus two or three specials—its flavor profile partially influenced by a childhood growing up in a third-generation Italian family. Most of Tano Bistro’s main courses lean toward the comfortable side of American. For instance, Williams serves a stuffed salmon and an allegiance pork chop. The sprout & snout appetizer is also worth a trip to Loveland, combining balsamic-drizzled Brussels sprouts with sliced pork belly. 204 W. Loveland Ave., Loveland, (513) 683-8266;

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TRIO

Trio is nothing if not a crowd-pleaser. Whether you’re in the mood for a California-style pizza or ﬁlet mignon (with roasted red potatoes, sauteed spinach, crispy onions, and a red wine demi-glace), the menu is broad enough to offer something for everyone. It may lack a cohesive point of view, but with the number of regulars who come in seven nights a week, variety is Trio’s ace in the hole. A simple Margherita pizza with Roma tomatoes, basil, Parmesan, and mozzarella delivered a ﬁne balance of crunchy crust, soft cheese, and sweet, roasted tomatoes. Paired with a glass of pinot noir, it made a perfect light meal. The service is friendly enough for a casual neighborhood joint but comes with white tablecloth attentiveness and knowledge. Combine that with the consistency in the kitchen, and Trio is a safe bet. 7565 Kenwood Rd., Kenwood, (513) 984-1905, triobistro.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC, DC. $$

THE WILDFLOWER CAFÉ

Wildflower Café is not the sort of place that tries to wow anyone with feats of inventiveness. Its formula is simple but satisfying: lots of mostly local meat and produce, a menu that continuously changes with available ingredients, a nice selection of wine and beer, and well-made, homey food. The small, focused menu has a classic American quality (salads, steaks, burgers) with enough surprises to keep things interesting. Many of the dishes are designed with open spaces to be filled with whatever is available in the kitchen that day, an advantage of an unfussy style. You don’t go to Wildflower expecting a certain kind of perfection; you accept that your favorite dish from last time might be made differently tonight, or no longer available. Like the farmhouse that Wildflower occupies, the imperfections are part of the charm. 207 E. Main St., Mason, (513) 492-7514,

wildﬂowermason.com. Dinner Mon–Fri. MCC. $$$

YORK STREET CAFÉ

Five blocks from the Newport riverfront, Terry and Betsy Cunningham have created the sort of comfortable, welcoming environment that encourages steady customers. A dependable menu and quirky atmosphere appeal to a broad range of diners, from non-adventurous visiting relatives to non-attentive children. Desserts have always been one of the stars: ﬂourless chocolate hazelnut torte, bittersweet, rich, and moist; butter rum pudding that would be equally at home on a picnic table or a ﬁnely dressed Michelin-starred table. 738 York St., Newport, (859) 261-9675, yorkstreetrestaurant.com. Dinner Tues–Sat, brunch Sun. MCC, DS. $$

BARBECUE BEE’S BARBEQUE

You’ll want to get to Bee’s early if you want to avoid the line of friendly regulars. The restaurant’s smoker churns out a variety of meats—including brisket, pulled pork, ribs, turkey breast, and two kinds of sausage—so it’s easy to see why they keep coming back. If you enjoy the spicy grease that oozes out of a good chorizo, you’ll love the Cincinnati Hot Link, which tastes like the delicious love child of a chorizo and a hot mett. Word to the wise: Bee’s opens at 11 a.m. and closes when they run out of meat. Understandably, this doesn’t take long. 5910 Chandler St., Madisonville, (513) 561-2337; 1403 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 721-2337, beesbarbecue. com. Lunch and dinner Wed–Sat. MCC. $

ELI’S BBQ

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under canopies at Findlay Market and Fountain Square in 2011. Leisring’s proper little ’cue shack along the river serves up ribs that are speaking-in-tongues good, some of the zazziest jalapeño cheese grits north of the MasonDixon line, and browned mashed potatoes that would make any short-order cook diner-proud. The small no-frills restaurant—packed cheek-by-jowl most nights—feels like it’s been there a lifetime, with customers dropping vinyl on the turntable, dogs romping in the side yard, and picnic tables crowded with diners. The hooch is bring-your-own, and the barbecue is bona ﬁde. 3313 Riverside Dr., East End; 133 West Elder St., Overthe-Rhine, (513) 533-1957, elisbarbeque.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC. $

SINNERS & SAINTS TAVERN

You won’t leave this Texas smokehouse/sports bar hungry. From the brisket—served with Texas BBQ sauce, white bread, and pickles, or on toasted sourdough—to the chicken thighs, you can’t go wrong with these richly smoked flavors. Several dishes, like the Korean-style pork belly, the pulled pork naan tacos, and Bigos stew, draw on global influences, while the sides take flavors back to the country (try the creamy coleslaw, the house-made mac and cheese, and chili-spiced cornbread). The restaurant’s character shines through its decor, which includes hanging hockey memorabilia, pictures of public figures and tables made from real NBA courts. 2062 Riverside Dr., East End, (513) 281-4355, sinsaintsmoke.com. Lunch Sat & Sun, dinner Wed–Sun. MCC. $$

WALT’S HITCHING POST

A Northern Kentucky institution returns. Roughly 750 pounds of ribs per week are pit-fired in a small building in front of the restaurant, with a smaller dedicated smoker out back for brisket and chicken. Walt’s ribs begin with several hours in the smokehouse and then are quick-seared at the time of service. This hybrid method

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takes advantage of the leaner nature of the baby-back ribs they prefer to use. Each rib had a just-right tooth to it where soft flesh peeled away from the bone. One hidden treasure: Walt’s homemade tomato and garlic dressing. Slightly thicker than a vinaigrette yet unwilling to overwhelm a plate of greens, the two key elements play well together. 3300 Madison Pke., Ft. Wright, (859) 360-2222, waltshitchingpost.com. Dinner seven days. MCC. $$

CAJUN/ CARIBBEAN BREWRIVER CREOLE More than 800 miles from New Orleans, this may be as close as you can get to the real deal here in your own backyard. The menu fully leans into Chef Michael Shields’s penchant for cuisine from the Crescent City. His six years of training under NOLA’s own Emeril Lagasse comes through in a scratch kitchen menu that spans a range of the city’s classics. The enormous shrimp and oyster po’boys—the former protein fried in a light and crispy beer batter and the latter in a hearty cornmeal breading—are served on fluffy French bread loaves and dressed with lightly spicy rémoulades. The jambalaya packs all the heat of a late summer day in the French Quarter without masking a hint of its satisfying flavors. Paired with a Sazerac and nightly live jazz, you may just

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At first blush, this place is a dive where homesick Cajuns can find a good pile of jambalaya. But thoughtful details like draft Abita Root Beer and char-grilled Gulf Coast oysters on the half shell signal its ambition. Bayou standards like jambalaya, gumbo, and fried seafood also make an appearance. But the extensive menu also features amped-up pub-style items for those who may be squeamish about crawfish tails (which can be added to just about anything on the menu). You’ll also find a roundup of oyster, shrimp, catfish, and alligator po’boys, as well as a selection of hardwood-smoked meats.

A sense of energetic fun defines this tiny Chinese spot with a robust beer list. The glossy paper menu depicts Master Chef Rich Chu as a “Kung Food” master fighting the evil fast-food villain with dishes like “fly rice,” “Brocco-Lee,” and “Big Bird’s Nest.” Freshness rules. Potstickers, dumplings, and wontons are hand shaped. The Dragon’s Breath wontons will invade your dreams. Seasoned ground pork, onion, and cilantro meatballs are wrapped in egg dough, wok simmered, and topped with thick, spicy red pepper sauce and fresh cilantro. Noodles are clearly Chef Chu’s specialty, with zonxon (a tangle of thin noodles, finely chopped pork, and mushrooms cloaked in spicy dark sauce and crowned with peanuts and cilantro) and Matt Chu’s Special (shaved rice noodles, fried chicken, and seasonal vegetables in gingery white sauce) topping the menu’s flavor charts.

3742 Kellogg Ave., East End, (513) 834-7067, swampwatergrill.com. Lunch and dinner Wed–Sun, brunch Sat & Sun. V, MC, DS, AMEX. $$

KNOTTY PINE ON THE BAYOU The Pine serves some of the best Louisiana home-style food you’ll find this far north of New Orleans. Taste the fried catfish filets with their peppery crust, or the garlic sauteed shrimp with smoky greens on the side, and you’ll understand why it’s called soul food. Between March and June, it’s crawfish season. Get them boiled and heaped high on a platter or in a superb crawfish etouffee. But the rockin’ gumbo—a thick, murky brew of andouille sausage, chicken, and vegetables—serves the best roundhouse punch all year round. As soon as you inhale the bouquet and take that first bite, you realize why Cajun-style food is considered a high art form and a serious pleasure. And you’ll start planning your return trip. 6302 Licking Pke., Cold Spring, (859) 781-2200, theknottypineonthebayou.com. Dinner Tues–Sun. MCC, DS. $$

521 Madison Ave., Covington, (859) 261-6121, kungfood. online. Lunch Mon–Fri, dinner Sat. MCC. $

CHINESE IMPERIAL INN The chilies-on-steroids cooking here will have you mopping beads of garlic-laced sweat from your brow. The musky, ﬁrecracker-red Mongolian chicken stabilizes somewhere just before nirvana exhaustion, and aggressively pungent shredded pork with dried bean curd leaves your eyes gloriously glistening from its spicy hot scarlet oil. Even an ice-cold beer practically evaporates on your tongue. Do not fear: not all the dishes are incendiary. Try the seafood—lobster, Manila clams, Dungeness and blue crabs, whelk, and oysters—prepared with tamer garlicky black bean sauce, or ginger and green onions. The Cantonese wonton soup, nearly as mild as your morning bowl of oatmeal, is as memorable as the feverish stuff. Sliced pork and shrimp are pushed into the steaming bowl of noodles

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GREAT TANG

Although the (24-page!) menu features classic dishes in every style, the specialty at Great Tang is the reﬁned coastal cuisine of Zhejiang. If you like spice, you can get still the Sichuanese and Hunanese classics. One dish will hint at the surprises in store for people who are mainly used to Chinese takeout: the lovely Xian cold noodle. The dish is exquisitely layered: the creamy and nutty undertone of sesame paste, mixed with notes of tang and spice, topped with the bright pop of cilantro. The combination of textures is also delightful, with crunches of cucumber and sprouted mung and the softness of the ﬂat noodles. And that tofu! It was wonderfully meaty, with dense layers, substantial and satisfying as a counterpart to the noodles. Be as brave as you are in the mood to be. Ask for some suggestions and prepare to be astonished. 7340 Kingsgate Way, West Chester, (513) 847-6097, greattangohio.com. Lunch and dinner Wed–Mon, dim sum Sat & Sun. MCC, DS. $$

ORIENTAL WOK

When Mike and Helen Wong opened Oriental Wok in 1977, the couple wanted to recreate the glamor and refinement of the Hong Kong-Cantonese cuisine they knew. Today, locals and expats alike enjoy authentic Chinese and Chinese-American dishes in dining rooms reminiscent of Beijing. Beyond the elephant tusk entryway and fish ponds and fountains is the warmth and hospitality of the Wong family, service on par with the finest establishments, and very, very good food. Best are the fresh fish: salmon, grouper and sea bass steamed, grilled or fried in a wok, needing little more than the ginger-green onion sauce that accompanies them. Oriental Wok is the tri-state’s longest-running family-owned

Chinese restaurant for a reason. 317 Buttermilk Pke., Ft. Mitchell, (859) 331-3000; 2444 Madison Rd., Hyde Park, (513) 871-6888, orientalwok. com. Lunch Mon–Fri (Ft. Mitchell; buffet Sun 11–2:30), lunch Tues–Sat (Hyde Park), dinner Mon–Sat (Ft. Mitchell) dinner Tues–Sun (Hyde Park). MCC. $$

THE PACIFIC KITCHEN

The monster of a menu can be dizzying. Ease in with some top-notch Korean Wings. These slightly bubbly, shatter-crisp wings are painted with a thin gochujang chili sauce (a foil to the fat). It takes 24 hours to prep the Cantonese duck, between a honey-vinegar brine to dry the skin, a marinade of star anise, bean paste, and soy within the re-sealed cavity, and the crispy convection oven finish. Dolsot bibimbap had plenty of crispy rice at the bottom of the stone bowl, and the accompanying banchan were soothing yet flavorful. Even dishes like a Malaysian goat stew resonated with rich, original flavors. 8300 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, (513) 898-1833, thepacific.kitchen. Lunch and dinner Mon & Wed–Sun, dim sum lunch Sat & Sun. MCC. $$

bok choy stir-fried with a shovelful of garlic, refreshing spinach wilted in ginger sauce, a simply sensational tea-smoked duck—the effect is momentarily tempered. 7888 S. Mason Montgomery Rd., Mason, (513) 770-3123, sichuanbistro.com. Lunch and dinner Tues–Sun. MCC, DS. $$

UNCLE YIP’S

Long before sushi somehow un-disgusted itself to the Western World, China had houses of dim sum. Uncle Yip’s valiantly upholds that tradition in Evendale. This is a traditional dim sum house with all manner of exotic dumplings, including shark ﬁn or beef tripe with ginger and onion. As for the seafood part of the restaurant’s full name, Uncle Yip has most everything the sea has to offer, from lobster to mussels. The menu has more than 160 items, so you’ll ﬁnd a range of favorites, from moo goo gai pan to rock salt frog legs. 10736 Reading Rd., Evendale, (513) 733-8484, uncleyips.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC, discount for cash. $$

SICHUAN BISTRO

Like many Chinese restaurants that cater to both mainstream American and Chinese palates, this strip mall gem uses two menus. The real story here is found in dishes of pungent multi-layered ﬂavors that set your mouth ablaze with fermented peppers and fresh chilies and then just as quickly cool it down with the devilish, numbing sensation of hua jiao, Sichuan pepper. Its numbing effect is subtle at ﬁrst: appetizers of cold sliced beef and tripe, as well as slices of pork belly with a profusion of minced garlic, lean toward the hot and sweet; mapo tofu freckled with tiny fermented black beans and scallions, and pork with pickled red peppers and strips of ginger root, progress from sweet to pungent to hot to salty—in that order. Alternated with cooling dishes—nibbles of rice, a verdant mound of baby

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Most people who’ve eaten at Abigail Street have favorite dishes that they order every visit: the Moroccan spiced broccoli, for example, or the mussels charmoula, with its perfect balance of saffron, creaminess, and tomatoey acidity. Many of the new items on the menu have the same perfected feeling as these classics. Working within a loose framework of Middle Eastern and North African ﬂavors, Abigail Street has never fallen into a routine that would sap its energy. Offerings like the wood-grilled lamb, with apricot, harissa, and pickled Persian cucumbers, feel just as accomplished as old favorites like the falafel, beautifully Top 10

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moist and crumbly with a bright parsley interior. The restaurant is always watching for what works and what will truly satisfy, ready to sacriﬁce the superﬁcially interesting in favor of the essential. 1214 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 421-4040, abigailstreet.com. Dinner Tues–Sat. MCC, DS. $$ Top 10

BOCA

With its grand staircase, chandelier, and floor-to-ceiling draperies, Boca has an atmosphere of grandeur and refinement. There is a sense of drama not only in the decor but in everything it serves. In some dishes, there is a painterly sense of contrast and surprise, like the maple tuile served with the maple mascarpone cheesecake. In others, there is a dramatic suspense, like the whole egg yolk quivering in the center of the beef tartare waiting to be broken. While staying mostly grounded in the fundamentals of Italian and French cuisine, Boca has an air of international sophistication that sets its food apart. The hamachi crudo, an old standby on the menu, takes Japanese flavors and gives them new dimensions with grapefruit suprêmes and slivers of shishito pepper. This is food of extraordinary creativity and flair. 114 E. Sixth St., downtown, (513) 542-2022, bocacincinnati.com. Dinner Mon–Sat. MCC, DS. $$$

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Two Cincinnatibased businesses recently won big at the 2023 Ohio Restaurant Association’s Annual Industry Awards. Downtown favorite Boca took home best restaurant for the southern region and Nicole Cline of Sweets & Meats won in the “best behind-the-scenes employee” category.

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BOUQUET RESTAURANT

Normally diners aren’t pleased when a restaurant runs out of something. At Bouquet, though, surprise changes to the menu are simply a sign of integrity. Chef-owner Stephen Williams is serious about using seasonal ingredients, and if the ﬁgs have run out or there is no more chicken from a local farm, so be it. The ﬂavors at Bouquet are about doing justice to what’s available. Preparations are unfussy, complexity coming from within the vegetables and proteins themselves. A spring salad—wonderfully fresh and vibrant, so you know the strawberries included have just come off a nearby vine—is dressed with candy-striped beets, jerk-seasoned pepitas and whipped goat cheese. This determination to make something delicious out of what’s on hand, to embrace limitations, gives the food at Bouquet a rustic, soulful quality. 519 Main St., Covington, (859) 491-7777, bouquetbistro.com. Dinner Tues–Sat. MCC, DS. $$

CHÉ This spot draws on authentic Argentine recipes, including the empanadas. Choose from a dozen different crispy, perfectly cinched dough pockets, with ﬁllings ranging from traditional (a mixture of cumin-spiced beef, hard-boiled egg, and olives) to experimental (mushrooms, feta, green onion, and mozzarella). There are also six different dipping sauces to choose from, but you need not stray from the house chimichurri. 1342 Walnut St., Over-the-Rhine; 2038 Madison Rd., O’Bryonville, (513) 345-8838, checincinnati.com. Lunch Tues–Sun, dinner seven days, brunch Sat & Sun. V, MCC, DC, AMEX. $$

THE GOVERNOR This Milford restaurant playfully elevates diner classics. Breakfast is available all day so if you’re looking to greet the morning with decadence, try the Madame Rangoon, a thick slab of brioche toast smothered in crab whipped cream cheese and eggs. Sandwiches also get an inventive twist here. The “Governor Tso’s chicken”—a crispy fried chicken breast glazed with a General Tso’s–inspired sauce, topped with apricot slaw and served on a toasted brioche bun—is a gigantic, happy mess of a sandwich, but the sweet glaze faintly evokes the namesake “General” while let-

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ting the sublimely fried chicken lead the charge. Order a side of bowling alley fries and ask for the housemade red dip. (You’ll thank us later.) 231 Main St., Milford, (513) 239-8298, governordiner.com. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Mon–Sun. Breakfast and lunch Sun. Brunch seven days. MCC. $

MAPLEWOOD KITCHEN At Maplewood, you order at the counter, then ﬁnd a table, and a server will deliver what you’ve selected. There’s no cohesive cuisine, rather, the menu takes its cue from all corners of the globe: chicken tinga, guajillo chicken are all represented, along with the satisfying Maplewood hash with goetta and local mushrooms. Brunch is available all day so try the light lemon ricotta pancakes or the avocado benedict. 525 Race St., downtown, (513) 421-2100, maplewoodkitchenandbar.com. Breakfast and lunch seven days. MCC. $$

MELT REVIVAL In this Northside sandwich joint, the restaurant’s name pretty much dictates what you should get. Diners have their choice of sandwiches, including the vegetarian cheesesteak—seitan (a meat substitute) topped with roasted onions, peppers, and provolone—and The Gobbler, turkey burger served with curried aioli, red cabbage slaw, pickled red onions, and arugula. For those who require meat in their meals, try the verde chicken ﬂatbread: juicy pieces of chicken intermingle with pesto, zucchini, and provolone. Not sure you’ll want a whole sandwich? Try a half-sandwich with a halfsalad or half-soup order—a popular selection with the lunch crowd. 4100 Hamilton Ave., Northside, (513) 8188951, meltrevival.com. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Tues—Sat, brunch Sun. MCC, DS. $ Top 10

MITA’S

It’s ﬁtting that chef Jose Salazar named this restaurant after his grandmother, because there is something deeply homey about the food at Mita’s. With a focus on Spanish and Latin-American tapas, it always feels, in the best possible way, like elevated home cooking. Its sophistication is modestly concealed. The ﬂavors are bold and direct, whether the spicy freshness of the ceviche de camarones with passionfruit leche de tigre or the intensely bright sourness of the pozole verde. In dishes like the alcachofas y hongos, the chef hits every register: the acid of red espelette peppers to balance the earthy ramp-garlic hummus, the crunchy pistachios against the soft sautéed mushrooms and artichoke hearts. But what mainly comes through is the warm-hearted affection a grandmother might have put into a meal for a beloved grandson. It’s the kind of big hug everyone needs from time to time. 501 Race St., downtown, (513) 421-6482, mitas.co. Dinner Mon–Sat. MCC. $$$

NOLIA Chef/Owner Jeffery Harris, a New Orleans native, prepares the cuisine of his beloved city with sophistication and ﬂair, drawing on all the inﬂuences that have contributed to the cuisine of the Big Easy—from West African to French to Japanese to Haitian. The menu changes seasonally, with almost a complete overhaul each time. If classic New Orleans dishes do show up on the menu, they’re likely to get delightfully unexpected touches. Take the duck and oyster gumbo. Harris deconstructs the typical stew, building on a base of popcorn rice, instead of the more typical long grain, and a decadent duck fat roux. It’s exquisitely prepared food served in a funky, laid-back atmosphere. 1405 Clay St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 384-3597, noliakitchen.com. Dinner Tues–Sat. MCC. $$

SACRED BEAST Sacred Beast advertises itself as a kind of upscale diner, but the real gems are the oddball dishes that

don’t quite ﬁt the diner mold. The menu can be disorienting in its eclecticism: foie gras torchon is next to fries with lobster gravy, and a king salmon is next to a diner breakfast and deviled eggs. Winners are scattered throughout the menu in every category. On the cocktail list, the Covington Iced Tea, a lemon and coffee concoction made with cold brew, San Pellegrino, and vodka is oddly satisfying. The service is good, and there is some ﬂair about the place—including vintage touches, from the facsimile reel-to-reel audio system to the mostly classic cocktails—even within its rather chilly industrial design. In short, go for the unique grub; stay for the elegant, shareable twists on classic snacks. 1437 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 213-2864, sacredbeastdiner.com. Lunch and dinner Wed– Sun. MCC. $$

SENATE Ever since it began dishing out its lo-ﬁ eats, Chef Dan Wright’s gastropub has been operating at a velocity few can match. From the howl and growl of supremely badass hot dogs to the palaterattling poutine, Senate has led the charge in changing the local conventional wisdom about what makes a great restaurant. Consumption of mussels charmoula means either ordering additional grilled bread to soak up every drop of the herby, saffron-laced broth or drinking the remainder straight from the bowl and perfectly crisped and seasoned fries inspire countless return visits. 1100 Summit Place Dr., Blue Ash, (513) 7690099, senateblueash.com. Lunch and dinner Tues–Sun. MC, V, DS. $

THE STANDARD Owners Paul Weckman and Emily Wolff offer a pared-down menu of small plates and sandwiches. It’s simple but satisfying, with a small-town diner vibe. After a complete menu overhaul that shifted the restaurant away from its Pan-Asian street food concept, The Standard focuses on Americana classics, like smoked brisket chopped cheese, smash burgers, smoked wings, and chili. 434 Main St., Covington, (859) 360-0731, facebook.com/thestandardcov. Dinner Tues– Sun. MCC. $

TASTE OF BELGIUM Jean-François Flechet’s waffle empire grew from a back counter of Madison’s grocery at Findlay Market to multiple full-service sit-down spots. There’s more on the menu than the authentic Belgian treat, though it would be a crime to miss the chicken and waffles: a dense, yeasty waffle topped with a succulent buttermilk fried chicken breast, Frank’s hot sauce, and maple syrup. There are also frites, of course, and Brussels sprouts—served with pancetta and sherry vinaigrette—plus a gem of a Bolognese. And let’s not forget the beer. Six rotating taps offer some of the best the Belgians brew, not to mention those made in town. 1135 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 3965800, and other locations, authenticwaffle. com. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Tues–Sun, breakfast and lunch Mon, brunch Sun. MCC. $

YUCA Yuca is in The Fairﬁeld’s former space, retaining much of the same modern, airy, and inviting café vibes with a neighborhood feel, but boasting a menu certainly worth a commute. In the mood for a hearty breakfast? Indulge in the Fat Zach, a heaping corn gordita packed to the brim with chicken, chorizo, and scrambled egg, served with avocado, pineapple pico, and sweet and spicy potatoes. There’s a full drink menu ranging from coffee to Bloody Marys—or a selection of margaritas and palomas if you’re looking to stick around. 700 Fairﬁeld Ave., Bellevue, (859) 360-0110, yucabycedar.com. Breakfast and lunch Tues– Sun. MCC. $ ICON BY JOE HOFFECKER

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FRENCH CHEZ RENÉE FRENCH BISTROT Based on American stereotypes of French food—that it’s elaborate, elitist, and expensive—one might expect Chez Renée to fall on the chichi side. Instead, it’s elegant in an everyday way, operating on the principle that it is better to excel at simplicity than to badly execute something complicated. The formula is not complex: Simple ingredients, generally fresh and from nearby, prepared without much fuss. Warmed brie is served with thyme, almonds, fruit, and bread, and the chicken risotto is served with creamy mushrooms. This is solid, tasty food, both approachable and well-executed. It’s well on its way to becoming, as a good bistrot should be, a neighborhood institution. 233 Main St., Milford, (513) 428-0454, chezreneefrenchbistrot.com. Lunch Fri & Sat, dinner Wed–Sat. MCC. $$

FRENCH CRUST Located in the old Globe Furniture building at the corner of Elm and Elder Streets, this Jean-Robert de Cavel creation offers French fare in the heart of Over-the-Rhine. Swing by for lunch and have a quiche Lorraine (French Crust’s quiches are unrivaled in our humble opinion) and an avocado and shrimp salad, or opt for a more hearty entree—like cassoulet—for dinner. If you’re an early bird, a Croque Monsieur (with a sunny side-up egg) is a great

LE BAR A BOEUF

If it’s been a couple of years since you’ve been to Le Bar a Boeuf—the late Jean-Robert de Cavel’s fun-yet-refined French bistro located on the first floor of the Edgecliff Private Residences in East Walnut Hills—it may be time for a revisit. The formerly burger-centric menu now approaches the full repertoire of bistro classics. The menu reads like a greatest hits list of bistro fare, with escargot, beef tartare, duck leg confit, steak frites, and French onion soup all making appearances. As France’s influence on American fine dining has waned, it’s refreshing to see a restaurant committed to not only preserving the French classics but reinvigorating them. 2200 Victory Pkwy., East Walnut Hills, (513) 751-2333, lebarboeuf.com. Dinner Wed–Sat. MCC. $$

tomato sauce) from the curry menu. Or tear into a crispy, two-foot diameter dosa (chickpea ﬂour crepe) stuffed with spiced onions and potatoes. 7633 Reading Rd., Roselawn, (513) 821-2021, cincinnati. ammaskitchen.com. Lunch buffet Mon–Fri (all vegan on Wed), dinner seven days. MC, V, DS. $

BRIJ MOHAN Order at the counter the way you might at a fast food joint, except the shakes come in mango and there’s no supersizing your mint lassi. The saag, full of cream in most northern Indian restaurants, is as intensely ﬂavored as collard greens in the Deep South—real Punjabi soul food. Tarka dal is spectacular here, the black lentils smoky from charred tomatoes and onions, and the pani puri, hollow fried shells into which you spoon a peppery cold broth, burst with tart cool crunch. Follow the spice with soothing ras malai, freshly made cheese simmered in thick almond-ﬂavored milk, cooled and sprinkled with crushed pistachios. 11259 Reading Rd., Sharonville, (513) 769-4549, brijmohancincinnati.com. Lunch Fri–Sun, dinner Tues– Sun. MC, V, DC, AMEX. $

INDIAN AMMA’S KITCHEN Muthu Kumar Muthiah serves traditional southern Indian and Indo-Chinese vegetarian cuisine, but with a sizable Orthodox Jewish community nearby, Muthiah saw an opportunity: If he was going to cook vegetarian, why not also make it kosher? Muthiah prepares every item— from the addictively crunchy gobhi Manchurian, a spicy Chinese cauliﬂower dish, to the lemon pickle, tamarind, and mint sauces—entirely from scratch under the careful eye of Rabbi Michoel Stern. Always 80 percent vegan, the daily lunch buffet is 100 percent animal-product-free on Wednesdays. Tuck into a warm and savory channa masala (spiced chickpeas) or malai kofta (vegetable dumplings in

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I TA L I A N A TAVOLA In 2011, Jared Wayne opened A Tavola Pizza with two friends just as OTR was blowing up. A Ferrara pizza oven was ordered from Italy; Wayne, a skilled woodworker, built custom tables; and the menu was ﬂeshed in with trendy crowd-pleasers like charcuterie and craft cocktails. Fast-forward a decade. The OTR outpost is closed but the second location is still going strong in the ’burbs: A Tavola Madeira capitalizes on the menu from the Vine Street location, including the fresh and zesty artichoke pizza on a Neapolitan crust; gooey mozzarella-ﬁlled arancini, or risotto fritters; and the zucchini moz-

zarella. Wash down your small plates with a glass of crisp and grassy Sannio falanghina or an ice-cold Rhinegeist. They’re deﬁnitely going to need a bigger parking lot. 7022 Miami Ave., Madeira, (513) 272-0192, atavolapizza.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. V, DC, MS, AMEX. $

FORNO

Cristian Pietoso’s second restaurant has all the bones of an upscale eatery, but the menu is infused with enough Italian soul to make nonna proud. In most instances, raving about a side of creamed corn wouldn’t bode well for the rest of the menu. Here, that side dish—kernels swimming in a pool of truffle-laced heavy cream that demands sopping up—is evidence that each component is purpose-driven. The red wine–braised honeycomb tripe, which carries a warning label (“Don’t be scared!”), and the tagliatelle bolognese with traditional beef and veal sauce are examples of the elevated, adventurous comfort food that Pietoso strives for. 3514 Erie Ave., East Hyde Park, (513) 818-8720, fornoosteriabar.com. Dinner Tues–Sat, brunch Sun. MCC. $$

NICOLA’S

Chef/Restaurateur Cristian Pietoso carries on the legacy of his father, Nicola, as the elder Pietoso’s Over-the-Rhine eatery celebrated 25 years in business in 2021. You can still get the old Italian classics, and they’ll be as good as ever, but the rest of the menu has blossomed into a freewheeling tour of modern American cuisine. Any establishment paying this level of attention to detail— from the candied slice of blood orange on the mascarpone cheesecake to the staff’s wine knowledge—is going to put out special meals. Rarely have humble insalate been so intricately delicious, between the perfectly nested ribbons of beets in the pickled beet salad or the balance of bitterness, funkiness, and creaminess in the endive and Gorgonzola salad. Order an old favorite, by all means, but make sure you try something new, too. Top 10

1420 Sycamore St., Pendleton, (513) 721-6200, nicolasotr.com. Dinner Mon–Sat. MCC, DC, DS. $$$

PADRINO

Billed as “Italian comfort food,” this sister restaurant to 20 Brix offers the classics (like lasagna and chicken carbonara) plus hoagies and meatball sliders, an impressive wine list, seasonal martinis, and a decadent signature appetizer—garlic knots, doughy buns smothered in olive oil and garlic. Best of all, Barraco’s pizza sauce, which is comprised of roasted tomatoes and basil, is so garden-fresh that one can’t help but wonder: If this is real pizza, what have we been eating all these years? 111 Main St., Milford, (513) 965-0100; 14 N. Grand Ave., Ft. Thomas, (859) 957-4082, padrinoitalian.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC, DS. $$

PEPP & DOLORES

As with all of Thunderdome’s restaurants, you get a sense that they want to deliver a meal that satisfies many different kinds of people. The prices are reasonable, with pasta entrées about $15. The dishes are familiar in their flavors, but everything feels balanced, modulated and gradually perfected. There is lovely variety: the limone pasta is zippy with lemon and chili flakes, and just the right mixture of tart and creamy; the deep meaty flavors on the mushroom toast are balanced with a nice acidity; and the heat in dishes like the eggplant involtini is just enough to wake up the sauce without overwhelming the flavor. The menu has a wealth of excellent vegetarian and pasta-alternative options. 1501 Vine St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 419-1820, peppanddolores.com. Lunch Fri–Sun, dinner seven days. MCC. $$

PRIMAVISTA

Besides offering the old-world ﬂavors of Italy, Primavista also serves up a specialty no other restaurant can match: a bird’s eye view of Cincinnati from the west side. The kitchen is equally comfortable with northern and southern regional

specialties: a Venetian carpaccio of paper-thin raw beef sparked by fruity olive oil; house-made fresh mozzarella stuffed with pesto and mushrooms; or artichoke hearts with snails and mushrooms in a creamy Gorgonzola sauce from Lombardy. Among the classics, nothing is more restorative than the pasta e fagioli, a hearty soup of cannellini, ditali pasta, and bacon. Most of the pastas are cooked just a degree more mellow than al dente so that they soak up the fragrant tomato basil or satiny cream sauces. The forktender osso buco Milanese, with its marrow-ﬁlled center bone and salty-sweet brown sauce (marinara and lemon juice), is simply superb. Desserts present further problems; you’ll be hard-pressed to decide between the house-made tiramisu or bread pudding with caramel sauce, marsalasoaked raisins, and cream. 810 Matson Pl., Price Hill, (513) 251-6467, pvista.com. Dinner Wed–Sun. MCC, DC, DS. $$

SOTTO

There are certain books and movies that you can read or watch over and over. Eating at Sotto is a similar experience: familiar, but so profound and satisfying that there is no reason to ever stop. Unlike other restaurants, where the techniques are often elaborate and unfamiliar, the magic at Sotto happens right in front of you, using ordinary elements and methods. When you taste the results, though, you realize that some mysterious transmutation has taken place. Orecchiette with rapini and pork sausage comes in a buttery, lightly starchy broth with a kick of spice that you could go on eating forever. From the texture of the chicken liver mousse to the seasonal fruit sauce on the panna cotta, most of the food has some added element of soulfulness. Top 10

118 E. Sixth St., downtown, (513) 977-6886, sottocincinnati.com. Dinner seven days. V, MC, DS, AMEX. $$

SUBITO

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own worthwhile place in the landscape. Most of the items on the menu—from pizza to various pastas—will be familiar, but there are delightful surprises, like the vegan torta di ceci. At the base of the dish is a light, ﬂaky farinata—a griddled pancake made out of chickpea ﬂour. Topped with pickled red onion, and covered with nectarine and toasted almonds, the whole dish is rounded out with a touch of tangy sweetness from a blackberry balsamic vinaigrette. Everything at Subito is done with intelligence and a light touch. 311 Pike St., downtown, (513) 621-4500, thelytleparkhotel.com/dining/subito. Breakfast and lunch Mon–Fri, dinner Mon–Sat, brunch Sat & Sun. MCC. $$

VIA VITE

KYOTO Owner Jason Shi seems to know everybody’s name as he chats up diners, guiding them through the extensive sushi and sashimi menu. Five young sushi chefs, all part of Shi’s family, work at light speed behind the bar, a choreography backlit by rows of gleaming liquor bottles. Dinner proceeds with glorious chaos as a feisty Carla Tortelli–like server delivers one dish after another—slivers of giant clam on ice in a super-sized martini glass, a volcanic tower of chopped fatty tuna hidden inside overlapping layers of thin avocado slices, smoky grilled New Zealand mussels drizzled with spicy mayo, and delicate slices of a samurai roll—all between shots of chilled sake. 12082 Montgomery Rd., Symmes Twp., (513) 5838897, kyotousa.m988.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC. $$

520 Vine St., downtown, (513) 721-8483, viaviterestaurant.com. Dinner Mon–Sat. MCC, DS. $$

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ANDO You don’t go just anywhere to dine on uni sashimi (sea urchin) or tanshio (thinly sliced charcoal-grilled beef tongue). Don’t miss the rich and meaty chyu toro (fatty big-eye tuna), or the pucker-inducing umeshiso maki (pickled plum paste and shiso leaf roll). Noodles are also well represented, with udon, soba, or ramen options available. And don’t forget to ask about the specials; owners Ken and Keiko Ando always have something new, be it grilled koji or marinated amberjack smoked salmon crudo, delicacies that you’ll be hard-pressed to ﬁnd in any of those Hyde Park pan-Asian wannabes. The only thing you won’t ﬁnd here is sake, or any other alcohol. Bring your own, or stick to the nutty and outright addicting barley tea. 11255 Reed Hartman Hwy., Blue Ash, (513) 9540041, andojapaneserestaurant.com. Dinner Tues– Sat. MCC. $$$

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Via Vite serves up crowd-pleasing entrées, including the Pietoso family Bolognese, over penne, right on Fountain Square. (Add in a golf-ball-sized veal meatball heavy with lemon zest, and it’s an over-the-top comforting main dish.) The same applies to the risotto, where a few small touches add sophistication. Carnaroli rice results in a glossier, starchier dish. A puree of asparagus turns the risotto an eye-popping green, and the poached lobster garnish creates a nice back-and-forth between vegetal and briny ﬂavors. Braised lamb shank over polenta is comforting workhorse, and the ﬂavorful Faroe Island salmon with roasted carrot puree, caramelized Brussel sprouts and truffled brown butter balsamic vinaigrette.

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simply order too much, starting with the edamame, salted or tossed in tare, a savory dipping sauce. Add the karaage fried chicken, with the Jordy mayo and the pepe meshi, conﬁt chicken on spaghetti and rice that somehow works. And, yes, the ramen, too. The shio features pork belly and tea-marinated soft-boiled egg, but the kimchi subs in tofu and its namesake cabbage for the meat.

Baru, the sleek izakaya in the former MidiCi space, prioritizes bar dining, which is meant to be enjoyed alongside its eclectic drinks list. The menu is broken down into drinks, sushi, “small plates,” “plates,” sides, and ishiyaki. Start with clever cocktail offerings, like the Japanese Highball (which uses Japanese whiskey), the Sake-tini, or the sweetly spicy Wasabi Margarita. Sushi chef Samson Kim’s offerings are—like the rest of the menu—fun and funky. The sushi menu is varied, but concise, featuring a trio of ahi tuna, spicy tuna, and escolar, as well as a quail egg nigiri. If sushi got the party going, the theatrical ishiyaki kicked it into high gear. The term refers to dishes that diners grill tableside on a hot stone. We went with the Sakura Wagyu, sourced from Ohio’s own Sakura Farms. For all its convivial buzz, Baru is also a spot where solo diners can enjoy a few peaceful bar-side bites. Tthe Crispy Rice Spicy Tuna from the small plates section brought the same level of freshness and quality as the rest of the menu. Sometimes it pays to dine alone.

Mei’s menu is meant to represent traditional Japanese cuisine, appealing to the novice as well as the sushi maven. It is divided into sections that encourage a progressive meal of small dishes: One each for hot and cold appetizers, noodles, sushi and sashimi, special rolls, soups and salads, sushi dinners (with miso soup), and combinations (such as tempura paired with sashimi). Deep-fried soft shell crab comes with ponzu sauce—a dipping sauce made of rice vinegar, soy sauce, mirin, and citrus juice—and the kind of yakitori that you can ﬁnd on the streets of New York. Bento boxes—lacquered wooden boxes divided into compartments—offer the neophyte a sampling of several small dishes. Mei’s are lovely: deep red and stocked with tempura, cooked salmon, sashimi, stewed vegetables, and a fabulous egg custard with shrimp and gingko nut. Mei’s sushi— nigiri, maki, and handrolls—is exceptionally good with quality cuts of fresh seafood. The staff is knowledgeable, extremely efficient, respectful, and attentive, even when it’s at peak capacity. 8608 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, (513) 8916880, meijapaneserestaurant.com. Lunch Sat & Sun, dinner Tues–Sun. MCC, DS. $$

ZUNDO RAMEN & DONBURI A stark contrast to Styrofoam cup soup, chef Han Lin’s ramens are a deep and exciting branch of cuisine, capable of subtlety, variation, and depth. The simplicity of the dish’s name hides a world of complexity. Zundo uses the traditional Japanese building blocks of ﬂavor—soy sauce, miso, sake, mirin—to create something freewheeling and time-tested. Bowls of ramen come with a marinated soft-boiled egg half, roast pork, green onion, and a healthy serving of noodles. Each has a distinct identity, like the milky richness of the tonkotsu, the rich and buttery miso, or the light and faintly sweet shoyu ramen. A transformative add-in is the mayu, or black garlic oil. Dripped on top of one of the subtler broths, it adds a deep, mushroom-y richness, with the hint of burned ﬂavor that makes barbecue so good. 220 W. 12th St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 975-0706, zundootr.com. Lunch and dinner Tues–Sun. MCC. $$

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KIKI

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RIVERSIDE KOREAN RESTAURANT Come for the jham bong—a seafood soup with ﬂour noodles in a spicy broth with pork, shrimp, squid, mussels, and vegetables. Revered for its medicinal

properties, the dinner-sized soup will leave your eyes glistening and your brow beaded with sweat. It’s a detox for your overindulgence, rejuvenation for when you’re feeling under the weather. Expect crowds on weekends. Expect too, that dozens of them have come for dolsot bibimbap, the hot stone pots ﬁlled with layers of rice, vegetables, meat or tofu, egg, and chili paste. Characterized by its electric color and addictive ﬂavors, Riverside Korean’s version is a captivating bowl of heaven. 512 Madison Ave., Covington, (859) 291-1484, riversidekoreanrestaurant.com. Lunch Tues–Fri, dinner Tues–Sun. MCC, DS. $$

MEDITERRANEAN ANDY’S MEDITERRANEAN GRILLE

In this lively joint with a burnished summer lodge interior of wood and stone, even the food is unrestrained: rough-cut chunks of charbroiled beef tenderloin, big slices of onion and green pepper turned sweet and wet in the heat, skewers of marinated and charbroiled chicken perched on rice too generous for its plate. Co-owner Andy Hajjar mans his station at the end of the bar, smoking a hookah pipe that ﬁlls the air with the sweet smell of ﬂavored tobacco, while the friendly but hurried staff hustles through. 906 Nassau St., Walnut Hills, (513) 281-9791, andyskabob. com. Lunch Mon–Sat, dinner seven days. MCC. $$

from a mile away. Watch owner Alex Vassiliou tend to the rotating wheels of beef and lamb, and you understand how Greek food has escaped the American tendency to appropriate foreign cuisines. Sebastian’s specializes in gyros, shaved off the stick, wrapped in thick griddle pita with onions and tomatoes, and served with cool tzatziki sauce. Alex’s wife and daughter run the counter with efficient speed, and whether you’re having a crisp Greek salad with house-made dressing, triangles of spanakopita, or simply the best walnut and honey baklava this side of the Atlantic (often made by the Mrs.), they never miss a beat, turning more covers in their tiny restaurant on one Saturday afternoon than some restaurants do in an entire weekend. 5209 Glenway Ave., Price Hill, (513) 471-2100, sebastiansgyros.com. Lunch and dinner Mon–Sat. Cash. $

SULTAN’S MEDITERRANEAN CUISINE

The meze, a parade of small plates and appetizers—the refreshing yogurt dish with cucumber, mint, and garlic known as cacik, and its thicker cousin haydari, with chopped walnuts, dill, and garlic—is rounded out with ﬂaky cheese or spinach bourekas, falafels, soups, salads, and more, while baked casseroles or stuffed cabbage and eggplant dishes (dubbed “Ottoman specials”) augment the heavy focus on kebabs: chunks of lamb and beef on a vertical spit for the popular Doner kebab (a.k.a. Turkish gyro), peppery ground lamb for the Adana kebab, or cubed and marinated for the Shish kebab. 7305 Tylers Corner Dr., West Chester, (513) 847-1535, sultanscincinnati.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC, DS. $$

CAFÉ MEDITERRANEAN

Chef-driven Middle Eastern cuisine leans heavily on Turkish tradition here. The baba ghanoush uses seared eggplant, which adds a pleasant smokiness to the ﬁnal product. Börek is described as a “Turkish Egg Roll,” wrapping feta and fresh and dried herbs into phyllo dough and frying it lightly to brittle ﬂakiness. The pastry arrives atop a vivid cherry tomato marmalade, which adds a welcome dimension of barely sweet fruitiness. While there is a smooth, simple hummus on the menu, you should go for the classic sucuklu hummus, which is spiked with sujuk, a common beef sausage popular all over the Middle East. 3520 Erie Ave., East Hyde Park, (513) 871-8714, mediterranean-cafe.com. Lunch Mon–Sat, dinner seven days. MCC. $$ Top 10

PHOENICIAN TAVERNA

No matter how much restraint you go in with, meals at Phoenician Taverna quickly become feasts. There is just too much that’s good, and everything is meant to be shared. With fresh pita bread continuously arriving from the ovens, and a table of quickly multiplying meze (hummus, falafel, muhammara), there is a warmth and depth to the cooking that envelops you. With such traditional cuisine, you may think there isn’t much left to discover beyond simply executed classics prepared according to time-tested methods. But there are always new discoveries as the ﬂavors mingle from plate to plate: the tabbouleh with the hummus, mixed with a touch of harissa, or the smoky baba ghanoush spooned onto falafel. Phoenician Taverna keeps taking these classics a little further. 7944 Mason Montgomery Rd., Mason, (513) 770-0027, phoeniciantaverna.com. Lunch Tues–Fri, dinner Tues– Sun. MCC. $$

SANTORINI

2645 Erie Ave., Hyde Park, (513) 321-6372, mesalocahydepark.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC. $$

NADA

The brains behind Boca deliver authentic, contemporary, high-quality Mexican fare downtown. You’ll ﬁnd a concise menu, including tacos, salads and sides, large plates, and desserts. The Pork Al Pastor tacos, zesty with salsa verde and sweet with grilled pineapple, are definite crowdpleasers. If you’re biased against Brussels sprouts, Nada just might convert you. Their crispy brussels, served with chipotle honey and candied ancho pepitas, are a deliciously intriguing starter. 600 Walnut St., downtown, (513) 721-6232, eatdrinknada.com. Lunch Mon–Fri, dinner seven days, brunch Sat & Sun. MCC, DS. $$

SOCO’S

Mexican places seem to change hands in this town so often that you can’t get the same meal twice. Soco’s (formerly Montoya’s) is the exception. It’s been hidden in a tiny strip mall off the main drag in Ft. Mitchell for years. At a place where you can get Huracan Fajitas with steak, chicken, and chorizo or Tilapia Asada, the tacos are still a big item. 2507 Chelsea Dr., Ft. Mitchell, (859) 341-0707. Lunch and dinner Tues–Sat. MC, V, DS. $

MEXICAN

TAQUERIA CRUZ EL VALLE VERDE

Guests with dietary issues, high anxiety, and no Spanish may take a pass, but for hardy souls, this taqueria delivers a memorable evening. Seafood dishes are the star here— ceviche tostadas, crisp corn tortillas piled high with pico de gallo, avocado, and lime-tastic bits of white ﬁsh, squid, and crab; the oversized goblet of cocktel campechano, with ample poached shrimp crammed into a Clamato-heavy gazpacho; and simmering sopa de marisco came with langoustines, mussels, crab legs, and an entire ﬁsh—enough to feed three. 6717 Vine St., Carthage, (513) 821-5400. Lunch and dinner seven days. $

The menu at this four-table mom-and-pop welcomes you to “a little piece of Mexico.” The huaraches (spelled guarachis here), are ﬂat troughs of thick, handmade fried masa dough the approximate shape and size of a shoeprint, mounded with beans and slivers of grilled beef or chili-red nubs of sausage, shredded lettuce, a crumble of queso fresco, and drizzle of cultured cream. Should you have an adventurous side, you can have your huarache topped with slippery tongue, goat meat, shredded chicken, or pork. There are stews, carne asada plates, and sopes—saucers of fried masa much like huaraches, only smaller. 518 Pike St., Covington, (859) 431-3859. Lunch and dinner seven days. Cash. $

HABAÑERO

It’s easy to find a cheap burrito place around a college campus, but you’d be hard-pressed to find one as consistently good as Habañero, with its flavors of Latin America and the Caribbean wrapped up in enormous packages. Fried tilapia, apricot-glazed chicken breast, hand-rubbed spiced flank steak, shredded pork tenderloin, or cinnamon-roasted squash are just some of the ingredients for Habañero’s signature burritos. All salsas are made in-house, from the smoky tomato chipotle to the sweet-sounding mango jalapeño, which is hot enough to spark spontaneous combustion. 358 Ludlow Ave., Clifton, (513) 961-6800, habanerolatin.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC, DC, DS. $

MAZUNTE

Steak, eggs, and home fries. Jumbo haddock sandwich with Greek fries. Chocolate chip hotcakes with bacon. Notice something wrong with this menu? Chicken Philly cheese steak sandwich with Olympic onion rings. Yep, it’s obvious: What’s wrong with this menu is that there’s nothing wrong with this menu. Greek feta cheese omelette with a side of ham. It’s been owned by the same family for more than 30 years. Santorini has diner standards, like cheeseburgers, chili ﬁve ways, and breakfast anytime, but they also make some Greek pastries in-house, like spanakopita and baklava.

Mazunte runs a culinary full-court press, switching up specials to keep both regulars and staff engaged. Pork tamales arrive swaddled in a banana leaf, the shredded pork filling steeped in a sauce fiery with guajillo and ancho chilies yet foiled by the calming sweetness of raisins. The fried fish tacos are finished with a citrusy red and white cabbage slaw that complements the accompanying mango-habañero salsa. With this level of authentic yet fast-paced execution, a slightly greasy pozole can be easily forgiven. Don’t miss the Mexican Coke, the margaritas, or the non-alcoholic horchata.

3414 Harrison Ave., Cheviot, (513) 662-8080. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner Mon–Sat, breakfast and lunch Sun. Cash. $

5207 Madison Rd., Madisonville, (513) 785-0000, mazuntetacos.com. Lunch and dinner Mon–Sat, brunch Sun. MCC. $

SEBASTIAN’S

MESA LOCA

When the wind is just right, you can smell the meat roasting

Mesa Loca has an absolute dream of a location. The pandemic forced a few changes to the seafood-centric menu, but those dishes still on the menu indicate what Mesa Loca could be. The tuna ceviche is nicely balanced: tart, with a little spicy creaminess, and a good crispy tostada. One of Mesa Loca’s appealing qualities is its dramatic ﬂair: The yucca fries come stacked on the plate like a late-stage game of Jenga, and the sour-and-spicy rub is quite delicious and striking against the bright starchy white of the fries.

Sitting on a corner of Hyde Park Square, it’s easy to see that

TAQUERIA MERCADO

On a Saturday night, Taqueria Mercado is a lively ﬁesta, with seemingly half of the local Hispanic community guzzling margaritas and cervezas or carrying out sacks of burritos and carnitas tacos—pork tenderized by a long simmer, its edges frizzled and crispy. The Mercado’s strip mall interior, splashed with a large, colorful mural, is equally energetic: the bustling semi-open kitchen; a busy counter that handles a constant stream of take-out orders; a clamorous, convivial chatter in Spanish and English. Try camarones a la plancha, 12 chubby grilled shrimp tangled with grilled onions (be sure to specify if you like your onions well done). The starchiness of the rice absorbs the caramelized onion juice, offset by the crunch of lettuce, buttery slices of avocado, and the cool-hot pico de gallo. A shrimp quesadilla paired with one of their cheap and potent margaritas is worth the drive alone. 6507 Dixie Hwy., Fairﬁeld, (513) 942-4943; 100 E. Eighth St., downtown, (513) 381-0678, tmercadocincy. com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC, DS. $

SEAFOOD MCCORMICK & SCHMICK’S

The daily rotation here reads like a ﬁsherman’s wish list: fresh lobsters from the coast of Maine, ahi tuna from Hawaii, clams from New England. But high-quality ingredients are only half the equation; preparation is the other. Herb-broth sea bass, served with roasted ﬁngerling potatoes, makes the taste buds dance. The spacious digs and attentive wait-

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staff bring a touch of class to Fountain Square and

make it a sophisticated destination. It’s likely to remain a favorite. After all, it’s right in the middle of things. 21 E. Fifth St., downtown, (513) 721-9339, mccormickandschmicks.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC, DC, DS. $$

ROSEWOOD SUSHI, THAI & SEAFOOD

Chanaka De Lanerolle sold Mt. Adams Fish House back in 2011, and Rosewood Sushi, Thai & Seafood is its reincarnation—and reinvention. Most of the menu tends toward fairly conservative takes on classics, like well-seasoned crab cakes and thick, creamy chowder full of seafood. The handful of ethnic experiments on the menu are among its most vibrant offerings, including a Mediterranean fish stew that takes inspiration from the North African coast. Tender, fluffy couscous soaks up a fiery but sweet tomato sauce that showcases chiles and peppercorns, golden raisins, and lovely firm cashews, and the stew itself is packed with mussels, shrimp, and chunks of fish. 3036 Madison Rd., Oakley, (513) 631-3474, oakleyfishhouse.com. Lunch Fri–Sun, dinner Tues–Sun. MCC. $$$

MOVING IN

BBQ joint Just Q’in is expanding again. The eatery, known for its lip-smacking barbecue and sides, is opening another location in College Hill this month in the former MashRoots space.

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STEAKS CARLO & JOHNNY

The stars of the menu are 12 delectable steaks that could sway the vegi-curious to recommit. Not sure which to choose? If you prefer brawny ﬂavor over buttery texture, go for one of the three bone-in rib cuts. Or if it’s that melt-in-your-mouth experience that raises your serotonin levels, C&J features several tenderloin cuts, including the premium six-ounce Wagyu ﬁlet. There are the usual suspects of raw bar, seafood, pork chops, et al, if you’re interested in non-beef alternatives. 9769 Montgomery Rd., Montgomery, (513) 936-8600, jeffruby.com/carlo-johnny. Dinner seven days. MCC. $$$$

JEFF RUBY’S

Filled most nights with local scenesters and power brokers (and those who think they are), everything in this urban steakhouse is generous—from the portions to the expert service. White-jacketed waiters with ﬂoor-length aprons deliver two-ﬁsted martinis and mounds of greens dressed in thin vinaigrettes or thick, creamy emulsions. An occasional salmon or sea bass appears, and there’s a small but decent assortment of land fare. But most customers, even the willowy model types, inhale slabs of beef (dry aged USDA prime) like they’re dining in a crack house for carnivores. The best of these is Jeff Ruby’s Cowboy, 22 ounces of 70-day dry-aged bone-in rib eye. This is steak tailor-made for movers and shakers. 505 Vine St., downtown, (513) 784-1200, jeffruby.com. Dinner Mon–Sat. MCC, DC. $$$$

LOSANTI

A bit more upscale than its sister restaurant, Crown Republic Gastropub, Losanti is also more conservative in its offerings. Service is friendly and informal, and though the meal feels like a special occasion, prices and atmosphere are right for, say, a date, rather than a wedding anniversary. The ﬁlet mignon, rib eye, and New York strip are cut to order for each table (there are a few available weights for each). The steaks themselves are totally irreproachable, perfectly seasoned, cooked to precisely the right point. Losanti even makes the steakhouse sides a little special. Sweet and smoky caramelized onions are folded into the mashed potatoes, a nice dusting of truffles wakes up the mac and cheese, and the sweet corn is at least freshly cut off the cob and Top 10

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recalls elote with lime and chile. 1401 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 246-4213, losantiotr.com. Dinner seven days. MCC. $$$

and a wide variety of main plates ranging from small bites to signature dishes, you have plenty of room to craft your own dining experience.

MORTON’S THE STEAKHOUSE

1200 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 421-8325, teakotr.com. Lunch and dinner Tues–Sun. MCC. $$

No one has replicated the concept of an expensive boys’ club better than Morton’s. Amid the dark polished woods and white linen, the Riedel stemware and stupendous flower arrangements, assorted suits grapple with double cut filet mignons, 24 ounces of porterhouse, pink shiny slabs of prime rib, overflowing plates of salty Lyonnaise potatoes, or mammoth iceberg wedges frosted with thick blue cheese dressing. Jumbo is Morton’s decree: Oversized martini and wine glasses, ethereal towering lemon soufflés, roomy chairs, and tables large enough for a plate and a laptop. Even steaks billed as “slightly smaller” weigh in at 8 to 10 ounces. 441 Vine St., downtown, (513) 621-3111, mortons.com. Dinner seven days. MCC. $$$

THE PRECINCT

Part of the appeal of the Ruby restaurants is their ability to deliver deep, comfort-food satisfaction. And the steaks. The meat is tender with a rich mineral ﬂavor, and the signature seasoning provided a nice crunch, not to mention blazing heat. The supporting cast is strong—the basket of warm Sixteen Bricks bread with a mushroom truffle butter, the addictive baked macaroni and cheese, the creamy garlic mashed potatoes, the crisp-tender asparagus with roasted garlic and lemon vinaigrette—and dinner ends on a sweet note with a piece of Ruby family recipe cheesecake. Neither cloyingly sweet nor overwhelmingly creamy, it’s a lovely slice of restraint. Top 10

311 Delta Ave., Columbia-Tusculum, (513) 321-5454, jeffruby.com/precinct. Dinner seven days. MCC. $$$$

THAI SUKHOTHAI

Nestled in the nearly hidden Market Place Lane, this tiny restaurant isn’t exactly slick. A chalkboard lists the day’s specials, usually spicy dishes worthy of an adventurous diner. But if it’s noodle dishes and curries you’re after, Sukhothai’s pad kee mao—wide rice noodles stir-fried with basil— is the best around. Served slightly charred, the fresh and dried chilies provide enough heat to momentarily suspend your breath. Pad Thai has the right amount of crunch from peanuts, slivers of green onion, and mung sprouts to contrast with the slippery glass noodles, and a few squeezes of fresh lime juice give it a splendid tartness. The crispy tamarind duck is one of the best house specials, the meat almost spreadably soft under the papery skin and perfectly complemented by the sweet-tart bite of tamarind. 8102 Market Place Lane, Montgomery, (513) 794-0057, sukhothaicincin.com. Lunch Tues– Fri, dinner Tues–Sat. DS, MC, V. $

TEAK THAI

Owner Chanaka De Lanerolle has said that he decided to bring back Teak’s take on Thai food because of the renewed vibrancy in Over-theRhine, which he compared to the energy he felt in Mt. Adams during his time there. But for all of the hype around the restaurant’s re-emergence on the scene, it’s probably best to consider it a reimagining rather than a reopening. While longtime favorites show up on the menu, prepared by many of the same kitchen staff members from Mt. Adams, some adaptations have been made to better meet expectations of modern diners. Letting go of preconceived notions about Teak will serve you well. With a two-sided, standalone sushi menu

THAI NAMTIP

Classic Thai comfort food on the west side from chef/owner Tussanee Leach, who grew up with galangal on her tongue and sriracha sauce in her veins. Her curries reign: pale yellow sweetened with coconut milk and poured over tender chicken breast and chunks of boiled pineapple; red curry the color of new brick, tasting of earth at first bite, then the sharply verdant Thai basil leaves, followed by a distant heat. Tom Kha Gai soup defines the complex interplay of flavors in Thai food: astringent lemongrass gives way to pepper, then Makrut lime, shot through with the gingery, herbaceous galangal, all yielding to the taunting sweetness of coconut. Even the simple skewers of chicken satay with Thai peanut sauce are rough and honest, dulcified by honey and dirtied up by a smoky grill. 5461 North Bend Rd., Monfort Heights, (513) 481-3360, thainamtip.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MC, V. $

WILD GINGER

The ability to satisfy a deep desire for Vietnamese and Thai fusion cuisine is evident in Wild Ginger’s signature Hee Ma roll—a fortress of seaweedwrapped rolls filled with shrimp tempura, asparagus, avocado, and topped with red tuna, pulled crab stick, tempura flakes, a bit of masago, scallions, and of course, spicy mayo. It’s tasty, even though the sweet fried floodwall of tempura and spicy mayo overpowered the tuna completely. The spicy pad char entrée was a solid seven out of 10: broccoli, carrots, cabbage, succulent red bell peppers, green beans, and beef, accented with basil and lime leaves in a peppercorn-and-chili brown sauce. 3655 Edwards Rd., Hyde Park, (513) 533-9500, wildgingercincy.com. Lunch and dinner Mon– Sun. MCC, DS. $$

VI ETNAM E S E PHO LANG THANG

Owners Duy and Bao Nguyen and David Le have created a greatest hits playlist of Vietnamese cuisine: elegant, brothy pho made from poultry, beef, or vegan stocks poured over rice noodles and adrift with slices of onions, meats, or vegetables (the vegan pho chay is by far the most ﬂavorful); fresh julienned vegetables, crunchy sprouts, and herbs served over vermicelli rice noodles (again, the vegan version, bun chay, is the standout); and bánh mì. Be sure to end with a cup of Vietnamese coffee, a devilish jolt of dark roast and sweetened condensed milk that should make canned energy drinks obsolete. 1828 Race St., Over-the-Rhine, (513) 376-9177, pholangthang.com. Lunch and dinner seven days. MCC, DS, DC. $ CINCINNATI MAGAZINE, (ISSN 0746-8 210), January 2024, Volume 57, Number 4. Published monthly ($19.95 for 12 issues annually) at 1818 Race St., Ste. 301, Cincinnati, OH 45202. (513) 421-4300. Copyright © 2024 by Cincinnati Magazine LLC, a subsidiary of Hour Media Group, 5750 New King Dr., Ste. 100, Troy, MI 48098. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or reprinted without permission. Unsolicited manuscripts, photographs, and artwork should be accompanied by SASE for return. The magazine cannot be held responsible for loss. For subscription orders, address changes or renewals, write to CINCINNATI MAGAZINE, 1965 E. Avis Dr., Madison Heights, MI 48071, or call 1-866-660-6247. Periodicals postage paid at Cincinnati, Ohio, and additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Please send forms 3579 to CINCINNATI MAGAZINE, 1965 E. Avis Dr., Madison Heights, MI 48071. If the Postal Service alerts us that your magazine is undeliverable, we have no further obligation unless we receive a corrected address within one year. ICON BY JOE HOFFECKER

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that’s bafflingly bare, save for a top hat, charcoal buttons, and carrot—but you get the joke when you read the cheeky inscription: Miami Snowman. It’s just one of more than 200 globes that line the bookshelves of the University of Cincinnati’s Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) Library. The decor tradition traces its roots back to 1983, when a library employee brought in the first specimen, also from Florida: a bikini-clad woman standing on a surfboard, pulled by a speedboat. The saucy snow globe was filled with glitter, rather than water, but that didn’t stop the library’s patrons from going on the hunt for more. When someone brought a “Gateway to the West” paperweight home from a visit to St. Louis, the anomaly became a collection in earnest. DAAP co-op students have turned the library into an veritable encyclopedia of the world. When there were simply too many to contain, library staff moved them to the bookshelves, where they sit today, representing almost all 50 states, as well as China, Italy, and England (just to name a few). Thirty years later, donations are still happily accepted by library staff. — L A U R E N F I S H E R 1 2 8 C I N C I N N AT I M A G A Z I N E . C O M J A N U A R Y 2 0 2 4

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