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Northside Saturday.

We walked down to Melt for lunch again this afternoon…

Genifer had the Rachel. Again. In our opinion, it’s one of the best sammiches in all of Cincinnati, if not the whole world. I always get the Rachel as well. Sometimes I’ll get a Hoffner. But today, I finally broke down and tried the Pad Thai Wrap that I’ve been eyeballing for quite some time now…

It was really good. Melt makes incredible sammiches and mac & cheese too…

After lunch, we shared a whiskey sour made with egg whites. Delicious.

Then we stopped in Higher Gravity for a beer. Today, we tried Streetside’s OhEmG!…

And oh my gosh, was that beer good. It was like a mouthful of raspberries without all the annoying little seeds. We also tried Streetside’s collaboration with Platform called Be A Lot Cooler If You Did too…

If was really good too but not nearly as good as the OhEmG! That was just… wow.

Northside is fun. We love it here. And we consider ourselves very lucky to have a wonderful home in this neighborhood. 😀🏡❤️

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by Thadd F. on September 15, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, Ohio, Platform Beer Company, September, Shaken not stirred, Streetside Brewery, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on September 15, 2018

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Northside Sunday.

This afternoon, we stopped at Melt for a late Brunch…

Afterwards, we stopped by Urban Artifact…

Urban Artifact’s Bewilderfest was Friday and Saturday. We wanted to see what was left on tap from their big celebration. Last year, they had a bunch of crazy beers…

We ordered a flight plus one…

And then we shared The Tumi and Lemon Fennel Salad…

Urban Artifact made three barrel-aged variant bombers for their Bewilderfest: Beipiaosurus Boysenberry Sour, Dimetrodon Raspberry Sour and Stegosaurus Montmorency Cherry Sour…

We didn’t try them. I bet they were all delicious but they were a little on the pricey side. However, they had stickers of all the different dinosaurs from the labels, and they gave us an entire set of them for free…

And after I took the photo of my new dinosaurs stickers…

It was another fun Sunday in Northside. 😀🍺🦖❤️

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by Thadd F. on August 26, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018, August, Brunch, Cincinnati, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, Northside nubs, Ohio, Sunday Brunch, Sunday Funday, Urban Artifact, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on August 26, 2018

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Sunday brunch.

This afternoon we walked down to have brunch at Melt. We started with one of Melt’s terrific Bloody Marys…

And we each had a delicious Rachel with chips and salsa…

And we shared Melt’s cupcakes of the day. They had an Oreo cupcake…

And a green tea cupcake…

Melt is always outstanding. And it was great Sunday brunch. 😀🥃🥪❤️

Afterwards, we stopped at Higher Gravity to watch the Brasil versus Switzerland World Cup match. It was a pretty good match that ended in a 1-1 draw. ⚽️🏆

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by Thadd F. on June 17, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018, Cincinnati, Home Sweet Home, June, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, Ohio, Sunday Brunch, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on June 17, 2018

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Northside nubs.

I was planning on taking a half day this morning when Cincinnati Bell was installing our new Fioptics. But it took so long to get us up and running that I decided just to take the whole day off. Eventually, we decided to walk down to Melt to have a late lunch…

Genifer had a half Cobb Salad with chips and hummus and buffalo mac&cheese…

I had the Hoffner with classic mac&cheese…

Their sammiches are so outstanding, as is their mac&cheese. After we were done eating, we celebrated no longer having cable by sharing a Morning Glory cocktail…

And after we were done with lunch, we stopped into Higher Gravity for a flight…

It was a great way to celebrate no longer having cable and spend my first vacation day of the year. 😀🥪🍺🥃❤️

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by Thadd F. on May 11, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #SPRINGinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2018, Cincinnati, Happiest hours, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home Sweet Home, It's what's for lunch, May, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on May 11, 2018

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Over 1 million.

I got an email from Google this morning. And this email was to inform me that the 600+ photos I’ve posted publicly to Google Maps have now received over 1 milliion views…

A million views on just 600 photos is a pretty amazing accomplishment especially when you consider that the 94,500+ photos I’ve uploaded to my Flickr since March 2007 have received just under 8 million views. My three most viewed photos on Google Maps…

Third was taken inside Melt Eclectic Cafe in Northside with over 54,000 views…

Second was inside Northside’s Blue Jay Restaurant with over 60,000 views…

And the bar at Django Western Taco’s old location is my most viewed photo on Google Maps with more than 80,000 views…

Isn’t that nuts? Social media stats like this just kind of blow mind. 😀📷👀❤️

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by Thadd F. on January 22, 2018 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 1 million, 2018, Blue Jay, Cincinnati, Django Western Taco, Google Maps, Home Sweet Home, January, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, Ohio, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on January 22, 2018

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Northside Thursday.

This evening we walked down Hamilton Avenue to have dinner at Melt Eclectic Cafe…

Tonight, Melt had a special beer cheese appetizer made with Rhinegheist Truth…

And it was just, WOW! It was some of the best beer cheese I’ve ever had. It came with triangles of pita bread and pickled jalapenos for dipping. It was really outstanding. We also shared one of our favorite Melt sammiches, The Rachel and we also shared a house-made orange cupcake with buttercream frosting…

After dinner, we stopped into Higher Gravity. They were having another one of their Meet the Brewery. This time it was Alltech Lexington Brewing & Distilling Company, makers of Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale. In addition to tasting a selection of Alltech beers, there was also an ugly sweater contest and an Alltech coloring contest. So we did some coloring while we sampled some beers…

And here’s our finished Santa…

Coloring was a lot of fun. And we actually won the coloring contest! We took home an Alltech Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale prize pack with a t-shirt, hat, candle, koozies and giant KBBA sticker…

It was another really fun night in Northside. 😀🧀🍺🖍️❤️

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by Thadd F. on December 21, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #WINTERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, December, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Meet the Brewery, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on December 21, 2017

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The biggest bar night of the year.

Tonight, we went out tonight to have a beer at Higher Gravity…

We went to Melt for a delicious dinner. And onto Urban Artifact for another beer…

It was a really fun biggest bar night of the year. 😀🍺🍻🦃❤️

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by Thadd F. on November 22, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #FALLinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Cincinnati beer, Cincinnati Breweries, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Home Sweet Home, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, November, Ohio, Shaken not stirred, The biggest bar night of the year, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on November 22, 2017

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TGIF.

I met Genifer at Hoffner Park after work…

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We had dinner at Melt…

We stopped at Higher Gravity for a couple of tasters…

And then we headed home…

It was a really long week. 😀❤️

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by Thadd F. on September 15, 2017 • Permalink

Posted in #SUMMERinCINCY, Northside, Odd & Ends

Tagged 2017, Cincinnati, Happiest hours, Higher Gravity Crafthaus, Hoffner Park, Look up in the sky, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, Ohio, September, Shaken not stirred, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on September 15, 2017

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Northside Saturday.

This morning we had a little bit of living room soccer action…

Before we visited the playgrounds up the hill at Parker Woods Montessori…

We walked down Hamilton Avenue to have a delicious lunch at Melt…

From there we headed across the street to Hoffner Park…

To play on another cool playground…

With swings!

These two like playgrounds, swings and apparently, giant pine cones…

And then we headed over to check out Urban Artifact…

They were right in the middle of their Bewilderfest…

They weren’t doing flights during Bewilderfest so we just got one of each beer…

And we continued our tour of Northside by stopping into Second Place…

We made our way home for some cornhole in the backyard…

And fired up the grill…

We made a bunch of burgers and hotdogs…

We had so much fun wandering around Northside that it wore us out…

What a fun day with the whole family! Tomorrow, we’re going to the zoo! 😀❤️

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by Thadd F. on August 26, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, August, Cincinnati, Fiala Family, Home Sweet Home, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, Ohio, Our backyard, Playgrounds, Second Place, Slow down and grill, Urban Artifact

Posted by Thadd F. on August 26, 2017

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Summer Hours: Melt Northside.

Unfortunately, this afternoon was my final Summer Hours of the year. To celebrate, we walked down Hamilton Avenue to check out the newly reopened Melt Eclectic Cafe Northside. We had been to Melt in their old location up Hamilton Avenue where Bridges now resides. But hadn’t made it to Melt’s new home in the Gantry yet. We were pretty excited to finally get to check it out…

Genifer had an Indian Summer…

I had a Left-handed Milk Stout…

There were so many things on Melt’s menu that sounded really delicious…

Genifer ordered The Maureen, lime cilantro tuna salad, swiss, Roma tomato, and mixed greens, baked on Shadeau’s multigrain bread with a side of hummus & Plocky’s Black Bean Tortilla Chips…

And I ordered The Rachel, smoked turkey breast, ruby kraut, Swiss, tangy sauce, baked on Sixteen Brick’s OTR Rye with a side of mac & cheese…

Lunch was outstanding and the drinks were splendid. We can’t wait to for our next visit to Melt so we can try some more of the items on their incredible menu. Next time, I’m going to get a ladle of Melt’s signature black bean chili over their amazing mac & cheese. YUM! 😀❤️

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by Thadd F. on August 18, 2017 • Permalink

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Tagged 2017, August, Cincinnati, Melt Eclectic Cafe, Northside, Ohio, Summer Hours, We ate this

Posted by Thadd F. on August 18, 2017

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