We made some amazing meatball hoagies for dinner tonight…
Delicious, delicious stuff. 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on March 13, 2016
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Genifer made this enchilada bake full of cheesy goodness for dinner tonight along with cheesy Mexican rice…
Delicious, delicious stuff! I can’t wait to dig into the leftovers! 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on March 10, 2016
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We’ve been trying to make more of an effort to get over to Northside for what we’ve been calling Northside Sundays. Check out the neighborhood and see what all it has to offer. Today, we stopped in to have brunch at The Littlefield…
We started with a couple of The Littlefield’s incredible house-made Bloody Mary’s…
And we shared the sausage swiss spinach frittata…
And it was spectacular…
It was also huge. I couldn’t imagine trying take that giant frittata all by myself. We added a side of toast and raspberry jam…
Brunch at The Littlefield was pretty terrific. We’ll add it to the list of places that we need to try for dinner. 🙂
After brunch, we walked through a few open houses in Northside. We absolutely loved this house. It was perfect and everything we’re looking for right now…
I hope we can find something just like this one in a few months. 😀
Posted by Thadd F. on March 6, 2016
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Early this afternoon, we walked up Walnut Street into Over-the-Rhine to check out Ché, the new Argentinian restaurant/bar that “uses fine ingredients and traditional methods to produce exceptional artisanal empanadas, meats, pizzas charcuteries, soups & stews.” We’ve been wanting to check out Ché for a bit. But we couldn’t manage to fit in a visit before we left for Jamaica. Today, we got to check out Ché’s brunch…
Ché makes their own Bloody Mary mix in house. And they are out of this world…
Genifer ordered the El Huevo Escoces, the Argentinian take on the Scottish Egg served with cheesy homestyle potatoes with salsa…
And it was pretty dang amazing. A hard-boiled egg wrapped in bacon and tucked inside an empanada… WOW!
Absolute delicious genius. I tried the La Trifecta. Because I love me some empanadas. So give me tres!
All of the empanadas were incredible. But it was pretty much a toss-up between the spinach or the ham & cheese empanada for my favorite…
It was an incredible brunch. One of the best we’ve had a while. And it was a great place. I loved their decor.
We’ll definitely be back for brunch! We can’t wait to try Ché’s lunch and dinner menus! 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on March 5, 2016
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We ventured up into Northside to check out Northside Yacht Club for for the first time and maybe get our Valentine’s Day brunch on…
We shared a Valentine’s Day brunch of bacon pancakes topped with bacon served with bourbon infused Ohio maple syrup and home fries. The pancakes were delicious and that syrup was out of this world…
NSYC is a pretty awesome place, and everyone there was so nice and friendly. We really can’t wait to go back to try one of their Sunday Brunch Bloody Marys. They were topped with a pulled pork slider, chicken wing, bacon and a pickle and looked absolutely amazing. The drink that eats like a meal. 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on February 14, 2016
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It seems like everything to eat around the Madeira/Kenwood area is a chain restaurant. We don’t really spend much time in that part of town. But after picking up Genifer’s newly altered wedding dress in Madeira, we stopped at Texas Roadhouse in Kenwood. Sure, it’s a chain restaurant but it’s a chain restaurant that we’ve never been to before. And up until a couple of weeks ago, it’s a chain restaurant that I’d never even heard of…
Genifer had a garden salad and a cup of chili…
I started with a caesar salad, which disappeared really quickly…
I started with the basket of their “award-winning ribs” with steak fries…
When I saw that they had a starter basket of ribs I just had to try them. I had to to see how they stacked up against what I consider to be the best ribs in Cincinnati which are down at Moerlein Lager House. These were a third of a rack and were really good. Especially for a chain restaurant. They were fall off the bone tender and the sauce was delicious. The only downside was that they pretty fatty. Lager House still has the best ribs, in my opinion. I also tried the Beef Tips: cuts of steak with sautéed mushrooms, onions, brown gravy and sour cream over seasoned rice or mashed potatoes…
It was pretty awesome stuff. The beef tips were very tender, the gravy was delicious and full of mushrooms and the mashed potatoes were so creamy especially after I mixed in the sour cream…
It was a really great lunch. But I ordered way too much food. Next time, I wouldn’t get a starter. I’d just go straight for the main course. But we would definitely stop back into Texas Roadhouse again. Good stuff! 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on February 13, 2016
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Did you know that today was National Pizza Day?! Not to be confused with National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day, that’s not until November 12th. We celebrated with this delicious pie from Toppers!
YUM! Taken with Instagram! 🍕🍕🍕👍👌😜😃:)
Posted by Thadd F. on February 9, 2016
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Today, my parents, Genifer and I walked up into Over-the-Rhine for lunch. Along the way, we stopped in to check out Elm & Iron on Vine Street…
And there’s a dang Swiss gondola in the store…
Which could be yours if the Price is Right…
They have such unique stuff at Elm & Iron. I don’t know who can afford most of it. But unique nonetheless. From there we headed over to Taft’s Ale House for lunch…
The Huntsman Stew my dad ordered was really on point…
And so was the chicken sammich Genifer and I shared…
We had another beer at Taft’s Ale House down in the lower level at Nellie’s Tap Room. And then headed over to have a drink at Nation Kitchen and Bar in Pendleton…
There are some really gorgeous building in Over-the-Rhine. These two are on Main Street…
On the way home, we swung through Horseshoe Casino. Mom walked out the casino with more money than she had when she walked. And that always makes for a good day!
We made it home just in time for the start of the Superb Owl because after all, it is…
Mom brought Polish Mistakes, or Hanky Pankies as Genifer like to call them…
And bacon-wrapped water chestnuts…
And I made these pepperoni balls for the big game…
It was a really great and delicious weekend with my parents! We crammed a lot of stuff in to just a couple of days! We can’t wait to see them again when we get married in Jamaica in just a couple weeks! 🙂
Posted by Thadd F. on February 7, 2016
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