Getting a table at your fave restaurant

For better or for worse, this story in the Wall Street Journal applies more to Napa Valley or NYC restaurants than Cincinnati/NKy, but it's full of good tips if you take your act on the road, on how to get a table at a perpetually-booked restaurant. In Cincinnati, as far as I know, this applies mostly to spots like Mesh and Boca and Pigall's on a Friday or Saturday night. What are some of the other hard-to-get-into restaurants?

If you're reservations-challenged, consider trying Open Table, which now lists 19 Cincinnati area restaurants - including Mesh (but oddly, not Boca). Or just book several weeks out, or try your luck w/ a last minute call. Me - I need to try Mesh, as I keep hearing great things about it. (That's it pictured above. Cool, huh?)