A much needed downtown revival on the way?

As a longtime Cincinnati resident, I'm hesitant to say that downtown Cincinnati is coming back, in terms of restaurants. But things are certainly looking up. Of note:

Uno's on Walnut Street is the possible venue for a new restaurant collaboration between Jeff Ruby and Bootsy Collins.

Noted chef Jean-Robert de Cavel plans to open a cafe in Over-the-Rhine, at 12th and Vine streets.

The owners of Vinyl (the former Sycamore Diner) in OTR plan to convert Neon's into a wine/tapas bar.

I suppose we've come a long way from when I rolled out of the Aronoff after the INXS concert at 10 pm on a Sunday night, only to find everything in immediate sight of the Aronoff closed. Let's hope these plans become reality. And those Fountain Square restaurants open up sometime soon....