It's entirely possible to be a vegetarian in Porkopolis. Pop culture reporter Lauren Bishop blogs about products, recipes and restaurants she's tried for others who eat meat-free. E-mail her at lbishop@enquirer.com.
Nicci King is an unabashed foodie and the Lifestyle/Food editor in The Enquirer's features department. She loves to discover new food faves, and she's on a daily quest to answer one burning question: What's for dinner? E-mail her at nking@enquirer.com.
Enquirer Weekend editor Julie Gaw tends to order the same dish every time she eats at a restaurant, but periodically ventures out to discover something new and fabulous. After living in China, Hong Kong, the Philippines and Thailand for more than 8 years, she craves tasty Asian food. E-mail her at jgaw@enquirer.com.
Food/dining writer Polly Campbell loves every quirk and secret of Cincinnati's food personality, and is on a constant lookout for something good to eat. Keep an eye out for her restaurant picks, or see how she's progressing toward becoming famous for her apple pie. E-mail her at pcampbell@enquirer.com.
Communities reporter Rachel Richardson is on a mission to prove vegetarians eat more than lettuce. She shares both her graduate work on American food culture and food-related news.. E-mail her at rrichardson@enquirer.com.
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Lavomatic
At the last minute, I went to CityBeat's party at Twist last night, and Fred agreed to come along. We ran into a few friends, including our favorite blogger at BuyCincy.com. One vanilla heat martini for me and a Sam Adams for Fred made work become a distant memory. I'm such a lightweight that martinis are dangerous, especially on an empty stomach! The place was packed, and the crowd was pretty diverse. Lots of good people watching to be had! And when you could get it, there was free food, too. Our friend and his girlfriend were heading to Lavomatic, so Fred and I tagged along. At 8 p.m., most of the tables downstairs were filled. (Not sure whether they were seating upstairs.) We had a - pot of roasted cauliflower soup ($8, but it served four!)
- butter lettuce salad with shaved fennel and citrus pickled red onion ($6.50)
- vegetarian ravioli, with rhubarb, root vegetables, bitter greens and brie, and rhubarb cream sauce ($14)
- roasted salmon with preserved lemon, Israeli couscous and star anise beurre blanc ($18)
- crème brûlée with lemon madeleine with candied rhubarb ($7)
We loved the entrées, really liked the soup and salad, and liked the dessert. We loved our dessert until we tasted theirs -- chocolate compote with cherries and bay laurel cream, and baba au rhum with hazelnuts and hazelnut gelato.The compote was fabulous in an "I-dare-you-to-finish-me" way, but the baba au rhum -- wow! It was "I'm-so-confident-in-my-fabulousness-that-I-don't-need-to-flaunt-it" good. The crème brûlée was a little too demure after those two. The folks at Lavo, which is what all the cool kids are already calling it, rightly said two entrees and two glasses of wine would run about $50. Have you been there yet? Labels: dining, lavomatic, over-the-rhine
Grammer's
Grammer's, the historic German restaurant in Over-the-Rhine, reopens Thursday! I just got off the phone with owner Martin Wade. We knew it was reopening, but this is the first report of when. It'll be open Tuesday through Saturday from 4-12 or 1. Expect a full bar and a limited menu: brats, metts, pretzels and free popcorn. Grammer's 1442 Walnut St., 513-421-8300 Anyone ever been to Grammer's? It's been closed since '92 except for private parties. That was far before I arrived. I'm going to check it out on Wednesday. Labels: grammer's, over-the-rhine
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