What's new Downtown this year? A whole lot of restaurants, bars and retail

Emily DeLetter, Cincinnati Enquirer
·3 min read

If you haven't visited Downtown, The Banks or Over-the-Rhine in the last year, you're missing out. Those three areas have seen huge change and development over the last nine or so months, bidding adieu to old favorites but ushering in new places and spaces to visit.

While we'll miss some of the mainstays that have closed (looking at you, O-Pie-O,) there's still much to celebrate in the way of new restaurants and retail locations opening this year.

We've combed through and compiled a list of spots that have opened in Downtown, The Banks and OTR in the last year to give you the unofficial (official) list. Here's what we found.

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Cincinnati restaurants and bars that opened in 2022 in Downtown, OTR and The Banks

January

  • Green District Salad: 33 E. Sixth St., Downtown.

  • Alabama Fish Bar: 1601 Race St., OTR.

February

  • La Cantina: 326 E. Eighth St., Downtown.

  • Avril-Bleh Meat Market & Deli: 37 E. Court St., Downtown.

March

April

  • Maverick's Restobar & Lounge: 601 Vine St., Downtown.

  • Noila Kitchen: 1405 Clay St., OTR

May

  • Shire's Cafe: First floor of 309 Vine St., Downtown.

  • Soul Secrets: 1434 Vine St., OTR.

  • YouYu: 1000 Broadway St. inside the Hard Rock Casino, Downtown.

June

  • Alice: 1432 Main St., OTR.

  • Fifty Fifty Gin Club: 35 E. 13th St., OTR.

  • Sen by Kiki: 1801 Elm St. inside Findlay Market, OTR.

  • Frankie's Sips and Savories: 14 Garfield Place., Downtown.

  • Quan Hapa: 1331 Vine St., OTR.

  • Skyline Chili: 1001 Vine St., Downtown.

  • Frost Factory: 36 W. Freedom Way, The Banks.

  • Bloom OTR: 1120 Walnut St., OTR.

July

  • In Between Tavern: 307 Sycamore St., Downtown.

  • Bromwell's Harth Lounge: 125 W. Fourth St., Downtown.

August

  • Royce: 501 Vine St., Downtown.

  • Senate: 1538 Race St., OTR.

  • Cinema OTR: 1517 Vine St., OTR.

September

  • Milkman: 1106 Race St., OTR.

  • Rosie's Italian: 700 E. Seventh St., Downtown.

  • The Filson Queen City Kitchen & Bar: 25 E. Freedom Way, The Banks.

  • Anderson's NYC Deli: 425 Sycamore St., Downtown.

What's to come

  • Baru: 100 W. Fifth St. in 84.51 building, Downtown.

  • Killer Queen: 180 E. Freedom Way, The Banks.

  • Paris Baguette: 124 W. Fourth St. in 4th and Race building, Downtown.

  • bb.q Chicken: 124 W. Fourth St. in 4th and Race building, Downtown.

  • CityBird: 10 Fountain Square Plaza., Downtown.

  • Uncle Leo's: 1709 Race St., OTR.

  • Level One Bar + Arcade, 1331 Walnut St., OTR.

  • Unnamed restaurant coming to former The Mercer OTR: 1324 Vine St., OTR.

Opening soon: Shopping, pole dancing, golfing, boxing

Retail and other stores opening this year were far fewer and a little more difficult to track than restaurants, but here's what we found.

Opened in July

  • From the Sidewalk: 1212 Main St., OTR.

What's to come

  • Food market opening inside Omnicare Center lobby: 201 E. Fourth St., Downtown.

  • Five Iron Golf: 80 W. Fifth St. inside the Foundry building, Downtown.

  • Oh Foxy Pole Dance Studio: 320 W. Fourth St., Downtown.

  • Mayweather Boxing + Fitness: 124 W. Fourth St. in 4th and Race building, Downtown.

Have we missed a restaurant or retail location that opened in 2022 in Downtown, The Banks or OTR? Let us know at edeletter@enquirer.com.

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