The Best Places to Eat in Cincinnati, by the Record
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If your back aches after every ride, BioWheels is the kind of bike shop that actually figures out why. They use motion capture technology to analyze how you move while you're riding, then dial in your fit accordingly. It's surprisingly technical for something you supposedly already know how to do. The crowd is serious cyclists who've finally decided to stop suffering in silence and do something about it.
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Rank 96. Cherbourg Cyprus
Gluten-free Bakery
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Rank 96. Chili Miso Udon, Café Mochiko
Japanese Noodles
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Rank 96. Cincy Crab
Seafood
Cincy Crab is a seafood boil spot in Springdale where the whole point is eating with your hands, bibs and all. You pick your seafood by the pound, choose a sauce, and it all arrives with corn, sausage, and potatoes in a bag you basically attack at the table. Ohio is a long way from any coastline, but the place doesn't seem to notice. Cincinnati Magazine named its seafood boil the city's best in 2024.
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Rank 96. Golden Gelato
Dessert
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Rank 96. Kanji OTR
Japanese
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A vegan cheese shop born out of one founder's frustration that everything else about going plant-based was fine, but the cheese was terrible. She started making her own, and now the Madisonville shop carries nearly thirty varieties, built on cashew, almond, and pea protein bases and ranging from Gouda to ranch dressing. Products also turn up at Findlay Market and Nosh if you're not heading to Bramble Ave.
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Rank 96. Makers Bakers Co.
Bakery
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Rank 96. Mr. Gene’s Dog House
Chicago-style American
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Lucky the Leprechaun sings lead, the Trix Rabbit covers keys, and BuzzBee holds down the drums, all from a stage called the S.S. Minnow, inside a grocery store. Jungle Jim's in Fairfield has several animatronic acts scattered through the aisles, but General Mills had this cereal mascot band built specifically for the store, and it draws the biggest crowd, which tells you something about Cincinnati.
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Scratch-and-sniff stickers, Oilies, washi tape, and journals fill this small Wyoming storefront that a mom opened as an antidote to screen fatigue and a reason to sit down with her kids. It's a specialty sticker and stationery shop, the kind of place that triggers an involuntary memory of your childhood sticker album within about thirty seconds of walking in.
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