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Nolia
Southern
The kitchen is literally front and center here, open to the room so the whole team works in full view, moving like they own the place, which they kind of do. Nolia is a casual dinner spot where servers wear branded sweatshirts and the skillet cornbread arrives with a scoop of cane-syrup butter melting dramatically on top. Southern ease, exposed brick, and a menu that quietly runs gluten-free without making a cause of it. The house hot sauces are made from scratch, and one will have you fanning yourself.
The awards strongest first
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Best New Restaurant
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Jeffrey Harris
- Esquire The Best New Restaurants in America
- Cincinnati Magazine #4 · Best Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: Great Lakes · Jeffery Harris
One number, weighted & current 84
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Skillet cornbread
“On the contrary, the skillet cornbread is the restaurant’s darling, and servers only fail to recommend it when they’re asleep.”
Cincinnati Magazine
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