Essentials Magazine Essentials Fall 2016 | Page 20

What to Do in Cincinnati?
Glad You Asked!
BY TOM GREEN

I

f you haven’t been to downtown Cincinnati lately, you are in for a treat.
While John R. Green makes its home just over the river in Covington,
Kentucky, we consider Cincinnati to be our hometown and a great
destination for incredible dining, amazing outdoor events, fun shopping,
and one-of-a-kind experiences.

Visitors will find more than 400
places to shop, dine and play within easy
walking distance from the Duke Energy Center and EDspaces host hotels.
From shopping at Findley Market
(local Farm and eclectic favorites) or
the region’s only Tiffany & Co. and Saks
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Fifth Avenue to celebrating with friends
over dinner and drinks at Boca (with its
sibling, Sotto, go-to places for special
meals), Arnold’s, Jean Robert’s Table,
or Senate — downtown offers a sophisticated range of national favorites and
homegrown treasures. (I’m quite partial

to the local scene; we’ve long been a city
that has had an outsized restaurant/population ratio).
Downtown Cincinnati also boasts
an arts and culture landscape steeped
in history and filled with cutting-edge
work. From the country’s fifth oldest
symphony to a world-renowned contemporary arts space and a thriving indie
music scene, more than three million
people attend events at downtown’s theaters, museums and galleries each year.
What truly makes the downtown
thrive is Over-the-Rhine (OTR), Cincin-