Eating well in Cincy’s Over-the-Rhine

Bimonthly free public tours focus on the rich 160 years of history at Findlay Market, the oldest public market in Ohio. Visitors can take free half-hour tours at 10 a.m. on the second and fourth Saturday of each month. Register in advance at www.findlaymarket.org. ( Elaine Glusac/Chicago Tribune )

Chicago Tribune

May 2, 2018 9:55 AM PT

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This Cincinnati neighborhood has a full of menu of inviting spots to grab a casual bite or a sophisticated meal.

Beets and salsify at Please, a progressive, year-old restaurant in a tiny Over-the-Rhine storefront. ( Elaine Glusac/Chicago Tribune )

Revelers at Cincinnati’s annual Bockfest beer festival, which celebrates the coming of spring, Over-the-Rhine’s brewing heritage and bock beer. ( Elaine Glusac/Chicago Tribune )

Findlay Market is a thriving, blocklong market ringed in restaurants, food producers and specialty grocers. Founded in 1852, it weathered the urban upheaval of the 1960s and a costly riot in 2001, sparked after the police shot and killed an unarmed black teenager. ( Elaine Glusac/Chicago Tribune )

Fresh produce vendors line the stalls at Findlay Market in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine ’hood. ( Elaine Glusac/Chicago Tribune )

Historic buildings flank Cincinnati’s Findlay Market. ( Elaine Glusac/Chicago Tribune )

The massive Rhinegeist Brewery stocks games for all ages. ( Elaine Glusac/Chicago Tribune )

Over-the-Rhine’s beer and refined dining worlds meet at Sartre, the new restaurant in the vast Rhinegeist Brewery building. ( Elaine Glusac/Chicago Tribune )