What I saw walking back from breakfast
I’m a little late on this, since it took a little while longer than I thought to get the blog up, but the Queen City Bike + Dine was a blast. I found out about this event walking back from breakfast one morning, when I noticed 10 bikers sitting outside of Park+Vine. I found out about the 25 mile journey from the shop, thru Norwood, Pleasant Ridge, down to and along Eastern Ave, and ultimately over to Covington, sampling vegan fare all the way. Check out the post on Queen City Bike for more info, but the event was great, and more (and maybe meatier) types of these events need to happen around town.
Cruising thru Piatt Park
I found four great new restaurants to check out, and met a ton of people along the way. I stood out a bit, as the one mountain biker amongst about 50 road or hybrid bikers, but they were accepting and I tried to keep my antics to a minimum. Sometimes it’s hard when you can jump over curbs and no one else can though.
This is just another example of how living downtown turned a saturday of no plans into a great day that got me outside, meeting new people, and learning about new, independently owned businesses. Take that ‘burbs.
Fried Green Tomatoes at Otto's in Covington
This brings me to my winner of that particular trip, the fried green tomatoes at Otto’s in Covington. They were fried perfectly, and had a great sauce that went with it. It was a great end to a great ride (helped of course by an ice cold beer).
