Anybody remember these restaurants? (Cincinnati, Dayton: hotels, house, tornado)

[pop5300]

I used to spend time in Cincinnati years ago as a kid and remember a few of the restaurants. Are any of these restaurants still around?

Magic Wok near I-71

Howard Johnson's near I-71

Did they ever rebuild the Prime and Wine?

I will probably think of a few more later.

[PG77]

Yes, I remember them

[pop5300]

Thanks,
so are any of these 3 still around?

[*Danielle*]

I think Prime and Wine is gone...Isn't Willies there now?? That was in KY right? I am not sure of the other 2...

[RuralGuy]

Not sure about the Magic Wok or Howard Johnson, but there was a Prime and Wine in Florence, KY by the mall off of I-71/75. It's now an Olive Garden. Speaking of prime rib, I really miss the F&N Steak House outside of Dayton, KY. Best prime rib ever.

[*Danielle*]

What was the place before Willie's?? Cork and Bottle maybe?? I confused.

[RuralGuy]

Originally Posted by *Danielle*

What was the place before Willie's?? Cork and Bottle maybe?? I confused.

Cork and Bottle is next to Willies. Willies was originally called The Glass Menagerie.

[*Danielle*]

Ah yes yes yes...thats it!!!

[Exrvi]

There also used to be a Prime and Wine in Kenwood, right near the mall. I htink it burned down.

Anyone remember MacIntoshes on Galbraith? My wife and I had dinner there the night we bought our house in Cincy (1986).

Jeff

[goyguy]

Prime & Wine was rebuilt - may even have the same name, but I'm rarely in Kenwood and don't remember that detail. I believe, though, that the same people run it as before. There was an "Enquirer" review which sniped that nothing had changed since the old place (in a negative way, as in "no change to the menu or appearance of the place.")

HoJo's is as good as extinct, no matter where you are. New England is where they used to "rule," and there's nary a single one to be found any more. As is the case with many mid-20th-century buildings, though, it's easy to spot a former HoJo's. The chain was bought out by an English (?) company that couldn't close down the food service division fast enough. The hotels, over time, have gotten scarce too.

Exrvi: You would've eaten at McIntosh's when the restaurant was "subtitled" Steak & Kettle. Some of us were discussing recently how long it lasted. My best recollection was that they'd quietly gone out of business sometime in the late '80s. Thanks for narrowing down that estimate to post-1986. (McIntosh's had originally operated on the opposite side of Galbraith Rd, but was flattened by a tornado in 1969.)