Sarah Allspaw: Tasting Cincinnati

Kev and me walking through the massive Taste crowd!

Kevin, myself and friends ventured over the Ohio River twice this weekend to attend Taste of Cincinnati. I actually didn’t eat a whole lot, but I did try some new and tasty food! On Saturday I opted for the Montgomery Inn Pulled Pork sandwich. I have to tell you, this was the best sandwich I’ve had in a long time. As an on-again-off-again vegetarian this sandwich will keep me off-again for a while. It was amazing! I also had a bite of Kevin’s Gyro (from I forget where--it was gross). If I ever want to go vegetarian again, I’ll just try that again--lamb is definitely not my cup of tea.

On Sunday I was full from dinner with the family, so I decided on a Graeter’s dessert that I had my eye on from Saturday night. It was Chocolate, Chocolate chip ice cream in between two chocolate chip cookies with chocolate sprinkles around the side. It was amazing! I could eat 10 more right now. Absolute heaven.

The food was great, but the entertainment was better even. We caught the Pomegranates playing on Saturday night and Walk the Moon on Sunday night. (Both on the Metromix stage). The Pomegranates are a great local indie band who recently played a string of dates with one of my new favorite bands, Young the Giant. They are always fun to watch, check them out as soon as you get a chance! Walk the Moon was also amazing, as always. They really do get better every time I see them. You can catch them this summer at Bonnaroo or Lollapalooza. I can’t wait to tell people that “I remember when they got their start” because this band is going to be big. They were recently named Esquire Magazine’s top band of the summer. (You can read more about that here.) In case you aren’t on the Walk the Moon bandwagon yet, now’s a good time to hop on!

Also, on Saturday, after we walked back to Covington, we caught the Zachary Burns Band playing at Down Under! That band is always a great time. Lots of fun was had by all ;) I leave you with a few iPhone pictures until next year's Taste of Cincinnati...