Cincinnati’s food scene has a new insider: Meet CityBeat’s Dining and Nightlife Reporter

Hey there, CityBeat readers. Back in February, I joined the team here as the arts culture reporter, but slowly gravitated toward covering our city s local food scene more than anything else. It s no surprise, given that in one of my first articles, I wrote that my real passion — and my favorite thing to write about — is food. And before I worked here, I was active in the hospitality industry for some time; if you ever did any bar hopping in Over-the-Rhine, there s a solid chance I ve poured you a drink or served you food before. In my time writing about the dining nightlife scene at CityBeat so far, I ve covered several amazing pop-ups, restaurant and bar openings and relocations, wild nightlife events, business anniversary celebrations, limited time events, the local queer community, award-winning restaurants, and written plenty of lists. I was also the only writer in town to judge EVERY dish at this year s Taste of Cincinnati festival, and extensively profiled this year s