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Christine’s Casual Dining gets permanent restaurant in Bridgetown Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Bridgetown has a new restaurant, and it has something for everybody. Christine’s Casual Dining opened offi cially on April 21, inside of what was formerly a Perkins. Christine’s was originally in a rented space on Harrison Ave. but now has a permanent home. The family-friendly restaurant serves standard American comfort food as well as Filipino and Mexican dishes. The menu features soups, salads, burgers, tacos and a Filipino dish called pork adoba. The building kept a lot of Perkins’ old features but added new touches too, like
a painted sign that says, “On the West Side and proud of it” and another that says, “As for me and my restaurant, we serve tacos.” Everything on the menu is under $20 and the restaurant also has a full bar. Christine McDay has been cooking her whole life, she says, and is now the manager, owner and chef of her namesake restaurant. McDay immigrated to America from the Phillipines in 2001. “Ever since I moved here, I fell in love with the area and knew this is where I wanted to open my business. I love serving,” McDay said. Christine’s Casual Dining and Drinks will be open daily from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. 3360 Westbourne Dr., 45248
Christine's Casual Dining opened officially on April 21, inside of what was formerly a Perkins. ENQUIRER
Cheviot is hosting a Cicada March with the motto, "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em." CHEVIOT BUSINESS ALLIANCE
‘We’ll be swarming the streets’ Cheviot hosting Cicada March in June Briana Rice Cincinnati Enquirer USA TODAY NETWORK
Lick Run Greenway officially opened in South Fairmount on May 18. The $103 million project is operated and maintained by the Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati. The Greenway helps with stormwater management and controls sewer overflow. It is the fi rst daylighted stream in the nation to prevent sewer overflows. MEG VOGEL/THE ENQUIRER
A MARQUEE GREEN SPACE Cincinnati shows off $100 million stormwater project and park in Lick Run Greenway Scott Wartman | Cincinnati Enquirer | USA TODAY NETWORK
For most of the 20th Century, Lick Run creek ran under South Fairmount in a giant sewer pipe. Now, its waters fl ow through a manicured park and recreation area in the center of South Fairmount, long one of Cincinnati’s most destitute neighborhoods. Leaders with the city of Cincinnati and the Metropolitan Sewer District on May 18 celebrated the completion of the $100 million Lick Run Greenway. MSD built the greenway to reduce the 500 million gallons of stormwater that fi lled the sewers each year. In the process, South Fairmount now has a marquee park, with walking paths and bridges along the creek, a new playground, basketball courts and picnic areas. And the creek now fl ows better than it ever has, even a 100 years ago. Before, it only occasionally had water during a heavy rain. Now, it will fl ow continuously through the greenway thanks to a pump station and underground channel installed by MSD.
Cheviot is hosting a Cicada March with the motto, “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.” Organizers are calling on all bug fanatics, especially those who love cicadas, to create costumes of their own and march down the streets of Cheviot. The parade on June 2 will swarm the streets of Cheviot beginning at Saint Martins of Tours Parish and School, heading down Lovell St., near Harrison and ending in the Cheviot Municipal Lot. The march will be around a quarter of a mile. The parade will feature people dressed in their best cicada costumes and other buggy gear. Patrons are also encouraged to dress up. Reidents on Lovell Street are encouraged to dress their houses in bugstyle decorations, but everything is volunteer-based. “We’re looking to make this as unique as possible,” said Ray Kroner, owner of Kroner Dry Cleaning Services. “We’ll be swarming the streets.” Gene Kritsky, Cincinnati’s cicada expert and the dean of the School of Behavioral and Natural Sciences at Mount St. Joseph, will be at the parade. MadCap Puppets offi cials are also making an appearance. Other local celebrity judges will include Local 12’s Bob Herzog and Chris and Janeen from WGRR. There will be prizes for the best cicada and bug costumes. At the end of the parade, musicians from the ETB Music School will perform. Food trucks will be selling food. Organizers are also selling cicadathemed shirts. All proceeds will go to Cheviot Business Alliance, who will use the funds to support local businesses, according to Kroner. You can sign up for the parade and order a shirt at explorecheviotohio. com. The Cicada March will begin on June 2 at 5:30 p.m.
Cicadas started to appear in 2004 around the Clifton neighborhood. THE ENQUIRER/GARY LANDERS
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