CINCINNATI — The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) opened a brand new, fifty two,000-square-foot urban format save today in downtown Cincinnati, offering the grocery store’s first-ever food corridor, named On The Rhine Eatery. The experience capabilities Cincinnati eateries Django Western Taco, DOPE! Asian Street Fare, Eli’s BBQ and Queen City Whip, in addition to Kitchen 1883 Café and Bar, Kroger’s American food eating place concept.
“Kroger is pleased to introduce our first food hall and provide a one-of-its-type shopping enjoy in our homeland of Cincinnati, presenting a convenient region to enjoy delicious, first-rate food and meals. This revolutionary destination highlights Kroger’s food-first tradition,” stated Rodney McMullen, Kroger’s chairman and CEO. “Kroger’s new shop gives something for all of us. We invite all to visit the shop to meet our wonderful associates, store for sparkling groceries and discover their new favourite eating place.”
The new -stage Kroger save capabilities clutch-and-move and prepared-to-warmness food for lunch and dinner, further to sparkling fruits and veggies and a conventional grocery shopping revel in. The store offers an exclusive Starbucks coffee mixture in addition to a stroll-up window for beverage orders. Located in the town’s primary enterprise district and accessible to downtown people and citizens as well as customers from the historical Over-the-Rhine and West End neighborhoods, the shop anchors an 18-tale residential high-rise and is positioned a block faraway from Kroger’s country wide headquarters.
On The Rhine Eatery can accommodate up to 200 clients and gives indoor and out of doors seating as well as a complete-carrier bar, supplying signature cocktails, neighborhood beers, tasteful wines and Kentucky bourbons. Featured restaurants and dishes on the food hall consist of:
Kitchen 1883 Café and Bar: Kroger’s 2nd area of its American meals eating place that gives dishes like flatiron steak panini, Brussel sprouts salad and coconut milk smoothies. The restaurant also gives breakfast and weekend brunch.
DOPE! Asian Street Fare: a restaurant that gives ramen, dumplings, bao buns and extra, all stimulated by street meals throughout Asia, at the side of Vietnamese iced espresso and global libations.
Django Western Taco: Mexican meals with an aptitude of American delicacies, starring homemade tortillas produced with Ohio corn, jackfruit carnitas and jerk bird quesadillas. The eating place additionally serves hand made margaritas, breakfast and weekend brunch.
Eli’s BBQ: a Cincinnati preferred with a cult following that offers hickory-smoked pork sandwiches topped with home made barbecue sauce plus ribs, smoked turkey and sides like jalapeno cheddar grits and macaroni and cheese.
Queen City Whip: a popular neighborhood food truck presenting its first brick-and-mortar area on the food corridor, presenting made-to-order burgers, chili puppies and milkshakes.
“On The Rhine Eatery functions rising restaurants and true tastes of Cincinnati – all handpicked by means of Kroger’s culinary team to create a popular hangout for meals, cocktails and community,” said Teri Rose, Kroger’s senior director of culinary improvement. “Cincinnati is Kroger’s hub for culinary innovation and experimentation, and the food hall is an example of the types of concepts and thoughts we’re developing every day.”
Cincinnati was named one of the top 50 exceptional places to stay through U.S. News and World Report in 2018 and cited by way of The New York Times as one of “52 Places to Go in 2018.” National food and tour mag SAVEUR these days decided on Cincinnati because the host city for its 2019 social awards, a 3-day occasion with a purpose to bring influencers collectively from around the country and beyond to discover the town’s food scene.
“Cincinnati’s dining scene isn’t just up-and-coming; it’s right here and going on now,” said Susan Lomax, executive director of Source Cincinnati, a collaboration of city corporations that percentage the Cincinnati vicinity’s tales. “Kroger’s new grocery keep in downtown Cincinnati and its On The Rhine Eatery are welcome additions to the city’s growing list of particular culinary reports.”
The new Kroger keep is located at one hundred East Court Street in Cincinnati and open every day from 6 a.M. – 10 p.M. The shop will offer grocery delivery with plans to add restaurant transport.
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