Matt Albers and Dave Edmonds, new owners of The Midway Cafe The Midway Cafe (1017 S. Fort Thomas Avenue) is getting new owners and facelift but the iconic name, christened from the business district’s handle will remain the same. They said that they will still have a full kitchen, but they have chosen to go […]
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New Garden to Open Tomorrow
It’s been a long time coming. Our first post on the Japanese/Chinese restaurant was almost a year ago, which includes comments from soon-to-be councilman, Ken Bowman. Tomorrow at 11:00, New Garden Restaurant will open its doors in the Midway District, in what used to be Klingenberg Hardware. Let’s welcome them right, Fort Thomas. Stop in […]
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Possible Coffee Shop Needs Your Help
Coming on the heels of the exciting news about Mios – I have even more exciting news. Eden McDermett is considering a coffee shop in the Midway area of Fort Thomas in the Nevada building. She is reaching out to Fort Thomas Matters to gather input from the community about what would make a great […]
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Business District Signage Complete (pictures)
I took these first two pictures on a crisp April 20th day. These signs were spawned by the Renaissance Committee, in attempting to display the three distinct business districts (Inverness-North side, Towne Center-Central, and Midway-South side) so that out-of-towners could more easily identify a different business sector of the city. I wondered in an earlier […]
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If You Build It, They Will Come (Guest Post by Ben Petracco)
Lifelong Fort Thomas resident, Ben Petracco identifies the Midway district parking problems and offers solutions. This is Ben’s first post, so let’s welcome him to Fort Thomas Matters. Here’s Ben: The Midway street scape project was recently finished which included lighting, landscaping, street resurfacing and new sidewalks. The project created a more open area moving […]
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Bit by Bit, Infusing Pergola into the Olde Fort Pub
Date night last Friday was on the back deck at the Olde Fort Pub. I was going to write about it last Saturday, but I was distracted by that bright glowing orb hanging in the sky. Priorities. Last November, I had written about some of the Pub’s changes and coming changes. Well, the coming changes […]
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Pig Fingers, Fish Tacos and Hummus, oh my!
As I sidled up to the bar with my bride, beginning to partake in some happy hour libations on the new patio at the Olde Fort Pub, former Pergola owner and current food foreperson, Danny Krebs, began spinning the tale of how his son Jake brought back the menu’s most curious dish from his backpacking […]
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Important City Council Meeting tonight
Tonight, 6:15 at the city building. Please go to show your support to the Midway District. We need to support our Ft. Thomas businesses.
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Earth Mother Market – More Than You Might Expect
I received an update last week on the vendors that have signed up for the Earth Mother Market and I have to say I am impressed. As a regular weekly patron of Findlay Market there are a lot of familiar names that make me excited about this season of Earth Mother Market. Two names that have a […]
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A Retailing Theme & Recruiting Succssful Businsses
I have been critical in the past of the cities efforts to create lasting, sustainable retail districts in Fort Thomas. I want to offer a little praise today and some encouragement on the two missing ingredients that can get Fort Thomas over the hump. Nearly a year ago to the day I wrote an article […]