Best of Taste
After two intense days of tasting delicious dishes from Taste of Cincinnati vendors, we’ve finally determined the 2025 champions:
Categories
Restaurants
Appetizer and Side Dish
Hankering Southern Kitchen
Gold
Fried Green Tomatoes
Kabobske
Silver
Street Corn Hummus and Seasoned Pita Chips
Alfio’s Buon Chio
Bronze
Korean Pork BBQ Empanada
Entree
Alfio’s Buon Chio
Gold
Braised Short Rib over Gnocchi
Lobsta Bakes of Maine
Silver
The LB Crab Cake Slider
Hankering Southern Kitchen
Bronze
Smoked Carolina Street Tacos
Dessert
The Cheesecakery
Gold
Black Raspberry Chip Cheesecake
Pompilio’s Restaurant
Silver
Tiramisu Cookies and Cream Cannoli
Taste of Belgium
Bronze
Lemon Poppyseed Waffles
Findlay Kitchen Start-Ups
Appetizer and Side Dish
Honey Child Pops
Gold
Peach Thyme Soda
Jay’s Nyam & Jam
Silver
Jerk Chicken Wings with Pineapple Jerk Sauce
Magnificent Morsels Catering
Bronze
Shrimp & Grits
Entree
Jay’s Nyam & Jam
Gold
Jerk Chicken “Jamaican” Bowl
Yee Mama
Silver
Chicken & Basil Handmade Wonton
Sabor Alaniz
Bronze
Chicken Taquitos
Dessert
Walkerbar
Gold
Judgy Jenn Ice Cream (baked brie base, ginger pecan praline, fig jam and salted honey swirl)
Olive Tree Catering
Silver
Mixed Baklava
Dojo Gelato
Bronze
Gooey Butter Cake Gelato
Food Trucks
Appetizer and Side Dish
Dine-In Hawaiian
Gold
Ono Hash
Maw Maw’s Creole Kitchen
Silver
MUTHA CLUCKA
Twisted Greek
Bronze
Deep Fried Feta
Entree
Twisted Greek
Gold
Hera’s Garden Gyro
Quite Frankly
Silver
Pumba
Fifty West Brewing Company
Bronze
Classic Burger
Dessert
SugarSnap! Sweet Treats
Gold
Salted Caramel Brownie Sundae
Eliza Jane’s Bakeshop
Silver
Peach Cobbler Blondie Sundae
Davis Cookie Collection
BRONZE
Strawberry Crunch Sundae