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Best of Taste
After two intense days of tasting delicious dishes from Taste of Cincinnati vendors, we’ve finally determined the 2026 champions:
Categories
Restaurants
Appetizer and Side Dish
Pierre Entities Catering
Gold
Andouille Red Beans N’ Rice
Alfio’s Buon Chio
Silver
Korean BBQ Empanada
Kabobske Mediterranean
Bronze
Grippos BBQ-style inspired Hummus with Pita Chips
Hankering Southern Kitchen
CinGourmand
Shrimp & Grit Fritters
Paityn’s Place Soul Food Catering and Cuisine
CinGourmand
Paityn’s Place Famous Soul Roll
Entree
Alfio’s Buon Chio
Gold
Braised Short Rib Pasta
Chino’s Street Food
Silver
Vietnamese Street Taco
Lobsta Bakes of Maine
Bronze
The LB Signature Shrimp Slider
Gee’s Caribbean Kitchen
CinGourmand
Smoked Jerk Chicken and Oxtail
Taste of Belgium
CinGourmand
Tropical Waffle Chicken Bites
Dessert
POP Bakery
Gold
Berry Cloud Cake
Sawasdee Thai Cuisine & Sushi
Silver
Mango Sticky Rice
Hankering Southern Kitchen
Bronze
Bourbon Bread Pudding
Pompilio’s Restaurant
CinGourmand
Triple Berry Tiramisu with Lemon Curd Swirl
The Cheesecakery
CinGourmand
Biscoff Cheesecake Cupcake
Findlay Kitchen Start-Ups
Appetizer and Side Dish
Rocky’s Home Flavor
Gold
Puff Puff
Yee Mama
Silver
Wobble Wobble Cold Noodles
Jay’s Nyam & Jam
Bronze
Jerk Chicken Taco
Soleil Kitchen
CinGourmand
Creole Shrimp & Smoked Gouda Grits (Available Friday and Saturday)
The Passion Plate
CinGourmand
Greek Nachos (Available Friday and Saturday)
Entree
Yee Mama
Gold
Chicken & Basil and Pork & Bok Choy Wontons
Jay’s Nyam & Jam
Silver
Jerk Chicken Bowl
Dat’s Ole School Cookin’
Bronze
Spicy Catfish Nuggets
Sabor Alaniz
CinGourmand
Chicken Taquitos
Lotus Street Food
CinGourmand
Chicken Drunken Noodles
Dessert
Walkerbar
Gold
Aley’s Monster Ice Cream
Olive Tree Catering
Silver
Mixed Baklava
Tilita
Bronze
Picarones
Banasun
CinGourmand
Acai Bowl
Daveyboy’s Bourbon Pecans
CinGourmand
Bourbon Pecans
Food Trucks
Appetizer and Side Dish
Fusako
Gold
Street Corn Gyoza
Alley Baby
Silver
Tater Bombs
Mama Bear’s Mac
Bronze
Bruschetta Grilled Cheese
S.E.A. Cuisine
CinGourmand
Asian Taco with an Egg Roll
Aphrodite
CinGourmand
Hankey Panky
Entree
Alley Baby
Gold
Coconut Chicken Taco
Lasang Pinoy
Silver
Siomai Rice
Mama Afrique Nigerian Cuisine
Bronze
Oxtails Over Smoky Jollof
Mis Sabores
CinGourmand
Fritada
Fifty West Brewing Company
CinGourmand
Single Classic
Dessert
SugarSnap! Sweet Treats
Gold
Salted Caramel Brownie Sundae
Maw Maw’s Creole Kitchen
Silver
Tropical Pineapple Rum Beignet
Little Trolley Donuts
BRONZE
Fiona & Fritz
Davis Cookie Collection
CinGourmand
Strawberry Dream Bowl
Eliza Jane’s Bakeshop
CinGourmand
Cheesecake Stuffed Banana Pudding Cookie
Best of Taste
2025 Winners
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