Who's in: Downtown Restaurant Week

The oldest bar in town has a fascinating decor and a funky menu.

You like meat and lots of it? This Brazilian steak house is the place to go. Boi Na Braza is a great spot for a special occasion - it's expensive but a unique experience.

This cozy, traditional family-run Italian spot once won fame as Reds star Jose Rijo's pre-game habit.

This schmantzy downtown steakhouse is one of Jeff Ruby’s small chain of high-end, high-price and high-service restaurants. This one is distinguished by its glitzy, comfortable setting, its location across the street from the Aronoff, and the window where you can see that the Ruby kitchen serves steaks that have been dry-aged on the premises.

Along with a revamped interior, the Over-the-Rhine restaurant has a new menu with a Charleston Low Country flair. Also look for wine specials during the week.

Las Vegas-trained master sommelier Steven Geddes is the brains behind this restaurant aimed to cultivate local producers and use nearby agricultural products as fully as possible.

Who knew sushi and nightclubs went so well together? At Mixx Ultra Lounge, the signature sauce is hot and the scene is even hotter, with lounge furniture, DJs and three floors. They also pride themselves with a diverse clientele. Head there during the week to try their sushi rolls, then put on your finest for the weekend, where it’s the place to see and be seen. Just make sure to wipe that teriyaki sauce off your mouth before talking to the cutie by the bar.

This beautiful new restaurant could be nowhere but Cincinnati. It defines and amplifies the themes that have been used in the on-going revival of Downtown. The beer experience is excellent: Lots of choices, some familiar, others esoteric, and plenty of fresh local stuff. On the menu, bready pretzels with beer cheese join flatbreads, burgers and plenty of pork with German influences.

Morton's delivers consistency way up at the high-end of the restaurant scale. You can expect Morton's brand of quality and prestige, and a close adherence to all the steakhouse conventions.

The owners of Nicholson’s traveled from pub to pub throughout England and Scotland to create a list of imported beers and fine scotch you'll rarely find on this side of the Atlantic.

At Nicola’s, the Pietoso family serves a refined version of Italian food in a converted cable car house.

The exuberant, gilded French art deco of the Hilton Netherland Plaza makes it one of the best settings in town for any commemorative event, and the careful service makes dinner suitably ceremonious.

Palomino has an elegant and chic ambience with an exceptional European-influenced American menu and a view of Fountain Square.

The Palace offers the top notch dining experience in Cincinnati, appropriately out of the Cincinnatian Hotel.

As the name might lead you to believe, there's a saloon-style bar in front and a restaurant in the back, which takes pride in its seafood offerings.