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\"\"<\/a>Today is the final day of 2020’s Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week<\/a>. In normal times, I would have visited at least one or two of the participants, but, to restate the obvious, these are not normal times. I scanned the restaurant list looking for places that I’d not tried but wanted to, that offered something appealing to me, and that had outdoor seating. I came up empty and had accepted the fact that there would be no new restaurant experience for me this year. Then a friend posted something about a pop-up at a restaurant I’d never tried but wanted to. The restaurant was not a GCRW participant and the dates of their pop-up (9\/25-10\/2) didn’t align with Restaurant Week (9\/29-10\/4) but the two did overlap. There was outdoor seating and the food offering did appeal to me. As I learned the story behind it, it became more than appealing; It became an all-consuming but short-lived obsession that I satisfied the very next day.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Northside Yacht Club<\/a> is the place. It has a pretty nice front door but during the pandemic that is used only for picking up carry-out orders. These days, the main entrance is on the side next to the tastefully decorated utility poles. It has been there since 2015, normally has a variety of live music, even now has cool drinks and food, and has done a couple of pop-ups in the past.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Building on an old false rumor, NSYC wore an Applebee’s costume<\/a> for Halloween in 2017. Last year it combined two Cincinnati favorites, Skyline chili and LaRosa’s pizza, to become SkyRosa’s<\/a>. It was Ronny Salerno’s tongue in cheese-filled cheek report<\/a> on the faux Applebee’s that first brought the Yacht Club to my attention. This year, they put on their disguise a little earlier, possibly because the end of September in Ohio usually offers a better outside dining experience than does the end of October. The pop-up that just ended involved Arby’s, but there was more to it than that. NSYC’s menu temporarily mimics that of the roast beef chain but the inspiration came from a punk rocker’s Twitter account. That both the rocker (Brendan Kelly) and the account (@Nihilist_Arbys<\/a>) are well known is evidence of just how uninformed I am. You’re better off checking out the Twitter feed and this Arby’s-meets-nihilist story<\/a> than having me try to explain things. There’s a good CityBeat story here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Each sandwich comes with a nihilist_arbys’ Tweet. Mine<\/a> was originally published on Valentine’s Day. I chose the beef and cheddar and it was excellent. The Sixteen Bricks<\/a> bun makes it look like the Arby’s version but believe me it was many steps up in quality. The curly fries, on the other hand, were a near-perfect match for Arby’s in all regards. The beer may look like a Bud Light but it’s Riegele Privat lager. Neither, of course, are available at a real Arby’s.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\"\"<\/a>Before leaving, I checked out the upper deck which offers plenty of additional seating and overlooks a Northside style split-the-yacht wall decoration.<\/p>\n

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