Rosie’s Italian, along with its sister restaurant, Crown Republic, is located in a relatively out-of-the-way corner of downtown Cincinnati. It’s on the northeast side of the central business district, notable mostly for the density of high-rise apartments.

Many are in recently renovated buildings, and they are almost fully occupied. I know this from having gone on a Downtown Living Tour about a year ago, during which we got an insiders’ look at these high-demand dwellings.