The Muse

The Muse

Something beautiful, something to eat, someone to talk to.

A cocktail bar at 12th & Walnut, Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati

Not open yet, but close enough to start counting.

  1. The bar opens first
  2. A delicatessen follows
  3. Twenty-eight rooms are planned upstairs
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An ordinary evening is a fine reason to dress up.

There is no dress code. We just hope you’ll take the hint.

A classic doesn’t need an introduction.

Made the way it’s supposed to be, plus a few we couldn’t help updating.

Look up.

Painted in place by Alex Frank, over nearly a year.

Small things, eaten standing up.

Food for one hand, so the other can stay on your glass.

Beauty is more interesting with company.

Bring someone, or take a seat at the bar and see who turns up.

Room to daydream.

The pictures on the walls have other plans. Take your time; that’s rather the point.

The Guest Only She Can See, one of the paintings made for The Muse

Stay later than you planned.

The Germania Building has stood on this corner since 1877. We fell in love with her, and built the room we wanted a drink in. She’s above the door; look up on your way in.

First, the bar.

  1. I · Opening first

    The cocktail bar

    Classics, small plates, and twenty-two seats at the bar. Opening date to be announced.

  2. II · To follow

    A delicatessen

    Next door, a few months after the bar, with more for the table and more for the bar.

  3. III · Planned upstairs

    Twenty-eight rooms

    About a year after that, on the floors above the bar. The hotel entrance will be at 33 E 12th Street.

Hours The moment we know them, so will you.

Now hiring

The bar comes first, and so do the people who open it.

Join the opening team
12th & Walnut, Over-the-Rhine

Meet us at the corner.

In order The bar opens firstA delicatessen followsTwenty-eight rooms are planned upstairs
Where
1127 Walnut St, Cincinnati OH 45202
At the corner of 12th & Walnut, Over-the-Rhine. Open in Google Maps
Hours
The moment we know them, so will you.
Opening
We’ll share the opening date here, and by email, the moment it is set.

The bar opens first. The delicatessen and the rooms come later.