For years, a Wednesday-night dinner conversation in Union ended the same way. Someone would ask where to go. Someone else would list the three usable spots on US-42, shrug, and suggest driving to Florence or into Cincinnati. That reflex is what makes 2026 feel different. Between a fine-dining Italian opening on Old Union Road, a new sandwich anchor across from Kroger, and the tenant list finally filling in at Union Promenade, the short answer to "where should we go" now has more than three entries. The city's own officials have said the quiet part out loud.
