Our Greater Cincinnati Restaurant Week best bets and bites

How it works: Three-course dinners run $26, $36, $46 or $56, with some restaurants also offering lunch. A dollar from every meal benefits Cincinnati Children's.

By the numbers: Restaurant Week has generated an estimated $92 million in restaurant revenue since 2019, according to Cincinnati Magazine's Tony Frank, who started Restaurant Week.

• Diners have also raised more than $200,000 for Cincinnati Children's.

🥩 Casey's picks: I'm swinging for a home-run meal at three places I'd frankly never heard of: Concorde in Madisonville, Stone Creek in Montgomery and Liberty Township's S.O.B. Steakhouse, created by the team behind Agave & Rye (also taking part).

• My first pick is S.O.B.'s $56 menu, which includes a choice between filet mignon and Thai salmon. But the crispy crab cake is making my mouth water.

💭 Swilley's pick: I'm biased toward W Bar + Bistro, which replaced longtime Westwood staple Henke Winery.

• It's one of the few West Side options, it's not a chain, and the portion-to-price ratio is solid. That blackened chicken sounds like the ticket, which comes with jalapeno bacon Parmesan risotto and red bell peppers ($26).
• Plus, it's in the heart of charming Westwood, so you can make a whole night of it.

The bottom line: Consider this our nudge to skip your usual spot and give somewhere else a shot.