Brinkley's

Hours of Operation

It is with great pride that I introduce Brinkley’s Restaurant to my hometown. Early in my career at the Sheraton Gibson Hotel in downtown Cincinnati, I experienced my first famous prime rib restaurant, Yeatman’s Cove. In 1972, I opened the Riverview Restaurant, which at the time was the largest revolving restaurant in the U.S. We opened to such a success on the weekends, the highway patrol would ask us to turn away customers because I-75 was backed up in both directions with people trying to get to our revolving restaurant.

Then in 1973, as Vice-President of Frisch’s Hotel & Specialty Restaurant Division, I created the Prime n’ Wine concept and opened the original unit in Kenwood. The concept included the first twin salad bar, which featured our famous Caesar salad. At that time we also introduced the first slow roasted prime rib in the area and we rapidly became a favorite dining spot for families, friends, and visitors to our city.


In 1976, at this location, we started the Dockside VI fresh seafood restaurant, featuring great harbor side décor, fresh Boston Scrod, our famous Rum Buns, and deluxe salad bar with both Caesar salad and our fresh spinach salad with hot dressing. Again, we had great success and we became part of Cincinnati’s highly regarded dining scene.


After spending ten years in Washington D.C., my wife Mary and I have returned home to Cincinnati, and in a partnership that includes our son, we purchased the Quality Hotel & Suites. Our company, Stevens Hospitality, is proud to present our new Brinkley’s Restaurant. We offer some of the popular items we featured in the Prime n’ Wine and Dockside VI Restaurants, along with new items and food features we have enjoyed or experienced in travels around the country.


We are also pleased to introduce our Executive Chef, Robert Giesman, who was born and raised right here in Norwood. A graduate with honors from The Culinary Institute of America, the most prestigious culinary institute in the U.S., he has worked as Sous Chef in several of t