Pleasant Ridge
Pleasant Ridge is what Cincinnati neighborhoods look like when they grow up without losing the plot. The Montgomery Road strip is small, walkable, and unfussy: a coffee shop, a dive, a music venue, a few places that take dinner seriously. Housing stock leans 1920s bungalow and four-square, which means charm and a roof that occasionally needs attention. It is residential first, social second, which is the right order. Date math: easy weeknight territory, low-friction second-date neighborhood, not where you go to impress anyone. The tradeoff is honest. You trade spectacle for a strip that actually feels lived-in.
Pleasant Ridge by the numbers
Pleasant Ridge runs female-leaning, about 49% men to 51% women.
Median individual income in Pleasant Ridge is about $49,400.
Ohio has no party registration, so this is a 2024 election proxy: Hamilton County voted about 57% Harris to 42% Trump, a county that has flipped Democratic in a Republican state.
The median renter in Pleasant Ridge pays about $1,030 a month.
About 2,900 Pleasant Ridge residents ages 22 to 50 are single.
Local date spots
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Melting Pot
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Embers Restaurant
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Biagio's Bistro
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The Gas Light Cafe
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Nine Giant
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The Overlook Lodge
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Cincinnati Dinner Train
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Marty's Hops & Vines
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Duplexx Coffee and Cocktails
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Pinot's Palette
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The Wine Merchant
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The Roosevelt Room - Rookwood
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The Paint Sesh
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Nine Giant Fermentorium
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Granny's Goodies on the Go!
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