The Red Onion Cafe

Our Current Craft Beer List

2011-11-23T05:52:00.000-08:00

Bell's Brewing - Best Brown Ale Draft

With hint of caramel and cocoa, the malt body has the depth to stand up to cool weather, but does not come across as heavy

Avery Brewing Co. – Ellie’s Brown Ale

Crystal and chocolate malts give this beer a brown sugar maltiness with hints of vanilla and nuts, while subtle hopping gives it an overall drinkability that’s second to none, just like Ellie!

Rogue Brewing Co. – Dead Guy Ale

In the style of a German Maibock, using a proprietary Pacman ale yeast. Deep honey in color with a malty aroma and a rich hearty flavor.

21st Amendment Brewery - Fireside Chat

A rich, dark, English-style ale improvised with spices until we know we have a beer worth sharing with the nation.

Magic Hat Brewing Co. - #9

Magic Hat #9 is a beer cloaked in secrecy. An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate will swirl across your tongue and ask more questions than it answers.

Mt. Carmel Brewing Co. – Blonde Ale

Golden in color, this hand crafted beer enters with a subtle hop aroma followed by a smooth, refreshing body and finishes with a clean crisp taste.

Founder's Brewing Co. – Centennial IPA

Relish the citrus accents from the abundance of dry-hopping. This one's sweet, yet balanced. Malty undertones shake hands with the hop character for a finish that never turns too bitter.

Great Lakes Brewing Co. – Eliot Ness Amber Lager

An amber lager with rich, fragrant malt flavors balanced by crisp, noble hops. Eight time Gold Medal Winner at the World Beer Championships

Southern Tier 2XIPA Draft

"4 types of hops & 3 types of malts” This double IPA is a hop lovers dream. Citrusy and clean with an incredible finish. Certainly not a standard India pale ale.

Views from Light Up the Sky 2011

2011-07-08T15:49:00.000-07:00

Thanks from the "Onion" for all who helped us Light Up The Sky!

Red Onion hosts July 4th Fireworks

2011-06-20T04:53:00.000-07:00

Light up the Sky Festival July 4^th, 2011

Monroe Community Park

Monroe’s “Light Up the Sky” Fourth of July Festival will end in a bang with fireworks displays on July 4th at Monroe Community Park. Fireworks will begin at dark, with gates opening at noon on Monday. Events are planned for the whole day, including a parade, rides and games for the kids. The schedule for the 4th of July events and bands is listed below.

12:00 Gates Open

12:00 Kid Games, Rides, Food and Craft Booths Open

12:30 Live Music by “Middletown Summer Youth Theater”

1:00 Live Music by “Wayne Davis”

3:00 Parade

3:30 Opening Ceremonies

3:45 Live Music By “Balderdash”

5:15 Live Music By “The Comet Bluegrass All-Stars”

7:00 Live Music By “Burning Iris”

8:30 Live Music By “The Rick House Band”

10:00 Light Up The Sky!

Free music entertainment will be headlined by “Rick House Band”. Rick won the “Cammy Award” presented by the Cincinnati Enquirer twice. In both 1999 and 2000, Rick won “BEST ROCK INSTRUMENTALIST in Cincinnati” for his work on the guitar. “Balderdash” formed in 1966 have opened for Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Frank Zappa, The Allman Brothers, Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent, Traffic, Grand Funk Railroad and many more. The Comet Bluegrass All-Stars (CBAS) were assembled in 1996. Since that time the CBAS opened for such national acts as Sam Bush, Blue Highway, Del McCoury and Ricky Skaggs. The CBAS won the Cincinnati Enquirer Cammy Award in 2000, 2001 and 2002 for “Best Bluegrass/Folk Band” as well as CityBeat’s Cincinnati Entertainment Awards in 2001, 2002 and 2004 for “Best Bluegrass/Folk Band.” Wayne Davis has over twenty years experiance playing the guitar and signing, playing music with such artist as Mark Chesnut in his youth. Wayne has been in several bands over the years trying new styles of music and picking up new licks where ever he can to fuel his desire to better his guitar ability and find his own personal style as an up and coming guitar slinger.

Multiple food vendors will be in on hand, allowing attendees a wide selection of food. Craft vendors will be airbrushing tatoos, face painting and many more fun activities for the whole family. The city will be hosting the 4th of July parade departing from downtown and ending with an opening ceremony at the park. For further information, email Mark Bursley at mbursley@yahoo.com.

Cuisine World Tour - China

2011-05-16T13:01:00.000-07:00

Coming Soon

Gourmet Chinese - Red Onion Style!

Cinco de Mayo

2011-04-25T04:16:00.000-07:00

Join us on May 5th for Cinco de Mayo

We will be all about the peppers "Red Onion" style!

Taste of the Caribbean

2011-04-14T06:06:00.000-07:00

April 19^th - 23^rd

Car-Lee-Chee

lobster, shrimp, scallops, catch of the day, coconut curry sauce, basmati rice

Rum Cured Red Snapper Cake

coconut rice and herbed cucumber pineapple jam

Jerk Chicken Roulade

braised cabbage, calypso potato croquette

Chicken and Shrimp Asopao

braised chicken and shrimp in a sofrito rice stew

Churrasco

juicy Grilled Rib Eye Steak with Chimichurri

Mango Coconut Bread Pudding

carribean rum sauce, vanilla ice cream

Tropical Junkanoo Consume

fresh fruit salad in chilled ginger vanilla syrup, pineapple won ton and sesame brittle

Valentine's Day

2011-01-24T03:46:00.000-08:00

Join us on Monday Feb 14th to treat your Valentine to a special 5 course dinner for two.

Shrimp Cocktail

Soup

Salad

Surf and Turf

Dessert

And finishing with a Champagne toast.

2011-01-10T13:25:00.000-08:00

Benvenuti in Italia

Monday, January 17

Thursday, January 20

Holiday Gift Certificates are now available

2010-12-14T11:25:00.000-08:00

As you see in the video Gary and I are excited for Santa to come.

2010-11-18T10:19:00.000-08:00

Holiday Gift Certificates are now available in all denominations.

2010-08-09T09:53:00.000-07:00

Lobster Fest

August 10th - 14th

2010-06-23T08:48:00.000-07:00

LIGHT UP THE SKY 2010

Monroe Community Park

July 4th

3:00 - 10:30 pm

2010-03-22T03:47:00.000-07:00

St. Patrick's Day

2010-03-13T07:53:00.000-08:00

Join the Red Onion on St. Patrick's Day for all your Irish favorites. Corned Beef and Cabbage, Guinness Stew and Colcannon Potatoes with Ham

Red Onion News

2010-01-22T10:01:00.000-08:00

Chef Gary will be cookin up all your Cujun favorites.

Jambalaya

Etouffee

Blackened Seafood

Creole

Gumbo

Authentic Pat O'Brien's Hurricanes

2010-01-07T08:38:00.000-08:00

@RedOnionCafe

A gift always in good taste!

2009-12-02T15:17:00.000-08:00

Holiday Gift Certificates are now available in all denominations.

2009-11-01T15:36:00.000-08:00

Chef Gary Henz can't wait to do his impression of Bubba in the movie "Forrest Gump". He started talking about all the different ways he was going to make shrimp and he babbled for hours. Stop by the Red Onion on the week before Thanksgiving to try some of Gary's shrimp gumbo, shrimp cocktail, BBQ shrimp, stuffed shrimp....

Red Onion News

2009-10-01T09:52:00.001-07:00

Beginning October 20th Chef Gary Henz will be serving up a variety of tasty lobster dishes.

Lobster Newburg

Lobster Thermidor

Lobster Pot Pie

Boiled Lobster Dinner

Lobster Bisque

Lobster Fritters

and much more...

2009-09-24T13:11:00.000-07:00

No event is too big or small. We taylor menus to fit any budget. Call Chef Gary at 513-360-0180 for more information.

September 22, 2009

2009-09-22T08:49:00.000-07:00

Four Cheese and Scallops Polenta Gratin

Linguine with portabella and sirloin bolognaise

Crispy Shrimp with rosemary cannellini

12 oz Whiskey marinated strip steak

Yes We Cater !

2009-09-21T13:32:00.000-07:00

No event is too big or small. We design menus to fit any budget. Call Chef Gary Henz at 513-360-0180 to learn more.

2009-09-16T10:27:00.000-07:00

Shrimp Spectacular

This week at the Onion... a delectable array of tasty shrimp creations for your pleasure.

Red Onion Story Time- Tales of the Waitress

2009-08-18T06:40:00.000-07:00

The longer I work at the Red Onion I find myself getting lost in our regulars’ stories of them growing up, family life, and there day to day tales they share with us. A couple of days ago I was talking to one of our regulars, and he told me a story in which I was shocked to here, and for a moment did not believe until I saw the pictures.

Josh, my husband is about 6’5” and built like a machine, came in to eat an order of his favorite chicken wings. After Josh left Ed (a Red Onion regular) came up to me with a smirk on his face. I figured he would comment on our height difference ( I am only 5’2”) when he said “ I bet my brother could beat your husband in an am wrestling match!” I look at Ed and laughingly said “Are you kidding by husband is hands down the strongest person I have ever met!” Ed proceeded to tell me a story in which might be the story of the manliest thing I have ever heard.

Ed told me a story that took place in the mid 70’s. “My brother and I are the same height, but he is much stronger than me.” He began telling me as I looked at him standing about six feet, five inches. “My brother was a wrestling champion, he was strong as ox! One day there was a store opening in town, and back 70’s they did weird things to attract a crowd. Now this store had got a bear, a real seven foot tall bear that the people could actually go and wrestle! My brother, being the wrestling champ, decided to go to the new store and wrestle this bear, and to everyone’s surprise my brother beat this bear! He actual flip this bear over hip and won!”

It is stories like this that make laugh and always put me in a good mood while working. I can honestly say the Red Onion Café is more like story time then a job for me. I love when people give me a glimpse into there lives. It is these stories that make the Red Onion a fun place to be, and always leaves you wanting more!

Meeting New People- Tales of the Waitress

2009-08-02T13:44:00.000-07:00

I am normally a pretty out going person, making working at the Red Onion Cafe' a very fun job for me. I am constantly meeting new people and making new friends. As new member of the Monroe community ( I bought a home in Monroe in January) I was excited to work in the town I lived in. I thought it would be a great way to meet the neighbors and locals. I have since met amazing, and fun people while working at the Red Onion Cafe. Thanks to this popular hometown hangout I know feel welcomed by those who live around me. The story of how I became an employee of the Red Onion all started with the best food I have ever eaten!

When my husband and I first moved into town we were immediately drawn to the Red Onion Cafe'. The first time we were at the Red Onion we thought it would forever be out go to spot for intimate dinners for "date night", and at the same time a great place to bring our friends and family. I was so impressed with the food and staff, I wanted to be a part of it! Within a week I had eaten at the Red Onion four times! After the fifth visit I had asked Amanda (another waitress) if the Red Onion was hiring. With my surprise she said "Yes! Let me grab an application!" About a week after submitting my application I received a phone call from Gary (The Manager) to set up an interview. Again to my surprise I was hired on April 1, 2009 (no it was not a joke). Since then I have been meeting new people, trying new things, and loving every minute of it!