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Reds fans packed under the Holy Grail Tavern & Grille awnings at The Banks, Great American Ball Park in the background
100 yards from home plate

Where Cincinnati
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At The Banks
since 2011

The game, the food, the whole crowd

Holy Grail Tavern & Grille sits 100 yards from home plate at Great American Ball Park — 31 hi-def TVs, a full bar, and a scratch kitchen that's fed Reds and Bengals fans since Opening Day 2011. Come for the game, stay for the Reuben Wontons.

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Fans at the bar under the TVs at Holy Grail

Game Day HQ

31 hi-def TVs and every Reds & Bengals game — the closest seat outside the park.

Reuben Wontons

Reuben Wontons

Corned beef, kraut & Swiss, rolled and fried crisp. A house specialty.

Loaded nachos

Shareables

Loaded nachos, ballpark pretzels, wings — built for the whole table.

Specialty pizza

House-Made Pizza

Specialty pies on house-made dough — BBQ chicken, Hawaiian, build-your-own.

The Tavern, By the Numbers

0On The BanksOpen since Opening Day
0Hi-Def TVsEvery game, every angle
0Yards to Home PlateThe closest seat outside the park
0Days a WeekTue–Sun · open for every game

Homegrown at The Banks

"THE sports bar which Downtown Cincinnati has been seeking — just 100 yards from home plate."
— The Banks, Cincinnati
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Four Elder grads, one west-side dream

Meet the owners

Don

Don Andres

Co-founder · the UC grad who couldn't walk past the shuttered Grail on game days.

Jim

Jim Moehring

Co-founder · the other half of the crew that reopened it in 2004.

Tom

Tom Heitker

Partner · turned an old UC brewpub into the sports bar it is today.

Paul

Paul Goebel

Partner · came on as a consultant and helped bring the Banks to life.

From a shuttered brewpub to The Banks

The original Holy Grail was a brewpub near the University of Cincinnati that went dark in 2001. Four buddies from Elder High — Don, Jim, Tom and Paul — couldn't let it go. They brought the Holy Grail back and, in 2011, made The Banks its home, 100 yards from home plate, in time for Opening Day. It's been Cincinnati's game-day headquarters ever since.

Game day,
every day.
Real bar. Real food.
Real Cincinnati.
— Don, Jim, Tom & Paul

Find us at The Banks

On Joe Nuxhall Way between the ballpark and the river — walk over before first pitch or settle in for all four quarters. Booking a big group or a game-day party? Send the details and we'll set it up.

The Tavern

Hours

  • Tue – Thu · 11am – Midnight
  • Fri – Sat · 11am – 2am
  • Sun · 11am – 11pm
  • Mon closed — open for Reds & Bengals games

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Send the details and we'll set up your group.

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