Happy Friday, Scoopers!

🍁 Check out this interactive 2023 fall foliage map to see when the trees will start changing around Cincinnati and the rest of the states!

Today’s email is a 3min 26sec read. Here’s the scoop:

• ☕️ Score free coffee from your fave place today

• 🌮 First look at Cincinnati Taco Week

• 🎤 Joey Votto in a shocking musical

But first…

🐷 LOCAL

Wawa is coming to Cincinnati!

First, it was Buc-ee’s, then Shake Shack, and now another beloved chain is making landfall in the Queen City - Wawa (IYKYK).

If you don’t know, step into our office - because you’re about to find out about your new favorite quick bite.

Wawa is a Pennsylvania-based gas station and convenience store chain known for its incredible made-to-order sandwiches…

Think UDF, but instead of ice cream you have subs and sandwiches so good they would make Jimmy John’s question their life purpose.

Also on their menu? Salads, quesadillas, burritos, soups bowls…the list goes on.

And it’s not just Cincinnati… Wawa announced that over the next 10 years, it plans to open 60 locations across Ohio with 16 of those right here in the tri-state area!

While the company did not announce exact dates, we know that the first Wawa locations in Cincinnati are scheduled to open in 2025 broken up across the region as follows:

• Butler County: Dixie Highway and Symmes Road; Cincinnati-Dayton Road and Liberty Way; Dixie and Mack Road; Highway 4 and Tylersville Road; Highway 4 and Liberty-Fairfield Road.

• Clinton County: Highway 73 and SR 380.

• Clermont County: SR 32 and Mt. Carmel Tobasco.

• Greene County: Dayton-Yellow Springs Road and Park Hills Drive; Broad Street and Spangler Road.

• Hamilton County: Springfield Pike and Glensprings Drive; Beechmont Avenue and Elstun Road; Colerain Road and Struble Avenue.

• Miami County: S County Road 25A and W Kessler Cowlesville Road.

• Montgomery County: Chambersburg Road and Old Troy Pike.

• Warren County: Fields-Ertel and Wilkens; Highway 48 and Kingsview Drive; Kings Mill Road and Courseview Drive.

It’s going to be a Wawalicious decade in Cincy!

Psssst….it’s National Coffee Day - and here are the deals waiting for you!!

🍦 MINI SCOOPS

🌮 Cincinnati Taco Week is making a comeback! From Oct. 9-15, you can enjoy tacos for just $2.50 at 50 different restaurants. They're offering unique options like "The Creamy Dude Seriously" and vegetarian choices like "Cauliflower Al Pastor." You can collect points throughout the week on the the Taco Week App to win prizes. The person that earns the most points by checking in at restaurants will be named the "Biggest Taco Lover in Cincinnati" and also win $250 in gift cards! (you in?)

🧽 Cincinnati Reds' Joey Votto adds a unique twist to his career, voicing the French narrator {Two hours later...} in The SpongeBob Musical: Youth Edition at the Taft Theatre from Oct. 14-23, offering entertainment even during a playoff push.

👻 Whether you're the cool aunt/uncle or you've got trick or treaters of your own, keep an eye on this regularly updated list of trick-or-treat list of dates and times in Cincinnati as neighborhoods reveal their schedule!

🌶️ The much-anticipated 2023 Cincinnati Chili Bowl has hit a roadblock. Plans for the postseason bowl game at TQL Stadium are on hold due to NCAA approval issues. Organizers hope for future approval but face uncertainties surrounding the event's fate. Stay tuned for updates!

📆 EVENTS THIS WEEKEND

🎥 FRI - SAT Cindependent Film Fest

🧶 SAT, SEP 30 City Flea

📚 SAT, SEP 30 Adult Book Fair

🍎 SAT - SUN, Caramel Apple Days

🎨 FRI, SEP 29 Art After Dark at Cincinnati Art Museum

🖼️ FRI, SEP 29 Final Friday at Pendleton Art Center

🐕 CINCYDOG(S) OF THE WEEK

Tater and Tot are looking at you for their forever home! Apply now at Stray Animal Adoption Agency!

Thanks for being here with us. We’re looking forward to building a strong community of informed Cincinnatians who want to stay in the loop.

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