Hotels, Restaurants, Transportation (to/from airport and local) , Activities, Child Care
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Response will depend on volumeChild care: Please contact Carla Quercioli, the NKYCVB Convention Services / Housing Manager, for information on child care resources in the area
Hotel Comparison
Holiday Inn Riverfront 4pm / 11am 3pm / 12noon 3pm / 12noon 3pm / 11am 3pm / 11am $148 (+ taxes) $148 single or double. $10 per each additional. (+ taxes) $129 (+ taxes) $109 (+ taxes) $99 (+taxes) Double bedded: 4
Kind bed: 2Double Standard: up to 5
Standard King Bed: up to 5Two Queen Beds: 4
King Bed: 2Standard Rm: 4 Double: up to 5
King: Up to 5Free wireless public areas and rooms Free wireless atrium and rooms Free wireless public areas, free wired rooms Free wireless in room Free wireless in room & throughout Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Fitness Shuttle & Cab Shuttle & Cab Shuttle & Cab Complimentary shuttle (confirmed via phone 6/14/2006)
Shuttle & CabShuttle & Cab
- Zebo's Bistro and Lounge, breakfast, lunch, dinner, continental
- Complimentary full cooked-to-order breakfast
- The Embassy Grill, open until 11pm
- The Courtyard Cafe (American)
- The Riverview Revolving Restaurant (eclectic American)
- Breafast not included
- On-site dining breakfast, lunch, dinner, 7 days per week
- Free self parking if with SIGCSE (by our contract), otherwise $8/d self parking, unlimited in & out
- $20/d valet
- Free self parking if with SIGCSE (by our contract), otherwise $8/d self parking, unlimited in & out
- $20/d valet
Free self parking Free self parking
- Free self parking
- Headquarters
- Completely non-smoking (per call to reservations desk 9/22/06)
- Free fitness center and pool
- Complimentary coffee, tea in room
- Complimentary newspaper delivered to room
- Wheelchairs, babysitting, safe deposit boxes available
Mea Culpa: This was originally listed as a completely non-smoking hotel. Updated 9/29/06.
- Two room suites, separate living/sleeping areas, refrigerator, microwave, cofee maker
- Free cocktail reception each evening 5:30-7:30
- Hiltion Honors points/miles
- Free indoor pool & fitness facility
- Complimentary 24h business center with key card
- Completely non-smoking
- Free fitness center and pool
- Complimentary cofee, tea in room
- Complimentary newspaper delivered to room
- In-room fridge, coffee maker, iron/board, hairdryer
- 24 h corner pantry
- Indoor pool, fitness facility
- Washer dryer on site
- Refrigerator, microwavr on request (not guaranteed)
- You may request non-smoking
Transportation
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To/From Airport...
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Local Between Hoteals & Convention Center
- Recommended: The SouthBank Shuttle bus ($1).
Restaurants
You will find more restaurants in the area than the last time SIGCSE visted Northern Kentucky. We hope to offer some reviews soon. There is no smoking ban in force and most restaurants offer a choice of smoking or non-smoking. We hope to provide some menus at some point.
- PDF map of restaurants in 3 areas within walking distance of the Convention Center, provided by NKYCVB.
- 18 restaurants withn 3 blocks of the convention center
- 21 restaurants in Mainstrasse, a nice area a 10 minute walk away (in July)
- 26 restaurants in the Newport on the Levee area, a 20 minute walk (in July). (On that map 12 restaurants show in location #1, which is Newport on the Levee, while the other 14 are very close by. Newport on the Levee is a dining, shopping and entertainment complex anchored by the Newport Aquarium.)
- A guide to area restaurants that includes some restarants on the map and others not on the map.
- Keep in mind maps and guides are not updated as often as the real world. Phone numbers for all establishments are provided.
- The SIGCSE 2007 Program Committee has at least the following experience. All were deemed excellent experiences, and other than the Montgomery Inn within walking distance.
- Hofbrauhaus
- "interesting authentic german atmosphere, down to the smoke. Felt like I was back in Europe"
- First Watch (lunch)
- Greenup Cafe (lunch)
- Blue Moon (dinner)
- Montgomery Inn Boathouse (dinner, requires cab across river)
- Specialty is ribs. Great view.
- Dee felice (dinner)
- An NKY adventure?
- True confession -- despite setting up this page I live an hour south of NKY and do not frequent the area. On 12/30/06 my wife and I took our 2 kids to the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Newport Aquarium, and dinner. In short:
- The Cincinnati Art Museum is nice. You can check out the exhibits that will be up during SIGCSE on their website.
- The Newport Aquarium is very nice. They have a shark-ray.
- It was Saturday night. We tried to dine at Mitchell's Fish Market at Newport on the Levee, but the wait for non-smoking was > 1 hour. (Smoking we could have been seated almost immediately -- go figure.)
- We tried Cafe Istanbul (at Newport on the Levee), but they were booked with reservations.
- We ate at Mike Fink's
- A few blocks from the Convention Center, toward Greenup St. and down to the river. The restaurant occupies a sternwheel steamboat moored to the side of the river and offers seafood, steaks, chicken. The setting is fantastic. The raw bar was fine. The meals we were served were OK -- maybe equivalent to a chain restaurant -- they were out of stuffed trout and my wasabi salmon was sweet, rather than spicy? Prices varied from about $14 for an entree (chicken, seafood pasta) to $40 forKing Crab. An 8 oz filet mignon was $32. Reservations recommended at least on the weekend, but an easy walk from the convention center, barring ice.
- Vegetarian Dining
- Most restaurants are said to offer a "vegetarian option". Here are a few noted by locals who are to some degree vegetarian:
- Cafe Istanbul (Newport on the Levee: 1 Levee Way # 1112, Newport, KY (859) 581-1777, 1.4mi from conference hotel)
- Korean riverside Restaurant (Covington: 512 Madison Ave (859) 291-1484, 0.3mi from conference hotel )
- York St. Cafe (Newport: 738 York St (859) 261-9675, 1.3 mi from conference hotel)
- Greenup Cafe (Covington, is "vegetarian friendly" : 308 Greenup Street 41011 859-261-3663 0.3mi from Conference Hotel)
- Breakfast Venues (outside the hotels)
- First Watch (Covington: 50 East River Center Blvd, 859-491-0869 < 200ft from Conference Hotel)
- Greenup Cafe (Covington: 308 Greenup Street 859-261-3663, breakfast &:30-10;am M-F, 0.3mi from Conference Hotel )
- Atlanta Bread Company (Covington: 50 East Rivercenter Blvd, 859-261-2488 < 200 ft from Conference Hotel)
Other Activities
- Walk to Newport on the Levee (20 minute walk in July)
- 20 screen theatre
- Barnes & Noble
- The Newport Aquarium
- Lots of dining options
- See a list of attractions (pdf)
- Walk to Mainstrasse (10 minute walk in July)
- Lots of dining options
- Lots of Shopping
- Cincinnati Art Museum -- This is about a 10 minute drive.
- Exhibits during SIGCSE will include:Andrew Wyeth, Richard Pousette-Dart, Arenas, Where Would you Wear That?