Neither Catherine Manabat nor Julia Petiprin is from Cincinnati, but they've both made a home here. Now the two bar veterans have opened their own bar, and it has the theme of home, and of makers. It's called Homemaker's Bar, and it opened on June 18 at 13th and Walnut streets in Over-the-Rhine

Manabat ended up in Cincinnati in a strange way, she said. She's from Los Angeles, but 11 years ago, she decided to move as far away as possible, and chose Boston. She stopped in Cincinnati to visit a friend, who encouraged her to just stay here. And she did. "I really really love it here," she said.

She made cocktails at Metropole at 21(c). She left there to work for Watershed Distillery, but her friend, Pretipin, who also moved here from Los Angeles to open Sundry and Vice, talked her into partnering on a new bar.

It's made from two storefronts with one wall knocked out between them. Petiprin designed it with lots of retro colors and graphics. Though the name Homemaker's really refers to their feeling of home here, and to their appreciation for everyone here who makes art and other things, it also has a bit of a mid-century homemaker inspiration. Drinks are named for taglines from ads from the '50s, and the short snack menu includes homey party food like ham salad or salami roll-ups.

Behind a door with a porthole window, there is a back room, available for private parties, or just for a quieter refuge. Manabat said she will again be teaching cocktail classes as she did at Metropole.

Homemaker's Bar is at 35 E. 13th St. It is open every day but Tuesday, starting at 4 p.m. during the week, at 3 p.m. on Fridays and at 1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

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