Alley Baby

05/26/2026

Thank you to everyone who showed up this weekend Taste of Cincinnati to show your Cinci kids some love 🧡

And thank you to the band!
Joe — the fry master.
Matt — grill master and rotating specialist.
My brother Nick– holding it down with me.
And also my dad! for popping back up to drop off more food and chat up the line. Preciate ya boys! 🧡

Lots of new faces… lots of familiar faces too.

And to those of you who found me back in the alley when I was just trying to figure out how to get my food out there — thank you for continuing to come back time and time again.

From Osborne Alley… to our first regular spot at Second Story… you’ve continued to show up for us.

I see you.
I appreciate you.
And I love you for it — I think we all do.

You make tomorrow worthwhile.
You remind me of that with every visit.

Thank you for keeping the wind in our sails and continuing to pound out The Path To Delicious with us 🧡

I’m going to work hard to find Alley Baby a brick-and-mortar home — a place where we can all gather under one roof, enjoy great food, share stories, and celebrate the alleyways, side streets, and paths that somehow brought all of us together.

We truly couldn’t do this without you.

My heart is overflowing.

Love you, Cincinnati!
See you soon!

🧡 Alley Baby

05/19/2026

Support a Nati kid 🧡

Alley Baby started on a grill in an Osborne alley — not too far from where The Taste of Cincinnati takes place.

Before the food truck, before the awards… it was dragging a grill — then a tiny gyro-style cart — through the alleys serving whoever would give us a shot

This wasn’t funded
This wasn’t handed to us
This was built from the ground up through rejection, setbacks, failures, long nights, and compiling enough “no’s” until there was finally something solid to stand on

Support Cinci hustle 🧡

Look for the Bengals orange food truck with the hot pink “Alley Baby” neon at Columbia Parkway #718 and come see why we’ve brought home GOLD every year we’ve shown up 🧡

🥇 1st Place Best of Taste of Cincinnati Entrée
Coconut Chicken Taco

🥈 2nd Place Best of Taste of Cincinnati Side
Tater Bombs

We entered two dishes…
and both walked away winners 🧡

Honestly, they probably wanted to give the Tater Bombs gold too —
they just needed to make sure they could still fit through the door afterward

Are we the only spot at Taste serving real gluten-friendly options with dedicated gluten-free fryers?
…we just might be 🧡

No silver spoons,
Just our hands 🧡

Support something locally built by the people of Cincinnati.

Adopt your Baby today 🧡
Follow Alley Baby on the Path to Delicious 🧡

05/15/2026

Appreciate everyone who came out this past weekend, as well as yesterday, and gave us grace. Ticket times ran longer than I like— that’s frustrating.

We’re working hard to make sure that doesn’t keep happening: bringing on extra hands, having EVERYTHING prepped ahead of time, putting together more tapered-down menus to help streamline service, and continuing to get better.

When we first got things fired back up, there were days we’d wait hours for a first customer… sometimes being open 8+ hours and not even breaking $100 in sales.

As frustrated as I am with not being better prepared, I’m even more overwhelmed with gratitude for the grace our customers have shown us—trusting us, hanging in there, and giving us the chance to get your orders together as we navigate these growing pains.

It means more than I can put into words.

Thank you. You make us better—truly.

We do not take this lightly.

Preciate y’all… see you out there.
🧡 Alley Baby

05/14/2026

I’m currently working on an updated schedule and hope to have everything posted by the end of the week!

For this weekend though 👇

Tonight: JP’s Beer & Wine (Loveland, OH) | 4pm–8pm

Tomorrow: Waynesville, OH (220 N Main St) | 11am–2pm

Sunday: Lebanon Small Animal Clinic (1196 Oregonia Rd, Lebanon, OH) | 2pm–5pm

Hope we can catch you soon—and thanks for checking in!
🧡Alley Baby

05/14/2026

🚨 THIS WEEKEND’S ALLEY BABY SCHEDULE 🚨

Tonight: JP’s Beer & Wine (Loveland, OH) | 4pm–8pm
Tomorrow: Realtor Event Waynesville, OH (220 N Main St) | 11am–2pm
Sunday: Lebanon Small Animal Clinic 4H Rabbit Show(1196 Oregonia Rd, Lebanon, OH) | 2pm–4pm

Hope we can catch you soon. 🧡

We’re currently working on an updated schedule for the coming month — we’ve made a few adjustments, some shifts, and have some big events ahead. Stay tuned as we lock everything in.

Thank you for rolling with us as Alley Baby keeps growing.
See you out there. 🔥🌮

Send a message to learn more

05/14/2026

Jp's Beer & Wine Shop in Loveland today from 4-8pm!
Thanks
🧡Alley Baby

05/14/2026

We cleaned things up… not toned them down. 😏

Same bold flavor.
Same premium ingredients.
Less clutter. More ex*****on.

From our Best of Taste-winning Coconut Chicken Taco 🥇
to our award-winning wings 🥇
to our loaded Tater Bombs 🥈
every item on this menu earned its place.

At this point… our chicken’s winning ‘em all. 🐔🔥
From Coconut Chicken to tacos to wings, Alley Baby chicken built its own reputation.
Award-winning, craveable, and built different.

And yeah… our burgers deserve their flowers too. 🍔
Signature favorites that built their own following.

We’ve built Alley Baby from the alley up — through hustle, flavor, and refusing shortcuts — and this menu reflects exactly that.

🔥 Gold Medal Coconut Chicken
🔥 Gold Medal Wings
🔥 Signature Burgers
🔥 Award-Winning Tacos
🔥 Best Bite Sides
🔥 Chef-Driven
🔥 Gluten-Friendly Options
🔥 Premium Ingredients

📍Catch us at festivals, pop-ups, private events & more
📲 Follow along for locations, specials, and what’s next

QUALITY MATTERS. ALWAYS.
🧡 Alley Baby

05/10/2026

To all the mamas out there—

The ones holding little hands, propping up wobbly legs, cheering on first crawls, first steps, and eventually… helping those babies soar.

We salute you. 🧡

Happy Mother’s Day,
and thank you for the love, strength, patience, and sacrifice it takes to help your babies stand, walk, fly… and become who they’re meant to be.

From Alley Baby — we hope your day is as special as you are.

05/09/2026

Alley Baby didn’t start in a kitchen.
It started in an alley.

Not by choice—but because that’s where I was allowed to cook.

Four years later, your hometown Cincinnati boys are still here.
Still building. Still pushing. Still showing up.

Back for our second run at Taste of Cincinnati
The first time—1st place for our wings 🥇

At Taste this year, we’re doing things a little different.

🔥 Premium ingredients — no shortcuts
🔥 Cooked in 100% beef tallow, pure olive oil & 82%+ European-style butter — no seed oils
🔥 Chef-driven menu built from years in kitchens and private healthcare dining
🔥 Nearly the entire menu can be made gluten-free

🍽️ What we’re serving:

🥇 Coconut Chicken Taco (Best Entrée)
👉 Gluten-friendly on a corn shell (just ask)

🥈 Tater Bombs + house garlicky dill ranch (Best Bite / Shareable)
👉 Gluten-friendly

Real ingredients. Real technique. Food people don’t forget.

I’ve spent years developing a fry mix and process that lets people eat foods they haven’t had in years—sometimes decades.

Wings. Fried fish. Coconut shrimp.
Foods people thought were off the table.

And yeah… people drive an hour+ just to get it.

That means something.

While most menus are built for speed—
ours is built for experience.

If you’re coming down to Taste this year and want to try something different—something intentional—

Come find us.

This is Alley Baby.
No silver spoons—just our hands 🧡
(Plastic sporks available 😉)

05/07/2026

5:30AM.

Alarm blaring. Laptop tossed onto the bedroom couch (it's primarily a giant laundry basket) with last night’s unfinished notes, menu designs, emails, ideas — whatever wild thoughts show up when you’re running on coffee, fumes, and maybe 2.5 hours of sleep.

Typical start to the day.

Except today wasn’t typical.

Today was the Best of Taste of Cincinnati competition.

Alley Baby entered two dishes:
🏆 Coconut Chicken Taco — Best Entrée
🥈 Tater Bombs — Best Bite / Shareable

And after flat tires, rain, a failing generator, borrowed trucks, near chaos, and a whole lot of “we’re figuring this out no matter what”…

We brought home GOLD and SILVER.

In fact– every year Alley Baby has shown up for Best of Taste of Cincinnati, we’ve taken home gold.

Not sure who else can say that?

This one felt full circle.
Alley Baby started right down the street in Osborne Alley (between 14 & 15th St) — dragging a grill around, serving whoever would let me cook for them.
After a 2025 hiatus, after trying to force a brick-and-mortar dream in Norwood that didn’t work out, after stepping back and having to find Alley Baby again…

We came back on wheels.

A gourmet kitchen heading to a neighborhood, town, city — or alley — near you.

The Coconut Chicken finally found its perfect home: tucked into a toasted tortilla with melted cheese, shaved cabbage, honey-citrus vinaigrette, Alley Sauce, lime, and salsa on the side.

The wings- gold in 2024.

The coconut chicken- gold in 2026.

And the Tater Bombs grabbed silver right beside it.

I think the judges wanted to give us gold for both, but they were probably afraid if we got too shiny we’d start saying “Yuge” and petition the city to build a massive Alley Baby ballroom downtown.

Honestly, gold and silver look pretty good on my mom’s fridge. A little contrast never hurt.

Thank you to everyone who has rooted for Alley Baby, followed us on "The Path to Delicious", waited in the rain, told a friend, shared a post, booked us, encouraged us, or just believed in what we’re building.

It’s been a dog fight.

And I can feel Hank’s spirit in this.

We may just be a street dog — or maybe an alley dog — but we’re still out here looking for our forever home, we just want to be a house dog after all.

Here’s to you, Cincy and beyond.

Find Alley Baby’s Best of Cincinnati street food in a city, town, or alley near you. 🧡