FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 15, 2025
Upgrade dinner and a movie with a dome-cooked meal
OMNIMAX® Dinner Date gives you a taste of Cuba May 16; limited tickets available Friday
CINCINNATI - Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) is once again supersizing dinner and a movie. Their OMNIMAX® Dinner Date offers you a dome-cooked meal and an immersive film experience that takes a date night classic to the next level. The series is taking guests to Cuba with flavors from the Caribbean on May 16. Limited tickets go on sale this Friday, April 18. 
Inspired by some of the museum’s favorite giant screen films, OMNIMAX® Dinner Date curates a themed three-course dinner and shows you the techniques to pull it all together. With over 20 OMNIMAX® films to choose from, CMC’s food service partners the SSA Group can find menu inspiration to create a seafood feast, dinner fit for royalty and bites that are out of this world.
OMNIMAX Dinner Date’s May 16 Cuba: Journey to the Heart of the Caribbean meal promises vibrant flavors from sea-to-table. Across breathtaking landscapes, iridescent reefs teeming with life and streets throbbing with music and dance, the film showcases the vivacious island nation that stirs the imagination of the world. The culinary artists at SSA Group have curated a menu inspired by the flavors, colors and vibrant culture of Cuba.
Tickets are $150 per person and include three-course meal and OMNIMAX® screening. Dinner starts at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are available at cincymuseum.org/omnimax-dinner-date.
Starter: Ceviche with Mango, Avocado, Lime and Taro Chips
A bright start to your meal, featuring the vibrant flavors of the island. Learn how to work with taro – a Cuban root vegetable popular in the island’s cuisine – and balance flavors as you mix and marinate your ceviche.
Main Course: Ropa Vieja, Spiced Black Beans, Coconut Rice and Pickled Red Onion
Cuban comfort food gets elevated by fine dining techniques. Learn how to pickle red onions, toast cumin seeds and season beans to take this slow-cooked shredded beef dish over the top.
Dessert: Guava and Cream Cheese Tres Leches Cake, Cinnamon and Rum Syrup
Infuse a Cuban classic with flavors of the Caribbean that beautifully balance sweet and tangy notes. Soak your light sponge cake in a three-milk mixture and whip cream cheese to complete your decadent dessert.
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About Cincinnati Museum Center
Cincinnati Museum Center (CMC) at Union Terminal is a nationally recognized, award-winning institution housed in a National Historic Landmark. CMC is a vital community resource that sparks curiosity, inspiration, epiphany and dialogue. CMC was awarded the 2009 National Medal for Museum and Library Service from the Institute of Museum and Library Services and received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums in 2012, one of a select few museums in the nation to receive both honors. Organizations within CMC include the Cincinnati History Museum, Museum of Natural History & Science, The Children’s Museum, Robert D. Lindner Family OMNIMAX® Theater, Cincinnati History Library and Archives and the Geier Collections and Research Center. Housed in historic Union Terminal – a National Historic Landmark restored in 2018 and recognized as the nation’s 45th most important building by the American Institute of Architects – CMC welcomes more than 1.8 million visits annually, making it one of the most visited museums in the country. For more information, visit cincymuseum.org.
