Cinnamon Roll Hotspot The Roll Takes Over OTR Sweet Spot

Over-the-Rhine’s sweet tooth is getting another workout. The Roll, a gourmet cinnamon roll bakery, is headed to a street-level storefront near Washington Park, taking over a familiar dessert address and zeroing in on the morning and grab-and-go crowd.

The new spot will focus on made-from-scratch cinnamon rolls, adding to the growing cluster of small breakfast and dessert concepts filling in OTR’s ground-floor retail strip.

Lease Details And Reporting

According to the Cincinnati Business Courier, The Roll landed the storefront after a competitive leasing process. The publication reports that the space is part of a larger retail project near Washington Park and will replace a tenant that had recently occupied the same unit.

Where It Will Land

The bakery’s new home sits along a run of street-level retail that nonprofit developer 3CDC has been steadily activating around Washington Park. The stretch has become a magnet for bakeries, coffee shops, and quick-service concepts built to catch that early foot traffic.

Recent renovations and new storefronts, highlighted in 3CDC materials, are aimed squarely at morning visitors and commuters who swing through the neighborhood on a daily basis.

Previous Tenants

Before The Roll moved in, 1426 Race St. was already a dessert destination. The space most recently housed Cora’s Cakery, which opened in late 2023, and before that, it was home to longtime OTR favorite Sweet Petit Desserts.

CityBeat documented Cora’s debut, noting the bakery’s custom treats, while Allmenus listings place Sweet Petit Desserts at the same Race Street address.

Neighborhood Context

The Roll’s focused menu of cinnamon rolls fits neatly into a broader wave of niche breakfast and pastry outfits that rely on steady Washington Park and commuter traffic rather than sprawling menus. The approach lines up with 3CDC reporting that emphasizes activating first-floor retail and programming civic spaces like Washington Park to help sustain small commercial tenants.

The Cincinnati Business Courier did not list an official opening date for The Roll, and no public launch timeline has been shared yet. We will update readers when permits or an opening date are announced.