On Sunday, April 11th I went down to Loveland, Ohio (Cincinnati suburb) and attended Euro Cars and Cocoa at Cocoa Muse.  The event is  primarily sponsored by Derek Tye of the Tye Group.  Cocoa Muse is Derek’s wife business.  The parking lot can accommodate approximately 50 cars making the location very well suited for the gathering.

In short, the event was everything. I was hoping it would be.  The day before I had attended the 2026 season opener of Dayton Cars & Coffee – and almost regretted doing so.  The event has grown to a nearly unmanageable size and attendance, which in many ways is great.  but when you arrive 30 minutes early to the event and it takes you 30 minutes to park and you can’t even park in the main parking areas the experience is diminished.  Euro Cars and Cocoa is by comparison a small, curated gathering of European sports cars and exotics.  Much to my surprise a hyper car and its owner attended the event – a Pagani Huayra:

It’s not often you see a hyper car worth more than $1 million, and even less frequently in Ohio.  How often do you see three Alpha Romeo cars together?

Aston Martin is another rare sighting in Ohio:

Ferrari was well represented:

As was Porsche:

Even saw a couple of BMWs:

After the event I went to the downtown Loveland area and found a fantastic New Orleans French Quarter themed bar/restaurant for lunch that had an excellent third floor view – Bishop’s Quarter:

I ordered one of my favorites – Jambalaya:

I an absolutely wonderful day and am greatly looking forward to photographing the May Euro Cars and Cocoa meet up!