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Brunch Review: The Pearl

Brunch Review: The Pearl

0 Miriam Bowers Abbott / June 19, 2013 8:00 am

Everyone already knows that The Pearl does oysters. And it serves water from mason jars: everyone knows that too. And since The Pearl is a Cameron Mitchell restaurant, everyone knows… [Read More]

Sprout Soup changing from retail store to appointment-only

Sprout Soup changing from retail store to appointment-only

0 Anne / June 18, 2013 3:45 pm

Sprout Soup, the store that’s made cloth diapering and babywearing for Columbus parents accessible since 2005, is changing their retail model. Owner and President Alissa DeRouchie is expecting a new… [Read More]

Project Update: Fifth Avenue Dam Removal

Project Update: Fifth Avenue Dam Removal

4 Brent Warren / June 18, 2013 2:15 pm

The actual removal of the Fifth Avenue dam was the easy part, relatively speaking. It took workers less than a month to take out a 180-foot chunk of the dam,… [Read More]

New Retail Program Targets Lennox, Cleveland Avenue, West Broad

New Retail Program Targets Lennox, Cleveland Avenue, West Broad

5 Walker / June 18, 2013 12:00 pm

Franklin County and ECDI jointly launched a new retail incubation program that is targeting specific neighborhoods throughout Columbus. The “Retail Incubation Supporting Entrepreneurs” (RISE) program has a goal of giving… [Read More]

Reed Arts Relocating to Third Avenue

Reed Arts Relocating to Third Avenue

2 Walker / June 17, 2013 3:45 pm

After nearly two decades of operation in the iconic red and purple building at 909 West Fifth Avenue, Reed Arts is on the move once again. This 35-year-old business will… [Read More]

Zauber Brewing Relocating to Fifth Avenue, Adding Bier Garden

Zauber Brewing Relocating to Fifth Avenue, Adding Bier Garden

2 Walker / June 17, 2013 3:45 pm

It’s only been a little over a year since Zauber Brewing first launched, but they’re already upgrading, expanding and relocating. This summer, Zauber founder Geoff Towne will begin working on… [Read More]

Columbus “Localists” Energized by BALLE Conference – Part 1

Columbus “Localists” Energized by BALLE Conference – Part 1

0 Brent Warren / June 17, 2013 10:00 am

The member organizations of BALLE, the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, are on the front lines of the “buy local” movement – trying to influence shoppers, businesses, and governments… [Read More]

Photos: The National at the LC Pavilion

Photos: The National at the LC Pavilion

2 Tim Kubick / June 16, 2013 12:05 pm

Less than a month after releasing their latest album, Trouble Will Find Me, The National headlined June’s Next@Wex Fest at the LC Pavilion. The Ohio natives returned to their home… [Read More]

New Restaurants and Coffee Shop Added to Creekside in Gahanna

New Restaurants and Coffee Shop Added to Creekside in Gahanna

0 Ayana Wilson / June 16, 2013 11:55 am

This year, Creekside is seeing the kind of resurgence that makes other communities jealous, from new residential apartment leasing, to a slew of up and coming businesses. Among these are… [Read More]

Crew Tops Montreal 2-0 at Home

Crew Tops Montreal 2-0 at Home

0 Matt Ellis / June 15, 2013 11:50 pm

Two goals from open play, a clean-sheet for Andy Greunebaum and dollar beers and brats for the season-high crowd. There really wasn’t anything missing from Saturday evenings 2-0 victory over… [Read More]

Cameron Mitchell to Open New Steakhouse in Gahanna

Cameron Mitchell to Open New Steakhouse in Gahanna

2 Ayana Wilson / June 15, 2013 1:10 pm

For as long as anyone can remember, if you made a list of all the spots around Central Ohio to enjoy a juicy, delicious steak, a Cameron Mitchell restaurant or… [Read More]

Treat to Try: OYO Truffles from Le Chocoholique

Treat to Try: OYO Truffles from Le Chocoholique

0 Ayana Wilson / June 15, 2013 8:00 am

When Middle West Spirits opened in 2008, the philosophy was this: craft spirits with care, by hand, and with originality. That same attitude can be found at Le Chocoholique, the… [Read More]

CASTO Begins Historic Renovation of Secur-It Building

CASTO Begins Historic Renovation of Secur-It Building

9 Walker / June 14, 2013 2:40 pm

Construction fencing began going up this week around the old Secur-It storage building located Downtown at the northeast intersection of Main and Front Streets, signaling progress on the restoration of… [Read More]

Restaurant Roundup: Festivals, Openings & Tastings

Restaurant Roundup: Festivals, Openings & Tastings

0 Ayana Wilson / June 14, 2013 11:00 am

Festivals Grillmaster’s Festival This year, the 8th holding of the Grillmaster’s Festival takes place at the North Market on Saturday, June 15th from 8am-5pm, to happily coincide with Father’s Day…. [Read More]

Theatre Review: The Empire Builders is a vividly refreshing & chilling journey

Theatre Review: The Empire Builders is a vividly refreshing & chilling journey

1 Lisa Much / June 14, 2013 10:45 am

Before I delve into a review of MadLab and Shepherd Productions’ rendition of The Empire Builders, watch this first: Now that you watched that (you did, right?), kudos to Johnny… [Read More]