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The Crest Gastropub is swarming with customers. They’re everywhere, sitting at the bar, perched on the patio, standing around… standing in the parking lot waiting to get inside the joint. You can’t blame them, really. It’s a beautiful island on… [Read More]
Walnut Creek Peanut Butter Spread looks totally innocent, like some sort of oddball Ohio edible: mildly amusing and easy to overlook. In fact, it’s closer to crack cocaine, and it comes from an Ohio-grown powerhouse. The Walnut Creek business actually… [Read More]
Portia’s Café is the perfect place to take your most neurotic control-freak-friends. It’s organic, vegan, gluten-free, non-GMO, plus it serves lots of stuff for raw-food-only-eaters. Portia’s accommodates every possible food fear –and it does so in a cute, fun way…. [Read More]
It’s been an interesting year for parents of children at Columbus City Schools. Watching a system destroy itself is fascinating. When the imploding system is one to which you’ve entrusted your progeny, the scene gets exponentially more intoxicating. As it… [Read More]
Crème Brûlée and Tiramisu are antiquated. And Red Velvet Cake season is long gone. You know what the world needs? Orange Creamsicle Cake. A slice of the Orange Creamsicle Cake at The Jury Room is not cheap: try $5.50. And… [Read More]
A place with the moniker “Manifesto” sounds really serious. And when veteran customers mention that there are profound quotations written on the walls of the establishment, it reinforces expectations of seriousness. Someone needs to point out that the biggest quotation… [Read More]
Bacon Balls. Those are probably the only words you need to hear to find a gigantic incentive to head down to Knead. But Bacon Balls are worth well more than two words. While there won’t be any “Knead” or “Balls”… [Read More]
Hey Hey is nice little neighborhood hangout on Whittier. It’s almost kitch, but not in any deliberate fashion that would inspire eye-rolling nausea. And now that Hey Hey has teamed up with The Coop, a much beloved local food truck,… [Read More]
Sometime in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, Carolyn Smith tweeted these words, “Commission school plan eliminates current Internal Auditor.” You might not know who Carolyn Smith is. You might not even care, but you should. She’s the current internal… [Read More]
The Krema Nut Company is widely known and lauded as being one of the oldest producers of peanut butter in the United States. The company has been making the stuff since 1898, maintaining a natural style that’s entirely distinct from… [Read More]
If you’re following the local education stories, then you’re probably aware that there’s been lots of controversy about who should lead the effort to reform Columbus City Schools. At present, the local school system is governed by the Board of… [Read More]
Gosh, who wouldn’t want to visit a Chinese restaurant that sets up shop in the shell of a former strip joint? With a history like that, how could Helen’s Asian Kitchen not be interesting? Online reviews do forewarn of lots… [Read More]
US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan came to town. Sitting on stage at Fort Hayes with Mayor Coleman and Mark Real (of kidsohio.org), the trio held court from comfy chairs Friday night in a conversation about Columbus City Schools. Duncan… [Read More]
People are serious about their cheese. Food scientists have even compiled lexicons of terms that are used to describe cheese, including “moldy , animalic , goaty” and something involving a “whiff of baby vomit.” When it comes to feta cheese… [Read More]
The Clintonville/Beechwold area is often described as a “dry” neighborhood. It’s a misleading catch-all to describe a community that has restrictive liquor laws. There are plenty of Clintonville/Beechwold spots that sell and serve alcohol, but the zoning that permits those… [Read More]
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