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The Columbus Dispatch wrote
The top 20 Dining Guide ’07
Friday, September 28, 2007
By Jon Christensen
The Columbus restaurant scene is the most competitive ever, with more types of cuisines and price ranges than ever before.
Top-notch establishments abound, so restaurants on this list aren’t the only local sources of quality food.
Like any other restaurant ratings, this list is subjective. The primary criterion: quality of the food. Value, the surroundings and the level of service also are taken into consideration — as are other factors, such as the willingness to take reservations, noise level, menu variety and attention to details (quality of the bread, olive oil and butter, for example).
I’ve compiled just the list of restaurants below for those in need of instant gratification (in alpha order, split into “Top 10″ and “Next Tier” as in the article):
Top 10:
Dragonfly Neo-V Cuisine
Handke’s Cuisine
Kihachi Japanese Restaurant
L’Antibes
M
The Refectory
Rigsby’s Kitchen
Rosendales
Trattoria La Tavola
The Worthington Inn
And the Next Tier:
Barcelona
Barnum & Tibbets Prime Kitchen & Wine Bar
Bar of Modern Art
Doc Henderson’s Restaurant
Hunan Lion
Latitude 41
Scali Ristorante
Spagio
Thom’s On Grandview
Z Cucina Di Spirito
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Kind of 60/40 on this one. I lik a lot of those picks, no doubt, but a couple surprised me. I can honestly say I’ve never even heard of Kihachi or Doc Henderson’s…but want to check them out now!
The only one I aggressively disagree with is Hunan Lion, mostly because I got deathly ill after my first and only meal there.
Doc Henderson’s is great… but it’s in downtown Marysville.
:shock:
Also, I’m a bit ashamed of myself for not having been to a lot of those places on the list. I guess I just don’t eat out as much as I should. :lol:
Yeah, I was surprised to see Doc Henderson’s make the list too.
I’m also pretty depressed at how many of those I haven’t been to. Where’s an endless supply of free time and money when you need it? :lol:
The duck breast at Z Cucina is so tasty it nearly makes me want to stab myself with my fork from food happiness.
17 for 20 here :)
Impressive…I’m only 9 for 20. :cry:
Handke’s Cuisine
M
The Refectory
Barcelona
Hunan Lion
Latitude 41
Spagio
Thom’s On Grandview
Z Cucina Di Spirito
Impressive…I’m only 9 for 20. :cry:
Handke’s Cuisine
M
The Refectory
Barcelona
Hunan Lion
Latitude 41
Spagio
Thom’s On Grandview
Z Cucina Di Spirito
:shock: no Rigsby’s!!!
Fix that one first ;)
I know. I walk past Rigsby’s a buhzillion times a week it seems, but I’ve never been. I am hanging my head in shame. :oops:
Were you here during the K2U years? If so, and you ate there, I’d give you a Ribsby’s credit…however…if not, yes..you must go…this week :)
dragonfly doesn’t get much play on this board, but i had a damn good meal there once. i think i’ll be going back soon.
Were you here during the K2U years? If so, and you ate there, I’d give you a Ribsby’s credit…however…if not, yes..you must go…this week :)
Sorry…I get no credits. I am a failure. :wink: I am not sure if I can work it in this week between work (blah) and Bristol tomorrow, and working Saturday morning, and Buckeye football Saturday afternoon. I promise to pencil it in soon though. I’m browsing the menu now…and just like the Basi menu…makes me all slobberfied.
Dragonfly is AWESOME. Very good food. Basi good. Risotto at Z.Cucina is a must eat for everyone in this city, holy moly is it good. WOW.
Nice to see my favorite italian, Scali Ristorante made the list.
And yea, milo…Dragonfly is amazing and I’m not even vegetarian.
Doc Henderson’s Restaurant is far from a lot of places on this list. It’s good food, but it also is the only decent place in Marysville so you have to put up with every wedding rehearsal dinner for every person that lives in Marysville. And as walker knows, there are some “interesting” people in Marysville that you really wouldn’t want to have to listen to while you eat heh.
on the + side, it’s a lot cheaper than most of the places on the list.
Doc Henderson’s may be good food, but where does “the Columbus restaurant scene” technically stop? Are there any good restaurants in Springfield, Zanesville or Chillicothe that are worthy of mention? How about Dayton or Mansfield? I think Lola in Cleveland should be on the list! :?
We had this GREAT meal at a little joint in Montreal’s Chinatown last summer. I’ll nominate them to Jon C.
Yeah, I’d like to disagree with Rosendales on the same charge. The food was fatty and disappointing. The waitstaff was weirdly over familiar. And, the night wrapped up with my friend and I hugging commodes on opposite sides of the city.
Oh, and good for BOMA. The food is incredible there and delightfully presented.
But, where’s the love for Alana’s??
But, where’s the love for Alana’s??
There is an issue, for want of a better word, between Alana’s and Christenson. I believe it has been resolved by both parties ignoring one another.
I don’t think a single incident of perceived food poisoning is enough to disqualify any restaurant. It happens and it often very hard to pinpoint an origin as the exposure could be as much as 48 hrs previous.
A.
I would really like to go to L’Antibes…keep forgetting to make that a priority.