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Started 1 year ago by AMEEKER
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AMEEKER
Weinland Park
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A neighborhood that plays together, stays together! We hope youÃ¢â‚¬â„¢ll join us for the first ever Fifth by Northwest National Night Out Pizza Crawl! Start at Kroger at Chambers and Northwest at 6PM in the side parking lot with our National Night Out Kickoff, then walk, bike, skate or ride to these participating pizza places (and stop along the way at a few other fun spots)!

Participating Establishments!

* Bono
* Sparanos
* GrandDads
* Panzera
* Cowtowns
* Mama Mimis
* Minuteman

At all of these locations, you'll be able to grab a serving of pizza for $1, meet some friends and even let us know if you're interested in helping keep our neighborhood safe by joining a block watch!

WAIT! There's more!

Hoggy's is hosting a cornhole tournament just for our National Night Out celebration, and the 3 Babes and a Baker Cupcake Truck will be parked at Mama Mimi's sharing their tasty goodness!

All this and more at the 2010 Fifth by Northwest National Night Out Pizza Crawl!

Catch us on Twitter #pizzacrawl, the 5xNW Area Commission at @5thbynw, and meet us on Facebook, too!

For more information, please contact Robert or Angie Meeker at nno@fifthbynorthwest.org. Grab your poster with details and a map here.

Both the National Night Out and Pizza Crawl are sponsored by the Fifth by Northwest Area Commission

Posted 1 year ago #
vestanpance
Harrison West/at work OSU
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this sounds fun

Posted 1 year ago #
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Never had Sparanos - this is definitetly a pizza rich hood.

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AMEEKER
Weinland Park
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Yeah, and that's not counting the six places that either didn't respond or said no! Three local joints and three franchises!

We're looking around for a book that was published about the history of this pocket of Columbus (now called Fifth by Northwest). The book describes how the Marble Cliff quarries were dug out by Italian workers brought over for their skill in quarrying (is that a word)? Later says that those same Italians were pushed to the edge of Marble Cliff/Grandview proper, and settled in this area and across the river (into what is now known as Italian Village). Sounds to me like they had to build their family restaurants and lunch break spots somewhere, and we're lucky enough to have lots of them still here!

Hope you'll crawl with us!

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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FYI... It's actually MinuteMAN

http://www.minutemanpizza.com

I wouldn't bring it up, but we LOVE Minuteman, so I want to make sure they get recognized properly. ;)

Anyway, nice job on this event. Sounds like a lot of fun and good recognition for the neighborhood!

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AMEEKER
Weinland Park
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Walker - I started to write some clever line about how you're just like the Old Spice Man... but stopped myself. I'm not THAT clever.

;-) Thanks for the catch. I changed it everywhere I could get my hands on!

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columbusguy20
5XNW
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What fun! Even though I am a 5XNW resident, I've never ordered pizza from any of the places mentioned on the flyer so this will be a great opportunity to try most, if not all, of them.

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AMEEKER
Weinland Park
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Late Night Slice from the Short North is also talking about their new store opening in Grandview soon...so we're trying to find out from them if it perhaps is actually in Fifth by Northwest. If so, we want them to bring their truck out to the Crawl, even if the store is not open by then.

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People are joking that the Little Caesar's mural being painted on the side of Mickey's is 5xNW's version of the Short North Gothic...

http://www.galgas.com/gallery/shortnorth/

It is fun, casual neighborhood (with a ton of fast food)... :)

Posted 1 year ago #
roy
Downtown
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AMEEKER wrote >>
We're looking around for a book that was published about the history of this pocket

The GH library is the best resource for history of the area, super helpful and well informed librarians.

Posted 1 year ago #
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Yes, there was a hundredth anniversery book published a few years ago (ten?) that included stuff about the Tri-Village (included 5xNW).

this is also cool - includes tri-village (and 5th ave) pictures
(there was a racetrack on 5th and Hoggies was the site of a famous long lasting Columbus fast food burger joint).

http://www.ghmchs.org/thisweek/photo-listing13.htm

(click on 'italian community' link to see the genesis of the pizza hood)

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AMEEKER
Weinland Park
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Why did we get moved to non-Columbus chit chat? :-( ...

Stopped by Granddad's last night to get some quick film for their promo spots. Hope to have it up late tonight.

Here's some tantalizing footage from Bono Pizza, who is one of the participating stores.

Get the Video Widget

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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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AMEEKER wrote >>
Why did we get moved to non-Columbus chit chat? :-(

As far as I can tell, no one moved it. Sure it wasn't originally posted there by mistake?

Either way, moved to Food & Drink events.

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AMEEKER
Weinland Park
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Had a great time at the Grandview Hop tonight saying hi to LOTS of people who live in Fifth by Northwest and inviting everyone to the Crawl. It's this Tuesday from 6-9PM - meet at the Kroger on Chambers and Northwest!

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Displaced Columbusite

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AMEEKER wrote >>
Why did we get moved to non-Columbus chit chat? :-( ...
Stopped by Granddad's last night to get some quick film for their promo spots. Hope to have it up late tonight.
Here's some tantalizing footage from Bono Pizza, who is one of the participating stores.

Get the Video Widget

That place looked cool, I am a fan of fired ovens.

Posted 1 year ago #
catnfiddle
Giant Corncob District
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What a great time! Thanks for organizing this event, AMEEKER. Sorry we're right outside of 5XNW and cannot join the block watch you mentioned, but it was lovely chatting with you at Bono.

Posted 1 year ago #
StaticRick

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AMEEKER, I think the book you're talking about is called Between The Rivers.

Here it is on Amazon

A fun read that we bought when we moved to Grandview.

Posted 1 year ago #
manticore33
Delaware, OH
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Angie, thank you (and your husband) for setting up the event! My wife, kids, and I (crazy people from Delaware) had a great time walking around 5xNW!

And, Bono & Sparanos top the list. :)

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AMEEKER
Weinland Park
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Hi everyone,

Thanks so much for the kind words. We had a great time. At last count, we had 85+ show up for the Crawl, which is way more than we expected for our first year out.

Here's a quick survey at my own site for Fifth by Northwest, if you'd like to take a minute to tell us more of what you thought!
http://5xnw.com/2010/08/pizza-crawl-2010-after-action-review/

Catnfiddle - I had no idea you were who I was talking to at Bono! How funny! And manticore33 - you're crazy coming all the way from Delaware, but I'm glad you did!

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bobbyj

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Thanks AMEEKER,

I went by myself and had a great time. Everyone was very friendly too. A great idea to organize this event and really nice to be able to taste the different ways people make and take pride in their work. Each had its own merits.

Best.

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