On Restaurants | New Albany restaurant’s fusion concept: Art and local food
By Denise Trowbridge
Dispatch Tuesday January 24, 2012 7:09 AM

Food and art have merged in New Albany. Ella, which stands for 'eat local, love art' — is a combination art gallery and restaurant that opened in December at 266 E. Main St. “We really needed this in New Albany,” said Hayley Savage, who co-owns Ella with Amy Schottenstein, former owner of the Summerstock restaurant in Lakeside, Ohio, and a handful of silent investment partners.
“New Albany is incredibly under-served by independent restaurants,” Savage said. “We knew if we created a place with good, honest food priced well, people wouldn’t make it a once-a-month or a birthdays-only place.
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