luchobucho
Philadelphia, PA
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so I moved to Columbus about 6 months ago. I settled on the Short North and don't find it to be a bad neighborhood. I am pretty annoyed by having to drive here in Columbus, this is the first place I've ever lived where I've needed a car.
Anyway do any short north residents ever feel like the neighborhood caters more heavily to the random passer-through, and less to its residents?
I'm just curious if anyone has ever felt this.
luchobucho
Philadelphia, PA
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i work at on schrock road near the budweiser factory.
I try to use my car only for going to work. If i rode, I would be quite stinky and that wouldn't really be okay....and we don't have shower facilities.
MikeReed
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Here are some Short North associations - I lived in the short north/victorian village for years.
I didn't feel like the neighborhood catered to passers-by so much as I never felt very welcomed by neighbors. I live in Clintonville now and the neighbors are more neighborly.
milodesc
NJ
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luchobucho wrote Anyway do any short north residents ever feel like the neighborhood caters more heavily to the random passer-through, and less to its residents?I'm just curious if anyone has ever felt this.
i don't live in the SN so i can't really comment on this. do you have any examples on how passerbys are favored over residents?
i know columbusing just had a post about how they leave residents to deal w/ gallery hop garbage until pickup monday morning. i suppose that is a good example.
luchobucho
Philadelphia, PA
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one of my biggest complaints actually is that there aren't very many places to get breakfast.
I wish more restuarants offered sunday brunch. back east, it was very common to meet up for a good saturday/sunday morning (between around 10am-4pm) meal.
I'm hard pressed to find many places open before 1pm along high street.
Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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Northstar is about all you've got.
A breakfast place is a nice amenity to have close by. We're lucky to have First Watch and Einstein Bros. down here.
spacernglr
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Midnight Victorian on W Fifth near Neil has GREAT breakfast and a great vibe. Michael's Good Boy also has a good grease spoon breakfast if you are in the mood for that.
dru
IV
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union used to offer brunch, i don't know if the new location still does.
if GV gets to count Einsteins, the SN should also get to count Spinelli's on Neil in the GEagle plaza and MoJoe on the Cap. some other places have tried brunch before, and haven't succeeded.
but as for the original sentiment of the post, i've lived here for 7 years and don't necessarily get that feeling. sure on Hop nights and other events the businesses need the outside support to survive financially. but i think if you asked all the people with orange tickets under their wiper blades, they wouldn't think this was the case.
Coremodels
Really close to Explorer's Club.
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Dagwoodz breakfast in the SN is missed by many :(
Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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dru wrote union used to offer brunch, i don't know if the new location still does.if GV gets to count Einsteins, the SN should also get to count Spinelli's on Neil in the GEagle plaza and MoJoe on the Cap. some other places have tried brunch before, and haven't succeeded.
Einstien's is a 2 minute walk from my place, so I'm counting it. ;)
I did forget about Goody Boy and MoJoe, which are clearly solid for breakfast. That, plus Northstar, are at least three good options for luchobobo to consider.
ejolsz
Victorian Village
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I am surprised that there isn't a better breakfast spot in the Short North (not taking away anything from all those mentioned, except for Goody) but I would think a breakfast focused place would do real well, actually I bet if Goody boy changed from being a low quality greasy spoon to a good greasy spoon or got a real cook and cleaned it up a bit that place could be packed as well. If there are folks who love it, then I appologize as while I probably haven't been there in over a year now, its always disapointing.
Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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To get back on topic, I think the Short North is one of those neighborhoods that gets a fair amount of visitor traffic while still mainly serves as a place for locals.
I think the problem is that what is typically identified as "The Short North" is the one main commercial drag on High Street. There's some apartments above street level and some new condos going in, but otherwise if you want to live in the area, you're technically either in Italian Village or Victorian Village on either side of the Short North.
I do agree that the area has quite a few businesses that seem to thrive more on the dollars from passers-by than it does on locals, but there's still a balanced mix there as far as I can tell.
gossip
Short North
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I have my moments when I think the SN totally caters to Visitors.
Yesterday Mission is a good example: Mission Diet Coke= totally failed. I walked north from my home and no where on High St could i get a bottle of Diet Coke. I only went three blocks- but was totally hung and couldnt go much further in the humidity. I ended up with a bottle of water but no DC!!! (the water was probably better for me inthe long run but I needed the Diet Coke!!) that and i didnt want to walk into a restaurant and order a diet coke to go...that just seemed wierd.
Then I have my moments where I totally think the neighborhood cares...like when the ticket guy comes buy the first Saturday of month at 3:30 and gives everyone without the permit a Ticket. I love it!! I also love driving up to my house and not being able to find parking but then noticing that 6 cars on my street all have tickets on them!!!
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