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What is Short North Lacking in Food and Nightlife
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aaminian
Short North
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Posted 2 years ago # -
KSquared
Literally Hell
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mellotron wrote >>
Motorist wrote >>
A video game arcade.fortksa wrote >>
bowling alley!My wife and I recently went to NYC and went to a very cool arcade and bowling alley in Brooklyn. BARCADE served a dozen craft beers and had about twenty early-80s video games (think Pac-Man, Q*bert) operating on 25c. All I could think about was how seamlessly this would fit in the SN. Their website has a photo album chronicaling the rehab of this warehouse-turned awesome bar. Someone please, make this happen!
THE GUTTER looks like a 1970s Milwaukee bowling alley plopped down in Brooklyn. Also serves a dozen craft beers. Harder to pull off in the SN, but would be a great addition!If I ever, ever come into some money, opening a Barcade is one of the first things I would do. That looks so cool. Craft beer + Tempest = sheer bliss.
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knead
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The Garden would make a perfect spot for a "Pizza Bowl" ala Laverne and Shirley. Add kareoke backed by a house band, throw in some pinball machines, table top Pac-man and serve killer diner food and you'd be printing money. But since that would probably take a cool mill.$$ to open, what about a small mom and pop restaurant open for breakfast/lunch/dinner featuring handmade food with a daily changing menu influnced by classic Spanish, Italian and Southwestern cuisine? With an emphasis on local ingredients.
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Aunt Madge
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I am surprised that the area does not have any good taco trailers or bratwurst vendors on the street corners; that would make a nice addition in the Short North and give it some gravitas, like it had years ago. Then tie everything together with permanent bike lanes on one side of High St. that are there 24/7 so people can bike around to these different entertainment venues and eateries all hours of the day and night ... I'm surprised the SN doesn't already have them!
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Aunt Madge
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Walker wrote >>
Aunt Madge wrote >>
...that would make a nice addition in the Short North and give it some gravitas, like it had years ago...The "gravitas" have all move northward to the area between The Short North and OSU. You know... that area that you're petrified to drive through. :P
Real cute!
Posted 2 years ago # -
Walker
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Just sayin'. If you want a bit more of the gritty charm that has been slowly disappearing from the Short North, then you're going to have to venture into other neighborhoods that you've stated multiple times that you have a baseless paranoia problem with.
You can't have your taco trucks and eat them too.
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Central City Recording
Clintonville
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Chipotle, Panera, Five Guys, etc. I know, they're chains and not real sexy or exciting, but they are decent quality quick food stops that are familiar and recognizable to pretty much everyone.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Bear
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Moz wrote >>
In terms of spirits, I'm longing for a place that serves well-made classic cocktails. I mean, can a gal get a fantastic Manhattan (or Sidecar or Gimlet) please!?JonMyers wrote >>
Preach it. Preach it. Classic, classic.Just returned from Cleveland, where we sampled (uhm, extensively) the offerings at the Velvet Tango Room. They were good, very good; their housemade vermouth may be the best thing they've got going for a few of their drinks. Overall each cocktail was very well-crafted, with time and effort going into the preparation and lots of research going into each recipe. Drinks fetched $10 each during happy hour, $15 per during normal hours, and the biceps on the bartenders was mute testimony to how busy the place is.
But Columbus could do better. VTR's biggest handicap, in my opinion, is their selection: they have Aviations (good), French 75s, Manhattans and Negronis (VERY good), Sidecars (good)... but also Whiskey Sours (actually Boston Sours), floral variations on gin fizzes... stuff that wasn't bad, per se, and might be kind of popular, but just isn't what I'd think of as being on the list of all-time all-stars -- not really a major priority given limited menu space. The late, lamented Details had a great list; in a more appropriate space, it could have given them real competition.
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michaelcoyote
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One thing I see people mentioning here over and over is the need for a decent 24 hour spot. I'd love to see someone take "Michael's Goody-Boy" (or even some other SN spot) and make it a decent 24 hour diner.
Walker wrote >>
Tigertree wrote >>
I thought about doing a bar/arcade concept down here until I saw how utterly disinterested people were in the one game we have currently in the shop.I don't think that's necessarily a very good barometer for how well arcade machines would work in a completely different setting.
Hahah, exactly Walker.
TT, I've never even noticed an arcade game in your store (nor for that matter have I ever noticed any beer).
KSquared wrote >>
mellotron wrote >>
My wife and I recently went to NYC and went to a very cool arcade and bowling alley in Brooklyn. BARCADE served a dozen craft beers and had about twenty early-80s video games (think Pac-Man, Q*bert) operating on 25c. All I could think about was how seamlessly this would fit in the SN. Their website has a photo album chronicaling the rehab of this warehouse-turned awesome bar. Someone please, make this happen!If I ever, ever come into some money, opening a Barcade is one of the first things I would do. That looks so cool. Craft beer + Tempest = sheer bliss.
Check out http://groundkontrol.com/. It's a retro-arcade/bar in Portland, OR.
One of the principals is a friend of mine that moved to Portland about 8+ years ago. The blog also has a good description of what it took to get GK profitable (beer and events) listed at the very bottom, along with some of the vagaries of Oregon State liquor control laws. The "So You Want To Open An Arcade…" post about 2/3rds of the way down is a good place to start.
I know they had a number of growing pains in the first 5 years of operation and it took them a good while to get to profitability. I'm sure that anyone interested in opening thse sort of business could get plenty of pointers from both the Barcade and GK guys. I'm sure both of them would tell you to get at least a beer license first and that arcade receipts probably won't make you profitable.
It looks like other places are picking up on the retro-arcade-bar concept and making it work, I think Columbus (with the large college and post-college age crowd) could make this work.
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michaelcoyote
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Nekojita wrote >>
I heartily agree with the Indian food and 24-hour diner suggestions (esp. if there is late-night pie).mmm, pie..
Nekojita wrote >>
I've always thought that Short North would be the perfect spot for an izakaya (Japanese tapas--not sushi, but cooked things) or a ramen house.Yes and Yes. I love izakaya food.. BaSho used to be a wonderful example of this style of food, but I've not been in a number of years.. Is it still good?
As for a noodle shop? Oh hell yes.. I would also accept a noodle cart. I'd especially like to see good Japanese style ramen with hand made noodles. Extra bonus points for being open til 3:30am.
Nekojita wrote >>
I don't expect Momofuku; it would just be nice to have a place that filled the niche of tasty asian street foods.Why not expect Momofuku? I think if you could bring something of that quality to the Short North, It might actually drag more of the Honda people down here, and that could only ever be a good thing.
Nekojita wrote >>
On a related note (although I don't envision one in SN), wouldn't it be nice to have a Hawaiian BBQ joint around town? Mmmm...kahlua pork and poke.I don't know anything about Hawaiian food, but you had me at the word "pork".
Posted 2 years ago # -
Moz
Short North
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Central City Recording wrote >>
Chipotle, Panera, Five Guys, etc. I know, they're chains and not real sexy or exciting, but they are decent quality quick food stops that are familiar and recognizable to pretty much everyone.No offense, but if I wanted a bunch of chain food options, I would have moved to the suburbs, not the Short North. It's easy enough to get that kind of junk food if you head up to campus.
As an addendum to my previous suggestion, I think a Barcade would be awesome. There's nothing like playing skeeball and Pac-Man while you're enjoying a good beer.
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ehill27
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- 24hr Diner (real diner = 24hrs)
- Deli
- Indian
- Chinese take-out (w/ typical pricing)
- Bookstore
- Secular convenience storePosted 2 years ago # -
michaelcoyote
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Tigertree wrote >>
You're welcome to take a beer to Tigertree with you while you play Ms. Pac-Man.Ms. Pac-Man ain't my thing, Lemmy know when you get Wizards Of Wor and Battle-Zone.
Moz wrote >>
No offense, but if I wanted a bunch of chain food options, I would have moved to the suburbs, not the Short North. It's easy enough to get that kind of junk food if you head up to campus.Agree that there are plenty of those places on campus. If I really need Chipotle 5 Guys, or Panera, I'll just walk on up. As far as I can tell there's no need for a second one in the short north.
On the other hand if Ali Baba's wanted to open up a second location in the Check Cashing place, I'd not be too heartbroken :-)
Moz wrote >>
As an addendum to my previous suggestion, I think a Barcade would be awesome. There's nothing like playing skeeball and Pac-Man while you're enjoying a good beer.I'm with you on the skeeball and beer.
Oh, one of the other things that GroundKontrol has been doing is a RockBand night where people show up and "perform" on a stage against others. Not my thing, but I could see showing up to watch just for the spectacle of it.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Rastapasta
Olde North
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Ramen joint- an affordable ramen place would be great; Momofuku though? Never going to happen. This isn't New York or Hollywood, $150+ a person here in Columbus? Get real.
Barcade- I have been thinking this is a great idea, but rent at most places in the Short would be cost prohibitive. If someone was able to find an affordable space though, I think this idea would be very popular.
Deli - I would love a deli, a place slicing meat; corned beef, pastrami, etc.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Bear
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Rastapasta wrote >>
Ramen joint- an affordable ramen place would be great; Momofuku though? Never going to happen. This isn't New York or Hollywood, $150+ a person here in Columbus? Get real.Um, for a very, very hungry person, perhaps. From the NYT review:
PRICE RANGE Dinner salads, small dishes, sandwiches and ham platters, $8 to $21. Entrees, $18 to $29.
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