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Review: Other Voices, Other Rooms

Review: Other Voices, Other Rooms

3 / February 9, 2009 11:05 am

In the interest of full disclosure I’ll start by admitting I’m not the Warhol fan I used to be. If my regard for Andy Warhol were to be drawn as a bell-shaped curve, I’d estimate my current position at about… [Read More]

Best Established Restaurant of 2008: Alana’s

Best Established Restaurant of 2008: Alana’s

12 Walker / January 17, 2009 12:30 pm

(Photo by Swampkitty) 2008 saw a lot of great new restaurants hitting the local dining scene, but some of our old favorites remained our new favorites this past year. At the top of our survey results for “Best Established Restaurant… [Read More]

Junctionview Studios off to a Good Spark!

Junctionview Studios off to a Good Spark!

8 Belinda Heiman / January 13, 2009 2:36 pm

Columbus local artists stopped in Junctionview Studios for a chance to hang a piece of their art in the Spark! Art Show last Saturday. The first art show of 2009 was a hit! Mainly every hallway of the 20,000 square foot… [Read More]

Road Trip Review: G&R Tavern in Waldo, Ohio

Road Trip Review: G&R Tavern in Waldo, Ohio

3 columbusfoodie / January 12, 2009 5:04 pm

This is a throwback to a warmer time of year, a place I visited last summer that I never got around to blogging about, but a place so special that it’s worth the half hour to hour drive from Columbus… [Read More]

Anatolia Cafe Lunch Buffet Review

Anatolia Cafe Lunch Buffet Review

1 columbusfoodie / January 4, 2009 8:46 pm

My husband and I are die-hard Middle Eastern food fans, and luckily, we have a lot of choices for that type of cuisine here in Columbus. We were pleasantly surprised to find out that one of our favorite holes in… [Read More]

Midnight Hookah in Italian Village now open

13 / November 28, 2008 8:54 pm

I went by this place while heading south on Mt Pleasant from 5th Ave and was wondering when this had happened, since I had never heard of this place and it’s definitely tucked away. It’s within walking distance from my… [Read More]

Review: Latitude 41

Review: Latitude 41

7 columbusfoodie / November 18, 2008 5:09 pm

I hate it when I have high expectations of a place, only to be super disappointed at the reality. Latitude 41 doesn’t help matters any by billing itself as a “destination restaurant”, which brings to mind places like Alinea or… [Read More]

Review: The Dark Knight

1 Motley Queue / July 23, 2008 10:40 am

Standing in a ridiculously long line to get into the theater to watch Dark Knight, we spotted a grown man wearing full Joker face make-up. Given that it was 95-degrees out, I imagine he spent the rest of his day… [Read More]

Benevolence Cafe: Alive Review

4 Walker / July 18, 2008 11:35 pm

The Alive wrote Tower of power By G.A. Benton July 17, 2008 Enter Benevolence Cafe. They have revivifying, very-good-for-you grub that I actually crave. One such get-thinner dinner winner I return to time and again is the #3 Combo ($10.50)…. [Read More]

Old Bag of Nails in Bexley

Old Bag of Nails in Bexley

28 Motorist / June 11, 2008 2:57 pm

Has anyone been by the new building going up to replace the old Old Bag that burned down last year? I haven’t found a picture online of it or gone by to take on myself but, wow, that thing looks… [Read More]

Rock on the Range 2008 Concert Review

8 brothermarcus / May 28, 2008 9:38 am

I’m going to try my best for this review, and I’ll say right up front that my best simply isn’t good enough. I’ve managed to make it through Ozzfest on five occasions in my lifetime, but I’ve never managed to… [Read More]

The Creole Kitchen Review

The Creole Kitchen Review

40 columbusfoodie / April 30, 2008 6:18 pm

I tend to surround myself with people who love food as much as I do, and when one of my foodie friends makes a recommendation, I listen. I was told that I absolutely had to make it a priority to… [Read More]

Review: Cameron’s American Bistro

5 BetsyB / April 14, 2008 12:25 pm

Okay, so this is my first time writing a restaurant review, but here it goes… Went to Cameron’s on Dublin-Granville Road to celebrate a couple of birthdays on Friday night. We began by ordering a bottle of Pinot Grigio and… [Read More]

Cafe Lola – New Downtown restaurant

25 Walker / March 6, 2008 9:07 pm

The Alive wrote High on Lola By G.A. Benton March 6, 2008 Cafe Lola, in the heart of Downtown, has only been open for a couple of weeks now, but it’s already a sensation. By noon, the line in the… [Read More]

Benevolence Cafe: Dispatch Review

8 Walker / December 13, 2007 10:26 am

The Dispatch wrote Name sums up appeal of alternative eatery Thursday, December 13, 2007 BY KEVIN KIDDER The word alternative could describe many aspects of Benevolence Cafe, with its bohemian decor and vegetarian fare. The tables are long, with bench… [Read More]