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Time Out New York wrote
Columbus, OH: What city isn’t worth a $10 entry fee?
Issue 646 : February 13, 2008
By Fareed Mostoufi
Dubbed the Midwestern San Francisco, Columbus is the headquarters of clothiers Hollister and Abercrombie & Fitch, those wacky square burgers at Wendy’s, humorist James Thurber and adorable MC Bow Wow. It’s time to return to the flatlands—for $10.
Upon arrival in C-bus, as the natives call it, head to the Short North gallery district nestled under a stretch of lit metal arches on High Street for immediate immersion in Columbus’s growing nightlife. Re-energize with a deep-purple veggie burger and homemade ginger ale at Northstar Café. For dessert, nab a salty caramel-inflected confection from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream.
Nosh on samples at North Market, a two-level emporium that’s played host to some of the city’s tastiest dishes and most collectible knickknacks since 1876. Close out your last Ohio night by partyin’ it up at the pirate-and-cowboy-themed Surly Girl.
Related Stories:
- Short North in The New York Times
- Columbus makes NY Post 2007 Travel Top 5
- The Drexel in The New York Times
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/travel/26441/columbus-oh
San Francisco of the Midwest?
That’s a sweet write-up. Time Out rocks.
nice write up, look at lil c-bus haven’t you grown!!
Very Biased and obvious recommendations….
Sounds like an expensive trip. North Market, Northstar, and German Village! oh-my!
Sounds like an expensive trip. North Market, Northstar, and German Village! oh-my!
What’s your problem? How is that biased? Should they have recommended a stop at your low powered FM radio station? If you don’t like it, write your own.
Expensive compared to living in NYC?
I don’t think there was any bias to the article either. Standard recommendations? Perhaps. But they’re great visitor’s spots.
This article wasn’t called “What does Cyclist feel like doing this weekend”. Have some perspective. Promoting our best tourist options makes the most sense when you’re writing an article aimed at tourists.
I agree, obvious to us because we live here. Those places in general are what I’d tell someone who never been here before where to go. It’s central, (you’d have a hard time getting lost between the SN and German Village), urban, and insofar as expense goes, compared to other big cities we’re an elegant but cheap date. It’s just an intro after all, when I hear about NYC or San Francisco I don’t think of just going to Times Square or just going to Golden Gate Park. People (ok, hopefully most people) are smart enough to know better and if so inclined will explore further :)
Clearly they missed the huge niche market of bicycle-riding, unibroue drinking tourists flocking to Columbus… :roll:
Thus the many props to Wendy’s for being “crazy” with their square burgers…. I thought that was pretty funny… maybe because I see Wendy’s everywhere….
But I agree…. showing off our city’s assets to people who may visit is great. I would take tourists to these places for sure.
And I really hope that Cyclist doesn’t write an article. I already know what it will be about.
Nice…however, pretty much everything that is named is about eating except for the Columbus Museum of Art(which honestly does not have a good collection) and Wexner Center…not really enough to motivate me to spend money to come to Columbus or any city for that matter.
I enjoy traveling and when I do get to do it, I like everyone else pick places that have really cool things to do i.e museums, historical landmarks,etc. not just great places to eat. They could have mentioned Cosi, Franklin Park Conservatory, etc.
Columbus has really cool things to do other than eat. Yes, the article mentioned some and left off others, but I don’t think anyone is going to set an itinerary based completely off of a single article. I think it was mean to be more inspiring than anything, and I believe they did a great job of that.
Columbus is a great place to visit. It’s just really hard for locals to have the perspective to realize that.
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Upon arrival in C-bus, as the natives call it,
As the natives call it? oh come on…. but its good to in the papers. im just not a big “c-bus” name fan.
I enjoy traveling and when I do get to do it, I like everyone else pick places that have really cool things to do i.e museums, historical landmarks,etc. not just great places to eat. They could have mentioned Cosi, Franklin Park Conservatory, etc.
Or shopping… I thought it was a really good article actually. Those sorts of articles/show reviews are usually what actually get Niki and I to travel places. Having it spelled out for you that simply that we can do this for this price. And I think people that take those reviews simply look at them like they do the mapquest estimated travel time; you know you can shave 20 percent off. So I wouldn’t be surprised if it got some people to our city. I do think it was weird that the short north was called the “gallery district” and that absolutely no shopping was mentioned.
I’ve still never heard anyone say C-Bus out loud unless they were referencing the magazine or trying to be funny/ironically hip.
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i do sometimes hear people refer to it as c bus, but yeah i think its a trendy/trying to sound short but urban hip i dont know, tacky if you ask me.
i’ve lived in tons of different cities, and came back to Columbus because it rocks.
it’s absolutely one of the most under-appreciated cities in the US…
go columbus.
it’s absolutely one of the most under-appreciated cities in the US…
go columbus.
Agreed.
I was down on it for a while when I moved here, but we offer so much that is under-appreciated and under-reported.
I am glad we are getting some much deserved press.
Does anyone on here read Domino? We just started getting it, but in both copies I have read, they covered a city and gave you several local places to shop, stay, eat, museums/landmarks to see, etc. This month’s issue was on Savannah. I have been there several times, but after reading this article, thought to myself that I need to go back and check out the places mentioned the next time I go. I wonder what it would take to get them to come to Columbus?
This article is the kind of thing I would clip to keep in a future vacation idea book. :)
Sunset is another magazine that features quick articles on places in the west to take a little vacation to. :wink:
Sounds like an expensive trip. North Market, Northstar, and German Village! oh-my!
Where would you have sent them? The Bottoms? Grovetucky? Come on.