Columbus Foodcast Episode 39 – Dirty Frank’s
From The Columbus Foodcast: The Foodcast Crew sits down with Harold LaRue and Liz Lessner to talk Dirty Franks. Please note that all the music for this episode is home brewed Columbus fare that can be found in the Dirty Franks jukebox. [Read More] You can use the player below to listen to the podcast, […]
Hot Dogs are Hot in Columbus in 2009
From The Dispatch: Rising demand, exotic toppings have wiener vendors on a roll By Kevin Joy A hot-dog revolution is sweeping through town, with six new eateries having set up shop in recent months. With toppings ranging from dried cranberries to cream cheese served on high-quality wieners, the timeless hand-held meal has turned into the […]
Rise & Dine Adds $5 Value Menu to Lunch
Press Release: Rise & Dine goes back to the basics with meals for $4.99 The fast-growing, breakfast-lunch chain Rise & Dine Restaurants, Inc. announced today that it is reviving the original “value menu” with meals inspired by the Chicago-style hot dog. “The value menu was not just a fast food chain idea,” Joe Deavenport, Rise […]
Review: Village Coney
The life of a restaurant reviewer isn’t all about fine dining and ginormous checks at the end of the evening. Even those of us who make eating out our livelihood have our cache of places that we go to regularly on the cheap, to buy comfort food that isn’t fancy, but is just *good*. Village […]
Meat-free Rad Dogs becoming a hot alternative
The Dispatch wrote Meat-free dogs becoming a hot alternative Wednesday, August 13, 2008 BY KEVIN JOY In a lunch-cart landscape littered with lamb gyros, pulled-pork sandwiches and all-beef franks, Tawd Bell considers himself a “vegetarian martyr.” The new food stand Rad Dog! — which he operates weekdays on the southwest corner of Gay and High […]
Dirty Frank’s Hot Dogs opening downtown in July
Dirty Frank’s Hot Dogs, a casual hot doggery and neighborhood bar is set to open mid-July in Downtown Columbus, Ohio bringing another fun and affordable lunch option to downtown workers and dwellers. Partners Elizabeth Lessner and Harold LaRue look to bring quality hot dogs and some whimsical sizzle to downtown Columbus. “Columbus has hot dog […]