Noodles & Company restaurants in the Columbus area will host a fundraiser to support the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Conservation Endowment Fund on Monday, October 15. $1 of every dish with Noodles’ new slow-braised, naturally raised pork will be donated to Columbus Zoo and Aquarium’s Conversation Endowment Fund. More details – click here

мека мебелHere are a few short bits about restaurants I’ve visited lately. Cumin Indian Restaurant 1025 Polaris Parkway Columbus, OH 43240 – I mourned the loss of The Bayleaf India Bistro near the corner of Polaris and Gemini Parkways. Attempting to visit it during lunch one day, we discovered it was closed but a sign [...]

According to our sources at Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Zingerman’s Delicatessen, Katzinger’s Deli was based upon it. Incredulous? Hard to believe a Columbus institution could be based on an Ann Arbor one? Look at the pics and you be the judge. #17 *Helen’s Have Another at Zingerman’s – Stonington smoked salmon, scallion cream cheese, tomato & [...]

Take advantage of the special fixed price menus at participating dine originals restaurants. It’s ending soon!

I’m a little behind the times on reporting this one but Handke’s closed on June 18. I only made it there once but had a good experience. Losing Handke’s is definitely a blow to fine dining in Columbus, Ohio. From their website: “It is with profound sadness that we announce Handke’s Cuisine and encore closed [...]

I just wanted to give you the head’s up that a new Five Guys is opening today in Grove City at 1790 Stringtown Rd. to cater to the burger fans in the South area of the city. This is the third Five Guys to open in Columbus this year and a fourth is planned for [...]

When you google “M” your first result is a German movie directed by Fritz Lang in 1931. “M” the movie is about a child murderer who lures little girls into his homicidal trap by whistling Edvard Grieg’s ‘In The Hall of the Mountain King’, from the ‘Peer Gynt’ Suite I Op. 46. I’ll have to [...]

Get discounts at these and other restaurants: Alana’s Food and Wine Banana Bean Cafe Barcelona Basi Italia Betty’s Fine Food and Spirits Bexley Monk Black Creek Bistro Bodega Burgundy Room Cafe Corner Clarmont Columbus Brewing Company Due Amici Elevator Brewery & Draught House Figlio Wood-Fired Pizza G. Michael’s Bistro Granville Inn Handke’s Cuisine Inn & [...]

from a commenter on this site: Per the nice young woman who answered Taboo’s phone* on 10/29/2008, they “closed their kitchen permanently a couple of months ago.” I made that phone call to verify what I had been told (”They don’t serve food.”) by someone in-person at Taboo just earlier that day (I had to [...]

Artichoke Appetizer at Northstar Cafe I captured the Artichoke Appetizer on film – or at least on the camera phone. The Northstar Cafe definitely does this right. One of my favorite dishes there.