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Louie’s Daybreak Diner: Eating Lunch at a Breakfast Spot
Old School advertising brought me to Louie’s Daybreak Diner. During my daily walks with CMH Tobias I walk by the sign you see above. This battered banner is right in front of a church / school so...
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R.I.P. Rigsby’s Kitchen / Cuisine Volatile
Rigsby’s Kitchen or Rigsby’s Cuisine Volatile if you have been around town a while, closed it’s doors this past weekend. It had a good run lasting from February 1986 to November 2015 in the same...
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El Ranchito and My Southside Adventure
A friend of mine started raving about a Mexican Restaurant over the past summer. Since the world of Taco Trucks and authentic Mexican cuisine are in my domain and because I sustained a 7 month...
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Main Eatery, McArthur
Discovery of Main Eatery is linked to three important things: donuts, hot dogs and an itch to roam. Readers have read much about my explorations on SR 56 this year. What started as an alternate and...
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Rockmill Tavern in the Brewery District
Rockmill Brewery opened to the public in Lancaster in September of 2010. I was there shortly thereafter in November of 2010. It is interesting to reflect how much the world and in particular my world...
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Don’t Bypass Nelsonville, The Star of the Hocking Hills
Fountain in Nelsonville When a bypass of Nelsonville on State Route 33 was completed several years ago many wondered about Nelsonville’s future. Would people forget about what Nelsonville had to...
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Brewed on the Bikeway ABC’s: Athens, Beer, Cider & More
When I heard about Brewed on the Bikeway, I saw this as a way to combine two things I needed more of: riding a bike more often (as in cycling more than the 5 minutes I have biked each spring for the...
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Creole Kitchen 2.0 (Dine in Seating)
It was a long time coming and a long time in getting around to writing about it, but something big happened in late 2016. Creole Kitchen expanded to offer dine in seating. That might not seem like a...
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Vick’s Gourmet Pizza, Reynoldsburg
Vick’s Gourmet Pizza has a history going back by name to 1961. It also has a pre history with the founders working at CY’s Pizza and 3C Pizza in 1958. Doug Vickers’ is the current owner of Vicks. His...
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Yogis Hoagies – The Original (Morse Road)
Yogi’s Hoagies Let us begin with a study of sandwiches and sandwich culture. Sandwiches are ubiquitous. However in Central Ohio we don’t display the same love of John Montagu’s creation as...
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Lois Mann’s Restaurant – Southside
It is easy to drive by and miss Lois Mann’s. The restaurant resides in a nondescript building on South High Street just north of SR 104. The current location is in the Reeb-Hosack Steelton Village...
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Ho Toy: A Downtown Discovery, Oh Boy
Over the last decade I have occasionally driven by the classic Ho Toy sign and wondered about its origins. Due to its proximity to the former Lazarus Department store I just assumed Ho Toy was defunct...
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Sunday Brunch at Rockmill Tavern
Breakfast…..number five on my list of preferred meals after Lunch, Dinner, Second Lunch and Brunch. One of the downsides of my meal preference matrix, is my most available time to socialize….is...
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Cuco’s: A Columbus Classic
These was a time, in a Columbus neither long ago or far away when our choices for Mexican food were Chi Chi’s, Garcia’s or Talita’s. The only plus of that era was that we also had Zantigo. Today, our...
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No Menu Mondays at The Market at Italian Village
Let us begin with a quick overview of The Market at Italian Village before we get into the meat of the matter. The Market at Italian Village or Market IV which I sometimes hear people say, opened in...
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The Boat House at Confluence Park: Dinner and a View with a Nod to 1958
I know you have heard, I don’t get around much anymore. However, CMH Spouse and I had an unprecedented third date night for the year. We went to the Boat House at Confluence Park. This is a spot we...
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Swenson’s Sweeps into Columbus (A Special CMH Spouse Post)
Due to a schedule that is a mix of grueling and chaotic this week, I called in CMH Spouse to pinch hit for me to check out the soft open / test drive of the first Swenson’s in Columbus. Hello CMH...
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Happy Hour at Rockmill Tavern
Rockmill Tavern has a lot to offer and that is not just me, who is likely to be biased, saying that. It was voted best new restaurant when it opened in fall 2017. It has been a top ten restaurant in...
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Awadh: An Addendum to Indian Buffet Battle & An Education in Pani Puri
What first brought me to Awadh was a pressing need to find an easy access public bathroom at Carriage Place Shopping Center because at I really had to pee. It being a Monday, Awadh was not open (that...
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Zoup is Good Food: Triple Bread Boule is Good for Indecisive Soup Slurpers
If you are familiar with Heywood Banks and his Song, (I Like) Toast, you can replace that word with soup to understand how I feel about soup. I am a big soup fan. Especially this time of year. My...
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