Crave Tastemakers 2013
Get ready to be inspired. These rising chefs, bartenders and restaurateurs have big ideas that could forever change the Columbus dining landscape.
Get ready to be inspired. These rising chefs, bartenders and restaurateurs have big ideas that could forever change the Columbus dining landscape.
Over the course of 10 days, Crave’s Farm to Plate 2013 will showcase some of the best restaurants Central Ohio has to offer — and, just as important, highlight where their food came from.
Goetta is one of those regional delicacies that means very little to outsiders, but it’s a taste of home to someone who ate it growing up. First things first: it’s pronounced “get-uh.” As the sign says at The Diner in Powell: “The O is silent, until you try it.”
I will admit I drove right on by the Crest a couple times before finally mustering the courage to stop in. The crowds have been insane since the former dive bar reopened in its new gastropub incarnation at the end of April, with lines waiting outside just about any time of day.
As its name indicates, the new Pint House Beer Garden is, for the most part, all about the beer. But there is a food menu, and I quite enjoyed pairing some nibbles with a couple beers during a happy hour there earlier this week.
Summer feels so tantalizingly close, despite temperatures over the past couple of days that had me turning on my heat at home. Happily, I forgot all about the chilly temperatures while sampling a few drinks from Curio's new summer list.
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In our enlightened city in our enlightened era of drinking, there seem to be libations suitable for every persuasion and every occasion. This got me thinking about quaffs that could cool you off even as they heated you up.