Daily Crave Blog | Columbus Restaurants & Bars

Welcome to Columbus Crave!

Love food as much as we do? You're going to love Crave, the new magazine devoted to the restaurant scene in Columbus. Our first issue hits stands May 9, and it's packed with all sorts of yumminess. We seek out the city's best breakfast-all-day restaurants, take a road trip to Lancaster's gorgeous Rockmill Brewery, peek inside the home kitchen of Skillet chef Kevin Caskey, sample the new take-an...See More

posted by Shelley Mann | Wednesday, April 27, 2011 5:46 PM EDT

Jury Room's new happy hour

Just got my hands on Jury Room's new happy hour menu! You can take advantage of these specials from 3-7 p.m. at the Downtown Liz Lessner joint. Looks like I'm going to be making a lot of Thursday post-work trips for $5 Mound Street Mules and half-price Skillet Spaghetti. Yum. Here's the lineup: Monday: $1 Pabst drafts, $3 glasses of wine, $2 well drinks, $5 half-plate pastas, $4 flatbreads, 1/2...See More

posted by Shelley Mann | Tuesday, April 26, 2011 5:46 PM EDT

Takoyaki at Freshstreet

Finally made it out to sample the takoyaki from Freshstreet this week! I hope you got to know Freshstreet last summer, when they were serving up amazing Japanese-style crepes from their mobile Foodie Cart. Myself, I quickly became addicted to their lemon pork belly and bulgogi bibimbap crepes. Foodie Cart fans were devastated to learn that the crepe cart was involved in an accident and likely w...See More

posted by Shelley Mann | Friday, April 22, 2011 1:23 PM EDT

Q&A with Mouton's Cris Dehlavi

Columbus' best-known cocktail connoisseur is now part of the team at the city's classic cocktail headquarters. Cris Dehlavi, head bartender for M and Middle West Spirits, started in April as Mouton's bar manager (don't worry, she's staying on at M, too). She's been adding signature drinks to the menu, many featuring Middle West's locally made Oyo spirits. I checked in to find out what's next fo...See More

posted by Shelley Mann | Wednesday, April 20, 2011 11:13 AM EDT

Story behind the Hubbard Grille sign

Hubbard Bar and Grille has been serving up cocktails and comfort food since January in the former Rosendales space at the corner of Hubbard and High. But what has people buzzing most is the fantastic retro neon sign out front. Designed by Brent LaCount of Design Collective Inc. and made at Morrison Sign Company, the sign is a replica of the one used when the building housed Winder's Chevrolet. ...See More

posted by Shelley Mann | Monday, April 18, 2011 11:30 AM EDT