Columbus Restaurant & Bar Guides

The sedate atmosphere of the Refectory offers ideal surroundings for intimate celebrations from engagements to anniversaries. Patrons look forward to enjoying a quiet dinner with impeccable service. What they might not anticipate is a young child dining alongside them. Yet it happens frequently. While Columbus is full of family-friendly restaurants--including pizzerias and burger joints--som...See More

Searching for the best burgers in Columbus

I'm on an ongoing quest to find the very best burgers in Columbus, and I've had a few great ones recently. Over the weekend I made it out to Jury Room's brunch for the first time and was wowed by the Breakfast Burger. It's the Jury Burger (all-beef burger with provolone, arugula, tomato, onions) with the addition of a fried egg, bacon and a spicy aioli. Fantastic. One of the many great thing...See More

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Q&A: The Grumpy Gourmet

Longtime reviewer the Grumpy Gourmet turned 90 this year. We enticed him to spill the beans about what hes been up to since putting down his pen and fork. Story by Jill Moorhead // Photo by Will Shilling He got his start as a professional meddler with his Tattle Tales column in the city's first tabloid, the Columbus Star. For 25 years, he reviewed restaurants for the Columbus Dispatch as the ...See More

Chickens and eggs at The Coop

I wrote about The Coop, the newish food truck in Clintonville, for today's Dispatch, but I can't say enough good things about it. So I'm going to say some more. For starters, just look at how pretty that egg is in the photo above. There's an egg incorporated in just about every dish at The Coop (this is a great ham and black-eyed-pea stew topped with a fried egg) and they're some of the best-qu...See More

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Vegetarian-friendly dining in Columbus

While labeling a bunch of food photos today, I realized an awful lot of them were "veggie" such and such. I'm not a vegetarian by any means, not even close, but I've just been in a meat-free mood lately it seems. Here's a look at some of the veggie-heavy meals I've enjoyed in the past few weeks. Up top is a yummy dish from the lunch and dinner menus at Explorers Club: Pan Seared Vegetables with...See More

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