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By Margaret Marten, Editor
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July/August 2015
Betty’s Fine Food and Spirits closed a year ago after almost 13 years in business at 680 N. High St. Northstar Cafe owners, Kevin and Katy and Darren Malhame, took over the space and are now finishing up construction for a new restaurant. The decor incorporates exposed brick walls with hand-glazed subway tiles and custom metalwork. The Malhames serve food that not only looks good but is good for you. Brassica will open in August serving Eastern Mediterranean dishes, primarily sandwiches and salads. The name reflects the genus Brassica of the mustard family – cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower – so those healthy vegetables will appear in their recipes and menu, which also includes traditional Mediterranean meat dishes. The Malhames continue to operate Northstar Cafe at 951 N. High, featuring American cuisine with organic ingredients, along with their other three Columbus restaurants.
The Hyde Park Restaurant Group will now be operating four restaurants on The Cap. Stack City Burger Bar is scheduled to open in August at 600 N. High St. where Cup O’ Joe and MoJoe Lounge closed last October. Stack City’s concept includes a sports bar-like atmosphere with multiple TVs and a modern-industrial decor offering a full bar menu with burgers, sandwiches, shakes and salads using locally sourced products. The place seats 100 indoors with 75 on the patio.
A West Virginia-based restaurant chain with locations in Easton and Worthington opened a pizzeria at 1020 N. High St. in the Fireproof building in April. Pies and Pints serves gourmet pizza, sandwiches, salads, wings and craft beer. They specialize in hand-stretched pizzas baked directly on a stone hearth, served with fresh herbs and tomato sauce made in-house. Pizzas on the menu include creative concoctions like the Grape Pie with red grapes, gorgonzola and fresh rosemary; and the Cuban Pork Pie. 614-299-7437 or www.piesandpints.net
The Wolmark family has been operating restaurants at 247-249 King Avenue since the King Avenue Coffee House closed there about 15 years ago. Their vegetarian eatery Dragonfly Neo V Cuisine later became Till (in 2012) when they decided to include meat in the organic-based menu. The small space beside Till has occasionally been used for food service (Glaze, a bakery in 2012 that I recall) and is now officially a deli called Izzy and Mo’s offering classic Jewish deli food including matzo ball soup and chicken soup, corned-beef, pastrami sandwiches, pastries and bagels. They are very meticulous about preparation and
wholesome ingredients, so you’re going to pay a little extra.Tai Tiki Polynesian Bar Grill & Sushi opened in the Fireproof building at 1014 N. High in May. Proprietors Tai and Gail Liu also own Tai’s Asian Bistro on Lane Avenue and were associated with the legendary Kahiki supper club. Christine Hayes writes about her visit to the new restaurant on page 13.
Other recent openings or expected openings that will be described in greater detail in the next issue include Pursuit at 937 N. High selling suits; Second Sole, an athletic shoe and clothing store in the former Huntington Bank space at 662 N. High; Kit and Ace, a luxury apparel shop opening at 17 E. Brickel; Store 5a, an offshoot of the Diamond Cellar, specializing in resale jewelry now located at 765 N. High; Red Giraffe Designs in the Dakota Building at 847 N. High run by a jewelry designer; and Beauty Boutique on High at 1129 N. High, which does makeup, nails and brows, but not hair, up and running across from Mary Catherine’s Antiques. Big Rock Bridal Atelier, originally the Big Rock Little Rooster before it was purchased by Lindsay Fork last year, moved from 654 N. High to 139 E. Main Street in June. The new location is next to one of their “sister stores.” The bridal shop had been in the Short North for over five years.
Don’t miss the Short North Summer Sale on Friday, July 24 through August 1 (Gallery Hop). Part of the overall sale includes a sidewalk sale and that special sale segment is scheduled for the weekend of Friday, July 24 through Sunday, July 26. These district sales, a collaborative event, are held only a couple times a year, so it’s obviously a good time to take advantage of price reductions at a wide variety of businesses. People don’t realize what a difference it makes to their community to just shop at their local businesses instead of buying things online.SEE ALSO: NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS/NEWS (SELECT WRITEUP)
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