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By Margaret Marten, Editor
email margaret@shortnorth.com
March/April 2019
Tacos on the Cap
A new tenant, Local Cantina, moved into 600 N. High St. on the Cap – the third business at that address since the Cap was constructed. Cup O’ Joe was there for ten years followed by Stack City Burger Bar, which held out for three years before closing last September. Local Cantina, a Mexican restaurant and bar, which opened in February, has grown into a local chain over the years with nine locations (counting the Short North) throughout Central Ohio after launching in Grandview in 2012. Owner George Tanchevski also operates Aladdin’s Eatery (with partners) at multiple locations as well as the Local Bar in the Short North at 913 N. High. You may recall La Fogata Grill, originally called Rojo Tequileria (current site of Eagle Food + Beer Hall) that Tanchevski had a hand in. He is an experienced restaurateur, and the Local Cantina has a tried and true formula that just might work in this new location. The menu can be found online at www.localcantina.com
Duecento IV
A cocktail lounge with a late-night DJ opened in Italian Village in February. Duecento IV is situated in a former abandoned warehouse that the owners, Andrew Losinske and Ted Lawson, renovated at the corner of N. 4th Street and E. Fourth Avenue next to Seventh Son Craft Brewery. The address is 200 E. Fourth Ave. The establishment is Italian-themed. They are open Thursday through Sunday from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. On Sunday mornings they offer Babes Who Brunch at 10 a.m. with food truck cuisine and drag entertainment hosted by Selena T. West and Mary Nolan. Duecento IV has a Facebook page but no phone number listed.
Coming Attractions
Caffe Apropos closed just over a year ago at the corner of W. Third and Michigan avenues in Harrison West after 13 years in business. A brewpub will open there this summer if everything goes as planned for Saucy Brew Works, an award-winning brewery that launched in Cleveland less than two years ago. The owners, Brent Zimmerman and Eric Anderson, will expand the former Apropos space at 443 W. Third Ave. to about 4,000 square feet. Their menu offers standard pub food. Visit saucybrewworks.com and Facebook for updates.
The reopening of Goody Boy restaurant occurs on March 14 at 1144 N. High St. The original name Michael’s Goody Boy has been changed to Goody Boy Diner + Dive. As mentioned in the previous issue, Chris Corso of Corso Ventures took over the eatery hoping to grow the business with a new look and menu.
Two Cameron Mitchell restaurants are nearly open in the new building at 711 N. High St. A rooftop bar called Lincoln Social Rooftop and a full-service restaurant Del Mar SoCal Kitchen on the ground floor should be up and running in April.Departures
Cub Shrub, a children’s boutique that opened at 749 N. High St. in November 2015, after Mac Worthington Galerie left that spot and relocated further south on High, decided to close in February. Cub Shrub has another location in Grandview Heights that remains open. Owner Niki Quinn and her husband Josh also own Tigertree, an apparel and home goods store in the Short North. They stated that the Short North Cub Shrub was not cost effective considering the proximity of its second location.
Competing with Kroger in the Short North and the North Market for a regular customer base of grocery shoppers may have proved too much for Oats & Barley Market. For two-and-a-half years, the compact Short North store stocked a full line of fine food products and fresh produce at 970 N. High St., but the parking and prices were not what most folks would consider appealing. That in addition to street construction chaos may have been why the store closed in February. The business was operated by Georgia Agganis, Shannon Sano and others who should be commended for aspiring to provide a service to this community.
Beloved Blick Art Materials at 612 N. High St. closed in early March. It opened in that storefront in 2002. At that time it was called Utrecht Art Supplies. In 2013 Blick bought Utrecht, so they changed their name. Rumor has it that a 40 percent rent hike closed the store. They have another location on Sawmill Road and plan popups in Franklinton and at OSU.
Marcus Brewer passed away in January at the age of 59. He was an architect and artist. His pastel and oil landscape paintings showed at the Sharon Weiss Gallery on E. Lincoln Street, and Brewer’s portrait was included in that gallery’s premiere self-portrait show last April.SEE ALSO: NEIGHBORHOOD EVENTS/NEWS (SELECT WRITEUP)
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