

Photo courtesy of Campfire Brewing on Facebook
There’s always a lot going on in the Columbus restaurant world! Here’s the latest:
- Central Ohio’s newest brewery, Campfire Brewing, opened its doors this week at 6300 Frost Rd. in Westerville. The brewery is run by four friends from Westerville who started homebrewing together in 2019. and share new beers around the campfire.
- The owners of Bexley Coffee Shop have announced they are looking to go out of business and have put the cafe up for sale. Without a buyer, they said, the store at 492 N. Cassady Rd will likely close at the end of January.
- Buca di Beppo at 60 E. Wilson Bridge Rd. in Worthington closed after 23 years to make way for Chick-fil-a.
- City Buffet, a new Asian seafood buffet, opens tomorrow – Saturday, January. 18 – on Blvd. Soldano 3670. on the west side.
- Gastro Lounge Prohibition in Powell officially reopened last week under new ownership. Now owned by the team behind Opa Grill & Tavern in Delaware.
- The Good Kitchen at 1485 Sunbury Rd. announced on social media that they will be closing soon, but will continue catering and bring back their food truck.
- Johnson’s Real Ice Cream announced this week that it is expanding again, adding another Powell store at 50 S. Liberty St. Johnson’s now has two Powell stores and a Pickerington store opening this year, bringing the total to nine locations. The new store in downtown Powell will open in April.
- Charmy’s Persian Taste presents a Persian Hot Bar on Saturday, January. 18 at downtown Hills Market (95 N. Grant Ave.) from noon to 3 p.m
- Bubbles Tea & Juice opened another location this week, this one at 1257 Grandview Ave.
- Dawn’s Fish & Chicken went from a ghost kitchen in Clintonville to its first store at 134 Hamilton Rd. in Gehenna. Features of Dawn
- Visit Dublin is offering a ‘Love in Dublin’ giveaway. One lucky couple can win a hotel night, a massage, a bottle of champagne and dinner for two at the VASO Rooftop Lounge.
- Speaking of VASO, from now until Jan. 26 they offer reserved heated igloos as part of their tiki week. The igloos can be booked through their website.
Some great events:
- Charmy’s Persian Taste presents a Persian Hot Bar on Saturday, January. 18 at downtown Hills Market (95 N. Grant Ave.) from noon to 3 p.m
- The Souper Heroes soup fundraiser returns to the Worthington Farmers Market on Saturday, February. 8 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Guests can sign up to bring soup or just donate and sample from everyone.
- 614 Magazine’s Restaurant Week returns next week, January. 20-25, with dozens of local restaurants offering prix fixe menus at various price points.
- In anticipation of the upcoming opening of their new restaurant Isla in Merion Village, Devoney Mills and Andrew Smith are hosting a preview dinner at The Lox Bagel Shop on Wednesday, January. 29. Click the link to reserve seats for him.
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