Friday Food Bites: Chinese restaurant Sunflower and Hoagie City close, Prohibition gets new owners

There’s always a lot going on in the Columbus restaurant world! Here’s the latest:

• Danny Chung, owner of Sunflower Chinese Restaurant in Dublin, announced that New Year’s Day was their last day in business. Chung cited a desire to retire and spend more time with his family as the reason for the closure. Sunflower opened in a strip mall off Sawmill Road in 1986. and is mostly known for its dim sum.
• The owner of Hoagie City in Hilliard also announced they had closed, citing rising food costs and inconsistent sales. Hoagie City opened in fall 2021.
• Qamaria Yemeni Coffee Co. teases it’s adding a third central Ohio location, this one on Sawmill Road in Dublin. It combines the Hilliard and Lewis Center locations.
• The owners of Prohibition Gastro Lounge in Powell announced that as of Jan. 1 place is new ownership. They said they sold to another local company, which will continue to operate it as a similar concept. Prohibition first opened more than 11 years ago.
• Black Kahawa, which recently opened its full-service coffee shop at Broad and High downtown, has expanded its hours and offerings to full bar service, including cocktails and draft beer. The store will be open until 10pm on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and until midnight Thursdays to Saturdays.
• Winans Coffee & Chocolate has announced that it will be opening a Marysville location at 132 Emmaus Rd. this year.

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