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

• The Krema Nut Company announced this week that it has closed the sandwich stand at its Grandview store. The counter serves a variety of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches as well as milkshakes. In a social media post, they cited staffing needs and limited retail space as the main reasons for the closure.
• Bottoms Up Coffee expanded to a second location this week, taking over Stauf’s former coffee shop at The View on Grant (350 Mt. Vernon Ave.). Bottoms Up first opened in Franklinton in 2016. and has since changed hands several times. The business is also home to a coworking space and serves as a social enterprise working to reduce infant mortality.
• Multiple sources reported this week that Rise Brands, the company behind 16-Bit Bar & Arcade and PINS Mechanical Co., has taken over the Bogey Inn space in Dublin. The local institution closed in 2022 after its longtime owner passed away. Rise Brands plans to demolish the existing building and transform the area into a three-acre entertainment complex that includes food, multiple bars, live music and a 27-hole course.
• Central Ohio’s newest Korean barbecue and cookout restaurant, Meetpot, opened this week at 114 Hutchinson Ave. in the former Wurst Und Bier space in Crosswoods. It joins a growing number of AYCE Korean BBQ spots like KPOT and One Pot.
• Ciao Café in Delaware has announced that it is expanding to a new store at 214 Thurman Ave. in German Village. The space, located near the Fox in the Snow store, was previously home to several different juice and shake bars. Ciao Cafe is famous for its ice cream, panini and pastries. An exact opening date has not yet been announced.
• Matt Fish, owner of Melt Bar & Grilled, has announced that the company has officially gone out of business. The upscale grilled cheese shop started in Lakewood, Ohio, but previously had locations in Columbus in the Short North and in Easton, both of which closed in recent years.
• Fast-casual Mediterranean spot Agape has opened its newest location at 855 W. Third Ave. at Grandview Yard this week. That makes him sixth overall.
• Bubbly Hall in New Albany welcomed its newest vendor this week, Zero’s Pizza.
• Business first reported that Liberty Tavern in Powell has closed and is being replaced by Elliot’s Wood-Fired Pizza, which is based in Newark. (You can see a bit of Elliott’s original location in our Let’s Go To Licking County itinerary.)
• After temporarily closing for renovations, the Ghostwriter Public House in Johnstown reopened this week.
• Little Ladies Soft Serve is currently on hiatus for the winter and will reopen their store at 673 Worthington Rd. on Saturday, Feb. 1.
• COLO Market & Oyster Bar in North Market Downtown is hosting a five-course dinner hosted by chef Justin Watring called Market After Dark on Friday, Jan. 24

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