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

• Stacked Burger Co. officially opens next Monday, November. 18 at 1089 Worthington Woods Blvd. in Worthington. Describing itself as a “modern burger joint,” Stacked offers burgers, sandwiches, and sides like fries, onion rings, and fried Brussels sprouts. The burger joint was created by Jordan Lamatrice, who grew the business out of Alphabetical Comfort Kitchen, which ran a stand in the Budd Dairy Food Hall.
• Marlow’s Cheesesteaks quietly opened its new stand in North Market Downtown this week. The Philadelphia-style sandwich shop first opened in 2022 in Gahanna before taking over the former Alphabetical location at Budd Dairy. A full grand opening is coming soon.
• After 41 years in business, Raisin Rack Natural Food Market at 2545 W. Schrock Rd. in Westerville closed. The market announced the closure last week and remained open until midday yesterday until its stock was sold off. Raisin Rack in Canton, Ohio remains open.
• Johnson’s Real Ice Cream has announced it is headed to Pickerington in 2025. The new store, located at 192 Hill Road North in Olde Village, marks the ice cream brand’s eighth storefront.
• The Sending shared the news that chef Josh Dalton, owner of Veritas and Speck Italian Eatery, will open a third downtown restaurant called Rosalita’s in the Madison-White Haines buildings currently under renovation on North High Street, just north of Gay . It is slated to open later in 2025.
• Masa Mexican Grill in East Market soft opened a new concept there called Masa Salad and Fruit. The stall allows you to make your own salad bowls with vegetables, greens, proteins and dressings.
• Halwani’s Pizza & Stromboli has announced it is opening a third location at 5837 Sawmill Rd., potentially a soft opening next week. This new store combines locations in Grandview and Hilliard.
• This weekend, Nov. 15-17, the new owners of Buns Restaurant in Delaware are celebrating its grand re-opening. Events also marking the restaurant’s 160th anniversary include a ribbon cutting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
• Ray Ray’s Reload confirmed on social media that it is moving its food truck from The Bottle Shop patio to Hoof Hearted Brewing on Fifth and opening today.
• Following the closing of its Westerville store, Fusian also closed its Dublin location at 7221 Sawmill Rd.
• Dulce Vida Ice Cream Factory has announced that it has a new location coming soon at 2561 S. Hamilton Rd.
• A new Ethiopian market and coffee shop called Sheger Grocery & Coffee Shop has opened at 4551 Wright Ave. on the east side. (Thanks to Selina from @columbuscoffeeshops for the tip!)
• Next weekend is one of my favorite weekends of the year: Kolache Republic Thanksgiving Cookies! You can pre-order the specialty cookies and pick them up next week Saturday and Sunday, November 11th. 23-24.

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