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The Columbus food scene is on fire and it's not just with new restaurants opening. There is an unprecedented number of dinners and events happening this month and we wanted to share all the ones we have spotted in our inbox and on the socials.

Sunday Specials in Columbus Traditionally the least popular dining out night of the weekend, Sundays in Columbus have a new lease on life. Increasingly restaurants are offering special menus of exceptional value and creativity that bring the evening new excitement. We’ve compiled a list of 8 restaurants with enticing offers to lure you out on Sunday.   The Market in Italian Village had a complete overhaul during the pandemic and if you haven’t been since before 2020, you owe yourself a visit. Their Sunday Supper is a 3 course dinner for $35 offered from 5-9pm. There’s a choice of 5-6 […]

Thanksgiving 2021 Food Ideas Thanksgiving is a little more normal this year and one silver lining of the pandemic is that there are some great at home dining options. If you’re trying to figure out where to go for dinner, want to outsource dessert, or just aren’t up for cooking the whole feast from scratch, this year there are more options than ever before. Below we’ve created a list of purveyors with Thanksgiving offerings and have organized them into the following categories: dine in, prepared carryout meals, turkeys both cooked and uncooked, and pies and baked goods. Please feel free […]

Columbus Easter Food Guide 2021 This blog post was compiled and written by our friends Tania and Sam. You can also reference our 2020 Easter Guide for other ideas as some businesses have not yet posted their Easter offerings. Dine-in and Take Out Meals The Sassafras Bakery Easter menu includes a variety of sweet and savory options. On the savory side, stand out items include a garlicky spring pea asparagus galette and Moroccan carrot soup. Easter-themed sweets include decorated sugar cookies and carrot cake sandwiches with cream cheese filling. A large ‘Supper Club’ option includes the galette, carrot soup, sugar […]

Mardi Gras in Columbus 2021 This is a guest post by our friend and former tour guide Tania Sherry @taniaexplorescolumbus. In addition to all of the delicious offerings that Tania has compiled, we have a special Carnival themed Trust Fall on Tuesday night. I don’t expect that Columbus will have its usual raucous Mardi Gras bar crawls this year and I’m certainly not headed to Bourbon Street anytime soon, but my favorite thing about the pre-Lent season has always been the food anyway. And that’s something that Columbus’ restaurants can tackle just fine in this particular moment. Between the king […]

An A-Z of Central Ohio Restaurants. Inspired by a post on the Support Central Ohio Restaurant Group on Facebook we decided to try making an A-Z list of Central Ohio restaurants. We managed to complete all 26 letters and thought we’d share our list in case it inspires you to try somewhere new, or if like the original poster you want to challenge yourself to try a restaurant from every letter! Please bear in mind that this is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every restaurant in Central Ohio. No doubt there are many restaurants we forgot but […]

New Year’s Eve and Day Dinners in Columbus 2020 Continuing with our lists of local restaurants providing ways to commemorate the holidays in style at home, our friends Tania and Sam have curated a selection of New Year’s Eve dinners available for carryout. Service Bar 2020 may have put a dent in your travel plans, but Service Bar hopes to make up for it with their multi-course “Around the World” dinner for two that is inspired by new year celebrations that don’t occur on January 1st. Their five-course dinner includes a shrimp tostada, crab jahl masala, duck gnocchi, kalbi short […]

Trust Fall 2020 Restaurants We’re taking a 2 week hiatus from Trust Fall over the weeks of Christmas and New Years, but rest assured that we’ll return in January with more great restaurants, a few new weekend brunches, and an additional surprise or two down the line. Since Trust Fall began in April 2020 it has served over 3600 meals coming from 66 unique food providers representing almost 40 nationalities. We’re humbled by this response to our seemingly off-the-wall idea, and thrilled to be able to support so many restaurants in this manner. During our break, we’d like to gently […]

Holiday Dinners in Columbus 2020 If you’re looking for a low stress holiday dinner at home, our Friends Tania and Sam have complied a great list of at-home dining options ranging from traditional to alternative and including dinner for two or meals for the whole family. Together & Company, Sweet Carrot, and Kittie’s Cakes This Christmas bundle lets customers mix and match from an impressive list of entrees and sides that each serve six. Meat options are Beef Tenderloin, Seared Salmon, Ham, or Roasted Ohio Turkey Breast. Sides and desserts include Sweet Carrot’s Mac n’ Cheese, Roasted Brussels Sprouts & […]

Holiday Cookie Boxes in Columbus Cookie lovers rejoice, there are a wealth of holiday cookie options available in Columbus this year, both from established bakeries and new home based bakeries that have popped up in 2020. Here are a dozen bakeries offering seasonal cookie boxes or collections. Short North Piece of Cake Short North Piece of Cake, a neighborhood institution for more than 20 years, is offering an assortment of bite-sized traditional favorites on their holiday plates, including Gingerbread, Buttermilk, Snickerdoodles, Lemon Bars, Red Velvet, Chocolate Shortbread, Amaretti, Pecan Tassies, Kifle, Wedding, and Kolache. At $11 a plate, it feels […]