Dine Originals has become such a Columbus institution that it’s hard to believe that the organization is only ten years old. The Dine Originals group of 49 independent restaurants is pulling out all of the stops for this milestone occasion by introducing Dine Originals 10:  ten days of fantastic food events and special menus. There will be cooking classes, brunch buffets, tapas, beer, wine, and whiskey themed events and menu offerings from lobster to grilled cheese and even a whole pigs head. Barcelona is going all out and offering a chef’s dinner every night of the event! Here is the calendar of events and the link to special menus.

In previous years Dine Originals has offered two ‘restaurant weeks’ per year with set price menus. We spoke with executive director Katharine Moore about Dine Originals 10, and how it is indicative of a bold new direction for the organization:

“Dine Originals Columbus realized it had taken a very unoriginal approach to its twice-a -year promotion of dining locally. Our member’s styles, price points, and cuisines are too varied to impose the format of a 3 course menu at a fixed price across the board.

Dine Originals 10 will allow every kitchen to showcase their strengths from March 11 – 20th.  Some are offering a fixed price menu, others are hosting events, throwing parties, and roasting pig heads.  It hasn’t even kicked off yet, and it already feels like a much better fit!”

To mark Dine Originals 10, we have a special giveaway to offer for our Columbus Food Adventures fans and readers. One of our fabulous Short North tour partners and Dine Originals stalwart member, Rigsby’s Kitchen, is hosting a Sardinian wine dinner on Wednesday March 13th. We are thrilled to be able to offer two tickets for this dinner to our readers. This is particularly exciting for us, as we attended a previous Sardinian wine dinner at Rigsby’s back in 2009 to celebrate the first anniversary of Slow Food Columbus and it was spectacular.

Here are the details of the dinner:

• Four course dinner featuring recipes inspired by the island of Sardegna (Sardinia), each course matched with wines for the region as well.
• An appearance by Sardinian food guru and chef, Mimma Bonderer. Mimma owns Mondo Italiano, a gourmet Italian foods importer.
• A cooking demonstration, by Mimma, of one of her family recipes.
Entry is simple – just share a Dine Originals-related memory from the last ten years in the comments section of this post. It could be as simple as a special lunch or dinner that you enjoyed at a Dine Originals member restaurant. We’ll pick the winner at 10am on Sunday March 10th and will notify the lucky person shortly thereafter. Before entering, please make sure that you’ll be free to enjoy this dinner, which takes place on March 13th at 6.30pm.

 


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