December Food Events Galore!

So many tantalizing dinners and food events have been hitting my inbox and social feeds recently on a scale that I can’t remember seeing before. I wanted to share them with you, on the hope that you might be able to attend some of them, or at least appreciate the momentum and talent that’s out there in our local food scene.

December 5th-8th Wolf’s Ridge Midwest Goodbye Prix fix menu
December 6th Italian Wine Dinner at Alqueria
December 7th Taste of Africa (Columbus Food Adventures dinner at Riziki Swahili Grill)
December 8th Steak and Bourbon Night with the Hungarian Butcher at Ray Ray’s Supper Club
December 8th Fire It Up Friday at Goremade Pizza
December 8th Casa Karmelitas Salsa class at Lookout Supply
December 10th Casa Karmelitas pop up at Lookout Supply
December 10th Pechka Bakery pop up at Pretentious Barrel House
December 10th Brewed – Coffee Beer Tasting Party at Seventh Son

December 11th Funky Duck burger and milkshake pop up at the Lox
December 11th-12th Nutcracker dinner series at the Refectory
December 12th Jose Salazar collaboration dinner at Hiraeth. Includes a “Schmooze with the Chefs” happy hour
December 13th Ten Hands Local Chefs dinner at FYR with chefs from Agni & Joya’s, Lindey’s, Ray Ray’s, Chapmans and FYR
December 13th & 14th Pat Allen Wine Dinner at Subourbon
December 14th Feast of the Seven Fishes at Nicola Restaurant
December 15th Ben Lucas at the Refectory (playing multiple nights)
December 16th And Friends dinner with Matt Heaggans

December 17th Brunch with Santa at the Worthington Tavern
December 17th La Posada festival at Ohio History Center including Casa Karmelita and Xolo Mixto
December 17th SoHud Squirrels Bakery pop up at Antiques on High.
December 17th Top Chef Friends III dinner at Agni
December 17th Macelleria Holiday Dinner 5-course pop-up
December 17th-19th Roy’s Avenue Supper Club
December 18th Alana Shock Popup dinner at Goremade pizza
December 18th Barefoot Movement holiday special at the Refectory
December 19th the Whirlybirds dinner music at the Refectory
December 19th-30th A few favorite things tasting menu at Chapman’s Eat Market
December 24th Lindey’s Christmas Eve Brunch (and special all day menu)
December 24th Christmas Eve Brunch at Goodale Station
December 24th Christmas Eve dinner at Barcelona
December 25th A little West Christmas dinner at the Little West Tavern at the Junto
December 27th-28th Bobby Floyd and Byron Stripling at the Refectory
December 29th Sparkling Celebration Participatory Dinner at the Kitchen.
December 30th New Year’s Eve Eve dinner at Service Bar. This is a really fun and auspicious looking menu with all the courses chosen to bring luck.

New Years Eve

So far we have seen special menus and events posted for Veritas, Agni, Comune, FYR, Rooh, The Refectory, Barcelona, Lumin and Understory  Grandview Theater is hosting special NYE beer tasting and Wolf’s Ridge are bringing back their pandemic pizza take out for the night. We’re sure many more NYE menus will be popping up!

Please note that links are a mixture of social media and restaurant websites to help you find the event details. I’ve done my best but I’m sure I missed something. Apologies for any restaurants or events we missed. Please feel free to add them in the comments. 


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