Where to eat, what to cook, and what's happening around the city. Straight from the team that has been touring Columbus kitchens since 2010.
We haven’t done a Quickbites for some time, but with so many great food-related events coming up we felt compelled to give you the scoop! This weekend, July 20th-22nd, is the 33rd annual Jazz & Rib Fest presented by the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department. It will once again be held at the Arena District
Read moreThis weekend, Columbus’ amateur chefs will have the chance to win great prizes and culinary glory at the Columbus Smoke Experiment, sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery. The winner of the local competition, held July 15th, will fly to Brooklyn in December to compete in the Food Experiment’s national championship, competing against the winners from 15 other cities. Each
Read moreRodizio isn’t exactly the type of restaurant we tend to write about here, but we’ve found it hard to ignore given its singular novelty. You see, Rodizio Grill is a, well, a rodizio – a Brazilian-style fixed price restaurant that parades out a never ending stream of skewered and grilled meat to the dining room and
Read moreBeer lovers in Central Ohio have almost assuredly tasted some of the fine brews from Rockmill Brewery or, at minimum, read a feature or two about them. With the opening of Rockmill’s new tasting room and bar you can now visit the picturesque facilities where the beer is made and admire the beautiful farm. This great new amenity is
Read moreSometimes you just happen to be at the right place at the right time. While helping to show around some travel writers, we were making idle time chit chat with an accompanying publicist and mentioned that we were planning to go to Canton to check out a new food tour business there. The publicist mentioned
Read more‘Trompo’ is the name for the vertical rotating spit of al pastor meat from which Los Guachos shaves glistening ribbons of pork off into their tacos. One of our favorite moments, out of all of our tours, is seeing people’s faces when they first spot the trompo at Los Guachos. It’s not hard to see why it catches
Read moreIt’s been a while since we’ve posted a ‘quick bites’ style blog entry, but next month’s bounty of opportunities makes for a great excuse to pick it back up! Kicking off the month is The Market to Market Bicycle Adventure on May 5th – a bike ride between the North Market and Hills Market (in
Read moreBefore there was Till, there was Dragonfly. Dragonfly was among the most widely acknowledged and awarded restaurant in Columbus. It’s chef, Magdiale Wolmark, was twice a Beard award nominee and inarguably recognized as a true innovator in the preparation of vegan cuisine. It would’ve been easy to assume that a national reputation for haute vegan
Read moreThe spring Dine Originals week kicks off tomorrow and, as usual, there are plenty of great dining options for value seekers and thrill seekers alike. Dine Originals Columbus has 47 members and with many of them are offering two or three distinct menus at different price points, reading through all of the options can be
Read moreWhen we started Columbus Food Adventures, it was a given that we’d do an alt.eats based tour – in no small part because we absolutely love to show off the surprising diversity of ethnic foods on offer in Columbus. That said, one tour can only show off so much (for now, anyway…), and we very
Read moreChat to someone in line at Thurn’s, and odds are you’ll find they’ve been visiting the store since they were a kid. Thurn’s has plenty of third generation customers and quite possibly the most fiercely loyal following of any food purveyor in the city. Owner, Albert Thurn, is of the forth generation of the family who
Read morePurchase tickets and see full menu for this event here! This is a screaming deal, if we do say so ourselves, on an exciting event we’ve managed to pull together last-minute. Here’s the deal: Fresh Street is putting on a ‘pop-up restaurant’ evening that’ll be hosted by Iron Chef competitor Jonathan Sawyer at his newest
Read moreI’ll admit to a bit of discomfort with 10-best lists, and never more so than when restaurants are the subject. After all, what makes for a great restaurant? Is it the meticulous service, impeccable culinary technique, tremendous wine list and exceptional ambience found at places like The Refectory? Or, is it the straightforward pleasure of biting
Read moreThanks to your support, the dinners that we organized in September to raise money for the famine in the Horn of Africa were very successful. We were able to send $2400 to the American Refugee Committee who are working on the ground in Somalia, we also introduced some new people to Somali food, connected with
Read moreWe’ve been eagerly awaiting the annual re-opening of the Bierberg Bakery. Ever since we started our German Village Walking tour in May, we’ve been walking past their location (at 729 South Fifth Street) every Saturday afternoon and stopping to talk to our tour guests about the history of this quirky little business that only opens
Read moreDine Originals week starts today! This is a great opportunity to support locally owned and operated restaurants, celebrate the independent restaurant scene in Columbus or to try somewhere that’s been on your ‘keep meaning to try’ list. By participating you’ll also be supporting Local Matters and their education programs. If you picked up a copy
Read moreYou may have seen Kokoborrego cheeses popping up in markets and restaurants around Columbus. They first caught my attention early this spring when I heard (via twitter) that they were the first commercial sheep’s milk cheese producer in Ohio. Kokoborrego make sheep’s milk cheeses from their own flock of East Friesan crossbreeds and, because the
Read moreGlenlaurel Inn is a cosy Scottish-themed country inn in the Hocking Hills, about an hour drive from Columbus. We made our first visit there earlier this month for dinner as guests of the Inn. Glenlaurel is the perfect place for an anniversary or intimate dinner for two and with a range of accommodations, including crofts
Read moreA morning without a good cup of coffee is, to me, a grim proposition. Caffeine is, of course, the primary necessity, but I’ve grown accustomed to the luxury of choosing from a variety of interesting, flavorful single-origin arabica beans and have steadily built up the better part of a kitchen counter full of equipment (burr
Read moreWhen I had breakfast with Josh Ozersky earlier this month, he said that one of the food trends that excites him most is the increase in house-made condiments. This may strike some as being a slightly quirky focal point, but we have to admit that it’s one we share with him. At minimum, house-made condiments
Read moreI hear a lot about The Chef’s Garden when I talk to chefs, I see photos of their beautiful produce on twitter, and last year I was lucky enough to attend their annual fundraiser for Veggie U. When the opportunity arose to visit the farm and see what they do first hand, I jumped at
Read moreColumbus Food Adventures is excited to announce the roster for this year’s Local Foods Week tour. And, due to the overwhelming response to last year’s tour, we’re going to be conducting three tours this year! To purchase tickets, click here. For those who may be unfamiliar with Local Foods Week, there are two main points
Read moreJosh Ozersky is a meat man. Not meat and potatoes, just meat. The kind of guy that ‘meat lovers’ pizzas were invented for. But pizza isn’t Josh’s thing. Burgers are. He’s the author of The Hamburger: a History and he was in town for a burger demo at the Best of Fall home show. I
Read moreColumbus has many wonderful food events, but the annual Taste the Future at Columbus State Community College is one that I have particular affection for. 2011 marks the 23rd anniversary of this event, and with over 50 of central Ohio’s premier chefs showing off their talents this year it looks to be another great one!
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