Openings & Announcements
Lola’s Kitchen + Bar is expected to open soon at 201 S. High St., a Downtown restaurant space that has been empty since short-lived Tio’s Tacos and Tequila left the picture. Lola’s owners are restaurant veterans whose past businesses include Cinco, Café Lola and Burgers Dogs and Fries.
Martha’s Fusion Kitchen, a North Linden spot for Mexican food and more, recently opened at 3331 Maize Road, formerly Bella’s Pizza. The eclectic menu includes salads, barbacoa and birria tacos, gyros and pizzas.
The Jimmy V’s space at 912 S. High St. is under new ownership and now has a new name:
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The latest updates from the bar and restaurant scenes
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Harvest Pizzeria is now the Columbus Zoo & Aquarium’s official pizza provider. Zoo visitors can now find the pizza at the Congo River Market Food Court and Mapori Restaurant in Heart of Africa, as well as at Harbor Pizza when Zoombezi Bay opens. No word yet on whether the animals like Spicy Yuma.
Martha’s Fusion Kitchen, a new spot for Mexican food and more, recently opened at 3331 Maize Rd., formerly Bella’s Pizza. The eclectic menu includes salads, barbacoa and birria tacos, gyros and pizzas.
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Crunchwerks begins dine-in service at Summit on March 6, with concerts to follow
Summit Music Hall owners and chef Mysti Burris pivoted to cloud kitchen Crunchwerks. Next week they ll start dine-in service, followed by live music.
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Back in June, Summit Music Hall co-owner Chris Salvato still had a Zen mindset about the pandemic, even as it forced the closure of a venue that he and his business partners, Trey Burris and Rob Chafin, had only been operating since October 2019.
“We re really happy to sit it out and just open whenever it ll be safe and fun for everybody again,” Salvato told