The Greek Festival is many things to many people, but to almost everyone, it s a place for mouth-watering food.
The festival, normally held on Labor Day weekend, was canceled in 2020, and this year s celebration is still up in the air, but the organizers decided to put on an event that will satisfy those hungry for baklava, moussaka, spanokopita and gyros, among other delights.
Taste of Greece will take place this weekend at the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 555 N. High St.
“We ve been doing our annual Greek Festival for over 43 years now, and it s become very much a central Ohio tradition,” said John Bizios, one of the festival organizers, who says that he is “old enough to know that I should stop volunteering for events like this, and young enough to keep wanting to volunteer.
The Spaghetti Warehouse, that aging paragon of pleasantly prepared pasta, is undergoing a few key changes that will make the restaurant fit for another several decades, a company official said.
Even so, the improvements are going to be subtle and relatively drawn out, said Jeremy McLean, operating partner of BLD Brands, a California-based investment group that owns the Franklinton Spaghetti Warehouse.
There are four other Spaghetti Warehouses in Dayton, Toledo, Akron and Syracuse, New York not affiliated with BLD.
The Columbus restaurant is 43 years old, situated a historic 20,000-square-foot building at 397 W. Broad St. (the front door actually faces West State Street).