Customers went from eating on their feet to grabbing a seat.
Freedom a la Cart – once a food cart that was toted around central Ohio – officially opened its first sit-down restaurant, Freedom a la Cart Café + Bakery, on Monday at 123 E. Spring St. Downtown.
The two-story building is about 5,000 square feet, with offices on the top level, the café and kitchen on the ground floor and a commercial kitchen in the basement.
“I think it exceeds our expectations,” said Paula Haines, CEO of the organization, which helps victims of human trafficking get back on their feet. “I can’t think of anything more perfect than this space. I think it just feels like home.”
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Pictures: Cork celebrates a Patrick s Day with a difference Out to make people happy for St. Patrick s Day in Kinsale, Cork, were Eve McClements on Commanche and Maghan O Connor on Eddie. Picture Dan Linehan
Breda Graham
A St Patrick’s Day with a difference this year saw the people of Cork get creative in celebrating our national holiday.
The day which is usually celebrated with parades, Irish flags and green-coloured ice cream was celebrated much more carefully this year due to current restrictions but that didn’t stop people from thinking outside the box.
Many events moved online with offerings such as live gigs and performances, and iconic landmarks across the city and the county were lit green to mark the second year of celebrating St Patrick’s Day under lockdown.
And then the aspiring young farmer showed her agricultural mettle by delivering twin calves during Saturday night.
She had been watching the cow which was expected to deliver twins by camera during the evening and when she went to the byre to check again around midnight she noticed the cow was getting a little agitated, a sure sign of imminent arrivals. I went back up to the house and put on my gear and had a cup of tea, all the time keeping an eye on the camera, Becky recalled this week. Then around ten to two she popped out the blister, which means the calves are coming.
It s a brave man who would look to make his fortune milking cows with little if any experience of agriculture let alone dairy farming but it s one which Irishman, Peter Hynes has embraced to such an extent that he now owns one of the highest genetic merit herds in the country. Over the past 10 years, Peter and his wife Paula have improved both the productivity and profitability of what began as a traditional 50-cow milking herd based just outside Aherla Co Cork , into one that has not only more than trebled in size but also boasts numerous industry accolades for efficiency and genetic improvment.