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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 Bakery + Café + Catering, on April 5 at 123 E. Spring St. in downtown Columbus.
The building is about 7,500 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. “I can’t think of anything more perfect than this space. I think it just feels like home.”
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.”
Table Talk: Pizza Cottage slices into Lewis Center restaurant scene
“The opportunity just came up with the building, the right opportunity at the right time,” Chad Dawson, a regional manager with Pizza Cottage, said of the new location, whose drive-thru officially opened Jan. 4 and dining room opened Jan. 11 at 8753 Owenfield Drive.
It is the seventh location in the Lancaster-based pizza chain.
“It’s very modern,” Dawson said of the 4,000-square-foot space. “It’s a complete, total overhaul for the building we took over. This is a new look and new branding for us inside the store.”
The look offers a lot of grays and blues, booths throughout the dining room and an open kitchen. A banquet space could seat as many as 100 guests or could be divided into three spaces.
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday.
The casual American restaurant in Lewis Center has been replaced by Pizza Cottage, which is making deeper cuts into the central Ohio market.
“The opportunity just came up with the building, the right opportunity at the right time,” Chad Dawson, a regional manager with Pizza Cottage, said of the new location, which officially opened Monday at 8753 Owenfield Dr.
It is the seventh store in the Lancaster-based pizza chain.
“It’s very modern,” Dawson said of the 4,000-square-foot space. “It’s a complete, total overhaul for the building we took over. This is a new look and new branding for us inside the store.”