Friday Meals Bites: Pretentious Barrel Home, Legislation Chook Provide Home closing; Unique Pancake Home joins New Albany

There’s at all times so much occurring within the Columbus restaurant world! Right here’s the newest:

• The proprietor of Pretentious Barrel House introduced this week that the brewery might be closing after Aug. 11 of this 12 months. Positioned at 745 Taylor Ave., Pretentious focuses on bitter beers, and has been open since 2017.
• Homeowners Luke and Annie Williams Pierce of Legislation Chook bar introduced the closure of Law Bird Supply House after this Saturday, July 27. The wine store is situated at 1306 Grandview Ave.; it happened as an extension of Legislation Chook cocktail bar within the Brewery District, rising from the bar’s shifted retail operations through the pandemic.
• The Dipped Donut in Delaware will shut its essential bakery after this Saturday, July 27, with a view to convert the house right into a manufacturing facility for its gluten free bakery subsequent door.
• The Unique Pancake Home opened its third central Ohio location final week at 6330 E. Dublin Granville Rd. close to New Albany. This joins places in Higher Arlington and in Westerville close to Polaris.
• The brand new-ish homeowners of Starliner Diner in Hilliard introduced this week that they’ve bought the York Steak House. The steakhouse proprietor had been trying to retire after operating the restaurant since 1966, and had put the enterprise up on the market. Its location at 4220 W. Broad St. is the final remaining retailer of a series that after spanned greater than 180 places throughout the nation. Readers (together with myself) had been initially confused by Starliner’s announcement, which mentioned they’ve bought the steakhouse and dishes from it’s going to seem at Starliner. (The identical situation got here up a pair months again when the homeowners introduced that they had bought Nancy’s Residence Cooking recipes to serve on the diner.) They later clarified that the steakhouse and diner would stay open and unchanged.
• Talking of steakhouses… The Capital Grille steakhouse is about to open at 1827 Olentangy River Rd. within the Lennox plaza this Sunday, July 28. That is the primary location of the chain in Columbus.
• Amidst chapter and court docket proceedings, Melt Bar + Grilled has closed its final Columbus location at Easton. It had already closed its Quick North store in mid-2022. The remaining Soften places in northeast Ohio stay open.
• Watershed Kitchen & Bar simply launched its newest cocktail menu!
• Don Tequila Mexican Grill and Cantina opened this week at 1540 Bethel Rd. within the former Texas Roadhouse house. That is close to the entrance of the Bethel Middle, which incorporates eateries like New India Restaurant and KPOT Korean BBQ and Scorching Pot.
• And the Ohio State Fair kicked off this previous Wednesday! It runs by means of Sunday, Aug. 4 and options the standard honest treats plus funky flavors of lemonade, deviled eggs, and different dishes.

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