A new fast-casual restaurant with a menu that incorporates healthy ingredients in a variety of green, grain and broth-based bowls has taken residence on High Street and opens to the Columbus and Ohio State community Friday. CoreLife Eatery aims to provide nutritious meals for everyone, ...

It was a post on Instagram that put Perrie Wilkof in action. The image was from Cellar Door Provisions, a restaurant in Chicago that was offering free food for federal workers impacted by the government shutdown. The next morning, Wilkof went to her restaurant Dough ...

After a three-year hiatus as an off-campus dining option, Charleys Philly Steaks celebrated the grand opening of its new university location at High Street on Tuesday. The first-ever Charleys Philly Steaks location was founded on Ohio State’s campus in 1986 by Charley Shin while he ...

Aimee and Brandon Harper tried their first Liege wafel during a hiking trip out west. The married couple fell in love with the particular style of Belgian waffle and wondered why the food industry in their hometown of Columbus had not yet picked up on ...

After 41 years near Ohio State’s campus, Mama’s Pasta and Brew announced on Monday that it will officially close its doors on Nov. 30. The beloved campus dive bar and restaurant released a statement on its Facebook page stating that the university has bought the ...

After 13 years on High Street, Mad Mex officially closed its doors on Monday, as first reported by the Columbus Dispatch. Originally Gateway’s first restaurant, Mad Mex is known for their “fresh Cal-Mex” and popular “Big Booty ‘Ritas,” which was one of the few spots ...

Little Eater, a vegetarian eatery originally based in downtown’s North Market, opened its first stand-alone restaurant, located on North High Street in Clintonville, Oct. 19. Cara Mangini, founder and head chef of Little Eater, said the Clintonville location offers the same on-the-go experience offered at ...

For Ohio State alumnus Nile Woodson, Hai Poké started as an idea — an idea that became a concept, then a pop-up, then a food truck and, finally, as of Sept. 22, a restaurant. “When I was a senior at [Ohio State], I traveled to ...

John Havens and Aaron Mercier met as high school students at the Wellington School in Upper Arlington, Ohio, but it was another two decades before they opened a restaurant together. “We were sitting on a dock drinking bourbon a few years back and I had ...