Background: Grew up in local kitchens – from Damon’s and Long John Silver’s to Gourmet Market and Tapatio; chef/owner of past favorites Crescendo and La Tavola; current...
In the summer of 2010, Jeff Fernengel, Columbus’ erstwhile artist, punk rocker and provocateur, stopped me in the middle of a bar, insistent on becoming the capital city’s...
When you are craving a good steak – and I don’t mean just any old chunk of char-crusted cow hide, but a really great, better-than-sex, melt-in-your-mouth piece of Prime –...
It’s the Christmas season and I’m wandering around the gift shop at Franklin Park Conservatory. Against the backdrop of the vibrant poinsettia tree and the twinkly lights is...
Wine and beer have been on the menu before anybody had the presence of mind, or the cognitive skills, to print menus. We’re talking Stone Age; the history goes back so far the...
The holiday season conjures up images of heaping platters, arms reaching one over the other, and mismatched chairs crowded around the familial table (with both leaves in)....
Come out for a drink or two and enjoy some music from some local bands.