Friday Meals Bites: El Camino Inn closing; Fiery Sky Asian Kitchen and Dahab Restaurant opening

There’s all the time lots taking place within the Columbus restaurant world! Right here’s the most recent:

• The house owners of El Camino Inn introduced earlier this week that the taco and tequila joint will likely be closing for good after enterprise this Saturday, Nov. 23. They cited lease points as the rationale for the closure. El Camino Inn is owned by the identical restaurant group that owns Little Place subsequent door and Membership 185 in German Village. The eatery can be half classic store, and all fixtures and gadgets are on sale.
• Dahab Restaurant & Café opens at this time – Friday, Nov. 22 – at 3708 Fishinger Blvd. in Hilliard. Dahab is a Mediterranean eatery that first opened in San Francisco in 2020. That is the primary central Ohio location for it.
• A brand new Chinese language eatery referred to as Fiery Sky Asian Kitchen mushy opened this week at 1450 Bethel Rd.
• A brand new Yemeni espresso truck referred to as DRK Coffee has arrange store at 19 E. thirteenth Ave. close to Ohio State’s campus.
• Talking of espresso, Jennings Java and Royal Flamingo Espresso have paired as much as create a particular Friendsgiving roast, obtainable at their respective outlets beginning at this time.
• As of this week, Soiled Frank’s new campus location is open for lunch Thursdays by Sundays.
• The organizers of Columbus Beerfest introduced that they’re wrapping up their run after 15 years. That they had run the Columbus Winter Beerfest and Columbus Summer season Beerfest since 2010; they mentioned they determined to shut primarily based on decrease attendance and better prices. They’ll proceed to supply related festivals in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh.
• The proprietor of the Clutch Handhelds food truck introduced on social media that they’re taking a break to regroup and probably return in a brand new kind.
• The cocktail bar Cobra within the Brewery District was named one of many 5 Best New Cocktail Bars for 2024 by Punch Drunk journal.
• Columbus Meals Adventures is internet hosting two Style Of dinners with the Casa Karmelitas meals truck on Dec. 4 and 11 at 934 Gallery. You possibly can order your tickets here.

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