Friday Meals Bites: Mikey’s Dublin, Pine Coast Cafe, The Lion cocktail bar open; Dragon Donuts closes

There’s all the time loads occurring within the Columbus restaurant world! Right here’s the newest:

• The Lion, a brand new cocktail bar at 2511 E. Foremost St. in Bexley, celebrates its grand opening as we speak – Friday, Sept. 6. The bar is the primary foray of a brand new group known as Bexley Hospitality.
• After a mushy opening final week, Mikey’s Late Night Slice formally opens its new location inside Pins Mechanical Co. in Dublin’s Bridge Park. That is the primary of two Mikey’s inside Pins; they’re changing the Weenie Marvel areas that abruptly shuttered earlier this yr. A brand new Late Night time Slice on the Easton Pins can be coming quickly.
• In the meantime, Mikey’s additionally introduced this week that they’ve retired the truck that’s been parked at Land-Grant Brewing. It can solely seem for infrequent occasions, the house owners stated.
• The ultimate location of Dragon Donuts at Easton quietly closed not too long ago. The donut store first debuted in Grove Metropolis in 2018, earlier than increasing to Grandview and Easton. The unique two areas closed in recent times as properly.
• A brand new sandwich store known as Pine Coast Cafe has opened at 3229 Hilliard Rome Rd. in Hilliard. It’s operated by the house owners of Qamaria Yemeni Espresso Store in the identical plaza, and serves quite a lot of sandwiches, salads, and sides. Pine Coast’s first location is in Dearborn, Michigan.
• The house owners of Echo Spirits Distilling Co. shared that they’ve acquired Soine Vineyards in Powell and are hiring for it.
• Budd Dairy food Corridor introduced that Burger Royale would be a part of its Hatch incubator area beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Their truck has been showing round central Ohio already, serving burgers impressed by the well-known opening scene in Pulp Fiction.
• A pair weeks in the past, Jamie’s Cheesesteaks started popping-up on the East Market. The house owners beforehand operated the enterprise out of a storefront at Indian Mound Mall in Heath.
• The quick informal Mediterranean spot Agape opens a brand new location at 6589 Artesian Run in Delaware as we speak.
• The one central Ohio location of Cincinnati-based LaRosa’s Pizza has closed after 10 years in enterprise. It was situated at 7048 Hospital Dr. in Dublin.
• The Gateway College District shared a current replace about companies coming quickly to the neighborhood, which embody an Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon, a Mikey’s Late Night time Slice, and Schwarma Joe’s.
• Business First shared this week {that a} sports activities bar known as Draft Day will probably be taking on the previous Smokehouse Brewing website this fall.

And there are a number of occasions developing!

• Columbus Oktoberfest is that this weekend on the Ohio Expo Middle!
• Chef Alana Shock hosts her subsequent pop-up dinner at GoreMade Pizza in Italian Village on Monday, Sept. 9.
• MySOMM is hosting a wine dinner with Chef’s Desk subsequent week Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Native Roots in Powell.
• Taste of Clintonville is subsequent week Thursday, Sept. 12 at Mozart’s Cafe.
• Although its been open for some time, Casa Cacao in SoHud is celebrating a grand opening subsequent Thursday, Sept. 12 by providing 50% off drinks that company haven’t tried but.

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