Friday Meals Bites: Starliner and Nancy’s merging, Jenny’s Diner opening, Weenie Marvel closes

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

• This week in a little bit of lengthy Fb submit, Starliner Diner introduced that it’s becoming a member of forces with Nancy’s House Cooking. The precise nature of the connection is unclear, whether or not the 2 will merge menus, bear a reputation change, and many others. Nancy’s has been closed since late 2020, when it moved downtown from its long-time Clintonville house.
• Columbus, we’re getting a brand new diner! Jenny’s Diner is ready to open on Monday, Feb. 12 at 4768 N. Excessive St. in Clintonville/Beechwold. The diner is run by Jenny Dials, a long-time server at TeeJaye’s Nation Place.
• This week the Grand Tavern at 1101 W. Fifth Ave. in Grandview abruptly closed after three months. The homeowners took to social media to complain in regards to the administration firm and different points.
• Shakers Public House, which has been closed since a significant fireplace at its west aspect restaurant, introduced yesterday that it’s returning to a brand new location in Worthington. The precise deal with hasn’t been shared but.
• Weenie Marvel abruptly closed its two places this week at Easton and Bridge Park. The recent canine joint is a part of the identical firm behind PINS Mechanical Co. and 16-Bit Bar + Arcade.
• Winans Chocolate + Espresso delicate opened their latest location final week at 611 N. Excessive St. within the Brief North. They’ll maintain a grand opening on Wednesday, Feb. 14, with free giveaways and specials all day. Get a take a look at their new store right here!
• Species X Beer additionally opened within the previous Platform Beer area downtown, providing a mixture of beers brewed by experimenting with completely different components and utilizing AI-driven recipes. Learn in regards to the taproom and brewery right here.
• A brand new Korean BBQ and scorching pot restaurant referred to as PJ Hot Pot opened lately at 6100 Sawmill Rd.
• The Crispy Coop introduced this week that it’s including a location at 6330 Tussing Rd. in Reynoldsburg.
• This week Budd Dairy food Corridor introduced that Alphabetical Comfort Kitchen can be leaving the meals corridor after Sunday, Feb. 18, with a view to open its personal storefront. A brand new idea can be becoming a member of the meals corridor in early March.
• Cameron Mitchell Eating places formally introduced Del Mar, an upscale Mediterranean idea coming to Easton within the former Bon Vie area. CMR lately renamed Del Mar SoCal Kitchen within the Brief North to SoCal Kitchen & Bar; the restaurant teams operates a Del Mar in Naples, Florida already.
• The Downtown Tavern downtown has modified over (once more) into a brand new idea referred to as Hydeout Kitchen & Bar.
• Following on the information that Johnson’s Real Ice Cream would take over the previous S’wich Social area in Italian Village, the corporate introduced additional growth to Grandview and Canal Winchester as properly.
• 614 Now reported this week that Posh Teatime Co. is aiming to open a tea room in Bexley this 12 months.
• The Columbus Winter Wine Festival will returning for 2 classes on Sunday, Feb. 24 to Brewmaster’s Gate.
• White Fortress is as soon as once more providing special reservations on Valentine’s Day from 4-9 p.m.

This week I’m additionally writing:

• Columbus Monthly’s Best New Restaurants of 2024: Live-Fire Cooking, Global Cuisine and More (Columbus Month-to-month)
• Winans Espresso + Chocolate Opens within the Brief North
• Starliner and Nancy’s to Merge in Hilliard; Weenie Wonder Closes in Bridge Park and Easton (Columbus Month-to-month)
• Buck Metropolis Sammies Opens at East Market
• Kura Revolving Sushi Bar Opens Close to Polaris
• Get on Board with the Central Ohio Model Railroad Club (Expertise Worthington)
• Species X Beer Gives AI-Powered Beers within the Former Platform Beer Area

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