Friday Meals Bites: Blue Danube reopens, Bitty & Beau’s debuts in UA

Picture courtesy @bluedanubeonhigh on Instagram

There’s at all times rather a lot occurring within the Columbus restaurant world! Right here’s the newest information:

• After years of combined bulletins and progress, the campus establishment the Blue Danube immediately reopened this week, a lot to everybody’s shock. The Dube has been an Outdated North staple for simply shy of 80 years; it initially closed in 2018 whereas it modified possession. Now let’s hope they bring about again the mural! Yow will discover the Blue Danube at 2439 N. Excessive St.
• The primary Columbus location of Bitty & Beau’s Espresso opens this Saturday, Might 3 at 10 a.m. It’s situated at 3110 Kingsdale Heart in Higher Arlington. Bitty & Beau’s opened their first store in 2016 in Wilmington, N.C., and has a mission to make use of individuals with mental and developmental disabilities.
• A second Columbus-area location of Roots Pure Kitchen opens this Saturday, Might 3 at 808 Grandview Ave. Roots first opened in Charlottesville, V.A. in 2015 and options simply over a dozen shops across the east coast and mid-Atlantic area. It’s centered on health-conscious bowls and salads. The primary Columbus Roots opened at 10 E. Fifteenth Ave. in early 2022.
• A brand new cocktail bar impressed by mid-century desert getaways known as Palm Valley Cocktails opens in the present day – Friday, Might 2 – at 6770 Riverside Dr. in Dublin’s Bridge Park.
• A brand new espresso store known as Vongdara’s celebrates its grand opening in the present day – Friday, Might 2 – from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Positioned within the foyer of 700 Bryden in Olde Towne East, Vongdara’s provides drip espresso, chilly brew, sizzling and iced tea, lattes, Vietnamese iced espresso, and different drinks.
• Beginning this weekend, Mad Moon Craft Cidery will open its taproom the primary Saturday of each month from 1-8 p.m. They provide indoor and outside seating, plus 9 ciders on faucet, growler fills, bottles and bombers, and merchandise for buy. Mad Moon is situated at 2134 Britains Lane on the northeast aspect.
• Soul 2 Go Cafe, which contains a storefront in downtown Columbus and a carryout/supply location in Linden, introduced that it’ll add a Gahanna location on North Hamilton Street. A precise opening date has but to be introduced.
• Ziggy’s Beer & Wine in Harrison West launched its personal meals truck, Ziggy’s Fusion, this week at 184 W. Fifth Ave. The truck contains a wide-ranging halal menu of samosas, fries, burgers, pastas, subs, rice bowls, and extra.
• Mark your calendars: Columbus Meals Adventures’ subsequent Supper Membership arrives on Might 21 and options chef Lara Pipia. It’s certain to be glorious! (And you may style her work at her Sunday brunch pop-up at Antiques on Excessive.)
• The outside farmers market season is returning! The Clintonville Farmers Market kicked off final week, and the award-winning Worthington Farmers Market transitions again to open air in Outdated Worthington this Saturday, Might 3. Hours for Worthington’s outside market are 8 a.m. to midday. The Dublin Market at Bridge Park additionally returns this Saturday.

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