Friday Meals Bites: Char Bar reopens, Echo Spirits increasing, Apollo’s closing, Bristol Republic shifting

Picture courtesy @charbarcolumbus on Instagram

Whew! I take one week off from reporting Columbus restaurant information, and SO MUCH occurs! Right here’s the most recent:

• Followers of Char Bar, rejoice! After being closed since a automobile hit it final September, the beloved dive bar on Excessive Road close to the Conference Middle reopened yesterday.
• A campus establishment has closed! After practically 50 years in enterprise, Apollo’s Greek Kitchen closed up store this week. The house will quickly get replaced by Burger Royale, an area meals truck.
• Echo Spirits Distilling Co. introduced that it’s increasing to Powell in partnership with R&S Vineyards. The brand new cocktail bar, dubbed Echo Spirits on the Vine, shall be related to the newly bought R&S. The distillery will function the tasting room and bar at 3510 Clark-Shaw Rd.
• Bristol Republic introduced final week that will probably be leaving its Brief North location and shifting to a brand new two-level location in Dublin’s Bridge Park later this yr. The brand new house, discovered at 4495 Bridge Park Ave., will enable for extra stay music, in addition to expanded foods and drinks choices.
• Rise Manufacturers introduced final week that the unique 16-Bit Bar + Arcade location at 254 S. Fourth St. downtown closed. There are six extra 16-Bit places nonetheless, however just one in central Ohio, in Dublin.
• Final week, the Hilton Downtown introduced that head chef Sebastian la Rocca has left as the manager chef of its two eating places, FYR and Tales on Excessive. A precise motive wasn’t given for the departure, other than the chef saying he wanted “private time to give attention to my passions” on social media.
• The Brazilian steakhouse chain Fogo de Chāo opened this week at 1425 Polaris Pkwy.
• Dublin-based gelato and panini spot Ciao Café opened its second location just lately, this one at 214 Thurman Ave. in German Village.
• Borgata Pizza Cafe introduced that will probably be leaving Budd Dairy Meals Corridor after Sunday, April 6. Borgata was one of many unique distributors on the meals corridor; their Linworth restaurant stays open.
• Espresso Air in Westerville introduced a brand new matcha and chocolate store referred to as WestHouse, coming to 21 E. State St. in Uptown Westerville later this yr.
• This week Mikey’s Late Night time Slice launched its personal canned cocktail line, referred to as Mikey’s Hooch. The choices embrace a trio of drinks: Lemon Drop, Pineapple Mojito, and Bourbon Mule. They’ll initially be accessible at Mikey’s Excessive & Vine, 4th Road, OSU, OTR, and Oddfellows/Brief North places.
• Tomatillos Genuine Mexican Restaurant moved from its Linworth dwelling to a brand new storefront at 7838 Olentangy River Rd. in the identical plaza at Hills Market.
• Bake Me Completely happy opens a brand new idea referred to as Core Café at Bob Crane Group Middle in Higher Arlington on Monday, April 7. The cafe options espresso, pastries, and seize and go meals from a wide range of native distributors. The middle is situated at 3200 Tremont Rd.
• Taco chain Del Taco has opened its third Ohio location at 8787 Owenfield Dr. in Powell. This joins places in Whitehall and Marion. (Hopefully they’ve freesh avah-cadoo!)

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