Friday Meals Bites: Echo Spirits on the Vine, Paris Baguette open; Service opening The Line downtown

There’s all the time rather a lot taking place within the Columbus restaurant world! Right here’s the newest information:

• Echo Spirits Distillery opens its new tasting room, Echo Spirits on the Vine, at present – Friday, April 25 – at 3 p.m. The brand new tasting room is a positioned at 3510 Clark-Shaw Rd. in Powell, and is a partnership with the newly renamed R&S Vineyards.
• The South Korean bakery chain Paris Baguette opens its third Columbus-area location on Saturday, April 26 at 1369 W. Lane Ave. in Higher Arlington. This joins present shops at Polaris and at Easton. Click on right here to see their Easton retailer!
• It was introduced this week that Service Reduction Kitchen, the non-profit that helps service trade employees and operates Cafe Overlook downtown, will open a brand new culinary area referred to as The Line at 145 N. Grant Ave. downtown. The Line will function a restaurant, bar, and occasional store that’s a coaching and growth facility for restaurant employees, and can finally embrace a enterprise incubator area. (Full disclosure: I’m on the board of administrators for Service, and could be pleased to speak extra about it!)
• The Cafe on East Fifth, a brand new enterprise from seasoned restaurateurs Kevin and Lori Ames, opened final week at 260 E. Fifth Ave. in Weinland Park. It’s positioned in one of many many new developments alongside that stretch.
• Cincinnati’s Losanti Steakhouse introduced it should open its first Columbus location at 440 W. Broad St. within the Gravity growth. It’s changing Taft’s Brewporium, which closed final fall.
• The Moroccan bakery and brunch spot Maison Skalli introduced abruptly that it has closed its new Hilliard location at 3708 Fishinger Blvd., which opened a couple of month in the past. On social media they mentioned a brand new Hilliard location is on the best way already; their authentic Dublin retailer at 2746 Pageant Ln. is open as common.
• Downtown French restaurant Chouette simply earned the distinguished World’s French Restaurant certification by the French Affiliation of Grasp Restaurateurs. It’s considered one of 21 chosen eateries worldwide, and the one one within the U.S.

Some upcoming culinary occasions!

• The Every day Growler hosts a Bacon and Beer Tasting with the Hungarian Butcher this Saturday, April 26 at its Higher Arlington location.
• Rose Dough Donuts is internet hosting a Spring Fling pop-up with Tazita Espresso this Sunday, April 27 from 10 a.m. to midday at its forthcoming store, at 3375 N. Excessive St. in Clintonville.
• Columbus Meals Adventures hosts its subsequent Style Of occasion on Might 8 with Syed Abbas of Apna Bazaar and Tandoori Grill.

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