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A few of my favorite Restaurants around Columbus, Ohio.

Adriatico's 265 W. 11th 614-421-2300 Map it. Campus Some of the best pizza in Columbus. Small inside, don't always count on getting seats for everyone if you have a big party.
Akaihana 1173 Old Henderson Rd (614) 451-5411 Map it. Upper Arlington Formerly Restaurant Japan. Some of the best sushi in columbus. Restaurant widows Review I
Restaurant widows Review II
Aladdin's 1423 Grandview Ave # B 614-488-5565 Map it. Grandview Upscale Mediterranean food, reasonably priced.
Aladdin's 2931 North High St 614-262-2414 Map it. Clintonville Upscale Mediterranean food, reasonably priced.
Barley's 467 North High St 614-228-2537 Map it. Short North One of the First Micro Brew places in Columbus.
Bento Go-Go 1728 N. High St. 614-298-8817 Map it. Campus Fast food sushi, Pretty Good , I used to visit once a week.
Betty's Dinner 680 N High St 614-228-6191 Map it. Short North Great place for drinks. Hipster hangout, Hard to get a table. Lot of Fun drinks- cocktails.
Blue Danube 2439 N High St 614-261-9308 Map it. Campus Great campus hangout. Good beer and lots of good cheap food.
Bernie's 1896 N. High St 614-291-3448 Map it. Campus A dive but great food. Great music as well. Cheap Drinks.
Buckeye Donuts 1998 N High St 614-291-3923 Map it. Campus A campus institution.They have been on Late night Dave Attel, Prince has stopped by and well as a host of other characters. Open 24hrs. They have Gyros and fries as well.
Burgundy Room 641 N High St 614-464-9463 Map it. Short North Drinks - Tapas - Lounging
Chipotle 1298 W 5th Ave 614-481-0105 Map it. Grandview Tasty and filling food , Watch out for their Veggie Burrito, the version I usually get has ~1400 calories.
City Barbeque 2111 W Henderson Road 614-538-8890 Map it. Upper Arlington Great Barbeque place, my favorite in Columbus Actually.
City Barbeque 5979 E Main Street 614-755-8890 Map it. Reynoldsburg Great Barbeque place, my favorite in Columbus Actually.
City Barbeque 3758 W Powell Rd (614) 224-8224 Map it. Powell Great Barbeque place, my favorite in Columbus Actually.
Cup O' Joe 2990 N High St 614-447-7563 Map it. Clintonville Decent coffee, free internet, locally owned.
Cup O' Joe 1791 Olentangy River Rd 614-291-1563 Map it. Lennox Center Decent coffee, free internet, locally owned.
Cup O' Joe 588 S 3rd St 614-221-8888 Map it. German Village Decent coffee, free internet, locally owned.
El Vaquero 3230 Olentangy River Rd

614-261-0900 Map it. UA, Everywhere Some of the best Mexican food in Columbus
Flavors of India 59 Spruce St 614-228-1955 Map it. North Market Been eating their Naan lately.
High Five Bar 1227 N. High St 614-421-2998 Map it. Short North Great place on the edge of the short north to have a drink.
Hound Dogs Pizza 2657 N. High Street 614-261-4686 Map it. Clintonville Just north of campus good pizza open till 7:00am or 24 hours depending.
Japanese Oriental Restaurant 2283 North High St. 614-299-6544
Map it. Campus Great little place for sushi and Korean food.
Restaurant Widows review
Kooma 37 Vine St 614-224-3239 Map it. Short North Interesting sushi place in the heart of the arena district. Decent sushi, upscale.
La Bamba 1956 N High St 614-294-5004 Map it. Campus Burrito's as big as your Head! Interesting authentic family Mexican. Usually open late, I always seem to not be able to handle their food though.
Mac's Cafe       Short North Great Scottish pub Guinness on draft at two temperatures.
Moe's grill 1980 North High Street 614-421-6637 Map it. Campus Cafeteria style Like chipotle, Decent different.
Mojo Lounge / Cup o' Joe on the Cap 600 N High St 614-225-1563 Map it. Short North

Another coffee house/ lounge owned by Stauf's and the same people that brought you cup o' joe
Here is a Mojo Lounge flickr photo stream and a
tribe.net on Mojo lounge stream
It took me forever to find this listing I thought it was called the Mojo lounge but in all the listings it just Cup O' Joe

Nida's Sushi 59 Spruce St 614-228-4470 Map it. North Market Great place to get sushi in the north market. Their roll combo is a great deal 18 pieces for ~10.95.
North Market 59 Spruce St 614-463-9664 Map it. Short North Great place to get fresh produce, meat, and fish. Lots of interesting food to go and eat in.
The Old Mohawk (review) 819 Mohawk Street 614-444-7204 Map it. German village They have Warsteiner on tap , and they are a nice little neighborhood place. Their food is pretty decent as well.
Panda Inn 1446 Bethel Rd 614-459-2229 Map it. Upper Arlington Karaoke bar serves food till 2:00 great place they even have a baby grand piano in the dining room. Full service bar.
Penn Station Subs 1257 W 5th Ave 614-488-7366 Map it. Grandview Tasty hot subs.
Press Grill 741 N High St 614-298-1014 Map it. Short North Good Burger get a double
Rivari room 2657 N. High Street 614-261-4686 Map it. Clintonville Next door to Hound Dogs Pizza and connected to it as well.
Shar-E-Punjab 1140 Kenny Square 614-538.9790 Map it. Upper Arlington Great Indian food one of my personal Favorites. Several different dinner vegetarian buffets
Shi-Sha lounge 2367 N. High St. 614- 299.2434 Map it. Campus Hookah lounge open until 4:00 am
Short North Tavern 674 N High St 614-221-2432 Map it. Short North Typical Bar food. The Heart and Soul of the Short North.
Silla 1802 Henderson Rd 614-459-5990 Map it. Upper Arlington Restaurant Widows Review open late till 2:00am
Skully's Music Diner 1151 N. High St. 614-291-8856 Map it. Short North A great place for happy hour 1.00 domestics and 1.00 well drinks till 9:00pm (picture of their marquee from tribe.net)
Spice 491 Park St 614-224-7840 Map it. Short North Drinks Happy hour Upscale. Dance room open Fridays, Saturdays.
St. James Tavern 1057 N 4th St 614-294-0064 Map it. Short North Little Hipster Bar owned by two women. Guinness and Bass on draft, and quite a few other interesting beers. I think they are like 3.00 a glass all the time. Cool place. Live music upstairs on Saturdays.
Surly Girl Saloon 1126 N High St 614-294-4900 Map it. Short North Just opened by the people of Betty's. Across the street from Scully's.
Taco-ninja 2216 Summit St 614-268-4880 Map it. Campus Assassinate your hunger.
Tensuke 1167 Old Henderson Rd 614-451-6002 Map it. Upper Arlington Formerly Grocery Japan, A great place to get take out sushi. Restaurants widows Review
Union Station 630 N High St 614-228-3546 Map it. Short North A Video Cafe, good for a fast lunch a interesting place for drinks in the evening.
Zen Sushi 505 N. High St 614-222-1000 Map it. Short North Convair belt sushi... Sushi that moves.: )
This week story about it
Forum talking about it
Zeta European Emporium 751 N High St 614-421-7122 Map it. Short North Great little family owned greek place in the Short North.

 

A couple of other useful guides.

The Chef Moz Project a really cool side project of the Open Directory Project.

The Cd101 dining guide, listener supported.

City Search Review site for columbus -everything

A Sushi guide for columbus.

Columbusbooks.com a directory of all the bookstores in Columbus, Ohio.

Another restaurant guide for columbus.

Yahoo's guide to korean restaurants in columbus.

Sushi pilgrim one mans quest to visit every sushi restaurant in the US.

A Guide to the North Campus Area.

Some local news affiliate page on restaurants.

A great blog on eating in columbus: Restaurant widow

Origins convention guide

Columbus Dispatch listings

(Last updated 3-15-07)

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