Where we eat in Columbus
Every restaurant we’ve covered on the show — pinned, sorted, and ready for the next time you’re staring at a menu. Updated every Friday.
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“I’ve never been less surprised that something this good was hiding in a place this unlikely.” — Kate
“The best 12 pieces of fish I’ve eaten this year, in a strip mall, in Ohio.” — Matt
“The mango cake. That’s the whole pitch. Just go get the mango cake.” — Bob
“Vanilla milk that ruined other vanilla milks for me. I’m sorry.” — Kate
“The biryani has weight. As in, you’ll feel it in your soul.” — Matt
“This is what a grocery store should feel like. Not a Whole Foods. This.” — Bob
The Top 10 Cheat Sheet
The ten Columbus restaurants we’d take any out-of-towner to first. Same list that goes in the email signup PDF — but here’s the open version, free, no email required. (We don’t take ourselves that seriously.)
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Haru OmakasePolarisGet the chef’s choice. Don’t ask questions. Trust the strip mall.
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Mean Mug WingsWesterville · in the VFWSix-flavor flight + the Wing-A-Roni. Tuesdays only, ideally.
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KKP BakeryNorth MarketMango cake. Take a whole one home, eat it on the couch, regret nothing.
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Sunrise MarketNorth SideNot a restaurant — a grocery. The best produce in town. Take a friend.
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BawarchiHilliardHyderabadi biryani. Their lunch buffet on a Sunday.
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DK DinerGrandviewThe cinnamon roll, the coffee, the breakfast sandwich. Saturday morning ritual.
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Cap City DinerGrandview / DublinFor pie. Always for pie. Don’t fight us on this.
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Little Ten’s MarketItalian VillageSandwiches that feel like an aunt made them. They did.
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North Market vendorsDowntownJeni’s, Hot Chicken Takeover, and three more. A weekend afternoon at minimum.
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Pho ChefOld NorthThe bún bò Huế. Order it spicy. Then order more.
Run a place we haven’t covered?
If you run a Columbus restaurant — or you just love one we should be eating at — tell us where to go next. We read every submission.