Friday Meals Bites: Mission Espresso returning to Brief North, Adelaide’s closes, Silav Cafe opens

There’s all the time loads taking place within the Columbus restaurant world! Right here’s the most recent:

• On social media lately, Mission Espresso Co. teased a return to its unique retailer at 11 Value Ave. within the Brief North. Extra particular particulars haven’t been launched, comparable to a timeline or the state of its espresso store and roastery at 2060 S. Excessive St.
• After lower than a 12 months in enterprise, Adelaide’s Gin Joint within the Previous North has closed and the enterprise is up on the market.
• A brand new Kurdish restaurant referred to as Silav Cafe & Grill has opened downtown at 330 S. Excessive St., within the former Bonjour Cafe storefront. It’s at the moment open from 11 a.m. to six p.m. each day, with a grand opening approaching Aug. 11.
• The proprietor of Way of life Café in Olde Towne East shared that the enterprise can be transitioning in a roundabout way over the approaching days. It’s unclear if it’s a brand new iteration of the enterprise or a closure. Chef and proprietor Shanna Dean mentioned the cafe would run restricted hours and menu this weekend, Aug. 3-4. (Learn extra in regards to the cafe in my 2022 function on for Ohio Journal.)
• A brand new fried hen spot referred to as Overdose Scorching Hen smooth opened this week at 3260 W. Broad St. within the Hilltop. Quite a few residents and a few native officers have complained in regards to the title, particularly given the restaurant’s proximity to dependancy therapy facilities close by.
• La Loma Mexican restaurant celebrates its grand opening this Saturday, Aug. 3. It’s situated at 3051 Northwest Blvd. in Higher Arlington. This joins places in Akron and Canton.
• The proprietor of Zammy’s Vegan Kitchen introduced that the plant-based eatery might be closing after enterprise on Saturday, Aug. 2. Zammy’s is situated at 1155 Worthington Woods Blvd.; it opened within the spring of 2022.
• It’s been confirmed that Korean fried hen chain CM Hen is opening a fourth central Ohio location at 1011 W. Fifth Ave. within the Fifth By Northwest. It’s slated to open someday this fall.
• A number of sources have reported that Three Creeks Kitchen & Cocktails will exchange the previous O’Toole’s Irish Pub at 258 Granville St. in Gahanna this fall.
• The Peanut Shoppe downtown has closed for normal hours in preparation for a transfer throughout Capitol Sq. underneath new homeowners. The store will nonetheless be open for pop-up hours associated to downtown occasions. (Learn extra in regards to the store and its historical past in my submit on Ohio.org!)
• I don’t know the way I missed this, however G’s Shepard Springs Café opened a couple of months again at 900 Sunbury Rd. within the Shepherd neighborhood.
• Ohio’s gross sales tax vacation kicked off this week and runs by way of midnight on Aug. 8. This 12 months the vacation was prolonged from seven days to 10, and consists of restaurant eating (however not alcohol purchases).

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