Friday Meals Bites: Mikey’s Dublin, Pine Coast Cafe, The Lion cocktail bar open; Dragon Donuts closes

There’s at all times so much occurring within the Columbus restaurant world! Right here’s the most recent:

• The Lion, a brand new cocktail bar at 2511 E. Fundamental St. in Bexley, celebrates its grand opening right this moment – Friday, Sept. 6. The bar is the primary foray of a brand new group known as Bexley Hospitality.
• After a smooth opening final week, Mikey’s Late Evening Slice formally opens its new location inside Pins Mechanical Co. in Dublin’s Bridge Park. That is the primary of two Mikey’s inside Pins; they’re changing the Weenie Surprise places that abruptly shuttered earlier this 12 months. A brand new Late Evening Slice on the Easton Pins can also be coming quickly.
• In the meantime, Mikey’s additionally introduced this week that they’ve retired the truck that’s been parked at Land-Grant Brewing. It can solely seem for infrequent occasions, the homeowners mentioned.
• The ultimate location of Dragon Donuts at Easton quietly closed just lately. The donut store first debuted in Grove Metropolis in 2018, earlier than increasing to Grandview and Easton. The unique two places closed in recent times as properly.
• A brand new sandwich store known as Pine Coast Cafe has opened at 3229 Hilliard Rome Rd. in Hilliard. It’s operated by the homeowners of Qamaria Yemeni Espresso Store in the identical plaza, and serves quite a lot of sandwiches, salads, and sides. Pine Coast’s first location is in Dearborn, Michigan.
• The homeowners of Echo Spirits Distilling Co. shared that they’ve acquired Soine Vineyards in Powell and are hiring for it.
• Budd Dairy Meals Corridor introduced that Burger Royale would be part of its Hatch incubator area beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 10. Their truck has been showing round central Ohio already, serving burgers impressed by the well-known opening scene in Pulp Fiction.
• A pair weeks in the past, Jamie’s Cheesesteaks started popping-up on the East Market. The homeowners beforehand operated the enterprise out of a storefront at Indian Mound Mall in Heath.
• The quick informal Mediterranean spot Agape opens a brand new location at 6589 Artesian Run in Delaware right this moment.
• The one central Ohio location of Cincinnati-based LaRosa’s Pizza has closed after 10 years in enterprise. It was positioned at 7048 Hospital Dr. in Dublin.
• The Gateway College District shared a latest replace about companies coming quickly to the neighborhood, which embrace an Auntie Anne’s/Cinnabon, a Mikey’s Late Evening Slice, and Schwarma Joe’s.
• Enterprise First shared this week {that a} sports activities bar known as Draft Day can be taking on the previous Smokehouse Brewing web site this fall.

And there are a couple of occasions arising!

• Columbus Oktoberfest is that this weekend on the Ohio Expo Middle!
• Chef Alana Shock hosts her subsequent pop-up dinner at GoreMade Pizza in Italian Village on Monday, Sept. 9.
• MySOMM is internet hosting a wine dinner with Chef’s Desk subsequent week Tuesday, Sept. 10 at Native Roots in Powell.
• Style of Clintonville is subsequent week Thursday, Sept. 12 at Mozart’s Cafe.
• Though its been open for some time, Casa Cacao in SoHud is celebrating a grand opening subsequent Thursday, Sept. 12 by providing 50% off drinks that friends haven’t tried but.

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