Restaurants

Josh Dalton, owner of Vertias and Speck Italian Eatery, plans to feature cuisine inspired by the coastlines from Barcelona to Lebanon in the space at 229 Civic Center Drive in Bicentennial Park.

Toro Meat Market will open at 150 Gay Street and Dos Hermanos will be located at 16 North High Street. Opening dates for the businesses are not yet set.

Athanasios "Tommy" Pappas passed away in December at the age of 71. Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther and other city and community officials unveiled the sign Thursday to honor Pappas.

The news comes after the grilled-cheese-based restaurant and bar closed 12 of its 13 Ohio locations, including two in Columbus, over the last two years.

Athanasios "Tommy" Pappas passed away at 71 on Monday. His son and the diner's current owner, Michael Pappas, posted a message to the diner's Facebook page announcing his father's death.

Mikey's Late Night Slice and Dirty Frank's Hot Dog Palace plan to open spots on North High Street, hoping to attract students to their brands. Neither business has opened a brick-and-mortar store around Ohio State in the past.

These food court-bar hybrids are popping up more and more around Columbus in recent years. But some are as old as the 19th-century North Market downtown. Budd Dairy in Italian Village and Bubbly in New Albany are two other newer examples.

The Cleveland-area company filed for federal bankruptcy protection on June 14. Melt currently has one Columbus-area restaurant in Easton. Its other Columbus-area restaurant, which was located in the Short North, closed in 2022.

FreshAI and Wendy's launched the technology at four Columbus stores and hopes to expand to more in Columbus and eventually to another test market in Florida.

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