Forest
Forest, OH · Food & Drink
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One Ohio Marketplace Combines a Massive Indoor Shopping Center With an Outdoor Flea Market
A hardware store, a Fiesta dinnerware shop, and rows of outdoor flea market tables all share one property. That combo alone made me stop and look twice. Inside, a big building holds dozens of shops, bakeries, and food counters. Outside, open-air vendors set up with produce, collectibles, tools, and plenty of things nobody needs but everybody wants.
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These 11 Ohio Restaurants Prove Comfort Food Can Still Be Affordable
One Ohio diner flips pancakes that stretch 13 inches across. That’s wider than most dinner plates, and they share a menu with patty melts and disco fries. Another spot keeps more than 20 kinds of pie on hand. A third serves challah French toast from a bright 1941 building with a counter and booths.
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Columbus Restaurants With Private Dining Rooms Perfect for a Special Dinner
Planning a special occasion can be fun, but it quickly becomes challenging when trying to decide which experience will make your special occasion, well, special. When I was helping my mom figure out where to plan my dad’s retirement party, I started researching Columbus restaurants with private dining rooms and event spaces. I quickly realized there was essentially no guide to be found.
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She Started Making Ice Cream With Fruit From Her Backyard, and Her Ohio Business Grew Into a National Chain
Back in 1945, a woman named Alice Handel picked fruit from her own backyard and turned it into ice cream. She sold it from a little stand beside her husband’s gas station. I love that the whole story starts with a yard, a few fruit trees, and one stubborn idea. Alice made each batch herself.
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Pasture-raised grocery store opening inside of 1800s barn
A farm store north of Columbus is getting a major upgrade, and it’s promising to be “the Parthenon of pasture raised meat and dairy.”. Sweet Grass Dairy, located at 6049 Bryant Road in Fredericktown, is expanding its current operation with a new farm store inside an 1800s timber-framed barn. The family-owned farm is aiming to open the new space in early 2027.
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Diners Say Some Of The Best Wings In Columbus, Ohio Come From A Tavern In A Historic Building
Some people drive across town for a plate of wings, and a few have gone back to the same spot twice in one week. That kind of loyalty usually points to something worth knowing about. In downtown Columbus, one tavern has earned praise as a home for some of the...
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For Ribs, Ohio Locals Point You To This Decades-Old BBQ Shack Right Beside A Runway
Some lunch spots come with a parking lot view, but this one comes with propellers. On the west side of Columbus, a small airport hums along, and right next to it sits a barbecue shack that locals have trusted for around six decades. Planes take off and land while plates...
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Additional Ohio stores close as once-viral cookie chain faces slumping sales
A chain described as the “country’s fastest growing cookie chain” as recently as 2023 has closed multiple other Ohio stores, but that’s just how the cookie Crumbls. In addition to the closure of Crumbl Cookies’ Easton location shuttering earlier this month, the brand that began going viral on social media in 2021 has also recently closed stores in Brooklyn, Ohio and Lakewood, Ohio, according to a Restaurant Business report.
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6 Old-School Ohio Drive-Ins Where Footlong Hot Dogs Come With Ice-Cold Root Beer Floats
One Ohio drive-in opened in the spring of 1937, and its menu has stayed almost the same for more than 80 years. That means footlongs and homemade root beer have outlasted a lot of fads. Another stand hooks a tray right onto your car door. Suddenly your window becomes a...
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These Eight Ohio Diners Have Been Running For More Than 8 Years
Ohio has plenty of new brunch spots, but some of the best plates in the state come from diners that have been flipping pancakes for years. These are the places with counter stools, pie cases, and menus that have not needed a makeover. A few date back to the 1940s,...