Openings and announcements
Reynoldsburg bakery Le Vieux Lyon is set to reopen in a new, larger location at 1792 Brice Road. The bakery, which has been renamed Bakery and French Market Le Vieux Lyon, will hold its grand reopening at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 12. In Vieux Lyon, baker Manira Camara sells a rotating menu of pastries such as croissants, danishes, canelés, éclairs and fruit tarts as well as baguettes, croque monsieur and more. After. The new location will feature a selection of French market items as well as expanded dining seating, giving customers a salon de thé (tea room) experience.
A new steakhouse is planned for Easton Town Center, which recently left longtime tenant Smith & Wollensky. Cut132, a minority-owned “modern steakhouse”, will soon open on the ground floor of the Aloft Columbus Easton hotel at 4188 Brighton Rose Way. According The Despatch of ColumbusVirginia-based Thompson Hospitality Group is behind the new restaurant, which is aiming to open in January.
It’s time to place your Thanksgiving pie orders before it’s too late. Accepting pre-orders now are local bakeries such as Ohio pies (apple crumble, pumpkin); dough mum (bourbon maple pecan, buckeye cream); and Resch Bakery(cherry, sweet potato).
The Ohio Valley-style ‘za is back at Hilliard. After closing its Hilliard storefront earlier this year, DiCarlo’s Pizza reopened last week at 4142 Main St. Franchisees Mike and Sarah Carlson, owners of DiCarlo’s Westerville location, are behind the resurgence of the Hilliard pizzeria.
In case you missed it, North Market Bridge Park announced last week that Hai Poke will soon join the family of market food vendors at 6750 Longshore St. The Hawaiian-inspired tuna poke spot is slated to open this winter.
Events
Tickets are now on sale for the next edition of and friends, a series of pop-up dinner parties featuring chef Matthew Heaggans and his pals. The December 3 dinner, featuring Heaggans, Laura Lee, Matt Swint and Mark Tolentino, will be held at Columbus State Community College’s Degrees Restaurant. To purchase tickets and find out when the next dinners are, visit andfriendscmh.com.
French bakery and bistro La Châtelaine organizes its annual Beaujolais Nouveau wine dinner on Thursday 17 November. Diners will have the option of enjoying a prix-fixe meal of Toulouse cassoulet and Beaujolais wine at La Châtelaine’s Upper Arlington and Worthington establishments or ordering Beaujolais Nouveau dinner boxes to take home. . Head over to lachatelainebakery.com to pre-order your dinner box, which includes a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau Rouge 2022.
Temporary closures
In a bizarre series of unrelated events, several Columbus businesses were forced to temporarily close last week after cars crashed into their storefronts. Last Wednesday, a vehicle rammed the window of the Short North steakhouse/nightclub Galla Park Steak, injuring two people. According to Columbus Expeditiona vehicle also caused serious damage to the main entrance of Ibex Ethiopian bar and restaurant at 1024 Shady Lane Road. Then a few hours later, the ice cream sandwich shop social sandwich was forced to temporarily close its doors after a car collided with its storefront at 869 N. Fourth St. in Italian Village.
