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Procter & Gamble-owned Old Spice plans to open its first-ever brick and mortar barber shop in Columbus and bring celebrity hair stylists to central Ohio. The barber shop is scheduled to open on March 1 in the University Gateway development along North High Street. Celebrity barbers like Florido, Benjamin Thigpen, Matt Johnston= and Pat Regan are scheduled to come to Columbus for a weekend residency program, a news release said. The barbers, who have styled hair for famous actors and athletes,...

Wendys introduces jalapeno popper sandwich and salad Columbus-based Wendys is offering the chance to try its new jalapeno popper sandwich for free with an order from the third-party delivery app GrubHub. Wendys recently added the Jalapeno Popper Chicken Sandwich and the Jalapeno Popper Chicken Salad to its offerings. The sandwich features a spicy chicken filet topped with jalapeno cream cheese, six jalapeno slices, three strips of bacon, cheddar cheese and shredded pepper jack cheese. The sal...

After years of delays and preparation, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants is finally ready to open Budd Dairy Food Hall, which holds nine restaurant concepts and two Cameron Mitchell-run bars inside an old dairy facility in Italian Village. With the opening just weeks away, the company provided a look inside the food hall, which will host its first guests April 6 beginning at 4 p.m.  The 14,000-square-foot building at 1086 N. 4th St. features nine restaurants surrounding a rectangular bar on a groun...

Craft breweries, however, are still opening at a healthy clip. Since the pandemic reached the Buckeye State, nine breweries have opened in central Ohio and five have closed. Statewide, 47 opened and 15 closed. The trend doesn’t necessarily mean that small breweries are thriving — although few would argue the coronavirus robbed Ohio of its appetite for craft beer. Most openings were in the works prior to the pandemic, as a craft brewery typically takes months or years to go from the drawing ...

Restaurant owners and managers say a rule capping the commission third party delivery services can charge them is a boon for Columbus eateries, although a handful still think fees charged by such services are too high. In November, the City Council temporarily limited fees taken by companies like DoorDash, UberEats, PostMates and GrubHub, which use independent drivers to deliver meals for local restaurants, at 15% of a customers bill. The limit ends 120 days after capacity restrictions are l...

Jenis Ice Cream, Bidens favorite, rolls out a new flavor for inaugaration

An ongoing shortage of aluminum cans is forcing some central Ohio breweries to get creative, find different suppliers or sell less beer. The shortage has been on the horizon for months, but brewers say it is now impacting the way they package and sell beer. The use of aluminum cans by craft breweries was on the rise before the coronavirus pandemic, but demand skyrocketed as the virus proliferated and consumers shifted from draft beers purchased in bars and restaurants, to packaged beers sold in...

High commodity prices hit Ohio restaurants hard Early in the coronavirus pandemic, Taranto’s Pizza in Lewis Center had problems acquiring two staple pizza ingredients: pepperoni and cheese. “We had a shortage of pepperoni at one point, and then the price went up, and then cheese prices went sky high,” owner Debbie Taranto said. “It made a noticeable dent” in our revenue. Restaurants throughout Ohio experienced similar shortages and price increases through the coronavirus pandemic, as ...

Unruly customers add to servers’ COVID-19 challenges By Patrick Cooley - The Columbus Dispatch While most customers abide by coronavirus restrictions, one study says 78% of service industry workers have experienced hostility from customers over masks and social distance guidelines. Columbus Dispatch file photo Read more about the pandemic response at LimaOhio.com/tag/coronavirus. COLUMBUS — Nine months after the coronavirus infected the first Ohioans, bar and restaurant workers say they c...

Restaurants throughout Ohio are buying ventilation and air filtration systems to better circulate the air inside their eateries, hoping the purchases make customers and workers feel safer during the coronavirus pandemic. Infectious disease experts largely approve, although they, along with some restaurant owners, say a ventilation system is not a panacea against the virus, which has killed more than 8,000 Ohioans since March. Coronavirus is known to linger in the air, but outdoor spaces and w...