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🌰 Deep fried pancake batter... yeah, you need to try this 🥞

🌰 Deep fried pancake batter... yeah, you need to try this 🥞

Plus the fried chicken restaurant that suddenly shuttered, the most beautiful restaurant in the country, and so much more!

August 18, 2025

Things to Do | Eat & Drink

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Food & Drink News

Hot Chicken Takeover Just Suddenly Closed Its Clintonville Location: Why This One Hurts More

Hot Chicken Takeover just closed its Clintonville location, and it hurts. Here’s what we know, what it means, and why this one hits so hard.

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Together With Bendi Wok N’ Bar

This Asian Fusion Spot in Columbus Has a Hidden Bowl You Can Only Get 15 Hours a Week… and It’s Only $6

We came to Bendi Wok N’ Bar for the messy fries. We stayed because we accidentally fell in love with a secretive Samurai Bowl and a cocktail named after Fairly Odd Parents (2000s kids, where you at?)

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🌰 The Most Beautiful Restaurant in the Country, Here?

_{Columbus is no stranger to the national spotlight (looking at you Donald’s Donuts, Ohio State Football, cars crashing into small businesses… you get the point).}

_{But in an industry where it’s super difficult to stand out, Jeff Ruby’s in Columbus has done just that, making the Top 50 most beautiful restaurants in America…}