🌰 Why is America’s best ramen in a literal hole-in-the-wall?! 🍜

And trust us, the surprises keep coming — from the places you ignore on your commute to a deep-fried pasta relic rising from the dead.

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Chuck Kluckhohn
December 08, 2025

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Eat & Drink

The Best Italian Sub in Columbus Is Hiding in This Clintonville Dive Bar

Tucked away in Clintonville, India Oak Grill is a dive bar serving up the best Italian sub in Columbus. No frills, just pure sandwich perfection.

Eat & Drink

This Hole-In-The Wall Restaurant in Springfield, Ohio Was Just Named the Best Ramen in America

Speakeasy Ramen in Springfield, Ohio was named the best ramen in America. Just 45 minutes from Columbus, this spot is more than worth the road trip.

🌆 Don’t judge a book by its cover…

In this case, the “book” is a bunch of spots in Central Ohio that look boring… until you walk in.

The kind of places that make you stop and go, “Wait—this is in there?”

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This Deep-Fried Brick of Pasta Was Columbus’ Most Famous Dish... Then Disappeared

Columbus once obsessed over the Pasta Salvi, a deep-fried brick of pasta that disappeared with B.G. Salvi’s. Turns out… it never really left.

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