Friday Meals Bites: Maple Avenue Biscuits joins Worthington, Safia Sweets closing, Hiraeth opens quickly

There’s all the time quite a bit taking place within the Columbus restaurant world! Right here’s the newest:

• Safia Sweets & Kitchen introduced on social media this week that it’s going to shut subsequent month on Aug. 20. The upscale Somali restaurant, positioned at 2375 Silver Dr., opened this April within the former Large Boy subsequent to Historic Crew Stadium, serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a mix of Somali, Italian, and American dishes.
• Maple Avenue Biscuits, which debuted its first central Ohio location at Polaris earlier this yr, opens a location at 7105 N. Excessive St. in Worthington right now. The Jacksonville, Florida-based chain, owned by Cracker Barrel, plans extra areas throughout central Ohio.
• Hiraeth, the forthcoming restaurant from the homeowners of Chapman’s Eat Market and Ginger Rabbit Jazz Lounge, introduced that they may open to the general public on Aug. 9. Reservations go stay right now (July 28) at 10 a.m.
• Pat & Gracie’s opened its new downtown location yesterday at 121 S. Excessive St., within the former spot of BurgerIM and the Chintz Room.
• The ultimate day for Sideswipe Brewing is that this Sunday, July 30, they usually’re asking for assist to empty the kegs this weekend! Sideswipe has offered its house to Thunderwing Brewing, which can open someday this fall.
• This weekend can also be your remaining probability to go to Figlio’s Higher Arlington location at 3712 Riverside Dr. It’s closing on Saturday, July 29. Filgo’s house, the Golden Bear Middle, shall be torn down for redevelopment within the coming months. Their Grandview and Dayton areas stay open.
• In case you missed it, you will get breakfast from native meals vehicles each Wednesday morning from 7:30-10:30 a.m. on the Columbus Commons via the month of October. They’re additionally that includes a lunch-time meals truck meals courtroom each Thursday in season.
• This Saturday, July 29, beginning at 11 a.m., you’ll be able to cease by Bake Me Completely happy for a pop-up from Sloppy Shack, through which one among workers is shelling out house-made sloppy joe sandwiches!
• The Columbus Food & Wine Festival is that this Saturday and Sunday, July 29-30, at Gravity, 500 W. Broad St.
• The Columbus African Festival is that this Saturday and Sunday as nicely, at Genoa Park downtown.
• The Ohio EggFest, a celebration of all issues Large Inexperienced Egg, takes place this Saturday, July 29 from 10:30 a.m. to three:30 p.m. at Fortress Obetz.
• Lastly, I’m doing a digital speak on Wednesday, Aug. 23 with the Columbus Metropolitan Library, all about A Foodie’s Information to Columbus. You can register here!

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