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Start Your Own Story: the bar at Epic is the perfect place to begin a love affair with one of Columbus’ premier restaurants

Posted on September 13, 2018September 2, 2024 by Tom Ingram

“A lot of people don’t seem to know you can come in and just enjoy the bar,” Adam Icard explained one Monday evening at Epic Restaurant (1201 Front Avenue, Columbus) where he works. This is Adam’s story: Adam has spent most of his restaurant career behind a grill, but over the past year has transitioned to baking and pastry work. He compares baking, now his primary passion, to chemistry, and enjoys the challenge of experimenting…

Stepping out from under the umbrella: a few fresh takes on rum

Posted on August 9, 2018August 9, 2018 by Tom Ingram

When most of us think of rum, we think of sipping something tropical, fruity, exotic, and usually garnished with a paper umbrella. But there is more to rum than just a beachy, fruity frozen sipper. Because Aug. 16 is designated as National Rum Day, I felt it was time to revisit my rum shelf on the bar and see what I could come up with besides the standards—daiquiris, pina coladas, or cuba libre. If you like scotch…

Restaurant Week 2018: through local partnerships, nonprofit Giving Kitchen provides emergency assistance to restaurant workers in times of crisis

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Juliana Cowart was working in the service industry when she learned she needed surgery. What she could not predict was how the doctors, when they went in for exploratory surgery, would need to correct a hernia and remove her appendix. Abdominal surgery is complicated and often dangerous. Juliana’s situation, unfortunately, is not uncommon. Her full recovery time was supposed to be six weeks, but there were complications. The complications were not medical. First, to prepare…

The Wicked Hen: Midtown’s dining destination keeps getting better

Posted on June 7, 2018June 29, 2019 by Tom Ingram

In some ways, not much has changed—except for a beautifully remodeled dining room, new menu options and live music, Wicked Hen (1350 13th Street, Columbus) remains, as it was last year when we first wrote about it, Midtown’s premier destination restaurant. But that’s why Wicked Hen still sets the bar, and a high bar at that: from atmosphere to delectable fare, The Wicked Hen team, unwilling to rest on past success, is always looking to…

Cocktails: summer sipping recipes

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Tom Ingram

As I sit at my laptop and begin to write this article, it is still early April and the weather is seesawing daily between the 40s and 80s. Hopefully by the time you are reading this the weather will have settled down a bit, and warmer weather will be here to stay, at least for a while. As we transition from winter to spring, cocktails change from the dark cocktails of winter to a light,…

Food and Drink, May 2018

Posted on May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Columbus Craft Beer Bash #2 Celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the second annual Craft Beer Bash with Chattahoochee Harley-Davidson. Tickets are $35 on the day of the event. More than 100 beers from 28 Georgia craft breweries. May 5, noon – 5 p.m., Chattahoochee Harley-Davidson, 3230 Williams Road, Columbus Books & Brews Book Club Hosted by the Mildred L. Terry Public Library, part of the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries system. May 5, 2 – 4 p.m.,…

A Day at Omaha Brewing Co.: Columbus’s craft beer brewery in Omaha, Ga.

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Tom Ingram

It was the first truly fine day of the year, an unusually warm 77 degrees on a bright February day, when Tyson Anthony, a representative for Omaha Brewing Company, invited us down for a tour of the brewery. After our tour, we sat at a table in the tap room, a spacious retreat whose garage-style doors were open to the patio, admitting a cooling breeze and the several dogs hanging out with us that day….

A Mom on a Mission: Gus’s Drive-In & Restaurant

Posted on February 17, 2018 by Tom Ingram

by Chantel Baul More than fifty years ago, a mother in Florida received an opportunity to own and operate an out-of-town restaurant. Ambitious as she was, she packed up her three children and moved them to Columbus where she opened Gus’s Drive-In & Restaurant on Victory Drive. That woman was Mama Gus, the hardworking, compassionate and dedicated restauranteur who patrons have known and loved for decades. Throughout the late sixties and seventies, Mama Gus’s drive-in…

Five Top 5s with Jud Richardson

Posted on February 6, 2018June 29, 2019 by Tom Ingram

My name is Jud Richardson and I am the roaster and owner of Fountain City Coffee. While I’ve owned the shop for five years, I’ve been working there since 2005. It’s been my goal to see the place thrive and to provide a refuge for folks while also roasting the best beans around! I have also never run out of radishes.” Barista questions 1. What is your spirit animal? 2. What is in the village…

Food and Drink, February 2018

Posted on February 3, 2018February 2, 2018 by Tom Ingram

Quick & Easy Recipe Shop Do you have a favorite quick-and-easy recipe, or would you like to find a new favorite? We all love fresh cooked meals, but we don’t all have the time to spend hours in the kitchen. Join us for an opportunity to exchange recipes and trade cooking tips! You do not have to bring a recipe to attend, but if you do, please bring enough copies for everyone, a dozen should…

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