Monday, April 2 2018

Loads of local restaurant news, plus your weekly events guide. 🍕🍔🍲

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Hello Monday. It's James.

I try to eat locally when I can, but one of my great frustrations when it comes to chains is that Columbus still hasn't landed a Shack Shack. It is a daily pain that I just have to live with, at least until that future day comes when they announce a central Ohio location.

But for now, Preston's

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Preston's is a pop-up that has been located at Three Sheets, but will now be moving to Woodlands Backyard in Grandview at the end of April. The Shack Shack comparison does seem fair given the devoted following they have quickly amassed. This is a place I need to check out.

Monday Weather 🌡❄️⛅️You'll be waking up to as much as two inches of snow, because sure, why not? High of 49 and partly sunny. It'll be 71 tomorrow because you live in Ohio and need to be reminded sometimes.

Navigator Originals ✏️Zoe Cafe In Bexley Has Closed And Harvest Pizzeria Is Moving InZoe Cafe had some serious ups and downs over the years when it came to reviews, so while the suddenness is a surprise, the closure isn't. Harvest Pizzeria will be taking their space, but no word yet on an open date.Huong Vietnamese Restaurant Will Be Back This May… Pho Real!Huong Vietnamese Restaurant temporarily closed after the chef suffered a serious injury in December, but the restaurant will be re-opening May 2nd, bringing back some of the best pho in the city.

Around Town 🏘The Republican primary for governor has gotten surprisingly ugly, surprisingly fast. Mike DeWine has posted tweets calling for Mary Taylor to be locked up (due to a travel funds ethics breach), and now he's calling her a liar in his newest ad, while touting himself as a "rock-sold conservative". [Dispatch/Ludlow]Ohio State's synchronized swimming team won their 31st (!) national title on Saturday. [Eleven Warriors]A new pilot program is aiming to move low income mothers out of precarious living situations and into the suburbs, with the philosophy that a geographical cure can work in situations where the "low opportunity" neighborhoods (their phrasing) might be years or decades away from seeing positive change. They are looking to place families into two bedroom apartments in the Hilliard, Dublin, Olentangy and Gahanna school districts, on bus lines. [Columbus Underground]

Weekly Concert Calendar: 👨‍🎤🎸🎹4/2: Wolf Alice (Newport Music Hall)4/3: Kyle Craft (The Basement)4/3: Kelsea Ballerini (Express Live!)4/4: Curtis Harding (The Basement)4/5: Timeflies (Newport Music Hall)4/5: Malaa (The Bluestone)4/5: Brad Paisley (Schottenstein Center)4/6: Thirdstory (A&R Music Bar)4/6: Twin Peaks (Newport Music Hall)4/6: Naked Classics: Stravinsky’s Pulcinella (Southern Theatre)4/6-7: Symphonie Fantastique (Ohio Theatre)4/7: Steve Moakler (The Basement)4/7: Janine (A&R Music Bar)4/7: Urban Jazz Coalition (Copious Notes)4/7: Jesse Cook (Lincoln Theatre)4/7: Pop Evil (Newport Music Hall)4/7-8: Stravinsky & Beethoven (Southern Theatre)4/8: Wild Child (A&R Music Bar)4/8: Eagles (Nationwide Arena)4/8: Lucy Dacus (The Basement)

Longread 📦One of the smartest real estate plays in recent decades might surprise you. Self storage is a $32.7 billion industry, and almost 10% of Americans rent a self storage unit, paying an average of $91.14 per month.Curbed: Self-storage: How warehouses for personal junk became a $38 billion industry

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