Amy Bodiker Baskes

1 month ago | columbusmonthly.com | Amy Bodiker Baskes

Subourbon warms the Worthington area and beyond with its relaxed approach to southern food and whiskey. It's a place the whole family can enjoy together thanks to its $10 kids' menu. Amy Bodiker BaskesColumbus MonthlyChef Patrick Marker may have a bit of shopping problem.

Jan 15, 2025 | columbusmonthly.com | Linda Lee Baird |Amy Bodiker Baskes |Nicholas Dekker |Katy Smith

Our 10 favorite new places to eat showcase diverse cuisines, price points and neighborhoods. See Columbus' Best New Restaurants of 2025. We recommend trying a few yourself. Linda Lee Baird, Amy Bodiker Baskes, Nicholas Dekker and Katy SmithColumbus MonthlyWelcome to Columbus Monthly's Best New Restaurants of 2025. Our favorite new places to eat in Columbus showcase diverse cuisines, price points and neighborhoods.

Jan 15, 2025 | columbusmonthly.com | Amy Bodiker Baskes

It is said that if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. When Tania Alvarado looked around Columbus for the authentic food she and her family loved and remembered from her childhood in El Salvador, she came up short. So together, Tania and her husband, Edvin, created Calero’s Bar and Grill, a Salvadoran restaurant where their family could work and grow together.

Jan 15, 2025 | columbusmonthly.com | Amy Bodiker Baskes

Replicating a south Florida restaurant designed to evoke your favorite Mediterranean vacation at a mall in the Midwest is complicated. But in the capable hands of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, who have opened more than 100 restaurants across the country in the span of over 30 years, bringing Naples’ Del Mar to Easton (at the former Bon Vie Bistro location) just made good sense. Del Mar, meaning “of the sea,” is not strictly a seafood spot (though the restaurant offers plenty of it).

Aug 7, 2024 | columbusmonthly.com | Amy Bodiker Baskes

“Don’t shop on an empty stomach” is advice designed to prevent impulse purchases at the grocery store. If you’re visiting Carfagna’s culinary campus in Polaris, however, I might suggest the opposite: Come hungry.  For nearly 100 years, Carfagna’s has been a Columbus institution. Founder Saturnino “Sam” Carfagna opened his first market in Linden in 1937, specializing in live chickens and fresh meat.