We talk about the resurgence of downtown dining (after dark).
Downtown Pioneers:
Liz Lessner’s restaurants (Columbus Food League): Tip Top, Jury Room & Dirty Franks.
Due Amici (Gay Street) & Barrio (High Street)
New restaurants in 2011:
T Murray’s (High Street, Brewery District)
Harvest Pizzeria (Just off Livingston)
Milestone 229 (Scioto Mile)
Element Pizzeria (S Third St.)
Market 65 (State St.)
Mojoe Lounge (In the Lazarus Building)
Jury Room (Mound St.)
Coming soon:
De Novo (High St. Opposite Columbus Commons) Late October
Sidebar (in the former Brownstone space at 122 E. Main St.) Early November
Dempsey’s (High Street, just south of the Westin) by the end of 2011.
More downtown:
Which new downtown restaurants have you tried?
Underwriter:

I so love being a foody in Columbus. We have so much now that wasn’t here 20 years ago.
On Downtown dining, don’t forget Shadowbox Live, which recently moved from Easton. Their Bistro has a Lentil soup that is to die for.