Friday Food Bites: Dos Hermanos joins Easton, Hot Chicken opens in Grandview, Daily Growler celebrates 10 years

There’s always a lot going on in the Columbus restaurant world! Here’s the latest:

• Dos Hermanos Tacos will open its new Easton store at 3946 Morse Crossing on Monday, December 19th. Located in the former Edamame space, the new store includes a full liquor license. It joins the original Dos Hermanos food truck and stands at both North Market locations.
• Hot Chicken Takeover opens its newest store today, Friday, December 16th. It takes over the former Sweet Carrot/Rife’s Market space at 1417 Grandview Ave. This is their sixth location in central Ohio and their seventh overall.
• Today The Daily Growler turns 10! To celebrate the occasion at their first store (2812 Fishinger Rd. in Upper Arlington), they’re hosting food trucks, selling merchandise, featuring guest bartenders and special beer tappings, and more. They’ve also collaborated with Columbus Brewing Company on a special IPA brewed just for the occasion. Find more details here.
• Business First This week broke the news that North High Brewing will be closing its original Short North taproom at the end of the year. This comes amid major expansion for the brewery elsewhere, such as an upcoming taproom in Westerville.
• Multiple sources have reported that Saddleberk has closed its North Market Downtown stand, citing the need to focus on its North Market Bridge Park store.
• Royal Flamingo Coffee will be hosting a pop-up open house at its roastery this Saturday, December 17th from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 1517 Hess St. from Grandview.
• Last weekend Portia’s Diner re-emerged as a plant-based pizza truck. The restaurant, a companion to Portia’s Cafe in Clintonville, closed last summer. The cafe itself remains open.
• Hashi in Granville announced last week that it had closed. The closure was followed by a little online drama in which a former employee took over the Instagram feed and posted a message criticizing the owners.
• 614 shared this week that a new Korean fried chicken chain called bb.q chicken will open its first location in Columbus next week. It will be located at 17 E. Lane Ave. near the campus.

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