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Columbus Ohio is not always sunny in the winter (there's an understatement.)   I was glad to see sunshine on Monday morning before the rain came.  I should have run out and grabbed some pictures but I did not.  I need a sunnier photo of Worthington for my Facebook profile.

Winter in Columbus Ohio is "Kinda" Blue

I have a new "Fresh Facts" from First Watch in my mailbox from their Sun eClub this morning.  This month (maybe the Sun eClub newsletter comes out more or less often?) is about "Beat the Winter Blues in 5 Easy Steps." 

Lack of sun can make people sad.  Lack of sun can make people eat comfort food to feel better according to the First Watch newsletter.  The newsletter is written for all of the chains locations?  I believe the restaurant chain started in Florida but it is as if this e-newsletter is speaking to central Ohio.   

First Watch's "Beat the Winter Blues in 5 Easy Steps" are

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1. Get enough sleep - they recommend 7 to 9 hours of sleep and 30 hours of heart pumping exercise
2. Eat lighter fare
3. Eat whole grains
4. Eat more fruits and vegtables
5. Don't be a hermit    "

Throughout the newsletter selections for lighter fare, whole grains, fruits and vegtables on the First Watch menu are highlighted. I am sure you can read the newsletter online (link above to their website.) There is a lot more detail about what each of the 5 steps means too. 

Columbus Ohio - First Watch locations

I have not been to the Worthington Mall First Watch location as much...I believe it was the first, First Watch in central Ohio a long time ago. I remember  long waits on Sunday mornings even when the mall was headed downhill. I guess we've gone there a couple of times in the last year on a Sunday, early and it was not a long wait.  Now with the mall being revitalized.... and is now called  'The Shops at Worthington Place.'  Weekday should be OK at First Watch in Worthington even though the mall is getting more and more tenants.  The First Watch at The Shops at Worthington place is on the east side of the mall, you can use the east entrance.  In nice weather there is outside dining.  That is only going to get nicer as the mall is remodeled inside and out.

We sometimes go to the Polaris area First Watch location at the Polaris Neighborhood Center (east of  I 71) 2103 Polaris Parkway, Columbus, Ohio 43240.  There is usually a wait but not as long as what I remember at the Worthington First Watch. 

First Watch restaurants are every where in central Ohio.  The Hilliard First Watch is at Mill Run Plaza.   There are First Watch locations in Upper Arlington, Dublin, German Village, New Albany and now  a Reynoldsburg / Pickerington location.  The First Watch website (link above) has address on where each location is. 

Columbus Ohio is in central Ohio. 

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365 Things To Do In Columbus # 5 is "People Watching at the  Waffle House"... my latest contribution to 365 Things To Do In Columbus... on Facebook.

Columbus Ohio of course.

Written Sunday AM - We went to the Waffle House on 161 just west of Interstate 71 this morning* (I believe there is another Waffle House on 161 further east, Westerville area?  It's probably in Blendon Township... or maybe you can just see the Waffle House sign in the sky from 161...) but back to 161 and Interstate 71.  Great people watching...  much better than the people watching at the Polaris Waffle House.  Don't get me wrong, there is good people watching at the Polaris Waffle House but without a "gentleman's club" behind... how can it compare? 

 We went to the Waffle House this morning at about 6:30 (the 6:30 that was 5:30 really because we did that "Spring Forward thing this morning.) We were coming back from a secret mission in downtown Columbus this morning and discussed going two exits north to the Polaris exit... but we just ate "breakfast" there on Friday night...  as long as we were on Interstate 71 we were able to stop at the Waffle House there without going out of our way... and it is an interesting place for people watching.

The photo of the sign is not mine... It is from McSquishee's Flickr photo stream, credit below... he has a whole series of his visit to the 161 (Dublin Granville Road) Waffle House back in 2008, titled 'Our Trip to Waffle House'   The sky was pitch black at 6:30 this morning.  It was still too dark for my phone's camera when we left...  

People Watching at the Waffle House, it's the neighborhood

Why do I suggest this particular Waffle House for people watching... probably because of the establishment behind.  Back in  the late 90's I visited this establishment in the dead of night for some people watching  and breakfast occasionally (I have gone to the Polaris location more recently... good but not great for people watching.)  In his series of photos, McSquishee has photos of the establishment behind. It was Gold Fox in 2008, now Lollipops.  There was an interesting set of  temporary signs in the driveway the businesses share.  Gee I wish I had light or a camera with a flash...

People Watching at the Waffle House there's food and coffee too..

Hash browns, smothered, covered.... grits, eggs and of course waffles.   McSquishee's Flickr series on his visit to the Waffle House has photos of food too.  I could have taken a photo of my plate this morning... there was enough light inside.  Never thought of it.

Photo Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25159787@N07/ / CC BY 2.0

*Written Sunday March 14, 2010.  Published on Discover Columbus OH, Columbus Ohio real estate on ActiveRain and Localism.com on Monday March 15, 2010.  Similar post on ColumbusBestBlog.com on 3/10/2010.  Originally posted on the 365 Things To Do In Columbus on Facebook.  

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We eat at the Polaris, Smokey Bones a lot.   Officially the name of the Polaris area restaurant is Smokey Bones Bar & Fire Grill.

Smokey Bones has great coupons... In the Columbus Dispatch... Sunday Dispatch I assume.  What does a Sunday Dispatch cost?  Isn't a "Buy One Entree, Get One Free" coupon worth the cost of a Sunday Columbus Dispatch?

I did not really know where the Smokey Bones coupons come from... but we always seem to have one.   The Columbus Dispatch, The Bag, the mailbox, direct from some barbecue heaven ???   Dino the manager of the Polaris Smokey Bones  said the Smokey Bones coupons are in the Columbus Dispatch.   I'll believe him.

I don't know when we started going to the Smokey Bones at Polaris.  It is a chain* and it is not the only barbecue place in the Polaris area.  Smokey Bones might not even officially be my favorite barbecue restaurant in the Polaris area but it is the barbecue restaurant we go to the most often because  those coupons keep on coming. 
 
Smokey Bones at Polaris was our first choice last Saturday night.  Their parking lot was jammed so we went to our second choice, Claddagh.  Bad decision.  We should have just waited for a table at Smokey Bones.  I wrote a post about dinner Saturday night at Claddagh.  Our waitress Jessie was great, the rest of the experience... not so great.

Recently I won a free happy hour at Smokey Bones for my office.  We went Thursday... It was a real small group from Real Living HER Worthington.  I won the Free happy hour by putting a business card in a box in their lobby.  A FREE happy hour is free appetizers.  We bought our drinks!

Stimulating the local economy...

1.  Buy a Columbus Dispatch

2.  Pray for a Smokey Bones coupon

3.  Visit Smokey Bones at Polaris (Polaris Town Center - south side of Polaris Parkway... it looks like it is built of Lincoln Logs)

4.  Remember to put your business card in, in the box in the lobby for a drawing...

5.  Tell 'em Maureen sent you

* Not being a food blogger I have the freedom to eat at chain restaurants and blog about it.  Yes we use coupons... week one and week two are gone in the photo.  They were buy one entree, get one free.  Mm mm good!    We missed using the buy one entree get one free coupon that expired on 1-17-2010.  Now that I've tasted their appetizers it could be harder to ignore those appetizer coupons.

Thanks to Dino, Rob (or Robb?), Erin and Smokey Bones at Polaris. 

I don't like the  Smokey Bones website but here's a link.  Odd noises, slow  loading flash, the Smokey Bones website tried to tell me Easton was the closest Smokey Bones to the 43085 ZIP code.... WRONG!

This or something very similar was first published on ColumbusBestBlog.com , another blog I write.

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If Wimpy came to town where would you suggest he go for the best burger in Columbus?  Where is the best Columbus neighborhood to find a burger?   Would you direct Popeye's friend....who will "gladly pay Tuesday" for a hambuger today?  To one of Columbus suburbs?  Downtown?  German Village?

I saw a food forum where someone suggested some of the great places for steak in Columbus, including the Claremont, a comment on the forum about the Claremont:

The comment above about the Claremont, "not the best neighborhood"?  always struck me because the commenters opinion about the neighborhood The Claremont is in German Village.. Then the commenter recommends a restaurant in the same Columbus neighborhood,  German Village, Max and Erma's.  

Or is The Claremont Restaurant in the Brewery District rather than German Village? The Claremont is at  684 S High Street,  Columbus, Ohio 43215. The Claremont Restaurant's site plays music volume control is at the bottom.  Their site says there in German Village and have been since 1947.

I love the Claremont.  To be fair I believe the comment was written in 2006 and some exterior updating to the 50+ year old restaurant was done in 2006 or  2007... I think in time for their 60th anniversary.   I've never had a burger at Claremont... I live and work way, way up in the Worthington area when I go to the Claremont I want prime rib or steak... especially if someone else is paying for it... and the last three times I have been to the Claremont someone else paid for dinner....

The post on the food forum as I recall was suggesting going to steak places for the best burgers in town.  Best Columbus neighborhood if you are looking for burgers.... might well be German Village...

Columbus Best Burgers Map

There's the original Max and Erma's that this person thought had terrible service..... 739 S 3rd St. Columbus, Ohio  43206.

There's the Thurman Cafe.... 183 Thurman Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43206

According to the writer in the food forum there's the Clarmont that the writer had recommended... 684 S High Street,  Columbus, Ohio 43215.

German Village is NOT where I sell homes but I am glad it is a place I enjoy going out to eat occasionally, go to plays in Schiller Park and sometimes just walking around to enjoy the beauty of the historic neighborhood. 

Tomorrow is a big day in German Village, the 50th Haus und Garten Tour, in a great Columbus neighborhood.

More posts about Columbus neighborhoods and more:

Where's the best beef in Columbus?

The Brewery District Columbus Ohio

Crime How Safe is the Columbus Neighborhood?

Downtown Columbus is a nice place to visit

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Who has the best hamburgers in Central Ohio?

Columbus is of course the home of White Castle and Max and Erma's and the birthplace of Wendy's ....

Clara Peller asked "Where's the beef?" about burgers other than Wendy's back in 1984.

I must have blogged about burgers back on the original Discover Columbus, my RealTown blog...or maybe when it was still named Columbus Best Blog.

A road trip searching for the best burgers?   What a life.

He says a road trip to the south.  Or south of NY? 

Columbus Ohio is in Central Ohio approximately 3 hours and 47 minutes  south of the Canadian border (Google tells me so.)  Columbus is  straight west from NYC.  ....Columbus is a great place to approach the south.. Cinci or maybe even Dayton is where the south starts unofficially... Officially the south is right across the river from Cincinnati Ohio... rapid immersion.

Back to Central Ohio..I've heard Thurman Cafe has the best burgers.....in Columbus.  I've had one.  I don't remember it though.

The Columbus food bloggers must know local burgers.... well except any Columbus food bloggers who are vegetarians...

• Lisa of Restaurant Widow
• Columbus Foodie
• Rosie of Bitchin in the Kitchen with Rosie

all seem like true carnivores.

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Happy Cinco de Mayo Central Ohio

What is your favorite Central Ohio Mexican restaurant? Mine are mostly in the Clintonville and Polaris area. Feel free to add a comment with the name and location of your favorite Mexican restaurant in Central Ohio.

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McCarthy's Wildflower Cafe is in Clintonville at 3420 Indianola Avenue, just north of Oakland Park Avenue.  

The address is   3420 Indianola Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43214

I had never eaten at the Wildflower Cafe until this week.  The restaurant website says:

"The atmosphere is casual and welcoming, with many regulars and a friendly staff." 

The waitress was very nice, she helped me read the menu...  I had looked at the menu online already and knew everything was relatively inexpensive

Actuallly I could read almost everything but the prices, I had left my reading glasses at home and was trying to decide between the Huevos Rancheros and the Corned Beef Hash.  I thought it said the Corned Beef Hash was $8.00 and change  and that was just too much for a some corned beef,  potatoes and a couple of eggs but it was $5 and change... I went with the Huevos Rancheros anyway.... It was good but the corn tortillas were greasy... I eat a lot of corn tortillas... next time I'm asking them just to warm up the tortillas in the microwave. 

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Wildflower Cafe is NOT a very pretty restaurant inside or out.  The parking is out front and very close to the front door.  A huge billboard looms north of the parking lot.  Right now the billboard  is a Christmas ad for Miller beer.  The Wildflower Cafe  sorta matches Indianola Avenue, not real pretty but real interesting.  The  tables and chairs are mismatched and worn yet the restaurant is casual and comfortable.

Although Wildflower Cafe is small it was a good spot for people watching and more. 

Friendly regulars...

The waitress wrote the amount of my check really big so I could see it.  I told you she was nice.

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Catchy?  The "business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased" is Merriam-Websters Dictionaries definition of restaurant.    It is a bit wordy.  What about Columbus Restaurant "period of seven successive days"  That kinda sorta comes from Dictionary.com  

A dispute over the rights to call next week  "Restaurant Week" or "Columbus Restaurant Week" seems darn silly.... in the face of what's going on in the economy.  A local magazine registered the right to the term "Columbus Restaurant Week. "  The Other Paper has the story, written by Kitty McConnell, Wrangling over Restaurant Week  says:

“Restaurants are really struggling with the economy. The first thing people give up is eating out. What’s great about our industry is we do come together when times are tough,” said Lessner. “Restaurant Week’s an effort by the restaurant association to let people know we’re in it with them, so we’re offering deals.”

Lessner is Elizabeth Lessner president of the local restaurant industry trade group Central Ohio Restaurant Association and owner of local "business establishments where meals or refreshments may be purchased" including Surly Girl, Tip Top Kitchen and Betty's.

The event next week is sponsored by Dine Originals Columbus

A Columbus food blogger, Columbus Foodie (Becke Boyer)  brought the story in the Other Paper to my attention via Twitter.

Dine Originals,  Columbus "business establishment where meals or refreshments may be purchased" Week starts Monday March 9, 2009 and runs through Sunday March 15, 2009. According to the Dine Originals website, the deals are:

"Each restaurant will prepare a special fixed-priced menu- some restaurants at $15 and some at $30 (excluding gratuity and tax)."

Menus for the  Dine Originals Columbus Restaurant "period of seven successive days" (that may not be true of each restaurant, some are NOT open seven days so lets just call it a Week  are on the Dine Originals Columbus website.

Over 40 local, original restaurants are participating in next weeks event including The Worthington Inn, The Refectory, Maca Cafe in Powell.

I guess it is OK to call it Dine Originals Columbus Restaurant Week...

The photo is of course The Worthington Inn.

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Coming soon

Or coming back?

Chutnys, an Indian restautant in the Crosswoods area of Columbus opened and closed very quickly. I think.   I swear I read in one of the papers that Chutnys opened.  As I recall it said the restaurant was able to come right in because the previous Indian Restaurant in that location, the equipment was still there.   I can not find the article though.  Searching I just find a lot of recipes for different chutnys.

The Crosswoods area in Columbus is north of the city of Worthington and south of Polaris.   It's just north of 270... Crosswoods is all hotels and restaurants and a movie theater..  and a lot of  empty space... kind of a tough area to compete, it seems.

A sign in the window says Chutnys is coming soon and will have new management. 

The signs at the entrance to the Crosswoods area still say Tandoori Palace, which was in the location that Chutnys was and will be in again soon... according to the sign in the window.    

I am a big fan of Indian food but my love affair with Indian food is a relatively recent relationship.  It started at Tandoori Palace ... at this very spot, about four or five years ago.

Chutnys will be at 195 E. Campusview Blvd.  Columbus Ohio Sometimes soon, I hope.

Crosswoods

What to wear at the Columbus Fish Market 

Indian Food

Bayleaf India Bistro is for lovers

Polaris Restaurants, Siriusly It's a Dog Eat Dog World

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That's where we went for Valentines Day because sadly I did NOT win the Mortons Columbus Twitter contest... and because neither of us could get reservations at the places everyone wanted to be on Valentines Day when it got close. And because we love Indian Food...

I believe Bayleaf India Bistro is a bit more special because we have NOT gone there a bunch of times like another Indian restaurant in the Polaris area, Cuisine of India. 

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What I loved

My entree... I tried something new, a salmon dish pictured above.  I usually order the same thing over and over.

The appetizer he chose... a paneer (Indian cheese) dish...

What I did not love

Bayleaf India Bistro is too open and drafty for me...  it used to be a Ted's Montana Grill

My salmon was supposed to be mild.  His lamb was supposed to be medium, they got switched. The restaurant was too busy and we were too tired of waiting to send our entrees back once they arrived.

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If you go Bayleaf India Bistro - is in the Polaris area, southwest of Polaris Fashion Place at

Oh to be a fly on the wall in the men's restroom....

My Sweetheart  talked to an Indian man about good places to get Indian food in Columbus. He talked to a stranger in the restroom about great Indian food in Columbus. The man  does not like a place we go to a lot on Bethel.  He recommended a place on Sawmill.... my Sweetie remembered the first two letters...  My Sweetie failed to get the word on the place we have never have tried yet in the Polaris area.  No comment on the place in Crosswoods that came and went so quickly Chutney's, but that sadly doesn't matter anymore.  The man gave Cuisine of India thumbs up.  That's what I remember from what was reported when my Sweetie returned to our table.

wait there are no flies on the wall this time of year, and if I was a fly the men's room is not where I am hanging out...

Previoulsy on DiscoverColumbusOH.com

Polaris Restaurants, Siriusly It's a Dog Eat Dog World

Who do you love? BEST steakhouse in Central Ohio?

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