Friday Meals Bites: El Camino Inn closing; Fiery Sky Asian Kitchen and Dahab Restaurant opening

There’s at all times rather a lot taking place within the Columbus restaurant world! Right here’s the newest:

• The homeowners of El Camino Inn introduced earlier this week that the taco and tequila joint can be closing for good after enterprise this Saturday, Nov. 23. They cited lease points as the explanation for the closure. El Camino Inn is owned by the identical restaurant group that owns Little Place subsequent door and Membership 185 in German Village. The eatery can also be half classic store, and all fixtures and gadgets are on sale.
• Dahab Restaurant & Café opens in the present day – Friday, Nov. 22 – at 3708 Fishinger Blvd. in Hilliard. Dahab is a Mediterranean eatery that first opened in San Francisco in 2020. That is the primary central Ohio location for it.
• A brand new Chinese language eatery known as Fiery Sky Asian Kitchen comfortable opened this week at 1450 Bethel Rd.
• A brand new Yemeni espresso truck known as DRK Coffee has arrange store at 19 E. thirteenth Ave. close to Ohio State’s campus.
• Talking of espresso, Jennings Java and Royal Flamingo Espresso have paired as much as create a particular Friendsgiving roast, out there at their respective retailers beginning in the present day.
• As of this week, Soiled Frank’s new campus location is open for lunch Thursdays by means of Sundays.
• The organizers of Columbus Beerfest introduced that they’re wrapping up their run after 15 years. That they had run the Columbus Winter Beerfest and Columbus Summer time Beerfest since 2010; they stated they determined to shut based mostly on decrease attendance and better prices. They’ll proceed to supply comparable festivals in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh.
• The proprietor of the Clutch Handhelds meals truck introduced on social media that they’re taking a break to regroup and doubtlessly return in a brand new type.
• The cocktail bar Cobra within the Brewery District was named one of many 5 Best New Cocktail Bars for 2024 by Punch Drunk journal.
• Columbus Meals Adventures is internet hosting two Style Of dinners with the Casa Karmelitas meals truck on Dec. 4 and 11 at 934 Gallery. You possibly can order your tickets here.

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