Visiting Cooper’s Deli is like dating: a lot of high expectations and a lot of disappointments. Cooper’s Deli is a gourmet deli located in Oakwood where the Select Start Coffee Shop used to be. Like a first date, I was very excited. I got a group to visit Cooper’s with me. I was intrigued by the prospect of delicious deli sandwiches (I heard on Twitter the pastrami was out of this world) and I was obsessed that they offered roof top seating. The day we chose was gorgeous. As I parked King Dyno (my car), I looked up to see [...]

Every  now and then, a lady wishes to play a little dress up, drink from tea cups and pretend the calories in the little cakes she’s eating won’t affect the scale in the morning. That’s exactly what me and my favorite group of friends did for a birthday party this past weekend. This was my first time at Edith Mae’s Tea Room. This adorable business features tea, treats, dainty little sandwiches and of course, lots of hats to play “dress up” in. My friend Grace had a ball trying on numerous hats.   The tea, of course, was next. I [...]

Readers, it was just those three special words that got me to Schmidt’s: Giant cream puffs. As soon as I heard about the delightful cream puffs at Schmidt’s, I put Schmidt’s on my “must visit” list. Then I found out that Schmidt’s boasts of a a sausage buffet full of all the sausage, german potato salad, and saurkraut a German-Food-Lover could possibly need. Then I put Schmidt’s on my “Must Visit ASAP” list. Schmidt’s is located in the German Village in Columbus, OH. It was part of my visit when I saw my friend Amanda late last year. We went [...]

I never thought I’d say this, but I just became thankful for the Miami Valley Great Flood of 1913. That flood had Miamisburg underwater with many refugees hungry and cold. Sherman Porter stepped up to the plate and provided warm burgers so easy to cook and so tasty, that after the flood people didn’t want him to stop cooking his burgers. To this day, people still go up to a wagon for these juicy pieces of beef. I first heard about the Hamburger Wagon about five years ago, despite the fact that I’ve lived 20 minutes away from it my entire [...]

Let’s be honest. If I’m oohing and aahing about your glorious dessert boutique and then you invite me into the kitchen for a tour, you can bet your bottom dollar I will fall in love with you. And that is exactly what happened with Pistacia Vera. I went to visit my friend Amanda in Columbus and we ate. A lot. After lunch, we took a tour of the German Village. When we strolled past Pistacia Vera, and saw all the brightly colored macarons through the windows, we decided we had to stop. I couldn’t get over how clean the place [...]