Former Buckeyes Chimdi Chekwa and Bryant Browning deliver latest Pit BBQ to Clintonville

The gridiron gang is again, completely ready to deal with the Clintonville sector.

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Previous Ohio Point out soccer players, from left, Chimdi Chekwa, Bryant Browning, and D’Andre Martin, alongside with Mike Johnson (not pictured), prepare to open their new Clintonville area for The Pit BBQ Grille. The first location at 1542 Parsons Avenue on the South Aspect opened in 2016. The new place can be located at 4219 N. Significant Street.

Former Ohio State College football players Chimdi Chekwa and Bryant Browning, moreover company associates D’Andre Martin and Mike Johnson, will open their hottest Pit BBQ Grille on Saturday at 4219 N. High St.

“People gotta eat,” stated Martin, whose team has been participating in protection to the COVID-19 pandemic. “It slowed us down but we experienced to adjust.”

That intended more promotion of carryout and shipping and firing up the foodstuff truck, Martin stated.

“It’s been an attention-grabbing journey,” Browning included.

The Pit BBQ Grille is between a cluster of independent dining places – Scorching Chicken Takeover, Gallo’s on Significant and Northstar Café between them – numerous blocks south of Henderson Highway.

“I believed it would be a excellent niche,” Browning claimed. “It’s absolutely a place to eat now.”

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Central Ohio’s next Pit BBQ Grille is about to open up in Clintonville, amid a string of dining establishments including Very hot Hen Takeover, Northstar Cafe, Jeni’s Ice Product, Kirin Noodle Bar X and Gallo’s on Large.

The Pit, displaying ivory brick walls, has seating for 10 for the duration of COVID-19 limits but will set its patio room to use when the temperature is warner, Martin stated.

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The Pit is known for its Cleveland-type barbecue options – including Polish boy and lady sandwiches – moreover ribs, rib ideas, pulled pork, contemporary-minimize fries, common Southern sides, an array of bowls and combos, and home made barbecue sauce.

It’s developed for swift service, as the smoked foodstuff and sauces are geared up at the Parsons Avenue site on the South Aspect. The original Pit BBQ Grille, which opened in September 2016 in the Northern Lights Buying Middle, has considering the fact that been marketed.

The companions also plan to open a food stall next thirty day period at North Marketplace Bridge Park in Dublin.

“The progress has been remarkable, particularly undertaking it with my good friends,” Martin stated. “It’s like a desire occur genuine.”

Martin has even branched out to a unique line of business enterprise – bamboo rest room paper. Using the tagline “Go Green, Remain Cleanse,” the organization, recognized as Leafy, is owned by Martin, Charles Peaks, Marvin Environmentally friendly, Troy Cherry and Anthony Caldwell.

“We needed to provide anything that would have a immediate influence on central Ohio – and conserve the earth,” he mentioned.

Several hours for the new Pit BBQ retailer are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, midday to 9 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 7 p.m. Sundays, and shut Mondays. For much more facts, simply call 614-674-6991.

Genuine Albanian destination: Linworth

An authentic Albanian restaurant designs to make its summer debut in Linworth.

Velca Grill is getting around the previous Blarney Stone Tavern, 2151 W. Dublin-Granville Street, just east of Linworth Highway. (The Blarney Stone has relocated to 2245 W. Dublin-Granville Highway.)

Arnold Velcani, who owns the retail outlet with his brother, Armando, and father, Arben, said the invoice of fare will be strictly Albanian, similar to meals of their Albanian hometown, the place the family members when owned a cafe. In other words, no large portions of the menu will be reserved for Italian and Greek fare.

“We want to exclude that,” Arnold Velcani said.

The room is going through a significant remodeling task, as the whole 2,400-square-foot storefront has been stripped down to the floorboards.

“We have a great deal of operate to do,” Velcani reported. 

Informal in Clintonville

MoZmoZ Restaurant & Café will swap Acre at 2700 N. Higher St. in Clintonville.

Owner Mo Mubaslat said the food items is heading to be informal American – gyros, Philly steaks, burgers, wings, fish and salads, all in the $10 range.

Mubaslat explained he favored the site, bordering the University District and the Bohemian part of Clintonville, full of learners and current graduates on the lookout for a spending plan-friendly meal.

“We hope we get some thing awesome likely on there,” he claimed.

Each day Growler pulls out of Polaris 

The Each day Growler has pulled up the stakes in Polaris Trend Place’s foods courtroom. Owner John W. Blakely attributed the demise to COVID-19 restrictions on seating. 

“Like a ton of businesses pressured to near due to the fact of the pandemic, we are going to most likely constantly wonder “what if” with that spot,” he mentioned. 

The Every day Growler’s 3 original places, in Higher Arlington, Powell and the Brewery District, continue to be. 

Butcher and restaurant increasing to Shawnee Hills 

The Butcher & Grocer butcher shop and Cleaver gastropub-style cafe, sister corporations in Grandview Heights, will expand to the new Shawnee Station retail heart on Glick Road west of the Scioto River. 

“I have in fact been eyeing the Shawnee Hills area for over a 12 months for an expansion,” stated Tony Tanner, operator of Butcher & Grocer and Cleaver. “When I uncovered about the Shawnee Station growth, I understood I had to get my foot in the door.”

The two functions will join Boston Stoker Coffee in the 14,175-sq.-foot Shawnee Station remaining formulated by Fairness Commercial Serious Estate Alternatives of Hilliard. 

Dispatch restaurant reporter Gary Seman Jr. can be reached at [email protected]

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