Chef opens Italian restaurant Novella Osteria in Powell soon after stint in New York

Following 10 years of earning his chops in New York Town, chef Matthew Phelan has returned household to begin his own cafe.

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Tumble squash cappellacci with sage brown butter and toasted hazelnuts from chef Matthew Phelan at Novella Osteria cafe in Powell on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020.

Phelan has opened Novella Osteria, a rustic Italian restaurant, at 170 W. Olentangy St. in Powell.

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Immediately after a stint in New York, chef Matthew Phelan has opened Novella Osteria restaurant in Powell.

“I want to be a neighborhood cafe,” said Phelan, who grew up in Dublin. “I want to be fully real. The food stuff speaks for alone — it’s basic, it is rustic, it is actually, definitely about approach. That is really critical to me.”

For starters, Phelan makes all the pasta by hand, with the exception of the spaghetti. One example: fall squash cappellacci, a model of folded noodle hat resembles tortellini.

The squid ink “chitarra,” an instrument applied to cut the pasta skinny, is tossed with rock shrimp, prosciutto and chili peppers and dusted with bread crumbs.

“For me, pasta is all about great system,” Phelan claimed. “To me, it is about constructing flavors. Which is what it’s all about.”

Phelan is an alumnus of the departed Luce Enoteca, which was also in Powell. Even though attending Ohio State College finding out for a degree in conversation, he said he made the decision he “wasn’t a sit-at-a-desk male.”

So he packed up his cutlery established and headed to the Culinary Institute of America right before working for respected restaurateurs this sort of as Daniel Boulud and serving as culinary assistant to Geoffrey Zakarian, a Food stuff Network temperament and cafe operator.

Phelan claimed he was drawn to the vivid Italian cuisine of New York Town and made a decision to stay in that style of cooking.

“When I remaining Ohio 10 several years ago, the cafe scene was good,” he reported of Columbus. “The folks I would get in touch with foodies are a minimal bit far more experienced now.”

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Chef Matthew Phelan helps make most of the pasta at Novella Osteria such as pasta employed in the squid ink chitarra with rock shrimp, chili and prosciutto bread crumbs.

People on the lookout for dishes outside the noodle range can decide for flank steak with wild mushroom barley risotto, a deboned 50 percent rooster served piccata fashion, farro salad or any number of sides or appetizers.

There is a unique each working day of the 7 days the restaurant is open up, which includes the lobster fra diavolo with bucatini.

Entrees are $16 to $28.

Novella Osteria, part of a new enhancement east of Sawmill Parkway, features a casual temper and design and style thrives that show a properly-worn institution.

“I want the place to appear like it’s been right here for 100 yrs,” he reported, “but also has the sensation of being household.”

Several hours are 4 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays by Sundays, shut Mondays. For additional details, contact 614-389-6698.

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Novella Osteria cafe has opened in a new strip middle west of downtown Powell.

Clean-plate club

Clean up Eatz has replaced Sweet Carrot at 7571 Sawmill Street.

The cafe is recognized for its personal dishes out there for dine-in support as perfectly as custom-made food plans accessible to takeout. New menus come out just about every Thursday.

It is the next site for franchisee Casey Schroeder, whose first retail store is in the Graceland Browsing Centre.

Meals, Schroeder said, are wholesome and well balanced, but there are lots of meat choices, not all vegan and vegetarian.

“Our principal point is healthy, practical and economical,” he reported.

Clean up Eatz also has an in depth assortment of frozen foods, which are served in microwave-protected containers, he stated.

New Panera

The 40th community Panera Bread opens Dec. 1 at 6120 Sawmill Highway.

Owned by Covelli Enterprises, the local franchisee of Panera Bread, the freshly created café functions a drive-through, as very well as curbside choose-up, supply, and an outdoor patio, all of which aid serve these seeking for socially distanced meal services. On-line buying is out there by means of Panerabread.com.

The setting up is 4,244 sq. toes and seats 60 in a socially distanced format (normally 92) and 30 on the patio (otherwise 34).

The restaurant replaces a Panera that shut nearby at 2750 Martin Road.

Dispatch cafe reporter Gary Seman Jr. can be achieved at [email protected]

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