Columbus Monthly • June 8, 2021

Sitting Down to Sunday Dinner at LaGlory’s Soul Food Café

"Charter members” and newcomers enjoy Southern classics at this welcoming East Side restaurant.

Columbus Monthly • May 18, 2021

Bonnie Vue Wants to Teach You About Hmong Culture

The Columbus resident and new mom brings to life her Southeast Asian culture and cooking with humor and honesty.

Columbus CEO • May 14, 2021

Black Business Spotlight: Entrepreneur finds inspiration in Columbus architect father's career

Denise Ransom draws on her life and work experiences in leading her commercial cleaning business.

Columbus Alive • February 18, 2021

Alexis Nikole Nelson wants you to go outside

The forager is using social media to spread the gospel of wild food — and it’s working.

Columbus Monthly • February 3, 2021

Nikki Steward’s Star Turn

The Cincinnati native has built a career as a chef to the stars, dishing up food for Dave Chappelle, Snoop Dogg, DJ Khaled and more.

Columbus CEO • February 2, 2021

Ice + Dust Pottery: From hobby to small business

Halley Immelt turned to an unusual source to kickstart her side hustle—her full-time job.

January 21, 2021

Daily Distraction: the bernie albums

Did the Vermont senator make it on to the cover of your favorite record?

Columbus Monthly • January 5, 2021

Making Croissants with Dan the Baker

The local baker breaks down the elaborate process behind one of his most popular offerings.

Columbus Monthly • December 2, 2020

Seven Questions with the Owners of Parable Coffee

The three friends behind the new pop-up at Comune aren’t just serving caffeinated beverages. They want to change how the service industry works.

Columbus Alive • November 3, 2020

Snarls makes the best of it

A virtual event with the Wex is just another way the up-and-coming band is adapting to its new reality

Columbus CEO • October 27, 2020

Making the most of available resources drives Green Office Furniture Solutions

“I’ve always been the type of person that did not want to be wasteful, that always wanted to consider the impact on the environment for anything that I was doing personally in my life.”—Haleema shafeek, owner, GOFS

Columbus Monthly • October 8, 2020

Seven Questions with Lalese Stamps of Lolly Lolly Ceramics

What started as a collegiate side hustle for the CCAD grad is now a burgeoning small business.

Columbus Monthly • September 28, 2020

Notes from Columbus’ Black Chefs

In the wake of this summer’s racial justice protests, businesses are reevaluating their commitment to diversity and inclusion. But for some Black chefs in Columbus, the inequitable landscape looks much the same as it always has.

Columbus Monthly • August 27, 2020

Seven Questions with April Rhodes of The Little Light Collective

The new Clintonville store is a treasure trove of antiques and locally made goods.

Columbus Alive • August 25, 2020

Roller skating never went away

Thanks to social media, good weather and, yes, COVID-19, more people are discovering the joy of life on eight wheels

Columbus Alive • August 17, 2020

Tiffany McDaniel’s second novel, ‘Betty,’ was a lifetime in the making

Seventeen years after writing it, the Ohio author’s book, inspired by her own family, is finally reaching a wider audience.

Columbus CEO • August 10, 2020

Olde Towne East vegan restaurant surviving on solid planning

Covid-19 could have been the end of Shanna Dean and Dawn Dickson’s new business, Lifestyle Cafe. Instead, it let them refocus.

Columbus Monthly • July 22, 2020

Seven Questions with Quincy General Store Owner Kate Block

The plant-loving entrepreneur recently left her corporate gig to start her own business.

Columbus Alive • June 22, 2020

What it means when police join the protest

On the surface, cops marching and kneeling with protesters looks like progress, but local activists want people to see the larger problems beyond the photo-op

Columbus Monthly • June 10, 2020

Seven Questions with Connie Schultz

The longtime journalist makes her first foray into fiction with “The Daughters of Erietown.”