Monday, August 17, 2026 · Columbus
Columbus Taco Week starts today. Anything Bagel opened Friday on McNaughten. Let Me Roll It poured Friday night in Weinland Park. The Food Truck Festival at the fairgrounds was Saturday. Sugar’s Park Street return is the 27th and 28th — sources disagree which night is the public open.
Columbus Alive did not yield a usable 2026 openings package in this pass. Dispatch / Columbus Monthly photos of Amara and Let Me Roll It returned HTTP 406. Beignets & Brew (Hilliard and Westerville) is announced with no day — omitted. Cafe Stai Manso and The BeckFast Place appeared in a Breakfast With Nick hed without dates we could confirm in the body of this week’s bites.
The month, at a table
August 2026 — marked days have something on the table
In pictures
East side · opened Friday
Tajuan “T.J.” Burkheart is using the original Block’s recipes in the last Block’s / Marx Bagels room. Breakfast and deli sandwiches, espresso, a Bake It Forward bagel. Opening-day: $1,000 to a local nonprofit before the first customer; first 50 guests get merch; a free bagel with cream cheese in the 8 and 11 a.m. windows. He picked Aug. 14 because it would have been his late mother’s birthday.
Without pictures
Citywide · today through Aug. 24
Local restaurants running taco specials. Breakfast With Nick pointed to columbustacoweek.com.
Source: Breakfast With Nick, Aug. 13
Weinland Park · opened Friday
Conor Stratton (Ace of Cups) and Sarah Fleming’s 1970s cocktail bar, named for the Paul McCartney song, in the old MIA Hookah Café. Classic cocktails at $12–$13, canned beer (Little Kings through Seventh Son), wine. No food at first.
Sources: Columbus Monthly, Aug. 6, Breakfast With Nick, Aug. 13
Hilliard · last day
The festival’s own site: 15th year, Saturday Kids Zone, live music (DJ Logic with Robert Randolph and Friends 7:45 p.m.). Friday already ran 4–10 p.m. Breakfast With Nick had the weekend dates.
Sources: Columbus Food Truck Festival, Breakfast With Nick, Aug. 13
Without pictures
Scioto Mile · opened July 10
Josh Dalton’s Mediterranean room in the old Milestone 229: shareable plates, wagyu skewers, smoked cauliflower in a tagine. The Dispatch sampled the menu July 30. A Gannett photo on that story would not download (HTTP 406).
Sources: The Columbus Dispatch, July 30, 614NOW, July 9
West side · recently opened
Filipino bakery: breads, pastries, cookies. Breakfast With Nick listed it in Friday’s bites with no opening day attached — treated as already open.
Source: Breakfast With Nick, Aug. 13
Without pictures
Citywide · Aug. 17–24
Local restaurants running taco specials. Breakfast With Nick pointed to columbustacoweek.com.
Source: Breakfast With Nick, Aug. 13
In pictures
Park Street · Aug. 27–28
One Hospitality’s Latin-and-Mediterranean revival of an old nightlife name, in the former Howl at the Moon / Bar Louie / Club 504. Queso and hummus, tuna tostadas, fritto misto, frozen avocado margarita, horchata espresso martini. What Now, interviewing Konich on Aug. 14, says Aug. 27 is a sneak peek (street closed, passed appetizers) and reservations start Aug. 28. Columbus Navigator and 614NOW still describe a ticketed grand-opening party 5–11 p.m. Aug. 27. Both dates are on the calendar; the day-of plan is the one thing the sources do not fully agree on.
Sources: The Columbus Dispatch, Aug. 6, What Now Columbus, Aug. 14, Columbus Navigator
Without pictures
Northwest Side · Thursday, Aug. 20
The chicken chain’s replacement for the Short North shop it closed July 26. Opening-week proceeds partly to the Little Hercules Foundation. Dispatch story is dated this afternoon.
Source: The Columbus Dispatch, Aug. 14