Posts Tagged ‘food’

ECDI’s commercial kitchen now open

The Economic and Community Development Institute recently hosted a grand opening celebration for its new commercial kitchen. Located within The Food Fort at 1655 Old Leonard Rd. in Columbus, the commercial kitchen was created with the small business culinary startup in mind, as it allows companies...

August 22nd, 2012 | Announcements | Read More

Kitchen incubator facility to open in Franklinton

Entrepreneurs with food-based business ideas will soon find it easier to test their products when The Commissary on Town Street opens its doors. This new kitchen incubator will provide a commercial-grade environment for food startups to develop recipes, test products and collaborate with like-minded...

August 21st, 2012 | Entrepreneurial Support | Read More

Food pods bring food trucks together in one place

The food truck scene has exploded in Columbus over the last couple years, and now it seems yet another mobile food trend −the food pod− is piggybacking on the trucks’ success. What constitutes a food pod isn’t crystal clear at the moment, but Street Eats Columbus, which tracks and reviews...

June 27th, 2012 | Trendspotting | Read More

Catering company branches out with food truck business

Angela Petro knows how to keep busy. As the owner of Two Caterers, she has been steadily growing her business in 2012, first through a collaborative relaunch of the Oakhurst Country Club in Grove City in February and now with the launch of Sweet Carrot, the company’s new food truck. We recently...

May 22nd, 2012 | Announcements | Read More

Pizza entrepreneur launches mobile business

Nick Gore wants to open a pizza shop. Like many other new food-based entrepreneurs, he’s hoping to achieve this goal in phases by first launching a mobile cart-based version of the business. Food carts have proven to be a low-cost startup alternative that allows business owners to test products...

May 20th, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More

O’Chocolate offers sweets made with organic, fair trade ingredients

About four years ago, Stacy Peters and a friend sold their handmade chocolates at the Village Bakery and Café in Athens, Ohio during the holiday season. Since then, Peters opened her own shop −O’Chocolate− in the same town and business is booming. In fact, there are stores waiting to carry...

February 29th, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More

Layer owner using skills grandmother taught her to build bakery business

Paula Katz discovered a love for baking at the tender age of six, when her maternal grandmother, Juliet, began letting her help out in the kitchen. Juliet never wrote her recipes down and her granddaughter is the only family member she ever taught to bake. To this day, Katz is trying to get Juliet’s...

February 22nd, 2012 | Business Profiles | Read More

Ballroom at Oakhurst relaunches with help from Two Caterers

Two Caterers Contemporary Cuisine has teamed with Oakhurst Country Club in Grove City to breathe new life into its massive ballroom and reintroduce it to the local event and wedding industry. The Ballroom at Oakhurst dates back to 1959. Over the years, the space, which can seat up to 300 guests, had...

February 7th, 2012 | Announcements | Read More