Northwest residential suburb with Kenny Centre's Japanese Marketplace, home to Belle's Bread, Tensuke Market and the Northwest Boulevard suburban dining strip.
Order The bistro three-course at the bar with a glass from the deep Burgundy list.
The Refectory on Bethel Road, run inside a 19th century church since 1976, is Columbus's contemporary French tasting room with a 700-bottle Burgundy cellar.
Order A bowl of pho tai with the herb plate, plus a banh mi to go.
Pho Asian Noodle House on West Lane Avenue near Ohio State runs Columbus's reference Vietnamese counter for pho and banh mi at a college-town price.
Order Strawberry cream cake
Belle's Bread at Kenny Centre's Japan Marketplace is the Japanese-French bakery and cafe, with milk bread, melon pan and strawberry cream cake.
The Refectory wine cellar on Bethel Road carries 700 selections, the largest cellar in central Ohio, paired with the contemporary French tasting menu.
Try Bento and onigiri
Tensuke Express at Kenny Centre's Japan Marketplace runs the carryout bento, onigiri and ramen counter inside Ohio's largest Japanese grocer.
Tensuke Market on Old Henderson Road at Kenny Centre is Ohio's largest Japanese grocer, the anchor of the Japan Marketplace complex with Belle's Bread.
Columbus Food Adventures' Alt Eats Tour is a van-based tour through the immigrant kitchens of north Columbus with five to seven international stops (Filipino.
Try Bowl of pho tai
Pho Asian Noodle House on West Lane Avenue near OSU runs a big bowl of pho tai under $14, the Columbus reference pho at the college-town counter.