A triangular Somali pastry pocket filled with spiced beef, chicken or vegetables, deep-fried golden. Hoyo's Kitchen at North Market serves the Columbus-Somali sambusa to a wide eater base.

Hoyo's Kitchen, named for the Somali word for mother, opened at North Market in Columbus in 2014 by brothers Abdilahi and Mohamed Hassan with their mother Hayat Dalmar. The sambusa, related to the Indian samosa, became Columbus's mainstream Somali food introduction. Hoyo's expanded to Dublin's Bridge Park location.

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Hoyo's Kitchen ★ 4.5

$$Middle EasternDowntown

Hoyo's Kitchen at North Market downtown serves Somali sambusas, suqaar and rice bowls for Columbus's significant Somali population since 2014.

TipOrder the beef sambusa and a chicken suqaar over rice Word-of-mouth is the only marketing.

Hoyo's Kitchen North Market ★ 4.5

$Street foodDowntown

Hoyo's Kitchen inside North Market in Columbus downtown serves Somali sambusas, chicken suqaar and rice bowls, run by the Hassan family since 2014.

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