Hoyo's Kitchen North Market ★ 4.5
Hoyo's Kitchen inside North Market in Columbus downtown serves Somali sambusas, chicken suqaar and rice bowls, run by the Hassan family since 2014.
Try: Somali chicken sambusa
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Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams North Market ★ 4.7
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams at North Market downtown is the original 2002 Jeni Britton Bauer counter where the national ice cream brand began.
Try: Brambleberry Crisp scoop
Brassica Falafel Counter ★ 4.3
Brassica on North High Street in Columbus serves house-made falafel pulled to order, stuffed in hearth-baked pita with roasted vegetables and tahini.
Try: Falafel hearth pita
Mikey's Late Night Slice ★ 4.0
Mikey's Late Night Slice on North High Street is the Columbus Short North late-night pizza counter, by-the-slice until 03:00 weekends since 2009.
Try: Pepperoni slice
Schmidt's Bahama Mama Counter ★ 4.5
Schmidt's Bahama Mama counter at the Kossuth Street Columbus German Village hall serves the family's signature smoked sausage on a hoagie roll.
Try: Bahama Mama sausage plate
Pistacia Vera Macaron Counter ★ 4.5
Pistacia Vera's South Third Street counter pulls fresh macarons, kouign-amann and laminated pastries to go, the German Village morning grab.
Try: Pistachio macaron
Tensuke Express ★ 4.3
Tensuke Express at Kenny Centre's Japan Marketplace runs the carryout bento, onigiri and ramen counter inside Ohio's largest Japanese grocer.
Try: Bento and onigiri
Yellow Brick Pizza Slice Counter ★ 4.1
Yellow Brick Pizza's Columbus Franklinton counter on West Rich Street serves thin-crust New York-style pizza slices for the arts district lunch.
Try: New York pepperoni slice
Hoyo's Kitchen North Market Bridge Park ★ 4.4
Hoyo's Kitchen at North Market Bridge Park in Columbus's Dublin suburb is the outpost Somali sambusa, suqaar and rice bowl carryout counter.
Try: Beef sambusa platter
Katzinger's Pickle Barrel ★ 4.3
Katzinger's pickle barrel at the South Third Street German Village deli pulls house half-sour pickles by the each, a Columbus to-go tradition.
Try: Half-sour pickle
Graeter's Ice Cream Easton ★ 4.4
Graeter's Ice Cream Easton in Columbus serves the Cincinnati-founded French-pot ice cream churned in copper kettles, with the black raspberry chip.
Try: Black raspberry chocolate chip scoop