🍺 Minority brewers get a home base in Columbus. Mecca Beverage House, opening in June at 745 Taylor Ave., will serve as both a production facility and taproom for underrepresented beverage brands. Founded by Sizzle Perry, who established Central Ohio's first Black-owned brewery in 2019, the incubator aims to provide minority-owned businesses with experience in production, taproom operations, and distribution management. Participating brands include Crafted Culture, DFQ Beer Company, Outlaw Ciders, Meulanated Meadery, and Wild Ohio Brewing. Perry hopes the space will allow these businesses to develop before venturing out independently.
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🍽️ Columbus's culinary elite gathered for a night of gastronomic celebration. Columbus Monthly hosted 300 guests at The Stack at Municipal Light Plant for its 2025 Best New Restaurants event on March 25. Nine recently opened restaurants, selected as the city's finest by the magazine's food team, shared samples with attendees. The annual event, sponsored by Noble Cut Distillery, featured notable guests including Mike and Tara Lapper, Anita and Paresh Patel, and other Columbus socialites captured in Tim Johnson's photography.
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💔 Guilty plea in fatal beating of Grandview Heights man. Jacob Laurence, 33, admitted to reckless homicide in the November 2023 death of Stephen Albright, 57. Albright was found unconscious with severe head injuries near train tracks on West Fifth Avenue and died days later. Police arrested Laurence over a week after the incident on an outstanding burglary warrant. Sentencing is scheduled for May 20, with tampering with evidence charges dropped as part of the plea.
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