MISC

1929 - Columbus' first White Castle restaurant
1933 - The Jai Lai Cafe opens at 544 N. High St. (It moves in 1955 to Olentangy River Road.)
1948 - The original North Market burns. The Clarmont restaurant opens.
1961- The first BBF opens
1963 - The first Donatos Pizza opens on Thurman Avenue.
1969 - The first Columbus Bob Evans and Wendy's restaurants open.
1972 - Max & Erma's opens its first restaurant, at 739 S. 3rd St. in German Village. The Maramor restaurant and night club, 137 E. Broad St., is leveled. The Continent apartment and shopping complex opens on Busch Boulevard.

Grove City: Frankies Burritoville in the same Broadway Center used to be the location of Casino's Pizza King (the Dayton chain).
JACK & BENNYS @ BROAD & HIGH
BEVERLY @ BROAD & JAMES
ATERS on W. BROAD ST.
JIM OTIS TIME OUT on E. MAIN ST
GREEN GABLES @ CENTRAL POINT
PHILLIPS CONEY ISLAND on west broad around WISCONSIN AVE.
RICHER DAIRY on west broad st-
TOMMYS on main st by the market on third street
SIZZLIN STEAK on HAMILTON RD--now ROOSTERS
SHAKEYS PIZZA @ between MAIN AND LIVINGSTON on HAMILTON RD.

Little Brother's 1100 N High St:
The bar, which is long and made of cherry wood, was salvaged from another bygone Columbus institution, the Jai Lai restaurant.

1: 1380 Bethel Rd. The restaurant a quarter-century ago was a Red Lobster.
Beginning in the 1980s, the address has gone through such names as Sportsters, HiTops, Growlers Brew Pub, Market Street Cafe, 55 Grille -- which had the longest run, from 1994 to 2001 -- Peppercorn Grille and finally B.J. Rumples lasting 47 days. (Thanks, Doral Chenoweth )

2: Original Da Vinci located in the little alley next to the former Lowes Arlington, (Now a Sears hardware).
PRIOR to being Da Vinci, it was the Fireside Inn...owned by Bob Marvin better known as "flippo" the clown.  Now I believe it is a karaoke type bar.
(The Current Da Vinci was opened in 1982.   Building originally a Jerry Spears funeral home.)

3: Former Jimmy Dean Restaurant 1832 W. Henderson Rd. Opened April 1980, converted to a Bob Evans in 1986. Now is a Roosters.

4: BBF on Henderson Rd history.. BBF -> Borden Burger -> Presutti's ->Chins..(Italian and chinese fast food) ->, then remodeled to become Mothers Pizza -> Schmidt's -> Torn down, now a CVS

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THREE COLUMBUS BUSINESSMEN ANNOUNCE LAUNCHING OF A NATIONWIDE SYSTEM OF FRANCHISED BEEF SANDWICH "CARRY OUT" RESTAURANTS, TO BE CALLED SAXONS
Publication: Columbus Dispatch Date: 02/15/1967 Page: 37 A