Habaneros Fresh Grill opening this month in Clintonville!

Mark Somerson of Columbus Business First has the latest local business news including a mass timber project and another Cameron Mitchell restaurant opening this weekend!

Episode Transcript

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On the Legacy Retirement Group dot comphone line. We welcome in Mark Summerson
from Columbus Business First. You canfind him at Columbus Business First dot com.
More than Mark, How are you? Good morning? Is it Friday
already? It feels like a Friday. I appreciate the special, the special
occasion, the special day. Todaywe are remember that was the big thing

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I put notes to myself on mydesk radio Wednesday. Yeah, it's we
are off the next couple of days. So we wanted to be sure that
we got you in today because weactually have some we actually we've got some
decent news. Got a couple ofrestaurants opening up. I'll get to those.
Well, let's start with that.Actually, there's a place in Clintonville
that I've driven by. I've keptmy eye on this one, Mark,

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because I do enjoy a good Mexicanrestaurant, And there is one opening in
Clintonville. What's the story. Yeah, it's gonna be a Hobinaro's Fresh Mexican
Grill, which is going to bebasically at High and and yeah, right
there at High Street and Shreyer,which is just Henderson and High and it

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is in a former place there usedto be a wine bar there a long
time ago. Then it became anold bag of nails. Things didn't work
out there for them, and sothis group that puts on Hobbinaro's Fresh Mexican
Grill is going to move in.They're going to open July fifteenth. It's
the fourth family owned Hobbin Arrows.They have a pair of locations in Hilliard

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and one in Grand View Yard.They said they wanted to add a more
north location, and they found thatClintonville, they said, is a great
area with lots of loyal customers,and it is. Clintonville has changed.
I've lived here on and off sincenineteen ninety two in this house that we've
lived in, and for the pasttwenty years, we've seen a lot of
changes in restaurants come and go,and mostly for the best. And this

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is just another example of there's nota lot of Mexican food in Clintonville.
There's a couple of food truckses stopby, but this is going to be
right there at Henderson and High.It's a good location for them, they
say. And yeah, they're goingto have street tacos, They're going to
have tortas, burritos, bowls,nachos the whole nine yards, and many
people in Clintonville are very excited.And the Hobbinaros folks believe that they're going

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to get because it's such a busyarea, they're going to get customers from
all over the place. Yeah,you've got the local cantina which is a
little south on High Street, andthe Candato's Tacos which is darn near right
across the street there. But yeah, if you go north, there's not
a lot of options there for goodMexican food. So I'm excited about this.

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And you neglected to mention the tequilaand mezcal as well. I had
a bad experience with tequila. Ithink most people have had a bad experience
in tequila, so I don't bringit up. Just make it go away.
I'm not a huge tequila guy either, but I just thought i'd bring
that up that now I know thestory behind the story. So so when,

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yeah, there's no tequila in myfuture past, when does Habinarrows open
up July fifteenth, a week orso. You're gonna see there's already coming
soon. Signs out there. They'veredesigned the whole interior of it to more
reflect Mexican restaurant and you're gonna findall sorts of great things inside, and

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that's what they're promising. Looking forwardto that. Speaking with Mark Summerson Columbus
Business First, you can find himand maybe go and get yourself a subscription
Columbus Business First dot com. Mark, I see that city council in Columbus
is figuring out what to do withthe beer Stube. Yeah, the beer
Stube is gonna go away. There'sbeen plans for this Harbor Bay, which

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is an out of state or actuallythey have development firm with offices in Cleveland,
Chicago. They've put in these plansa while back to build a thirteen
story, one hundred and eighty threeunit apartment building. But what stands out
two things. One, it's thesite of the Beer Stube, which was
one of those beloved Ohio state bars, but there have been many that have
come and gone. And the secondthing that's really interesting this this this is

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a mass timber build. So eventhough it's going to be thirteen stories,
this is not a steel build.This is mass timber. They use wood
instead of steel to bring their buildings. This is happening around the country,
they say it's more sustainable, hasa lower carbon footprint, all sorts of
things like that. And they said, hey, we're going to have exposed
wood beams on the ground floor.We're going to showcase our construction type.

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They're already working on projects in SaltLake City and Atlanta using timber, and
there are companies across the country thatare starting to look at mass timber for
these apartments and office buildings. Andif you look at the picture on our
website of what it looks just likea standard building, but the whole process
to build it will be different.And right now it's going to go to

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city council, and city council willdecide if this thing is going to work
or not. Now, of course, this is pre zoning changes. In
the future, if the zoning passes, this sort of project will go up
more dense and tall projects for morehousing in central Ohio. So I'm pretty
sure city council is going to agreethat this is a good project. There

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one other thing that's interesting. Theirprevious proposal had thirty nine parking spaces on
it. We know that the newplans for zoning say you don't have to
have parking anymore for these things thatpeople will be able to park elsewhere,
whether it's on the street or innearby garages. So there are no planned
parking spaces on the site. We'llsee what city council has to say that,

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and we'll see if Harbor Bay Ventures, this development firm, has to
make any further changes to get thisapproved. That's really interesting. I've never
heard that term mass timber project.That's kind of interesting, and I would
imagine if this goes in and itbecomes the city's first mass timber project,
mainly construct that out of wood,that will seem more. Yeah, there's

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been problems with especially during COVID,with steel getting things ready for construction.
They say this works for them,that they have these this engineered wood instead
of steel to use, and they'regoing to go ahead and try this year.
It could be one of those greattest projects. If it does work,
you may see other developers looking forthis kind of material to build their

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building. So we go from acampus area development with apartments and housing to
housing on Parsons Avenue. What's thestory there. Yeah, this is ryewalld
Development's plan. They have a fivestory building with apartments in ground floor commercial
space at eight seventy Parsons Avenue.Right now, there's a Papa John's there,
a cell phone store and a surfaceparking lot. And again, if
you go to our website, youcould take a look at the photo or

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a rendering of what this apartment buildingwill look like. It's quite sharp.
The managing partner, Joe Rywald ofRyewald Development said, he hopes this project
has a strong street presence with theground floor retail, which is what a
lot of developers are doing now.They're kind of going away from office and
residential and they're going for more residentialwith ground floor retail in it. That

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give amenities to some of the tenantsthat are going to be there, so
they'll be the two retail spaces ofDisco goes Through also adds housing along Parsons
Avenue that will bring more housing desperatelyneeded in this area. There'll be eighty
six apartments. These will be studios, the three bedroom units. Some units
have private patios and balconies, andsome of the units will be considered affordable

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housing, with ten percent of themcapped for eighty percent of the area media
income and ten percent cap for thosemaking one hundred percent of the area median
income. So this is an interestingproject over on Parsons. A lot of
stuff is happening over there on thatpart of town, and we're going to
see more of it being built.So again, more housing is needed,
and this Rywall Development says, hey, we have a solution. We'll get

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rid of some of these smaller companiesthat are on this property and we're going
to build something where people can live. You're right, it is a very
slick looking building. You can seeit at Columbus business first dot com.
Speaking with managing editor Mark Summerson.Let's get back to restaurants. Mark,
I'm excited about this. It's anew Cameron Mitchell restaurant opening I think downtown

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this weekend. It's called Butcher andRose. Yeah, this is a big
deal. We sat down with founderand CEO Camera Mitchell, and he said
basically everything they do is calculated tothe point where he knows every single thing
that's on the menu. He's veryexcited on this. This restaurant, he
said, is going to be yourhigh end steakhouse, but they hope it

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has also a lot of appeal tofolks for not only steaks, but they
have a softer environment, that's moreinviting. So it's not going to be
like one of those stodgy, woodpaneled old steakhouses where you know, it's
filled with cigar smoke, very lowlight. This is going to be something
a little different. But yeah,we're he's really working on these dishes and

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we're excited on that. He tooktime to talk about the potatoes in a
which is like a really nice potatodish fifteen bucks, but he said it
is well worth it to try thisbecause he said it'll just blow your mind.
And that's where Camera Mitchell stands out. Prices are going to be a
little higher here. This is ahigh end restaurant, but he said the

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food and the inviting atmosphere and inthe new plaza that's being built there is
going to be something that's special forColumbus. And you know, he's had
steakhouses before, and he sold offto Mitchell steakhouses of course, and he
does have high end restaurants, includingsome that have just opened up at Easton
and other areas. But yeah,we're we're looking at a new downtown steak

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site and also you know Smith andWallents he's going to be moving into the
arena district. So there's going tobe some steak interesting steak joints moving into
downtown Columbus, but anything with CameraMitchell's name on it usually turns to gold.
I think we need to do asteakhouse tour of Columbus, you and
me, Mark, what do youthink? I'm all over it. We'll
skip the tequila and go r