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I’m definitely not feeling you Columbus, so called Greatest City of All. First you give me a parking ticket. Then you raise your income tax by 0.5%. I live in Dublin, so I couldn’t vote. But for some reason, my place of employment falls just within your borders. By maybe 200 yards. So lucky me, I get to pay that extra tax and I had no say.

But I do have a say with my wallet. So forgive me if I don’t experience you for a while. [Although I do love the organization and the people I just linked to, hence the link love ]

Listen. I’m not going to boycott you. I’ll still visit and spend money. But given a choice between spending money in Dublin or the other suburbs and you, I’ll go with the suburbs. Yea, you’ve got some cool areas with cool restaurants.

But, now if I want my indie restaurant fix, I’ll go to places like Tucci’s, Oscar’s, Brazenhead, Dublin Village Tavern, Matt the Miller’s Tavern, J Lui’s and others in Dublin. Or maybe I’ll head over to Reynoldsburg at the suggestion of Tom Rockhold and go to Scali’s or El Portal.

Got a favorite independent restaurant that’s NOT within the Columbus city borders? Leave a comment here and join me in my non-boycott of Columbus. Support Columbus suburb businesses!

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