Heights Eats

On a recent trip to Columbus we decided to make a stop at Schmidt’s Sausage Haus after seeing it featured on the Travel Channel’s Man V Food show. In general we are fans of sausage and I have German heritage so it sounded interesting.

The restaurant itself is kind of small and compartmentalized. The décor is rustic. The servers seemed to be primarily female and they were wearing German bar-maid dresses. We stopped by on a Saturday afternoon and found the restaurant pretty full, although we did not have to wait around for a table.

We browsed the sausage buffet, but it did not seem too fresh so Ben and I decided to share the sausage sampler and order a side of potato pancakes. We tried to convince Jonathan to order some sort of sausage, but he was more in a cheeseburger mood.

The Sausage sampler was plated on top of sauerkraut and served with a side of German potato salad and apple sauce. The German … continue reading

Recently Ben and I stopped in to Jaipur Junction on the west side for lunch. We had not been there in years, but remembered that they had great Indian food at great prices. The restaurant itself is pretty small and you are served on plastic plates with plastic silver ware. Ben ordered the vegetarian lunch plate, and I ordered the non-veg lunch plate. Ben’s was $5.99 and mine was $6.99. We were both served two Indian dishes, saffron rice, papadams and naan. My entrees were curried chicken and chickpeas while Ben’s were a spinach & chickpea curry and a mixed vegetable curry with peas. While my chicken was quite good, Ben noted that one definitely doesn’t miss the meat in a vegetarian Indian meal.

The food was excellent, and the price was beyond excellent. This is a great spot for take out or a casual lunch.

Recently Ben and I stopped by Juniper Grille for lunch on a weekend. We had never been there before, but drove by it many times. The lighting was a little dark, but the inside was tastefully decorated. We both had a hard time deciding what to order because there were so many things on the menu that sounded good. I decided on the prosciutto, fig and goat cheese panini and Ben got the caprese panini.

The french fries were fresh cut, and the house made potato chips were also excellent and very addictive. I also ordered a glass of the house green tea, which had a hint of blackberry and was very tasty. The sandwiches were grilled on a panini press and were perfectly crispy.

Before we went to the Juniper Grille, we did a little research on the web and found that most people thought this was a great restaurant except for the service. Most reviews that we found were … continue reading