Post by Jason McGathey

The year gets off to a tremendous start in Westerville, where sometime in January, Michael’s Pizza becomes the first place to serve alcohol there since 1875. In less triumphant though somewhat related news, in symbolic yin/yang fashion, December will meanwhile see city council voting against renewing liquor licenses for Ledo’s Lounge (2608 North High Street), Miani’s (2619), and The Nut House (2159.) Somewhere in between these measures, both philosophically and chronologically, in November, select campus area UDF stores stop selling domestic beer in bottles – this apparently at the behest of Ohio State bigwigs, who are concerned about the ever escalating game day carnage.