FOODIES

Abright red sign catches my eye. As I get closer, the blob soon becomes letters, and reads ‘Le Fernández Café.’

Overly excited, I call my mom immediately and inform her there is a new cafe on our street. For me and many others, this new restaurant is a breath of fresh air for Columbus.

I went to this cafe the weekend it opened, and it was packed. And it still continues to be packed. Cars park all along our street because of the lack of parking in the parking lot. This is a good sign that it is always busy, because it tells me other families in our community feel the same way I do.

The food itself is a bit expensive, but everything is nowadays. I paid $14 for crepes, and they put bananas on it when I asked for none, but no harm, no foul. I just picked them off. Restaurants that have been open

A food review of a new local restaurant, Le Fernández Café

for years make mistakes, so I don’t really care that they slightly messed up my order on the first weekend they were open. There is a good sized menu, so you have a lot to choose from, which adds to the long-ish wait. I don’t love that there is a huge wait, but it tells me they are making everything fresh.

When you think about it, there are really no brunch places in Columbus, let alone good ones. This new cafe is the only non-chain breakfast and lunch restaurant to go in Columbus. Since it is open around lunchtime, students can also have another option that is walking distance from the school, and it is good food. It is a change of pace from another fast food chain restaurant that Columbus doesn’t need.

Despite my iffy experience at the cafe, I am very happy that there is a new cafe that adds diversity and economic opportunity to our community.

by Ivy Davidson