Local news for Hilliard, Ohio
Local news for Hilliard, Ohio
Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Latest reporting from the Business desk.
Business
Coffee Connections, the Old Hilliard coffee shop forced out of its Main Street building in late June by structural damage, is operating a pop-up at Cornerstone Christian Fellowship while owners Nate and Sharon Grenier search for a permanent new location.
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Lira Italian Kitchen, from the owners of ColumBEST-winning The Clocktower Kitchen + Bar, will open inside Old Hilliard's former Chase bank building at 4056 Main St. in early 2028, featuring handmade pasta, wood-fired dishes and a wine cellar in the old bank vault.
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Hilliard-headquartered Micro Center completed a major renovation of its flagship Bethel Road store on Aug. 22, converting storage space into 6,000 square feet of new retail floor and adding robotics, 3D printing and collectibles departments.
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The Franklin County Board of Elections has certified four Sunday liquor sales ballot questions for TruePointe Boulevard restaurants, putting the issue before Hilliard Precinct 2-D voters on Nov. 3.
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Kroger's Columbus Division is donating $10,000 in gift cards to Franklin and Perry county families recovering from the Aug. 11 derecho, with local authorities distributing the cards to those hit hardest.
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Beignets & Brew, a fast-growing New Orleans-style beignet and coffee chain, is opening its first Ohio location at 2495 Hilliard Rome Rd. in Hilliard, with hiring already underway though no opening date has been set.
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Pickleball Kingdom, a national indoor pickleball franchise, plans to open a 36,000-square-foot, 15-court facility at 4500 Britton Pkwy. in Hilliard in late August 2026, nearly tripling the area's dedicated indoor court count.
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Sutphen Corporation, the nation's oldest family-owned fire apparatus manufacturer, marked 136 years of continuous operation with its Hilliard plant remaining a key production hub for custom emergency vehicles serving central Ohio fire departments.
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Bagels & Jam Co., a family-run shop co-owned by Sunny Muheisen and pastry chef Abdul Jamhour, soft-opened July 16 at 4465 Cemetery Road in Hilliard, bringing New Jersey-style bagels to the west side.
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Coffee Connections of Hilliard has reopened as a pop-up in the basement of Cornerstone Christian Fellowship at 4066 Main St., two blocks from the storefront it was forced to leave in June after city inspectors deemed the century-old building's floor unsafe.
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Four restaurants at Hilliard's TruePointe development — Drunch, Medley Kitchen, Old Scratch Pizza and Smoked Lick BBQ — have filed for Sunday liquor sales permits on the Tuesday, Nov. 3 Franklin County General Election ballot, with precinct 2-D voters deciding each question.