Celebrate 614 Day Your Way

Putting your dollar toward local businesses has never been more important. The cancellations of major events such as The Arnold and the Columbus Arts Festival that attract attention from outside of Columbus have no doubt hurt the wallet of restaurants and shops near and dear to our heart.

Even though there’s not a full-blown way to celebrate 614 Day this year, here at (614) Magazine we’re encouraging our readers to celebrate their own way. 614 Day takes place on Sunday, but we’re urging you to make a more conscious effort to patronize local businesses.

This is in no way a definitive guide, but below are a few everyday tasks that you can put your own local spin on. Use 614 Day as a launching pad to spread your dollar within the community as much as you can in 2020.

Start your Columbus adventure off with a cup of local coffee and then dine out once (or twice).

Originally from Eritrea, Africa, Micael Habte has lived, breathed, and tasted coffee for pretty much his whole life. That’s why he opened up Upper Cup Coffee, located at 79 Parsons Ave., to best serve your single-origin house-roasted coffee needs.
If you wanted to fill up even more before you went about your day, stop by Jack & Benny’s, located at 2563 N. High St. Its famous Gutbuster will fix that empty-stomach issue.
If you passed on breakfast but need some mid-day fuel, you can never go wrong with pizza-by-the-slice at Mikey’s Late Night Slice. Stop by any of the 4th and Main (268 S. 4th St.), High and Vine (457 N. High St.), or Short North (1030 N. High St.) locations.

Do your grocery shopping at a local grocer.

The independent and family-owned Weiland’s Market, located at 3600 Indianola Ave., prides itself on featuring locally-produced food on its shelves.
Huffman’s Market in Upper Arlington, located at 2140 Tremont Center, is another local grocer that packs its shelves with products from local providers.
Lucky’s Market, which was purchased by the Cleveland-based Dave’s Markets in early April, is going back to being locally-owned after breaking ties with Kroger. If you haven’t been doing your organic grocery shopping here, check it out now at 2770 N High St.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY

Need a new fit? Go out of your way to check out a local boutique store.

Wearing a shirt from HOMAGE is one of the best ways to show off your Columbus style. It’s also the perfect place to find that special gift for a friend or family member. Or just treat yourself! You’ve deserved it. The Easton location (4032 Easton St.) is now reopened for business.
If you’re from Central Ohio and you’re trying to make your feet stand out from the crowd, You’ve probably heard of Sole Classics

While grabbing a table at a show around town may prove to be difficult during these times, you can still lift up the local music community by stopping in a record shop.

If you happen to be in the Short North, flip through some records at Magnolia Thunderpussy (1155 N. High St.).
If you’re downtown, it’ll be hard to walk away empty handed if you pop in Spoonful Records (183 E. Rich St.).

And you can cap off your night by patronizing a neighborhood movie theater.

Grandview Theater & Drafthouse, located at 1247 Grandview Ave., reopened on Friday! If you wanted to plan a double-feature day, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and The Big Lebowski will be showing on Sunday and the following week.

Same goes for Studio 35 Cinema & Drafthouse, which can be found at 3055 Indianola Ave. Studio 35 will be playing The Goonies and Moonrise Kingdom, if that’s more of your vibe.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY