Easter Roundup: Where to Shop, Dine & Fill Your Easter Basket
Where to shop for your Easter supper, buy chocolate eggs and make brunch reservations
The Foodletter’s Easter Roundup
Compiled By Erin Edwards
On the hunt for hot cross buns, leg of lamb and chocolate eggs? We’ve got you covered. Below, we’ve compiled a list of some of the special menus, events, confections and baked goods available this Easter in Columbus.
Bakeries
Easter preordering is available for Angie’s Rainbow Cookies, the Italian rainbow cookie specialist. Angie’s is offering a pair of special Easter rainbow cookies as well as small and large Easter cookie platters. Pickup will be available at Angie’s home bakery in Lewis Center March 27-29 and at the Worthington Farmers Market on March 28. Order here. (Note: Angie’s will be closed March 30 to April 7.)
Belle’s Bakery has a variety of great options for the Easter table, including a springtime favorite: cherry blossom melon rolls. The seasonal offering is available now. Belle’s is also an ideal spot for strawberry cakes, matcha cakes, mango mouse cakes and fruit tarts. Order cakes here.
Littleton’s Market Bakery is accepting preorders for Easter baked goods through Tuesday, March 31. Some of the bakery’s offerings include Parker House rolls, hot cross buns, braided Easter bread, carrot cake rolls, mini tarts and more. Pickup is available April 4 at Littleton’s Market (2140 Tremont Circle, Upper Arlington). Order here.
The boutique bakery Love Riley (14 Dillmont Drive) is accepting preorders for colorful assorted Easter cookies, cupcakes, carrot cakes, speckled egg cakes, macarons and more. Order here.
The vegan bakery Pattycake (3870 N. High St.) is offering adorable lamb cakes, carrot cakes, bunny cutout cookies and more for the season. Gluten-free options are available as well. Place your order here.
The Downtown Columbus bakery Three Bites (12 E. Broad St.) has unveiled a trio of special Easter offerings, including its lemon blueberry loaf, brown butter carrot cake loaf and lemon lavender bomboloni. All three baked goods are available to preorder through noon on Friday, March 27. Pickup and delivery will be available April 4-5. Order here.
Breweries
Head out to Lancaster’s Rockmill Brewery (5705 Lithopolis Road NW) at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 4, for an Easter egg hunt across 10-acres of the bucolic brewery’s grounds. Kids and adults welcome, with prizes for both including “Super Eggs” redeemable for $20 Rockmill gift cards. Learn more here.
Chocolate/Candy Makers
The Powell chocolatier Lohcally Artisan Chocolates (77 W. Olentangy St.) is offering several handcrafted chocolates for the holiday, including an Easter Bundle that includes rabbit chocolate truffles and a chocolate Easter cross. Order here.
The local confectioner Sweet Ghost has unveiled its handmade caramallow eggs featuring chocolate, salted caramel and vanilla bean marshmallow. Other Easter treats are coming soon. Pickup will be available at the Worthington Farmers Market on March 28. Order caramallow eggs here. Sweet Ghost will be at several in-person events leading up to Easter. See the schedule here.
Winans Coffee & Chocolate stores (multiple locations) offer a one-stop-shop for filling Easter baskets. Offerings include milk chocolate-covered Peeps, solid chocolate Easter bunnies, filled chocolate eggs, chocolate bunny suckers, jelly beans and much more. Winans also offers coffee beans for Easter morning. Shop in person or order here.
Markets
Carfagna’s Market (1440 Gemini Place, Polaris) is offering several precooked Easter dinner options, including a lasagna and leg of lamb dinners. Each precooked dinner serves 6-10 guests and includes a variety of sides, dinner rolls and dessert. Just reheat and serve. The deadline to order is Sunday, March 29, with pickup at Carfagna’s on Saturday, April 4. Order here.
Littleton’s Market (2140 Tremont Circle, Upper Arlington) offers a variety of seasonal sides, entrees and baked goods (see above) so that you can host an Easter feast at home without doing all the cooking. Entrees include rack of lamb, leg of lamb, spiral ham, stuffed salmon, lasagna and more. Order online for pickup at the market on April 4.
Simply Balkan Market (620 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg) is stocking several Easter favorites, including lamb, roast pork and Easter bread. Preorders are being accepted until April 5 either in person or by phone at 614-604-9605.
Weiland’s Market (3600 Indianola Ave.) is a great source for filling your Easter table. The Clintonville grocery is currently accepting Easter ham and lamb orders; you can view options here. Call (614) 267-9878 to place your order. In addition, the market is hosting its Bunny Bonanza! family event from 9 a.m. to noon this Saturday, March 28. The event will feature a children’s egg hunt around the store, mimosas for the adults and an appearance by a cotton-tailed celebrity. Anyone dressed like a bunny (kids and adults) will get 10 percent off their purchase.
Meat Purveyors
There are just a few days left to order Easter meats from The Hungarian Butcher (2177 W. Dublin-Granville Road, Linworth). The butcher’s Easter selection includes blackstrap carving ham, kielbasa, leg of lamb, charcuterie boards and more. Order deadline is March 27, with pickup available at the shop April 2-4. Order here.
Ray Ray’s Hog Pit (multiple locations) is now accepting Easter preorders for smoked full leg of lamb, smoked pit ham, smoked beef brisket and more. Orders will be accepted until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 31, or until Ray Ray’s sells out. Pickup is available 11 a.m.-4 p.m. on April 5 at Ray Ray’s Clintonville, Westerville, Franklinton and Granville locations. Place your order here.
Thurn’s Specialty Meats (530 Greenlawn Ave.) will be holding a pop-up sale from 7 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 4, just ahead of Easter Sunday. No preorders will be available.
Restaurants
The Boat House at Confluence Park (679 W. Spring St.) is bringing back its Easter Sunday brunch with a special limited-time menu and scenic views along the Scioto River. Make your reservation here.
Most Cameron Mitchell Restaurants are open on Easter, but you’ll want to get a reservation soon. Several CMR restaurants that don’t normally offer brunch are offering special Easter Brunch menus, including Butcher & Rose, Cento and Martini.
The rooftop restaurant Goodale Station (77 E. Nationwide Blvd.) is planning an Easter brunch buffet 10 a.m.-3 p.m. April 5. Valet is free. Reserve your seats here.
Lindey’s (169 E. Beck St.) is always a popular choice for Easter brunch or dinner, so you better snag your reservations soon. Check out Lindey’s Easter brunch menu here.
Metsi’s in the Short North (36 E. Lincoln St.) is offering all-day brunch menu from noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday, April 5. Grab your reservations here.
The Refectory’s (1092 Bethel Road) dine-in reservations are fully booked on Easter, but you can still enjoy a French feast from the award-winning restaurant on April 5. The Refectory’s Easter Home Dinner ($85) includes a ready-to-reheat, four-course dinner with soup, salad, choice of entree and dessert. Ordering ends Tuesday, March 31 (or when sold out). Curbside pickup will be available 12:30-2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 4. Call 614-451-9774 to order.
Grandview’s Third & Hollywood (1433 W. Third Ave.) still has reservations available for Easter brunch and dinner. Snag your seats here.
Dublin’s Vaso Rooftop Lounge (6540 Riverside Drive) is hosting a family-friendly event dubbed Brunchin’ with the Bunny from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Easter Sunday. Tickets include a brunch buffet, Easter craft station, egg-decorating station and a visit from the Easter Bunny. Purchase tickets here.
Notes
Around the Columbus Food & Drink Scene
As reported by The Columbus Dispatch, the modern Indian restaurant Rooh (685 N. High St.) is mixing things up this spring. The restaurant is set to close for a refresh April 5-9. It reopen April 10 with a breakfast pop-up cafe called Mornings by Rooh (inspired by Chicago’s Swadesi Cafe), as well as a refreshed interior and a new dinner menu. You can follow Rooh on Instagram for sneak peeks of new menu items.
East Market (212 Kelton Ave.) remained closed Tuesday after part of the historic building’s roof caught fire Sunday night. It’s believed that lighting struck the roof above the market’s Railhouse Bar. According to Columbus Business First, the market’s vendors will reopen Wednesday, and the bar is expected to be up and running Thursday.
Columbus Business First reports that the shuttered Howl at the Moon space (next to North Market Downtown) will be replaced by Sugar, a new Mediterranean concept by One Hospitality, founded by Chris Corso. Across the street, the same restaurant group is also opening an Asian-inspired restaurant and bar called Spice—get it?