Italian Village couple Jillian Bajaksouzian and Austin Stahl got married at The Fives in September 2025, incorporating their ...

To meet the Columbus' housing crunch, builders could return to the duplex solution. But their options to build are limited.

The Affordable Housing Alliance of Central Ohio recently worked with Scioto Analysis to research and produce a report outlining where duplexes can and can't be built in the region. Living in a classic ...

To say Ukeme Awakessien Jeter wears many hats is an understatement. To name a few: immigrant, engineer, lawyer, mayor and city council member, author and mom. She added another in April as a new ...

Ogling the beautiful historic homes in the German Village is part of the visiting experience, but for the district’s residents, it’s an enviable part of their daily routine. Carolyn and William ...

Columbus is swooning over Kristina Johnson. “I’m in love,” says a business leader with close ties to Ohio State. What excites civic types is Johnson’s community focus, a much different mindset from ...

When Mike Babcock resigned from the Columbus Blue Jackets in September after less than three months on the job, it was a victory for employee privacy rights. The hockey coach took heat (first in the ...

Julianne Ali and Brent Oleksak met in the spring of 2017 at the University of Pittsburgh, where they were attending a sorority-fraternity meetup. Brent proposed Dec. 26, 2023, while the two were on a ...

In an alternate universe, Dave Mazza—who’s been part of NBC4’s meteorology team for 14 years and chief meteorologist for roughly nine of them—might have been a chef. And in this one, he says he makes ...

Columbus Monthly’s staff shares our personal Best of Columbus picks. These are the spots across town where we consider ourselves regulars. I have determined through exhaustive research that it’s the ...

Todd Cumbow, a Lindey’s managing partner, calls complimentary valet service a vital part of the restaurant experience, and the German Village institution is the rare restaurant that still employs its ...

Welcome to Best of Columbus, the city’s original reader-voted contest crowning our favorite people and places. Columbus Monthly readers picked over 100 of their favorite places to eat and drink, shop ...