The Loving Hut is an international chain of all-vegan restaurants that opened a Reynoldsburg location on Feb. 26th 2011. Originating in Taiwain, the restaurant offers some Asian-inspired dishes as well as a selection of uniquely American items like a vegan interpretation of a Philly cheese steak.
8a-11p Wed-Mon.
Pretty much everything on the vegetarian menu is also vegan. Even thought it was pretty busy when I went in, they were really considerate and helpful about looking up ingredients to things. They understood the word 'vegan'. However, I'm not sure they actually knew what they were talking about when it came to the egg rolls (see below) and after we went through the whole vegan ordering schtick, they still put decidedly non-vegan fortune cookies on our trays.
They had a HUGE vegan sushi plate for $10 even at dinner price. I shared one with a friend; we stuffed ourselves silly and still didn't finish it all. Service was a little snotty (admittedly, we did look sort of...crunchy). The place is way cute though, and doubles as a frequently refreshed gallery (like most things in the Short North). Probably don't go during Gallery Hop, at least in the summer --- I've noticed that when it's super-busy, the quality of the food can be really variable.
Columbus Vegan - Recipes and vegan living in Columbus, Ohio.
Veg Guide Columbus - Columbus page of the veg dining guide/review site.
Vegitarirun - A Columbus aspiring raw veg*an in training for a marathon
