2023: AUDIOBOOKS

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Little Palace and Dirty Franks who knew there was such royalty in downtown Columbus, Little Palace and Dirty Frank's Hot Dog Palace. Two old fashioned restaurant bars just west of Franklin University in operation since 1985. Little Palace is reminiscent of a 50 s diner replete with a vintage neon sign that informs passerby of the restaurant. Original decorative and architectural features of the building have been preserved such as the Boomtown facade and en table that lines the top of the building as well as the booth dividers and the bar inside the diner. Even some menu items have remained the same since the diner's opening ingredients for the Little Palace Euro, including the Secret Ziki sauce recipe have not changed in the past 30 years. Two doors down from Little Palace is Dirty Franks, a favorite of meat eaters and vegetarians alike with over 30 varieties of hot dogs. Dirty Franks is a Columbus icon and has been nationally recognized for its Vienna All Beef Franks and veggie dogs. The work of Philadelphia based graphic artist, Hock Krall adorns the walls depicting such customer favorites as the Sonoran and the Tijuana dog next door. 16 bit bar Arcade takes its name from the computer architecture that many of its decades old arcade games were built on with more than 40 classic arcade games on the floor. This venue caters to the nostalgic and playful, enjoy a drink and play games for free to relive or explore the video games of the 19 eighties and nineties. This area along north forth, flourished in the 19th and early 20th century as part of the central market district. Many of the buildings that now house trendy restaurants were part of the Jewish commercial neighborhood that sold pots and pans, shoes and other necessities for the area now known as German village. People came from all over to shop here, tiled front entrances to buildings, decorative cornices and overhangs show the area was part of the old commercial neighborhood known as the hub. Central Market was demolished during urban renewal in the 1960 s with funding from the federal government.