IN THE NEWS: Columbus restaurateur Kent Rigsby, owner of Rigsby’s Kitchen and the Eleni-Christina Bakery, plans to open Tasi, a breakfast-and- sandwich eatery that also will sell prepared take-home meals. It will operate at 680 N. Pearl St., where the Pistachio pastry shop is vacating this month, Business First of Columbus reports. He’s partnering with his wife, Tasi, the restaurant’s namesake, and Matt Radcliffe, a cook at Rigsby’s, who will be the general manager at Tasi. Pistachio is expected to leave the storefront at mid-month for a spot at 541 S. Third St. in German Village. Rigsby expects to open Tasi by the first week of September. … The paper also reports: After 16 years of operating as a wholesale coffee roaster, supplier and coffee business consultant, Crimson Cup Inc. has opened its first store at 4548 N. High St. in Clintonville. … An ownership change at Katzinger’s Delicatessen will come with a renewed focus on catering. Diane Warren has become sole owner of the landmark German Village deli after buying out her husband, Steve. She said the two are getting divorced and he agreed to sell his 50 percent stake. columbus.bizjournals.com … The Columbus Dispatch’s Jon Christensen reviews Marcella’s (615 N. High St.) dispatch.com … ColumbusUnderground.com reviews Anatolia Cafe (1097 Worthington Woods Blvd., Worthington). … Alive’s G.A. Benton reviews Black Creek Bistro (53 Parsons Ave., Olde Towne East). columbusalive.com

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