According to a recent Columbus Business First article, one historic building in downtown Columbus will be home to a foraging based restaurant. The State House is slated to open this July at 11 W State St, in the former home of Ho-Toy restaurant.
The historic building is now owned by Bonnier Building LLC, and was purchased by Tora Bonnier, who has announced plans to open The State House as well as two other concepts in the historic structure. Bonnier tells What Now Columbus that The State House will be a foraged based eatery that will serve ingredients from food grown and sourced across the state, prepared using historic and traditional methods. Those ingredients include beans, corn and hominy, some pickled and preserved items, fish from Lake Erie and the Ohio River as well as venison.
Bonnier graduated from Capital University Law School and thought that she would become an attorney, and she also attended Le Cordon Bleu Paris to learn how to be a sommelier. She views her latest venture as a way to combine her combined knowledge and passions.
“I saw the opportunity to purchase the building and dove in head first in order to pursue some of the concepts I knew already,” she said.
The full-service restaurant will be located on the ground floor of the building with two additional concepts opening in the building’s basement and upper level mezzanine.
