For Pratik and my “Explore Columbus Event” we chose to go to Cat Fish Biff’s because it is a small but extremely well known restaurant of Columbus. Pratik had never gotten a full pizza from Biff’s and I felt that he really needed to be exposed to this icon of pizza of the area. Pratik really wanted to know what all the hype was about so he was very excited to experience this pizza first hand. Additionally Pratik and I also ventured to Graeter’s Ice-cream after getting pizza. Graeter’s is a personal favorite of mine and I frequently adventure to this location to fill my ice-cream cravings.

Starting with Biff’s, Pratik and I ordered a cheese pizza and sat out on the wooden benches in the front while we waited for it to be ready. The menu was super easy to read and what we wanted to order was simple so that was not confusing at all. The Menu had a lot of additional things other than pizza which surprised both of us a lot but we were not brave enough to try them as our mission was to experience the pizza served at Biff’s. Our wait was about 10 minutes max and the service was great. Getting to Biff’s is an easy walk as it is right outside of Smith-Steeb and has cheap prices. I would definitely recommend going to Biff’s to a friend because it is a well known gem of columbus that is very easy to walk to and very great prices. Pratik told me that he would definitely be spending more money at Biff’s as he really enjoyed his cheese pizza. I felt this was a good place to explore because it is a place he can easily go back to again, can bring friends and can afford to experience more than once and at any time of the day!

After our pizza my friend picked us up in his car to take us to Graeter’s so that we could avoid the long bus ride. Graeter’s is about 15 minutes away but it is most convenient to get there by car. This is inconvenient if you do not have a car so my friend had to come so that he could take us. The atmosphere of Graeter’s is amazing. It smells like ice-cream, there is many flavors and the environment is just happy.After sampling many flavors I ordered a strawberry cheesecake flavor while Pratik ordered the famous black raspberry chip flavor, my personal favorite. I think the best part of the visit was obviously how amazing the ice-cream was but also how friendly the workers were. All of the workers were so happy and when we told them why we were there they gave us a ton of other suggestions of places we should visit in Columbus, some being Condado and Blaze. I would recommend coming to Graeter’s to a friend because the ice-cream was amazing and workers were super friendly but only if they have a car to get there. I looked it up and there was a bus that went there as well but it would have been a 45 minute bus ride which is not nearly as convenient as a 15 minute car ride for people with a busy schedule (and Uber is too expensive).

On this two part adventure I enjoyed learning about the small and big businesses in Columbus. I liked Biff’s because it is somewhere we could easily go to again and it doesn’t require the planning of transportation, just our walking feet. I also enjoyed Graeter’s though because it got us off campus (but close by) and we could see what the “big businesses” of Columbus were like. I learned that Ice-cream can be pretty pricey when sold in the City (Graeter’s) but that it is high quality and a fun experience and fun environment just like the rest of Columbus. I think it is hard to take the time to get off campus as school is very time consuming and hard but it is worth it to take the time to explore. Exploring can be easy if you go with the right people that provide vehicles or if you don’t mind walking/ riding the bus. There is always a way to get places. I would recommend to others to plan when doing these adventures because I didn’t realize how long a bus ride would have been or how expensive an uber was until I looked it up and luckily I had a friend that was willing to tag along so that we could avoid these obstacles. If we had to ride the bus or take an Uber it would have been fine though.  Learning about the Ice-cream and food of Columbus was something I think both Pratik and I very much enjoyed. I feel like Columbus has a lot of variety of Pizza places and high-end ice creameries. Next semester Pratik and I might adventure to Jenni’s to try another expensive but delicious ice-cream of Columbus, or we might take the Graeter’s worker employee’s suggestion of going to Blaze so we can compare it to Biff’s.

Overall I had a wonderful time on this two part adventure with Pratik and I look forward to adventuring around Columbus with him next semester!