![]() ![]() ![]() “A lot of that just comes from Columbus having an interesting makeup of the city and having the university here,” he said. The diversity of Columbus’ population also contributes to its growing reputation as a “foodie” city, Dekker said. “It is just a little more conducive to people creating unique restaurants and people finding their niche.” “I think Columbus is a city that is generally pretty friendly toward entrepreneurs… it is friendly toward people starting businesses,” Dekker said. “I would always encounter some really interesting diner or local café, and I wanted a way to just record some thoughts on those places… to record where it was and what I had.”ĭespite the expansion of the blog outside of Ohio’s state lines, Dekker said Columbus is developing its own identity as a city devoted to culinary innovation. “There are some really memorable spots around Columbus and other places (I) have traveled to,” Dekker said. “(I) do more of describing what (the restaurant) was like so that someone else can assess for themselves whether it is a place they would like or not,” he said.ĭekker’s blog currently features more than 200 restaurant reviews, and almost all of them focus on the restaurants’ breakfast offerings.Īlthough the majority of restaurants reviewed by Dekker are located in Ohio, “Breakfast with Nick” has expanded its range to feature several out-of-state reviews ranging from cafés in New York to donut shops in Oregon. “It was always just kind of starting from the ground up and building my experience, focusing more on what the place was like and what I ordered and what I thought of it.”ĭekker said while reviewing a restaurant for “Breakfast with Nick,” he tries to focus on the overall experience rather than the minute, critical details, in hopes that his readers will venture out to try the food for themselves. “(I) started very simply posting about places (I was) going,” he said. With no formal culinary training or experience in the restaurant business prior to starting his blog, Dekker said “Breakfast with Nick” evolved as he continued to casually post about various Columbus-area restaurants. ![]() In addition to writing for “Breakfast with Nick,” Dekker said he contributes articles to “Columbus Crave” magazine and frequently appears on WBNS-10TV.ĭekker and his blog were also featured in the New York Post’s May 6 article “Columbus, Ohio is a breakfast mecca,” which served as a guide to some of Columbus’ most notable breakfast spots. The blog, which started with what Dekker called a “glorified hobby,” has made the OSU alum somewhat of a local celebrity. “It was kind of on a whim,” Dekker said of starting his blog, “Breakfast with Nick.” in history, literature and criticism from OSU in 2007, Dekker decided to turn a lifelong passion for early morning cuisine into a blog about his local food-fueled adventures. “I’ve always loved breakfast ever since I was a kid,” said Dekker, who teaches an Introduction to Theatre course on OSU’s Columbus campus.Īfter receiving a Ph.D. OSU lecturer Nick Dekker, who maintains the breakfast blog ‘Breakfast with Nick’Ĭredit: Courtesy of Robin Oatts / Genre Creativeįor Ohio State lecturer Nick Dekker, breakfast is much more than soggy cereal and microwaved Pop-Tarts. ![]()
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