Lost Restaurants of Central Ohio and Columbus

Christine Hayes spent her childhood in Columbus restaurants while her father gathered tidbits for his Columbus Citizen-Journal columns, which she later published in The Ben Hayes Scrapbook. Coauthor of Lost Restaurants of Columbus, Ohio, Christine assists in the Acorn Bookshop in Grandview, writes a column for the Short North Gazette and makes art cars and collage/assemblage as Ramona Moon. She graduated from UC Irvine in theater, taught Montessori school and lived in San Francisco for twenty-seven years before returning to Columbus. Doug Motz is the past president of the Columbus Historical Society and continues to give tours of the core city for CHS. He is the coauthor of Lost Restaurants of Columbus, Ohio and Kahiki Supper Club: A Polynesian Paradise in Columbus. He writes a "History Lesson" column for the website columbusunderground.com and gives a monthly local history quiz on the local ABC affiliate WSYX's morning television program Good Day Columbus.